Radiance of the Seas Review

2nd Leg of Circumnavigation of Australia

Review for Australia & New Zealand Cruise on Radiance of the Seas
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Sail Date: Nov 2016
Cabin: Interior Stateroom

This is the second leg of our travel around the whole of Australia, the demographics for this leg were a little younger and there were not many children under 17, (Approx 15). Since we were doing a back to back cruise, we arrived in Fremantle on Radiance OTS, we self explored Fremantle and loved it, we took the train into Perth, and it too was great.

This cruise visited Esperance, Adelaide, and Melbourne, all providing their own unique insights into Australian life. After leaving Melbourne (late at night) we had to divert our course and travel up the Australian Coastline to avoid a severe whether system a decision which was not taken lightly by not only the Captain but also the Royal Caribbean management in Miami, which meant our cruise was going to miss out on seeing all the Sounds of the south New Zealand, and four other ports of call.

The next day the captain gave his usual 12 noon update advising us what had happened over night and that they were working furiously to find some alternate ports to call into. Were we disappointed, yes, but safety must always come first, even though there were quite a few people complaining and trying to organise a meeting to demand their money back for not visiting these ports. The following day we were all advised that arrangements had been made to visit Auckland and Tauranga New Zealand and Newcastle Australia. Everyone who had booked a ship board excursion to the other four port were refunded their monies within 48hours. The entertainment and activities were all amended due to an extra day at sea to include many of the request from passengers.

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Interior Stateroom

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A place just to put our head down for the night, inside room meant no early morning sunlight to wake us which was great. Our room attendant learnt our routine within a couple of days and not once woke us even after forgetting to put the do not disturb sigh out.

Port Reviews

Perth (Fremantle)

Did my own thing, very accessible had a great time

Esperance

Did my own thing, loved this place,

Adelaide

First time to Adelaide, did my own thing all good

Melbourne

I love Melbourne lived here before, it was good to see it after 20 years

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