We sailed on RCCL’s Radiance of the Seas for 28 days from January 3 to 31, 2018. This was two 14-day back-to-back cruises that took us from Australia to New Caledonia, Fiji, Tonga, both islands of New Zealand, and back to Australia.

First let me say that the ship’s staff and managers worked very hard to please. Airline employees are experts at saying “no,” while RCCL’s employees try very hard to say yes. This customer-oriented attitude is true for many cruise lines, but not all. We sailed twice on another cruise line years ago (that I will not name) on which we were often told “not possible” for a number of basic and reasonable requests. My point is that all the RCCL employees were customer-oriented and great!!!

The ship was not only fine but gorgeous. Read more