We chose this cruise almost exclusively because of the itinerary. This was our 18th cruise, but only our second on RCL. Our first RCL cruise was in 2005. We hadn't been back to RCL since then because of a disappointing dining experience. Our 2005 evaluation was confirmed on this cruise.
We had great service in the Cascades dining room, in the Schooner bar, and from our state room attendant. ...
We were so excited to be taking a 17 day cruise in Australia but the disappointment started before we left the USA. We chose "My Time Dining" (hint: NEVER DO THIS) and made reservations on-line for all 16 nights. About 3 weeks before we left the reservations for 2 of the 3 in our party were cancelled without any notice from RCL. Apparently they felt it appropriate for my wife to dine alone ...
This year was a bad one for me and my husband, after he had major caancer surgery. However because of some good news we decided fairly late to taake this cruise as we could get on in WA and just fly home from Sydney.
As a consequence we had to take a grand suite (not difficult), and we certainly enjoyed it !
Embarcation: Took a little longer than I was expecting, as we had to wait for our ...
I'm glad they are putting the Radiance of the Sea to dry dock. It need some sweet loving care.
We toured around the top end of Australia. Australia is known for crayfish (lobster) and yet, we were not offered surf or turf or beef Wellington in the main dining. If you wanted anything like that you needed to order through speciality restaurants.
The wifi costs $270 US dollars for a 16 ...
Recently completed a Top End Australia 16 night cruise on the Radiance of the Seas. Overall we thoroughly enjoyed the cruise. The staff were good in all areas and we made some good friends and met some nice people, included some CC roll call members with whom we enjoyed a day out.
The itinerary was good with the exception of Port Hedland which was of little interest to most people and had ...
Our 3rd Cruise on Radiance but Abit of a disappointment still a great ship but in desperate need of an over haul .The majority of the staff excellent especially cabin crew ,rooms always perfect ,not sure why but we had no towel animals in our cabins for the whole cruise .
Crown and Anchor did not fulfill all the things they were supposed to do we are Emerald but quite afew things missing ...