South Pacific Radiance of the Seas South Pacific Cruise Reviews

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Not worth it, especially if you travel with kids
"Usually we like going off the ship to explore ports of call, take an organized excursion or self-guided tour, so the first half of the cruise was very interesting, however after leaving the last port, things quickly became boring, despite the crew doing their best to keep passengers entertained.A family of 3, including a 9 years old child, spent 11 days on board of Radiance of the Seas: 5 days with stops at various Hawaii islands, the rest at sea cruising back to the mainland (Vancouver)...."Read More
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2-5 Cruises

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Not worth it, especially if you travel with kids

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terrumt
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

A family of 3, including a 9 years old child, spent 11 days on board of Radiance of the Seas: 5 days with stops at various Hawaii islands, the rest at sea cruising back to the mainland (Vancouver). Original itinerary included 6 port-of-call days and 5 days at sea, but after collecting the full payment, RCI suddenly changed itinerary to 5 port days and 6 sea days. They offered no compensation ...
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Sail Date: October 2022

Cabin Type: Ultra Spacious Ocean View

Traveled with children


South Pacific Islands with changing itinerary

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NZCANCruisers
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

We did a 10 day cruise out of Sydney Australia to the South Pacific. We chose Radiance of the Seas for the departure date and itinerary offered. Unfortunately this itinerary started changing immediately after we booked (prior to Coronavirus) and continued changing right through our cruise. Understandably we were on the ship with week Coronavirus starting making news and quarantining other ships ...
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Sail Date: January 2020

Cabin Type: Ocean View Balcony


Watch your final bill

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Cruise8686
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

ok!! here are the pros cabin comfortable. food in dinning room good. staff in most bars great, very friendly, coffee shop guys fantastic. entertainment ok, some great acts, ( Freddy show ) some a bit ordinary. plenty of activities going on if you want to participate OK!! now the cons. the ships billing system is a nightmare, they add cost and credit cost all the time. very ...
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Sail Date: April 2019

Cabin Type: Ocean View


First time on a cruise - it was alright I guess. Expected more.

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Kharliah
First Time Cruiser • Age 20s

Set sail for Noumea, Isle of Pines and Mystery Island. On the second day a passenger had a medical emergency requiring the ship to divert course to Brisbane. Due to this our itinerary was updated and we would be at sea an extra day and miss out on Mystery Island. The captain did have pretty good communication regarding this, but we were disappointed as we were keen on Mystery Island. The ...
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Sail Date: March 2019

Cabin Type: Ocean View Balcony


Very good but could be better

Review for a Australia & New Zealand Cruise on Radiance of the Seas

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samcevoy
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

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 ...
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Sail Date: January 2018

Cabin Type: Superior Ocean View Stateroom with Balcony


Bit boring at night.

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Kixi cruiser
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

We were looking forward to a fun, party type atmosphere like we have had recently on Explorer, Rhapsody and Celebrity Solstice. Those ships had dancing almost every night to a really uptempo band playing great dance music and there was either a party in the public area or the nightclub was pumping. This voyage had a largely young to youngish age group looking to have fun at night but the ...
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Sail Date: January 2018

Cabin Type: Interior Stateroom


Could have been nice but ended badly

Review for a Australia & New Zealand Cruise on Radiance of the Seas

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Jacqche43
10+ Cruises • Age 80s

Old but correct ship partially renovated. Service on board was a little bit to festive or let's say relax even if attendants where nice. No touch of class compare to other ships. We had an excellent room attendant on our 10 th deck. We are not young people even if in good shape and we were travelling with our grand daughter that dreamed on this cruise and overall enjoyed. Stateroom for three ...
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Sail Date: January 2018

Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean View Stateroom with Balcony

Traveled with children


Singing and Sailing

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Grandjen
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s

My husband had always wanted to visit Australia and the itinerary for this cruise sounded perfect for us. We spent a week in Australia prior to sailing, with the last two days being in Sydney. Overall wonderful trip! The staff on the ship could not have been nicer or more helpful. Their service was outstanding. The entertainment and activities were up to our expectations and one was a real ...
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Sail Date: April 2016


31st January 2016

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cherrypie29
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

I am a regular cruiser and I have cruised on most ships, I have previously cruised on Rhapsody of the seas, Voyager of the seas, Legends of the seas. I have done 53 cruises to date so I feel that I am not being to picky. The boarding: The boarding process was ok, I found the people at the scanning section were a little rude and did not want to listen to anything I had to say, I felt like ...
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Sail Date: January 2016

Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean View Stateroom with Balcony


Great Ship but Hard To Relax

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timpatchfan
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

Good Things - Senior Cruise, 4th cruise, 2nd on the Radiance (1st was 3 yrs ago). Embarkation & disembarkation well organised & fast. Nice ship, good facilities, love the novelty of outside elevators with great views, and has an attractive centrum which looks great when lit up at night. Good entertainment, restaurant/cafe service good, clean cabin, attentive attendant, interesting ...
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Sail Date: December 2015


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