Royal Caribbean Hawaii Cruise Reviews

Anthem OtS when docked in Nassau on March 28th, 2024.
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Windjammer Cafe
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Review for a Hawaii Cruise on Radiance of the Seas

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robbinsca
10+ Cruises • Age 2020s

We tried this cruise to see if we could enjoy the longer length and master the art of sea days. We failed. There were two couples in our 60s. We don't attend the dance parties, but enjoy the theatre productions and trivia sessions. Day One- Embarkation- Vancouver and RCCL handled it brilliantly. We had a rental car and dropped the spouses off early before returning the rental at the airport. It ...
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Sail Date: September 2022

Cabin Type: Ocean View Balcony

Traveled with disabled person


Disorganized Cruise Director

Review for a Hawaii Cruise on Radiance of the Seas

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Gary Gilchrist
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

The food was very good particularly in the Windjammer. The cabin steward was responsive and attentive. The ship captain was pleasant and visible throughout the cruise. The itinerary was good with a variety of stops, but Hilo is mediocre and not very pleasant to visit. Homeless sleeping on the street during the day and trash barrels overflowing. The cruise director, Mr. Jones, obviously needed ...
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Sail Date: September 2022


Great embarkation, good cruise, disastrous disembarkation

Review for a Transpacific Cruise on Ovation of the Seas

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Fredette
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

I was really surprised at how easy embarkation was, after having stood in long lines with other cruise lines, this was really easy if you had done the electronic "pre-check in". Great idea RCCL, keep it up. The cruise itself was good, but as it was a relocation cruise, there were a lot of sea days. I have done such a cruise before (with a different cruise line), so I knew that it was very ...
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Sail Date: September 2019


Wonderful Cruise

Review for a Hawaii Cruise on Ovation of the Seas

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Micclay
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

Vancouver the day before and stayed at the Mariott which is within walking distance to the pier, Embarkation was easyas we did everything on-line beforehand, just scaned us in, drop off luggage and we on boarded. We did US customs in Vancouver so there was not an expedited embarkation for repeat gusets. We were familiar with the ship as we had sailed on its sister ship, Anthem of the Seas. ...
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Sail Date: September 2019

Cabin Type: Ocean View Balcony


Lovely Very Big Ship but never seemed crowded

Review for a Hawaii Cruise on Ovation of the Seas

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cancruise2
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

Overall the Ovation of the Ship is a beautiful large passenger ship. It had 4600 passengers but didn't seem crowded except on deck when it was warm and sunny as all of the people came out of hiding to get a deck chair. I had a solo interior cabin which while small was good at has a normal double bed and the same bathroom as regular rooms. it had the virtual balcony which I liked. The food in ...
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Sail Date: September 2019

Cabin Type: Studio Interior


Beautiful Ship..Just not for me.

Review for a Hawaii Cruise on Ovation of the Seas

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buttermancruise
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

I am currantly on day seven of a ten night cruise aboard Ovation of the Seas. I embarked in Vancouver and will end up in Hawaii. Here are my obsevations so far: First of all I love Royal Caribbean and have sailed twice before with them, most recently on the Allure of the Seas, see my review here…….https://www.cruisecritic.com/memberreviews/memberreview.cfm?EntryID=652523 I do love the big ...
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Sail Date: September 2019

Cabin Type: Interior with Virtual Balcony


Worst Trans-ocean Cruise

Review for a Transpacific Cruise on Radiance of the Seas

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Peterseremet
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

We’ve done many transatlantic and transpacific cruises, most of which offered many activities and good entertainment for the many sea days. Unfortunately, this 18-day transpacific cruise was sorely lacking in both entertainment and enrichments opportunities, and was a boring experience overall. This was made all the worse by inclement weather that forced us to spend a lot of time indoors. And the ...
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Sail Date: September 2019

Cabin Type: Ocean View Balcony

Traveled with disabled person


A mid size treasure

Review for a Hawaii Cruise on Radiance of the Seas

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DougMacP
10+ Cruises • Age 20s

Having done a back to back cruise last year on the Harmony of the Seas I can say without reservation the Radiance was a far more enjoyable experience for two experienced cruisers in their mid(ish) 60's that don't relish being around over 1,000 kids. We tried the "mega ship as the destination" thing and the" ship within a ship suite level" thing, and it left us wanting. A lot. Then a destination ...
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Sail Date: September 2019

Cabin Type: Spacious Ocean View Balcony



The right size ship, but lacks the WOW! it used to have

Review for a Hawaii Cruise on Radiance of the Seas

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JohnH9
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

We arrived in Honolulu the evening before our cruise and had a hotel a short distance from the cruise port. From the time we check our bags with a porter, through security and check-in, we were on the ship in less than 30 minutes. We have been on the Radiance of the Seas several times before, but found the ship in need of a makeover. The ship looks "tired". Compared to newer, more modern ...
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Sail Date: May 2019

Cabin Type: Spacious Ocean View Balcony

Traveled with disabled person


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