Lvscruzn

Returned for medical reason. Watched the ambulance pull in on PTZtv.

Loved Radiance! Feels like a more luxury type ship compared to the bigger more modern ones. Love all the wood and windows! Views from just about everywhere.  Staff was wonderful. Feels very inviting to me.  Oh we were on in Aug 2017 and the showers had doors and not the curtain.

On 7/8/2019 at 12:37 PM, partijo said:

I have read, SOMEWHERE, about the port of calls in Alaska that are boring or too tourist-oriented (same stores, diff port).  We are cruising July 29, 2019 for 14 days and would like to not leave ship if unnecessary.  The excursions are VERY spendy.😎 Thank you

Read more than just one article.  We loved Alaska and would hopefully get to go again.  If you have some time here is the blog my husband did about our trip here on CC. Hope you decide to go.

Congratulations! Hopefully your Hubby will surprise you and end up loving it! Then you guys will be addicted. Best vacations ever!

We had 9658 next door and there was no problem from the sun. With the balcony being deeper you have both covered area up by door/windows and open area. We loved it!! You have nothing to worry about at all!  Enjoy!

Thanks so much for the review! Leaving this Sunday on this ship with the same itinerary!

We enjoyed doing the Escape Room on Symphony.  A lot of fun!

We did this on our Thanksgiving week cruise. It was sooo much fun!  You have to all work together and listen to what each one comes up. Work as a group!  We finished with 5 min and 4 sec's left!!  It is not easy to do. Not sure if the younger ones would be able to solve as some clues are complicated.  I booked ours through the activity section on the cruise planner.  Got to pick the day and time which made it easy to plan for.  Did ours on a sea day.  Have fun!!  PS... not a geek either! LOL.

4 minutes ago, twangster said:

 

No Problem!  G04 was my muster.  Aqua Theater port side.  

  Small world! thanks!

Was wondering if there is a pic among those that have sailed Symphony of the muster station locations? Looking for G04.

Twangster thanks again for the fantastic live from!  Great pictures.

Just watched the sail-a-way out of Port Canaveral. So excited for the 17th. Have they given you a time of arrival in Miami? Hoping to catch it on the Port Miami web cam.  Thanks again for the great blog! All you info has made me more excited for our sailing!

Will do!

Thanks for sharing. Will be following along all the way as I am anxiously awaiting November 17th so we can board!!  Love the pictures!

Thanks for this review! Do you know about how much your flights were? We have a trip planned for June 2019 from Tampa and the prices for flights right now are very expensive! I'm hoping prices will come down, but I'm not sure what a "good" price is.

Hi!

We went to Alaska in August of 2017. My husband got a credit card ( I believe it was thru capital one) or it was an Airline one (we flew United) He used it for everything we did. Gas, groceries, bills and would pay it down at end of month. He was able to get enough points that his round trip fare was paid and one way of mine. We flew out of Knoxville since we live in TN but it would have been about $1800 from there for us.

Just a suggestion.

Enjoy your cruise!!

As other's have said THANK YOU so very much for your review! We did a similar tour and then the same southbound cruise on the Radiance also back in August of 2017. We did the DogGoneIt tour and that was a favorite! I have enjoyed reading this and reliving our trip! Thanks again!

Hi there! I sailed on the Radiance in August of 2017 and loved it. although I am partial to the smaller ships. Everything was wonderful. Staff were friendly, food was good and ship was beautiful. We did not do any of the extra food restaurants as that just isn't what we do. Don't listen to the downers. Go with an open mind and enjoy your cruise!! Alaska is absolutely Amazing!!!! Please report back when you return so we know how it went. Happy sailing!

PS.....Hubby did a blog on our trip if you want something to read about Alaska.

Here is the link https://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2613346

Loved your review!! We did Alaska in August of 2017. We to did a land/cruise tour but a little longer on the land part. Did The Dog Gone It tour also and loved it! Thank you for sharing. My husband did a review on our trip as well. Here is the link to his review in case you or anyone going to Alaska would like to check out. https://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2613346. Thanks again for your review.

Is this still an active thread?I need suggestions for Ft Lauderdale hotels that allow parking while on cruise.

If you do not find a hotel to provide parking use Park and Go. They take you to the port after you drop your vehicle and pick you up after to return to your vehicle. They even gave us a bottle of water for the road! Hehe. Book online and it is less expensive. Have used them numerous times with no problems.

Yes, Toledo Ohio. Not that anything is wrong with Toledo. But it isn't exactly an exotic destination of choice. Nor is Ft. Lauderdale. Ft. Lauderdale is just so painfully generic. It's a decent beach and then "anytown USA".

 

I get that people here are intimidated by Miami, after all, cruising in general doesn't exactly attract the most adventurous and open minded of travelers. But I LOVED Wolffie89 having the xenophobic response of hating spanish speakers!

 

I lived in South Florida for years. Miami is a real city with actual culture and history. Ft. Lauderdale is nothing....

I think you and your crappy opinions need to fall in the ocean. What makes you so high and mighty to put individuals down? (cruising in general doesn't exactly attract the most adventurous and open minded of travelers). And by the way just because you feel how you do about Toledo doesn't mean you are right! Born, raised and have many relatives there!

Just a heads up Lvscruzn, check the boards for further feedback, as there are some reports of the app having problems to send real time messages, because users disconnect to wifi when moving around or apps being stopped while in background.

 

 

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2616700&highlight=royal+iq+messaging

Thanks will do!

Thanks seadog67 for an amazing live blog! Am so looking forward to be on this ship in December and again in September 2019! So much to do but can split it up between the 2! Doing Symphony first. I enjoyed how you wrote this and all the beautiful photography. Hope you had a safe trip home. Again Thank you for sharing your time!

Here is some info for chatting using the app

 

 

 

 

 

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Do you happen to know if this is total price or per day? Thanks!

Secret doggy business area on deck 5

 

 

 

Ok so I wanna know how I can bring my dog!

 

 

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I'm loving your Review.. Even though we don't sail on her till September 8, 2019.. Its fun to be teased with all the cool stuff on this ship..

My daughter and I will be right there with you on Sept 8th, 2019!

I love the quote, “what’s in the beef stew.... beef.”

To my defense I just wanted to make sure it was not reindeer! One man's beef might not be the same as another!

Have a great trip!