Review: Radiance of the Seas<title>Kreuzfahrt-Reiseberichte von Marita & Uwe Oppermann

Kreuzfahrt 2006

English

Partner

Karibik-Kreuzfahrt

Letzte Aktualisierung: Wuppertal, 01.11.2010

Review: Radiance of the Seas

Our Conclusion: about the ship we would say, it is generally in good shape. But some details attracted our attention. Although it is only 5 years old you will see many slight faults which need to be repaired. Many chairs in the Dining-Room and the Windjammer Cafe almost broke apart. Some tables waggled, that you had trouble with keeping your hot coffee when somebody leaned on the table, some upholsteries were very battered and some carpeted floors were frayed. Things that could be fixed in a short time, but nobody seemed to be concerned about remedial measures. Faulty chairs were placed in another section of the restaurant, tables were cleaned but nobody felt responsible for their weak shape. Don´t they have a repair- department with some handymen on board? Many deckchairs were in a bad condition too. It was not the quality, but they were simply not clean. We sat down twice with our normal clothes which became dirty from the deckchairs. Never use them without using a towel between. Many of them were full of paintlicks and not cleaned properly for a long time.
About the meals something became obvious to us. This was our 4th cruise with Royal Caribbean, the food was of a good quality, but only a few times very good, but never (left beside Portofino) in an excellent quality. On all of our cruises the meals were almost the same and tasted the same. Maybe Americans love that, but we would opt for alternations in meals and in taste. We have heard that RCCL does not allow to change the recipes or even the decoration of the plates. For a cruise line, which is proud to have so many repeaters, shoudn´t they offer a better variety? We would appreciate that very much.

Our Conclusion:
about the ship we would say, it is generally in good shape. But some details attracted our attention. Although it is only 5 years old you will see many slight faults which need to be repaired. Many chairs in the Dining-Room and the Windjammer Cafe almost broke apart. Some tables waggled, that you had trouble with keeping your hot coffee when somebody leaned on the table, some upholsteries were very battered and some carpeted floors were frayed. Things that could be fixed in a short time, but nobody seemed to be concerned about remedial measures. Faulty chairs were placed in another section of the restaurant, tables were cleaned but nobody felt responsible for their weak shape. Don´t they have a repair- department with some handymen on board? Many deckchairs were in a bad condition too. It was not the quality, but they were simply not clean. We sat down twice with our normal clothes which became dirty from the deckchairs. Never use them without using a towel between. Many of them were full of paintlicks and not cleaned properly for a long time.

About the meals something became obvious to us. This was our 4th cruise with Royal Caribbean, the food was of a good quality, but only a few times very good, but never (left beside Portofino) in an excellent quality. On all of our cruises the meals were almost the same and tasted the same. Maybe Americans love that, but we would opt for alternations in meals and in taste. We have heard that RCCL does not allow to change the recipes or even the decoration of the plates. For a cruise line, which is proud to have so many repeaters, shoudn´t they offer a better variety? We would appreciate that very much.

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