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  1. Any opinions about the thermal suite on Radiance? Is it a relaxing environment with windows overlooking the sea? Nice showers? It is offered for $109 for a 7-day pass on our July AK cruise. We purchased something similar on a different cruise line and it was often hard to get a lounger - of course especially difficult on sea days. Wondered if that is the case on Radiance or if the number of passes sold is limited?
  2. I have reserved 4 cabins for a July cruise on Radiance (junior suites) for my family and they are all linked to my account. Check in opens on May 28. I. believe I read it begins just after midnight EST. Can I check in all 4 cabins at that time and fill in passport info later? What will I need to know in order to check in each cabin? If I'm not able to get a boarding time before noon, is it true that junior suites can board earlier or is that just for higher suite levels? We have lunch reservations at 12:15 so hoping I don't mess this up:)
  3. Thank you. Yes I did. It's $2000 for a 14-passenger van to do the trip. That is more than the two rental minivans which I think are about $700 each for 24 hours. At least with the minivans we can make stops as we want with the kids and make it an adventure.
  4. Of course I will - can't take it with you, right??!
  5. I have found this to be the most challenging part of planning our trip post cruise - 6 adults and 5 children ages 5-11. We dock at 7:00 am and are spending day and night in Seward. We don't need to be back to Anchorage until time for our 9:00 pm or later flights the next day. The train would be too late. The morning bus would give us too much time at ANC with young kids and the afternoon bus is too late. We have reserved two minivans for a cost more than I ever could have imagined. I just hope they are actually available when we get there. I tried so many avenues...reaching out to various private drivers and nothing worked. Many maxed at 10 people. I am regretting that we are spending the night in Seward. I think we should have just spent the day and taken the night train or evening bus back to Anchorage and spent the night there to be in closer proximity to ANC. But we'll make the most of our very expensive minivan adventure from Seward to Anchorage.
  6. I can't imagine they do...others may know but another option would be to bring an air mattress. If your grandkids are little, there is a toddler air mattress on Amazon that doesn't take up as much room as a twin size.
  7. Glad to hear a good report on the ship. We are taking our adult kids and grandkids ages 5-11. None have been to Alaska. They know Radiance won't have all the bells and whistles (unfortunately they have seen the Icon commercials LOL) but I think for their ages and being new to cruising plus the port excursions, they will have a great trip.
  8. Definitely not! We booked the day bookings opened in Nov. 2022 so we definitely won't be changing. It just surprised me to read so much negativity about Radiance.
  9. We (family of 11) are booked in 4 cabins on a Radiance Alaska sailing in July. A question about the upcoming short dry dock of the ship in March on another travel blog brought out many opinions from recent cruisers on the condition of the ship and most were not at all favorable. Comments such as "dire need of an update", "horrible sewer smells", "worn carpets and furniture throughout the ship", "needs new AC", "Brilliance and Serenade so much better" and the list goes on and on. It's too late for us to change at this point but prior to reserving I had read much more positive comments. Anyone sailed recently (I think she's in Florida now) and noticed the negatives I read about? Or is it the people with the negative opinions that seem to speak up the most?
  10. Did you use the app or website to select everyone's arrival time? Or it doesn't matter? I'd rather not have to enter everyone's PP# etc.
  11. Which ship? It might put your mind at ease if you looked at the JS options available. We booked 4 JS on Radiance and there are not very many on that ship so really any of them would have been fine (except that we needed connecting so I wouldn't have done guarantee). I think a balcony guarantee would be riskier in terms of location since more undesirable ones seem to pop up.
  12. I believe my TA linked them all in my account. I reserved in November of 2022 so I don't actually remember the exact sequence but she booked the 4 cabins for me and attached my email to each one. I was the only one with a RCI account. Fast forward 14 months and I want the adults to be able to create an account, use the app and manage their cabins.
  13. I have a cheeseburger-loving grandson (10 years old) going on Radiance in July. Are there options to order one at lunch or dinner in the MDR? Room service? We have a couple lunch reservations at Chops so I assume he could get one there. Thanks.
  14. I'm keeping your post in my cruise file - thanks!
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