alaska mcleods

THANK YOU SO MUCH for posting about this!!! We arrive on the 16th of this month and a few members of our extended family group were going to wing it when they go to Juneau! This totally impacts them, and as the planner for the group, am glad to have this knowledge now and not when arriving!! I'll be following along and frantically searching for what to do with the few members of our group who are not planners and didn't want to pre-book something.

Similar but different....I was wondering about my Dyson Airwrap with some of it's attachments? A no go or just put in my carry on luggage?

July 14 on Radiance!

Gosh I hope not! We sail out of Vancouver July 14!!

Thanks for the info so far...now if anyone else is still reading, another question.... So if I have the 100 print package, and I'm only allowed prints (no digital), can I pick a photo that is particularly good and ask to have say 5 copies made? And that would count towards my 100 prints package? And the only size available to include in my 100 print package is 8X10 size, correct? Thanks all!

We're getting on Radiance in a couple weeks. I just wanted to confirm with the people in the know here that the photos taken on the Radaiance are still only offered in print version only. That's what the cruise planner says, and I know it's an older ship, but I wanted to confirm that was still the case on the boat from people who have been on her lately. We have the private photo session scheduled and purchased a photo package, as we are traveling with an extended family group. I've got mixed feelings on getting photos done if I'm going to have to do the work on scanning them to manipulate the different photo sizes I'll need later for frames. Thanks!

Yay!!! Someone else!! You will LOVE Alaska! The scenery is so beautiful! Hope you have some fun excursions planned! We've got the rent your own Jeep excursion in Juneau, the ZipRider in Icy Strait and looking forward to exploring the area in ISP, a private land tour in Sitka, a kayaking excursion in Skagway, and then taking the ACT bus all day tour to Anchorage. It's getting closer!!

Yay to the countdown!! I did the trick they suggested above of changing the sailing date in the app to the current sailing, and I was able to look at the menus! Now the days until vacation can go lightning fast, but the week on the boat can go snail sloooooow!

We are about 40 days out from our cruise on Radiance in Alaska. When will the dinner menus be loaded in the app? Currently, there are a few random breakfast ones loaded and many other days have zero loaded. I mean I'm soooo ready to start planning what I'm gonna EAT every day!!! Thanks!

Checked in!!!!! Who else will be on too?

We're on Radiance in July for an Alaska cruise. The all access tour never did show in our CP. Several members of our group would like to take this. Should we ask at Guest Services when we board? The only tour that showed up for us what the sip.tour.brunch. I've kept looking for the all access one but it never showed.

We're under the 50-day mark! I've been reviewing all that we purchased for excursions and getting everything laid out as far as the fine details! We purchased so many things a bit ago that I'm having to remind myself what did I buy! I got the family private photo session and I'm debating still whether I want to do that now or not. Starting to think about clothes! Starting to watch the airlines for changes in our booked flights! So many things to get excited for!

Were you able to add this to your Radiance Alaska cruise? I've got a July '23 Radiance Alaska cruise and it's not showing up in my cruise planner, even with the workaround. Sad. This would be great if it all plays out ok!

I sure hope that you can get what you paid for! How was the private photo shoot? I have one on an upcoming cruise. I didn't realize that I wouldn't be walking off the ship without my photos; I just assumed that they'd be able to print them there. Or were there upgrades for purchase of photos that you got taken?

Are there any other ships where the spa options are not showing up yet? I've got drinks, excursions, photo packages, gift items, and restaurants reserved, but I'm waiting for spa options. Could this be related to staffing or covid hesitations????

Is there oat milk at cafe promenade? Flavored syrups to add?

Now I'm kinda curious/nervous for those of us that booked basic internet for upcoming cruises. Our cruise is July 2023 on Radiance to Alaska and bought the basic internet for our family of 4. It is still the cheaper price, even with the current sale. Will we be upgraded at our sale date I wonder????

Extended family group traveling on Radiance to Alaska July 2023....tell me about any special photo stations or opportunities that are different with this sailing vs other sailings. We did Disney last time and they had photographers on the glacier Tracy Arm day taking family photos out on deck with the glacier in the background, sea days had on deck photos with the scenic background, etc. Does RC do anything like this or special ones inside with Alaska theming? (I know they'll do the formal night, embarkation, etc). Thanks in advance!

The Pan Pacific in Vancouver is having a room sale! From November 8-11, 2022, they are having a sale called the "Double 11 Sale-bration". It's 20% off rooms and then join the free loyalty program and get an extra 20% off. My family is heading their next summer for our Alaska cruise and our room rate went from $470 a night to $352 for the Deluxe Harbour Rooms!! When we've got four rooms for two nights, we just saved a bunch of money! Do note....the rate is non-refundable. Hope this helps someone else!

First time cruising RC....what else are options besides "beds together or apart"? We have group rooms booked on a Radiance balcony Alaska cruise next July and a few will need this beds separated option. What else could I also request when I call in for this? TIA

Has anyone done a private photo session and can give me some details on backgrounds or how it went for you? I've booked one for our Radiance Alaska cruise next year as it's been a bit since we had my family of 4 photos done. I was hoping for a full family photo and combos like mom/dad, sisters together, etc. The website says that I get 5 photos on a usb (which I like that I can print as many as I need). The website states that options include in studio, around the ship, or ports of call. As it is an Alaska cruise, I'm not sure ports of call really is an option (not like if it was Coco, which I imagine is easier to get off and do a shoot on). I'm just looking for input on if you had this done and what were your thoughts? Thanks!

Good point. We all have iphone except for my husband who has android. I've only used whatsapp a small bit. For all us all to use whatsapp, we'll need to just use the ships wifi (the $1.99 charge), correct? And then we'll need to decide as a family, our different groups, if we'd like to do other internet things (then we'd be purchasing the Voom packages). Do I have this correct? Again, thank you all!! Your help is soooo appreciated!

First time RC cruising. Multiple families going to Alaska July 2023. My own personal family is my husband and I, and our two children who will be 19 and 16 at the time of the sailing. I wasn't able to book parents in own cabin/kids in own cabin online. So I ended up booking one parent/one child in two different cabins. We were not able to get connecting cabins as we are a tad late in getting close cabins, tho we are all on the same floor and same side of the ship, deck 7 on Radiance of the Seas. Am I able to call in and have them switch an adult and child around so the kids get their own cabin and the adults get their own cabin? Is this frowned upon? Can we switch people and cabins once on board or is this really frowned upon too? I understand that our key cards may be a bit mixed up and we'll have to juggle them around when we get off the ship for identification purposes (which is ok, we'll be getting off and on together anyway). TIA!!! These boards have been so helpful!!!

Follow up question...if two people booked in the room, both people don't have to get the internet package right? One person can buy the internet package (for multiple devices) without RC forcing the second person in the room to also purchase same said package? The second person in the room can just not book internet, and the first person can just share the multiple device log ins? TIA!

I'd like to know this as well. New to RC and have family members in multiple cabins.