Carnival Radiance Pt.1 - Embarkation, Shaq's Big Chicken, Balcony Cabin Tour, Sailaway, Welcome Show
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- čas přidán 15. 06. 2024
- We're ready for a victorious adventure aboard Carnival Radiance! Join us for embarkation day as we hop onboard the revamped and renamed Carnival Victory out of Long Beach, California... we've got ship exploration, chicken sandwiches, a balcony cabin tour, sailaway excitement, music trivia, the Welcome Aboard show with cruise director Ryan Rose, and more shenanigans!! :D
00:00 BOOM!
00:04 Welcome To Long Beach
01:50 Time To Hop Onboard
03:54 Buffet & Big Chicken
07:17 Balcony Cabin Tour
10:55 Nature Spotting
13:42 Sailaway Excitement
15:28 Dinner In The MDR
17:13 Finding The Theater
19:29 Evening Entertainment
It's time for some West Coast cruising! We're heading to Los Angeles and/or Long Beach for our first ever adventures to the Mexican Riviera and beyond... for the second leg of this trip, it's Carnival Radiance (formerly Carnival Victory). We sailed from February 28, 2022 to March 4, 2022 on a 4-night itinerary with stops in Catalina Island and Ensenada... let's do this thing!
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Rewatching this video as we sail her in 7 days. YAY!!!!!
the duck spotting commentary 😂
All the unnecessary nature footage, hah!! :P
I love the Radiance. I've been hopping between ship to ship for work and this is by far my favorite ship.
quality of food and morale of staff has been the best amongst carnival's other ships.
don't do this too often, but if you go towards the end of work hours for the Big Chicken spot, tenders will be made to order and they're sooooo juicy and soft straight out of the fryer.
I’m on day 3 of a random cold filled with all the fun congestion and aches.. you guys are the only things keeping me sane at home! Happy cruising!
Yikes! Hope you get feeling better soon!! :O
Same!
You guys are traveling everywhere, so jealous! Forgot the radiance had Shaq’s totally need to try to get on that ship.
We're always excited to see some chicken sandwiches!! :P
my first ever cruise was on this ship when it was still the victory.
i said i would never go on a cruise again.
took my dad on an NCL 18 months later and am now platinum.
Love your guys vlogs. Thank you for always taking us along with you.....virtually!
I love it when you both act so goofy together!
This is the exact cruise I was looking at for my family! Thank you for vlogs!!!
These blogs are great thanks for sharing
Love you guys!! Thank you so much for demonstrating what a cruise vlog should be.
No over the top hyper nonsense with hand gestures and snarkiness.
Thanks for taking us along and actually informing us about cruising.
Love your vlogs so enjoy watching them.Have been watching your older vlogs as well they are all great.
Have finally been able to book a cruise here in Australia, ovation of the seas Sydney,new Zealand, Tahiti then off in Hawaii.
Our dynamic duo start their grand west coast adventures!!1-2-3 we all yell for victory, on the Radiance!! LOL Keep the shenanigans comin!!!
i’m booked for august, this helps my nervous self. i’ve never been on cruise before and i’m so excited, thank you !
I planned to book in August too for a family of 4
I loved that new ship
Love your videos! 😃
Going July 11th. so excited!
We just got back from a 3 night cruise on Radiance. We had a blast. Great video. We watched your video a week before we went to long beach. 😀😍
Reminds me of the Sunshine!!!!!
We did this cruise the first week of January. Had a great time!
We always sail out of Long Beach. Thank you for this series. I am about to book a cruise on this ship.
I was looking to sail out of Long Beach also but they didn’t have the date I want They only have the Los Angeles port.
Just got off, luv the ship
We really liked what they did with the ship overall, though the Liquid Lounge is still a bit of a struggle. We do prefer this setup better than the Vista-class setup though, hah!! :P
I'm on the glory in 25 days. I cannot wait. I'm super excited. It's my 1st cruise. My 2nd cruise is on the conquest for a 4 night Bahamian Cruise with my 6 year old niece.
That's awesome! Hope you have a blast!! :D
How fun to see you come back to a ship that's been remade! Was it strange to see all the changes to it? It looked like you enjoyed your embarkation day!
I was on 2/18 sailing and it was packed!!! I wish I was on that sailing, it seemed so less congested!!
Did the Radiance 3 day to Ensenada recently as our first cruise to see if we should do a longer cruise this summer. Had a good time and happy to hear this ship is unique in its segmentedness. Based on your videos it seems like RC ships have a more "open concept" layout (boardwalk vs atrium) so might have to try them out.
I remember when Howard Hughes’ Spruce Goose was in that building
We visited the Spruce Goose at its current location in McMinnville, Oregon. Great museum! Plus, for an extra $30, you can get a docent led tour of the aircraft, and sit in the pilot's chair. My husband was sooooo excited!
That smoked poblano soup was my favorite ever on the freedom last week. And idk maybe my wife and I r getting old before our age but we r so over the showtime in dining room. I just want my lava cake and go lol.
I love cruising through your videos! Do y’all have any non cruise vacations planned?
We've got credit with a resort in Cancun from a canceled trip that's getting ready to expire in August, but I don't know that we've got room in the schedule for such a trip... we might need to call and see if they can extend that, ha ha... but we'd love to get some all-inclusive back in our lives again!! :P
Was rather surprised the safe is the mag-stripe swipe kind…had thought those would finally be retired…I have become spoiled with Princess and the newer Carnival ships all having code/button safe.
Nice to see the Victory now as Radiance, though, as was fond of her from cruising to Canada/New England from NYC 10+ years ago.
Great vlog! I was on a 3 day 2/18 on the Radiance and the ship was packed (must have been because of the holiday). I’m planning on going back again because 3 days was not long enough to experience everything 😩
I was on this cruise back in December and it’s SOOO strange that EVERYTHING is the EXACT same, I remember basically all of the crew that I saw when I was there. It’s such a strange feeling knowing I was in that exact place and everything and every one is the same.
?? Ding Dong. Im having trouble finding out which ships or ports have $10 testing. I've always wanted to go out of Long Beach. I'm always so happy to see a new video.
As of right now... March 22, 2022... it looks like Carnival Radiance is the only ship offering $10 testing. There were one or two others, but they seem to have changed to the $100-$110 option or whatever the "normal" price is here: docgo.com/carnival/
Westerdam was my first cruise and my first TA cruise 🚢 love me a dam ship.
We still need to get some HAL in our lives! Maybe someday soon we'll sail those "DAM" ships!! :P
cool, you said maybe tuesday LOve it.
Enjoyed this a lot! I worked on this ship back when it was the Victory in 2006-07 as an Entertainment Lighting Technician. Haven't been back on her since lol. Production shows back then were "Vroom!" and "Living In America" if anyone remembers. It's insane how much the ship has changed since then just from looking at this video. Excited to see the rest of the ship. The main forward theatre was 3 decks tall, pizza and burgers were at the aft pool where it looks like Shaq is now, is there still a retracting canopy over the aft pool? Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Looking forward to the rest of the series!
Nice! We sailed both Victory and Triumph back in the mid '00s and enjoyed them... we missed the Destiny though until she was already the Sunshine. Ah, the good ol' shows, yes... Nightclub Express, Brits, Motown, even all of those! We didn't see the retractable roof, though I'm sure it still has to be there... hmmm... like the ConQuest class has that as well still...
Hi Jay first time watcher you are hilarious sir. We leave on the Radiance 29th Aug. Great videos to see what is going on there
Think I love that ship. Nice to see the old tradition of the dancing in the dining room alive and well as I miss that. Is that by chance the renamed “poop cruise” ship? Thanks for sharing.😎
Always fun to see shhhhhowtime! No, the "poop cruise" is the Sunrise now, which was formerly the Triumph. We sailed her in 2009, then again with the new name in 2020, hah!! :P
Everybody hit that like/thumbs up button!!! They deserve it...
Thankee thankee!! :D
Good morning!
Goooood morning!! :P
I got a copyright for the drums on lido had to remove the audio in that part not sure why
Jeeze.. after an oasis class boat experience.. everything else just looks so tiny..
So, they added Shaw's Big Chicken but left rooms. Did they renovate the other public spaces? Love your vlogs.
Much like Sunrise, they shrunk the main theater at the front from Decks 3/4/5 to just Decks 4 & 5, adding cabins on Deck 3. They also removed the big comedy lounge at the back of Deck 5, adding cabins there, and made a Limelight randomly in an area that I don't remember what it was before, ha ha... :P
our bed on the Oasis sailing in Feb. 2022 was horrible! Every bed we've had on cruise ships have been amazing. Not sure what's up with that!
Those are the best magnets …the walls must be a little bubbled/blistered or rough texture which doesn’t work great with magnets
I loved the Victory, missing the "green" but it's pretty.
The chicken at Shaqs was good on MG, we weren't a big fan of the fries. That's just us, they were to thin we like them a little more thick.
We saw sneaks and peeks of the ol' sea foam green on the stairwells and things, but she's definitely got a whole new look these days!! :D
Love the vlogs, I went on the radiance in December for the Christmas cruise and we didn’t get a book. 😔maybe they only gave them out to people with diamond cards, I don’t know though.
Weird! We weren't expecting one at all. Our friend Jeffrey got one, but I believe he said he asked the steward specifically for one. It wasn't just in his cabin automatically. Interesting!!
We just took the 3 day and they had the book in our room. We thought it was just a coffee table book though to be left in the room.
Hey y’all what playlist do I watch so I can revisit what y’all did when y’all cruised to New England and bar harbor etc. We r going out of New York in October for same cruise on Ncl and need to ideas. As always love the videos. Y’all are my cruise fix while I can’t be on one. We just got of carnival last week for the last time for a long time. On to new ships and lines.
The only time we've been up that way so far was Grandeur in 2018 (czcams.com/play/PLbURfqJTql-x2aIo7C2PX1NcswOLwSDtY.html) but we'll be headed back up there in August 2022 and should have some fresh content by the time you sail!! :P
@@parodeejay you gotta get that on the tubes for me by October lol. We are over whelmed because it a 7 day cruise with 4 ports. We don’t wanna over do it but wanna take in as much as we can lol.
I hope they put BIG chicken on vista class , Dream Class and conquest class ( where is seafood shack is currently locate )
Yesssss, kick that seafood shack out of there after what they did to my beloved Tandoor buffet, hah!! :P ~Jay
@@parodeejay , No one uses the seafood shack , when I pass by the place
Question….what is your must not miss for our Mardi Gras cruise in May…food first then anything more we must do…
I was on the Victory in 2019 she sure shows her Radiance now #newshipjokes
#jokesjoooookes :P
Well back on the party ships, Dee wii be able to her dance on. Yeah! I don’t think Jay showed any sporty socks this time? Big Chicken yes! I am trying to eat better, somewhat!
Heck yeah! They were fried chicken socks in honor of Big Chicken, ha ha!! :P ~Jay
Was supposed to go on that ship In December, but decided to go on the Sunrise instead.
Nice! We've done both, and we actually liked what they did with some of the spaces on Radiance more than we did Sunrise, but they were almost identical!! :P
Looks like you had fun. My husband and I are also going to the same cruise. What time did you arrive on the cruise?
You select an arrival appointment during your online check-in. I believe our slot was 10:00am.
I put my luggage in the closet when the door needs to stay open. Never had an issue.
True, hiding it away at least would be a good plan! We just didn't want to leave our computers, cameras, and all that behind, hah. :P
You talked about how you each pack or sale differently when it comes to suitcases! Would love to see your packing styles. What is a packing cube?
We've got some packing cubes in our Amazon shop, but they're basically zippered bags that you can use to bundle and compartmentalize clothing within your suitcase... Dee uses them, but I never have, hah!! :P ~Jay
Thanks for your quick reply! I’ll have to go check those out! BTW, my hubs & I love your vids & it’s a staple to our evening decompression routine.
So I have a question I hope you can answer! In this vlog you show a Holland America ship two Princess ships and a Royal Caribbean ship. Carnival sails out of Long Beach and the others out of the Port of LA. How were You able to see ALL those ships so close to Long Beach?
Los Angeles and Long Beach share a common harbor, basically. It's almost like two ends of the same port complex, hah... they're super close!! :D
You didn't have to do a large group muster drill?
Not since cruising restarted in June 2021, nope! It's mostly all individual, on demand, which is amazing!! :D
Ps I’ll try to catch you live and ask these same questions.
Now I know he was a musical actor！By the way，I could not enjoy Bingo when I was on the Miracle, not because our Bingo managers were not funny, but I just felt like I was taking some kind of class or test, which was not interesting.
Hey Dee, I'm thinking about going on my first cruise with my best friend. Will we need to get travel insurance separately, or can we "bundle"? Thank you!!
Usually a policy covers a certain number of people at a single address, so I would suspect a second policy would be needed for someone who doesn't permanently live with you, if that's the case!!
@@parodeejay Rats. That makes sense, but what a bummer! Thank you for the info!!
That's a Police boat! See the gun!
I’ve never been attacked by the shower curtain and I’m quite large…explain why and when it attacks you? Lol
Wow. The ship looks empty. What was the capacity % ?
I don't think we ever asked or heard the exact passenger count, but we're thinking 35%-40% on this particular sailing.
Seems like a potential security risk to just leave the keys above the door... I prefer getting them when we check in.
We preferred that method as well where they used to give them to you at the guest services area while you were checking in, but I guess it caused a slower check-in process in the terminal.
Question: If you have a passport, do you ALSO need to bring your birth certificate to get on the ship? Or is the passport sufficient enough? Thank you!
No, if you have a passport, that and a photo ID are all you need!! :D
Going on the Carnival panorama April 9th out of Long Beach.. Can we just do the covid test there at the port or do we have to have it done before we arrive?
They do have testing at the port for something like $100 per person, I believe. You register at Carnival’s DocGo site and schedule an appointment time slot. We’ve been using the $25 proctored at-home tests that we made a couple of videos about back in August!! :D
@@parodeejay thanks.
Do you have to make a reservation for the test onsite?
You need to register at Carnival’s DocGo website but no reservation is needed for Radiance and the $10 test specifically. You just show up and show them your registration for DocGo. For other ships, yes. You make a reservation and pay $100 or $110 for the test.
@@parodeejay thanks!
Is dee a travel agent or do you recommend a travel agent.
For cruises, she is indeed!! :D www.parodeejay.com/travel
How would you say the Radiance compares to the Sunrise? Trying to decide between the 2 and considering the itinerary...is it worth a longer flight to the West Coast?
They’re pretty similar, and Sunrise had some interesting lunch options that we didn’t see on Radiance. Unless you’re really after the west coast ports, I’d say check out Sunrise!! :P
@@parodeejay Thanks for your quick reply! Love watching all of your adventures!!
@@parodeejay I'm also comparing a 5 night on the Breeze...would you say that one is worth a longer flight with a less attractive itinerary (2 stops in Mexico vs. Grand Turk-HMC-Nassau)? Also, we are sailing with teens...
We are meeting a couple we have met on a previous ship on the Mardi Gras in May…where do you recommend we meet up for great drinks an prices since we’ve never cruised her?
Awesome! Our favorite spot was the Brass Magnolia in the French Quarter!! :D
@@parodeejay thank you for the recommendation!
@@parodeejay was thinking about the hibachi….but will love this restaurant as wel
Was the testing at the port really $10 or was that a typo?
Yes, for two or three ships on short cruises, they had $10 testing. Most ships in the fleet have the $100 or $110 or whatever it is. We avoid that one, hah!! :P
@@parodeejay Nice!
Did you notice people cheating with their phones during the trivia? (enjoyed the video)
Not specifically, but I'm sure some folks do if the host plays extended segments of the songs. Most times, it's literally one to two seconds, which seems like it would be hard to detect. But hey, if they need a trophy that badly, so be it, I guess, hah!! :P
@@parodeejay k thanks, I guess songs are different than other trivia.
I miss the victory
The new name will take time for me
I like the new colors and shows
I did not like the rust and old parts I found on the top level. The ship was in Spain for re fix 200 million dollars
I feel in time the bugs will be fixed
My trip was January 7
Going again July
“..the beds felt like they came from Home Depot in the lumber department“. HILARIOUS 🤣
Do you know the song from a kids show… does anyone here have an aardvark, does anyone here have an aardvark…everyone here has a right and left ear but does anyone here have an aardvark. I was raised in Nashville Tennessee but was born in New York. That’s my trivia for you !
Yes, from the kids show Wonderama on Saturday mornings back in the 70's
first >:)
You did it!! :P
Jay didn't win the 90's trivia? Disappointed. What song did you miss?
They tossed in "We've Got It Goin' On" by BSB, and I'm usually pretty good on my BSB, hah... but I wasn't expecting their first-ever single, released before they started gaining real momentum in the music scene!! :P
Time to move on to itineraries in Europe and Asia.
These vlogs are becoming repetitive
This set of cruises is the first time we've ever set foot on a California cruise, and both Navigator OTS and Carnival Radiance were all brand new ports for us, so I'm not sure how they got repetitive that quickly, ha ha... but all righty then!! :P
We use to watch you all the time but have stopped following you since you continue to be Pc and wear your mask in open areas. The Carnival ships are now mask free! Might come back to you in a year to see if you’re still wearing masks.
As we explained in this very vlog, the mask requirements didn’t change until March 1st, and we sailed on February 28th.
wow that seems like a really immature reason to stop watching someone's channel.
It’s better to remain silent and be presumed an idiot than to speak and remove all doubt.
Tell me you didn’t watch the vlog without telling me you didn’t watch the vlog lol