Welcome to the Royal Caribbean Blog podcast, a weekly look into the world of Royal Caribbean cruising.

I'm your host Matt Hodgeberg, and this is episode number 97.

A fan favorite of Royal Caribbean has to be the Radians class of ships, which offer a lot in a small package.

The four radiance class ships can travel to nearly any cruise port around the world, and what they lack

in size is they make up for in range and onboard experience. This week, I want to share why the

Radiance Class is such a fun bunch of ships to cruise on, and why size isn't everything

when it comes to having an incredible Royal Caribbean cruise. Here we go. I don't think Royal Caribbean's Radiance class probably gets the kind of attention these days that its larger siblings enjoy.

But, you know, that doesn't really mean it's any less fun.

When I first got into cruising on Royal Caribbean, I would read on different message boards and talk to other fans and, you know, basically other Royal Caribbean veterans.

And when you hear them talk about Royal Caribbean ships and which ones they like,

inevitably they'd always wax poetically about the virtues of the Radians class ship

because of their grace, beauty, and character.

And it's something that you, I know that I picked up on after a while.

It wasn't like you need to hear it once, but when you hear it over and over again, people talking about, you know, everyone of course would be impressed by maybe the new Oasis class ships and the quantum class ships, even the Voyager class ships. But the radiance was always something that people talk about. It's like your first girlfriend. It's like the one that got away almost. It's like, you know, you're married, but you still kind of look back on and like, ah, you know, those were the days, right?

Maybe it's just me, but I don't know.

You know, they're a little special place in your heart, right?

It's hard to forget that kind of an experience.

And I think the Radians class is really that kind of an experience on board.

And it's so different in a good way that it really stands out. So this week, I wanted to share with all of you what makes the radiance class ships special and why you might want to take another look at them for your next cruise.

There are four ships in the ratings class of ships. You've got the radiance of the seas,

brilliance of the seas, serenade of the seas, and jewel the seas. Now, the radiance class ships

were built between 2001 and 2004 at the Mayer Wurf shipyard in Pappenburg, Germany. Now, the Radians class ships were built between 2001 and 2004 at the Mayor Wurft

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