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Radiance of the Seas was the first of three cruise ships in this class built for the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line. Her sister ships Brilliance of the Seas entered service in 2002 and Jewel of the Seas 2004. These three ships followed RCCLs five giant 142,000-ton Voyager of the Seas class that entered service between 1999 and 2003. With the Voyager class ships being so large they cannot use the Panama Canal, RCCL had the Radiance class designed to the maximum dimensions the canal can take.

Radiance has 12 passenger decks, 3 pools, 9 bars, casino, fitness center, 900-seat theatre, 813 outside cabins of which 577 have verandas, 237 inside cabins, can carry 2,100 passengers and a crew of 860.

Radiance is operated on 6, 8 & 14 night cruises from Fort Lauderdale - Caribbean, and 7 nights from Vancouver - Alaska. Other cruises are 14 nights to the Panama Canal departing Los Angeles and 14 night Hawaii cruises departing Los Angeles.

Brilliance is operated out of Barcelona & Venice on 7, 12 &14 night cruises - various ports throughout the Mediterranean. Other cruises of 10, 11 &13 nights depart Miami - Caribbean & Panama Canal.

Jewel is operated out of Fort Lauderdale on 6 & 8 night cruises - Florida, Bahamas, Caribbean & Mexico. 12 night cruises out of Harwich / England take in Scandinavia, Eastern Europe & various ports throughout the United Kingdom. Other 3 & 4 night cruises to Europe depart from Hamburg & Oslo.

Websites US: www.royalcaribbean.com. UK: www.royalcaribbean.co.uk