These are very nice accommodations with huge portholes that add to the space. Children s Activities. Adventure Ocean, the youth program for ages three to 17, is located on Deck 12 with waterslide, teen pool and kids pool, in addition to Optix, a night club for teenagers. Gyroscopes stabilize the self-leveling billiard tables, which RCI touts as the first pool tables at sea. The Radiance of the Seas and the subsequent ships in this class, Fain noted, are designed to provide a more intimate atmosphere, yet with all the choices and activities that clients expect on a ship.
Youngsters enjoy block-building in Adventure Ocean.
The Radiance of the Seas is also introducing a new onboard service program called the Radiance Project that is designed to provide a more resort-like experience to passengers. Family Staterooms on the forward end sleep up to six people each. Deluxe Ocean View staterooms have a couch in the sitting area. For the very first time, there is no cruise director but rather a general manager and a vacation experience director. Radiance of the Seas general manager Helmut Leikauf said that with the increase of shipboard facilities, a new management philosophy puts a greater focus on delivering a great vacation experience to guests by creating a circular management structure in which each venue is run by a manager who sees to passenger needs.