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Stargazing

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December 1, 2025

These are the slides from Kate Chapman’s Stargazing presentation on Carnival Radiance. Social media and contact information for her are on the last slide.


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Hawaiian Radiance: Day 12

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November 28, 2025

Good morning. Today is yet another sea day as we make our way to Ensenada, Mexico. The coffee line is five deep this morning.

I headed to the Pig & Anchor for the 8:30 nature walk and nobody was there.

I hung around to catch the wake. 

Within five minutes the naturalist…


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Reef Romance

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November 24, 2025

These are the slides from Steve the Naturalist’s Reef Romance Presentation on Carnival Radiance.


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Hawaiian Radiance: Day 11

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November 21, 2025

Good morning. We lost an hour in the time change this morning. We’ll be losing an hour each day on our way to Ensenada. 

The coffee line is only two deep this morning.

It looks nice out here but it’s extremely windy.

I headed back in to the atrium bar and got…


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Hawaiian Corals

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November 17, 2025

These are the slides from Steve The Naturalist’s Hawaiian Corals presentation. Be sure to follow Steve on social media at Steve The Naturalist.


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Hawaiian Radiance: Day 10

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November 14, 2025

Good morning! I slept in a bit and got some laundry ready. I had to ask the steward for more laundry bags. I could’ve filled two but I only had one. I knew I was going to have a lot of laundry. I changed clothes three times on the…


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Hawaiian Radiance: Hilo

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November 10, 2025

Good morning. We are working our way to Hilo on the big island of Hawaii. This isn’t the last port day, but it is the last Hawaii port day. The towel animal takeover is normally done with small towel animals. Today they have life size ones.

It looks like Big…


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Hawaiian Radiance: Volcanoes National Park

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November 7, 2025

When I read the reviews for Carnival’s Volcanoes National Park tour, I found many people were disappointed that they didn’t get to walk through a lava tube.
I decided to look for outside tours that included a lava tube and ended up booking the Big Island Volcanoes National Park tour….


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Hawaiian Radiance: Kauai

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November 3, 2025

Good morning! We are pulling into Kauai. Today we’re going to Waimea Canyon which is known as the Grand Canyon of the Pacific.

The 7:15 Coffee shop line is short again.

I’m grabbing a broken egg sandwich in the dining room. I was able to get it with egg whites only.

I…


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Waimea Canyon in Kauai

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October 31, 2025

Waimea Canyon is the main attraction in Kauai. It is known as the Grand Canyon of the Pacific. I booked the Waimea Canyon Tour through Carnival. At the time it was listed for $75, I got it for $$60 with a 20% discount sale then got an additional 10%…

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