Carnival Radiance

Carnival Cruise Line · Sunshine class · 2000

Carnival Radiance measures 102,232 gross tons, with room for 2,984 guests. Carnival Radiance sails 4-night cruises from Los Angeles.

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Carnival Radiance cruise ship docked at the Ensenada pier under a blue sky
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BuiltYear built
2000
TonnageGross tonnage
102,232
Decks
13
Cabins
1,448
Guests
2,984
4,375 at full occupancy
Crew
1,110

Carnival Radiance cruise schedule

72 cruises in the next 12 months · open a cruise to see its itinerary · all times local

    1. Los Angeles
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      Sun 25 Oct 15:30
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    2. Avalon
      Mon 26 Oct08:0017:30
      Port crowd
    3. Ensenada
      Tue 27 Oct08:0017:00
      Port crowd
    4. At sea
      Wed 28 Oct
    5. Los Angeles
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      Thu 29 Oct 08:00
      Port crowd
      ParkingHotelsGetting there
    Numbers match the port order

Showing 6 of 72 cruises

Where Carnival Radiance sails

Homeport and departures by month · Oct 2026 – Sep 2027

Most of its sailings are in the Hawaii, Mexico, Panama Canal, with more in the West Coast USA and Canada. Carnival Radiance sails from Los Angeles.

Los AngelesNumber = cruises starting that month

Ports Carnival Radiance visits

7 ports of call in the next 12 months · homeports not counted

HomeportPort of callSize = ship calls

How Carnival Radiance sails

Sailings starting in the next 12 months · Oct 2026 – Sep 2027 · from published itineraries

Sailing mix

Upcoming sailings by length

72sailings

  • Up to 5 nights6489%
  • 7 nights0–
  • 6, 8 or 9 nights23%
  • 10–14 nights68%
  • 15+ nights0–

Turnaround ports

Port intensity

Port days and sea days per cruise, between embarkation and return

Time in port
9 h
median · 5 – 29.5 h
Port days
53%
of days between embarkation and return
Overnight calls
2
staying past midnight
Late departures
12
after 20:00 · latest 22:00

Cruise patterns

  • 1 port · 1 sea day3 nights22 cruises
  • 2 ports · 1 sea day4 nights19 cruises
  • 2 ports · 2 sea days5 nights11 cruises
  • 2 ports · 1 sea day4 nights7 cruises
  • 5 ports · 8 sea days14 nights6 cruises

Port daySea dayEmbarkation and return days not shown

Sea days are the days between embarkation and return with no port call. Hours in port run from arrival to departure; calls with unpublished times are left out. Late departure = leaving a port of call after 20:00, local time.

Carnival Radiance specifications

From the cruise line and ship registries · metric units

Ship

Cruise line
Carnival Cruise Line
Class
Sunshine class
Year built
2000
Status
In service
IMO
9172648
MMSI
355263000

Size

Gross tonnage
102,232 GT
Length
272.2 m
Beam
35.5 m
Decks
13
Cruising speed
23 knots

Capacity

Guests, double occupancy
2,984
Guests, full occupancy
4,375
Cabins
1,448
Crew
1,110
Guests per crew member
2.7
Space per guest
34.3 GT

How it compares

138th largest of 350 ships in service

Gross tonnage

  • Carnival Radiance102,232
  • Carnival Cruise Line average120,665
  • All ships in service91,156

Guests, double occupancy

  • Carnival Radiance2,984
  • Carnival Cruise Line average3,322
  • All ships in service2,189

Sunshine class sister ships

Same design and size as Carnival Radiance

See the Carnival Cruise Line fleet

Also from Carnival Cruise Line: Carnival Festivale, Carnival Tropicale, Carnival Celebration, Carnival Jubilee, Carnival Mardi Gras, Carnival Venezia

About Carnival Radiance

Carnival Radiance is a Sunshine-class ship of Carnival Cruise Line, delivered by Fincantieri at Monfalcone in 2000 as the Destiny-class Carnival Victory. After a $200 million conversion at Navantia in Cadiz she debuted under her new name in December 2021, carrying 2,984 guests at double occupancy across 13 decks. Highlights include Shaq's Big Chicken, Guy's Pig & Anchor Smokehouse and Heroes Tribute Bar.