La Varenda is a little more "get in and get out" than compass Rose is. Even on just a 17 day cruise there were nights we wanted dinner quicker than 1.5 to 2 hours. But the food is still quite good and the service is certainly up to Radisson standards even if you can manage dinner in an hour or so.

Marcie, I need to take you to Vegas some time. You go girl!!! And how in the world could you tell you put on 2 pounds? When ever I stepped on the scale it calmly swung along a 10 pound range and never settled. I just used the middle number as an average but I never got a good reading.

I had a Scuba diving magazine I gave to the reception desk and they seemed grateful to put it in the library. I'd imagine if you actually give it to someone the book stands a chance of getting in there. They do code them somehow with color stickers.