Brilliance of the Seas Review

Another wonderful time with Royal Caribbean

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berrygal09
2-5 Cruises • Age 30s

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Sail Date: Feb 2014

This was only the second time my husband and I have cruised, both times with Royal Caribbean. After a fun and amazingly carefree vacation we're already planning our next cruise!

We stayed in a large ocean view stateroom, which seemed huge compared to the interior room we had on our first cruise, which, admittedly, was on a smaller ship. The room was classically done in blues, reds and rich dark wood. We were perfectly comfortable returning to our room in the afternoons to rest. I had always heard the rooms on cruises are so cramped that you stay out of them for as long as possible--not the case!

We enjoyed the food so much on our first cruise with Royal Caribbean and weren't disappointed on Brilliance of the Seas. My husband preferred the main dining room while I loved the buffet at the Windjammer Cafe. I felt they had more variety, including a focus on different international food (Greek, Indian, Caribbean, etc.) each night, and almost the exact same offerings as the main dinning room. When reading reviews of the food on other cruise lines I saw the phrases "cafeteria-quality" and "about the same as Golden Corral" used a lot. In my opinion, the food in the Windjammer is far above either of these descriptions! However, I did enjoy the excellent chopped salads in the main dinning room at lunch. I would recommend making reservations each day before for dinner in the dinning room if you are doing My Time Dinning. We found ourselves eating late on several nights because we hadn't made reservations in time.

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