Wow!!!! Another wonderful cruise!!! This was our 14th cruise and our 5th with RCI. My husband is 50 and I am not (YET!). We did our own air (always do) and flew to a Miami a day early (again, always do). We stayed at the Holiday Inn Biscayne Bay- right across the street from Bayside. We were unexpectedly upgraded to a suite in the hotel- Nice! The hotel itself is ok- nothing special- but the fact that it was across from Bayside was the selling point. We walked around Bayside and had a great dinner at Bubba Gumps- fun! We would definitely stay there again.
Embarkation on March 5 was EASY!!! I had done all of the online check in- no hassles at all. We left the hotel at 11 and were drinking our first Margarita by 11:45AM. The rooms were not ready until 1:30- stayed at the pool with our feet in the water- fine for us!
The Brilliance is beautiful!!! It was very clean with all of the wonderful art that always accompanies a great ship. Our room was typical- smallish but with plenty of storage for the two of us.