Brilliance of the Seas Review

Brilliance loses it's sparkle amid the cut-backs.

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Sail Date: Jan 2009

Arriving at Barcelona, the quick check-in afforded by my Platinum membership of Crown & Anchor was impressive. Within 20 minutes of arriving at the port, I was nicely seated in the Windjammer for a much needed coffee and one of Royal Caribbean's choc-chip cookies. Having booked late, all that was available for single occupation was an Outside Guarantee cabin, so I didn't expect much even with the huge single person supplement.. but I didn't anticipate spending much time in the cabin due to the usual wonderful entertainment previously experienced on both Explorer and Navigator of the Seas.

Thankfully, I was upgraded from a porthole deck3 to a window deck4 cabin, with great views of the waves as we hit rough weather south of Barcelona. The ship travels well and although I would usually request decks 7 - 9, I actually now much prefer the views of the sea on deck 4 !

The first evening, I and my 2 travel companions went for the late sitting dinner on 4th floor main restaurant. We were seated with 2 charming fun Americans in their early 30s. The table however was less than ideal being situated between the kitchen doors and the first serving station. We sat with heavily laden trays being carried over our heads and narrowly survived several splatterings from dropped trays and crashing glasses that our adjacent table were not so lucky to avoid.

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Great views of the sea from front deck 4 picture windows, preferable to higher decks if you actually like being 'at sea'. Jugglers practising in the early hours in the theatre did cause a problem however.

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