Brilliance of the Seas Review

Brilliant Brilliance of the seas

Review for the Middle East Cruise on Brilliance of the Seas

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Sail Date: Dec 2011
Cabin: Deluxe Ocean View Stateroom with Balcony
Traveled with children

We embarked on the beautiful Brilliance of the seas at Dubai for a one week cruise and had a great experience from start to finish. Our check in was brilliant - we were in our stateroom barely half an hour after arriving at the terminal, everyone seemed courteous and helpful, and soon the children were enjoying their lunch in Windjammers, the casual buffet restaurant. On a previous cruise, this process took over two hours and when we did get to go on board our stateroom was not yet ready.

The only thing that did not seem right on embarkation day was the lacklustre emergency drill. No life jackets were used and I doubt the information given would have been useful in a real emergency.

The Brilliance of the seas is indeed a beautiful ship with lots of space and activities, and although we liked the kids' programmes on offer, we found there were enough activities to enable us stay and play together. We enjoyed table tennis especially and our adolescent played this as well as football with the other children. The mini golf was another option our younger son particularly liked. There were many areas to sit or lie to relax and several nice places to take family photos. Sometimes we simply went for a walk around the ship and enjoyed the views. There were other activities going on such as swimming, rock climbing, jogging and basketball in a relaxed atmosphere.

Cabin Review

Deluxe Ocean View Stateroom with Balcony

Cabin E1

Stateroom E1 8110. Reasonably sized room but can feel cramped if all 4 occupants move around at the same time. Small loveseat converts into a sofa bed for one and there is a pull down bed from above the queen bed. Midship location, close to lifts and really to everything but quiet corridor despite obvious traffic. Great port views from the balcony.

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