Eastern Caribbean Brilliance of the Seas Eastern Caribbean Cruise Reviews

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Overall great cruise; wonderful crew

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jules71
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

We choose this cruise to get together with friends from other states and to get out in the sunshine. We purposely chose a shorter, less expensive cruise. There were 12 of us all together; 4 of the couples flew from Ohio, one already in Florida, and we drove from SC. Embarkation was the easiest we have had in 17 cruises. The Port of Tampa is easy to drive to, easy to park, easy to board. We were ...
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Sail Date: March 2019

Cabin Type: Ocean View


March 4th Brilliance review

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lluken
10+ Cruises • Age 80s

We chose this cruise as we just wanted a shorter cruise this time, 5 days. We had not been on an older ship for sometime, but found the Brilliance to be in good shape and not tacky at all. We live just an hour away, so drove to the port and parked in Channelside Parking at l/2 price of Terminal 3 parking. It's just 2 short blocks away from the terminal. We arrived at the ...
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Sail Date: March 2019

Cabin Type: Ocean View Balcony


Key west is a disaster

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Radiator690
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

I cruise every year and the last two cruises I have found some of the excursions to be a chaotic disaster. The cruise ships are so large and the ports of call so small that it is crazy trying to get around. We have been to key west a few times before and usually stayed in the downtown area. On this cruise I chose to do the hop on hop off tour. The tour is a nice tour if you just stay on the bus. ...
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Sail Date: February 2019

Cabin Type: Ocean View Balcony

Traveled with children


My birthday cruise

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notagoddess
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

Our nephew & his wife joined us on this cruise to celebrate my birthday. Embarkation and disembarkation in Tampa was a breeze, quick on and off the ship with hardly any waiting. Our junior suite was large & clean with plenty of storage. The Brilliance O.T.S. is in good condition, well laid out, and the ride was mostly very smooth, even with the occasional rough seas of winter. We mostly dined ...
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Sail Date: February 2019


First time on Brilliance, enjoyed it.

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PigsCanFly
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

We chose this cruise because it fit the school vacation schedule in NY State. My wife and I are approaching 60 and our son is 25. We liked the ship size and layout. We had a Jr Suite which was plenty of space for the 3 of us. The walk-in closet was larger than we expected. The tub drain had an issue that was addressed promptly by the maintainance folks by removing the drain plug. It ...
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Sail Date: February 2019

Cabin Type: Junior Suite Accessible


"Cruise to the Edge" - a week of progressive rock on Royal Caribbean

Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Brilliance of the Seas

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lynn-in-nc
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

Since our cruise on Seabourn we have become very spoiled, but my husband is a "prog" fan and was thrilled to take this cruise with some of his favorite artists. I hadn't been on a Royal Caribbean ship for at least 10 years and it hasn't gotten any better. We left from Tampa for this 5-day cruise and because of fog we weren't allowed to embark until 7:30 that evening (instead of 10:30 that ...
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Sail Date: February 2019

Cabin Type: Ocean View Balcony



Very disappointing cruise.

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trose
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

We chose this cruise because it was in Tampa and we have enjoyed past cruises on Royal Carribean. They were not forthcoming with basic information. The crew was not as friendly as past cruises. The noise over the balcony was upsetting. The whole point of having a cabin with a balcony is so you can relax on it and enjoy the peaceful ocean. The coffee and hot water for tea was constantly empty. ...
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Sail Date: December 2018

Cabin Type: Junior Suite Accessible


Overall Solid Cruise

Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Brilliance of the Seas

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t_fins
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

Overall it was a really fun cruise. Staff was good. Our room was very clean and the attendant was great. Anything we needed it was there before we returned to the room. Food and drinks were ok. Main dining room was average but we had requested a private toable and were placed with 6 others. Luckily they were all very nice. The kids really enjoyed the buffet. They are there for lunch and breakfast ...
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Sail Date: November 2018

Cabin Type: Ocean View Balcony

Traveled with children


Amazing Vacation 2018

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caseygt
6-10 Cruises • Age 40s

We choose this cruise because it was kids sail free and it left out of Tampa. The port of Tampa was awesome. We got there on the tail end of things and there were no lines to wait through and that helped big time since this was out first time back cruising in 5 years since the birth of our first daughter and this was our 2 girls first time cruising. The staff onboard were so nice and friendly. My ...
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Sail Date: November 2018

Cabin Type: Interior

Traveled with children


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