My wife and I embarked on a 4 day cruise out of Tampa on Brilliance of the seas to celebrate her birthday. I have been on two other cruises (with Princess) but had never tried Royal Carribean. I was sadly disappointed with not only what was on the ship but what was not on the ship. We noticed a very unpleasant odor coming from our bathroom and the balcony area. So bad that we couldn't even have ...
The Royal Caribbean staff was awesome during our extended time at sea, due to FOG!! We were very pleased with the extras that were provided by your staff to accommodate us during the extra night and day on board!! Our room steward, Frankie, was great as well as our two dining room servers, Rama and Jorge (sp?)!
They both did an excellent job at our table in the Dining Room!!
This is the only ...
I don't even know where to start, but ill start with the food, which was horrible in the Windjammer. It was pretty repeated food each day. The main dining room food was ok. The Chops Grill was pretty good. There is nothing to do on the ship most days. Most of us were bored out of our minds. There was an extreme much older crowd on this ship as well. If you are 55 and under, chances are you will ...
This was our 2nd Royal Caribbean cruise and our 3rd cruise overall. Our 1st cruise was a 4 night cruise on the Disney Magic and our 2nd was a 3 night on RCCL Enchantment of the Seas. Of course the Disney cruise was 5 stars all the way around but given the cost to cruise with Disney, we decided to give RCCL a shot with the short 3 nighter. Our experience on the Enchantment was very pleasant and we ...
This was my first cruise and enjoyed most of the time on the cruise. The food was great at the cafe and the dining room, as well as certain meals at the buffet. As a football fan, I was glad I did not miss my team play on the big screen by poolside.
Our first port was Key West and we did a wave runner tour which was a lot of fun. Eating local and good food is important to us and we found some ...
The ship has held up very well. We feel that chops was not up to what we are use to. Johnny Rockets waited 1 hour only to get the wrong food. The show was Saturday night fever was just not great. The rooms look great. The dining room food was great. They took the crown books out and now you have to remember what deals you get. I guess that was smart on RCCL part save money. Weather was great. The ...
Service was acceptable. Room service - on the 2 occasions I ordered it - took an hour+ each time. Both times I received stuff I didn't order, not extra stuff, but replacement stuff. Wednesday we didn't even do dinner because it was all nasty. Breakfast was purely disappointing, the food was stale, dry, hard, etc. No flavor. The juices were watered down to the point that they were only ...
Sailed last week with Royal Caribbean for the first time. After 3 cruises with Carnival, I really wanted to try Royal Caribbean to have another cruise line to compare Carnival to. Was so looking forward to this trip and the beautiful Liberty of the Seas (which I heard wonderful reviews about). Going to make this a quick review of the good,bad, and really awful.
Positives: Called a few days before ...
Another couple joined my SO and I on this elongated weekend getaway from Tampa, FL. Living in State, we drove to the port, parked in the garage directly across the street ($60 as opposed to $80 for Valet which our friends did), and boarded around 1 p.m. As Crown and Anchor Platinum members, the waiting line was short, the staff friendly and helpful.
Day 1 consisted of lunch at the buffet, ...
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We are from St. Augustine so instead of making the 3 hour drive the morning of embarkation we decided to stay the night in Tampa the night before. Well worth it. We got to the port around 10:15 a.m. We used ...