We sailed on the Brilliance June 4, 2006 on the 12 night Greek Island tour. We cruise every two years. This was our 5th cruise overall and second with Royal Caribbean. Most recently we were on the Carnival Spirit and on the Royal Caribbean Voyager before that. All of our others were on Carnival. Our expectations are not high nor are they low.

Embarkation From Topeka, Kansas: We traveled, through Atlanta, to Barcelona, the departure point, arriving the day of departure. This worked out well for us with no problems. One of our Royal Caribbean luggage tags didn't quite survive the flight, so I had to perform a makeshift repair... might be a good idea to carry tape. Each of us always has a carry-on bag with toiletries and spare clothes, but we've never had our luggage diverted. We always have the cruise line book the flight and that has always worked well.

I wish the Royal Caribbean reps would have been more visible initially as we entered the terminal, but that was just me being nervous. The porters took our luggage while in the terminal. Unexpected, but no problem there. Read more