Brilliance of the Seas Review
Brilliance - a great change from the Caribbean!
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This was the last cruise that DH and I planned together before he passed away in May. We had originally scheduled this cruise for 9/29, but found out after planning that we were going to be grandparents again on 9/26. Figuring that the original date was too close to the baby coming, we rescheduled for week of 10/20. That said, this was a solo cruise for me.
I flew into Boston on the day of sailing. I arrived at 12:30 and took a taxi ($30) to the terminal. Most of the guests must have been early, as the terminal seemed deserted. I checked in, went straight to my room to drop my hand carried bags and went looking for lunch. I had peaked in the windjammer and saw that it was packed. Remembering that there was a Park Café, I checked and it was nearly empty. The Park Café is always mentioned as a great place for lunch, but either people are not reading the reviews, or they forget about it, as I had been several times for lunch (love the salad - always fresh) and it was never busy.
The ship is very nice, but I won't review as my thoughts will just be redundant of all the accolades from the previous member reviews. The reviews on the MDR are both good and bad. I think the food was good. There were no particular meals that hit me as outstanding, but it is good, plentiful, and always served with a smile.
Cabin Review
The walk to the back of the ship is long - I definitely got a work out for the week going back and forth. There were two bathrooms, one off the main area with shower and one full off of the "main" bedroom with full tub. Both bedrooms are without windows. The second bedroom has a closet and desk/make up area full size bed and nightstands. The main bedroom has the bathroom, closet, desk/make up area, two nightstands, safe and flat screen tv. What I've never seen on an RCCL cruise before was the addition of an alarm clock. This worked as a nice nightlight waking up. The main area has a table and chairs, living room area, and counter with ice bucket and coffee maker on one side, and the flat screen tv on the other. There is an awkward porthole window behind the tv, that is covered with a non opening curtain. There are sliding glass doors going out to the balcony. It is not a very bright stateroom. The balcony is smaller than I would have imagined being on the fan tail of the ship. It is not wrap around and the space is smaller due to the curve of the ship. The room is to hold 8, but I think it would be tight.