Brilliance of the Seas Review
4.0 / 5.0
First ever cruise; loved the experience.
Review for the Western Mediterranean Cruise on Brilliance of the Seas
Wayneboy
First Time Cruiser • Age 50s
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Sail Date: Jul 2016
Cabin: Superior Ocean View Stateroom with Balcony
I booked the cruise as my wife wanted to visit Venice which was one of the ports of call. I booked with Royal Caribbean as it was a well known cruise line, I thought it would be a wise decision. After booking, my wife looked at cruise reviews (which i never thought to do ) and read quite a few poor reviews for Brilliance of the Seas. Before we embarked we were not looking forward to it that much.
How wrong can you be? We had a brilliant experience.
There was a fairly long queue to check in but only took about 15 minutes to get to front and then a speedy check-in as we had filled in online information. The ship was excellent and seemed well looked after. everywhere was very clean. There was lots of excellent entertainment each day. The service was excellent from restaurant staff and cabin cleaners.
Cabin Review
Superior Ocean View Stateroom with Balcony
Cabin D1
Nice cabin with lots of wardrobe space. spacious cabin which was attended to by cabin staff twice a day. Although this was never intrusive as they always managed to time the visits while you are out of the cabin. The evening visit always meant a full itinerary was left for the following days activities.
Port Reviews
Nice
Caught the train to Monaco and had a trip on the open top bus tour, would thoroughly recommend this. Loved seeing the sights especially parts of the GP circuit.
Venice
An amazing approach to Venice, make sure you are viewing during the approach. It was very busy but loved walking round the streets, very picturesque. Food & drink very expensive around St Marks Square.
Kotor
Beautiful approach and port, had a short walk and a beer, then went back to the ship to cool down as it was a very hot day. Not a lot else to do here.
Rome (Civitavecchia)
6 hours really not enough for this city, 3 days would be ideal, so many interesting things to see. Paid for a return trip which took around 1hr 10mins each way.
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