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Brilliance of the Seas Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

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Review: 1
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Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Brilliance of the Seas

12 Night Mediterranean Featuring Venice (Barcelona Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 23, 2011

Ship: Brilliance of the Seas

Cabin type: Oceanview

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 13 years ago

Review summary

The entertainments on the ship are very good. We had such a Desert were okay, not great. I find better deserts at Safeways. Some of the foods were like from Costco. very disappointed. But in a way, i am okay with it because i didnot over eatten and i did not gain weight after the trip. On the Princess Cruises, they allow us to order whatever we want. They could cook for us. However, it's not the same on this ship. They don't do anything special for you. the buffet is closed early, around 10 pm and i think that's too early. Fruits were the same everyday. they should have different kind of fruits and salads. The cafeteria at Virginia TEch is much better than the foods on this ship. Very disappointed.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
Food is terrible as mentioned above. Dinning time is good, standard. Nos specialy options.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
This is the best of the ship. entertainment were good and got big crowd of participation.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
Not all of them are willing to help. After the hours, you can't find your state room. I called the manager, she said she would immediately send someone but that someone never came. We waited for a long time and then gave up.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Ports of call

Villefranche-Sur-Mer, France

5 out of 5
it was good. not enough time to see everything

Salerno (Naples), Italy

3 out of 5
We went to the beach in Positano instead. it was great.

Ravenna, Italy

5 out of 5
it's not expensive here, you can buy things

Venice, Italy

5 out of 5
it's a must to see. love it

Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy

5 out of 5
wish i had more time. i did not get to see much

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5
great. wish i had more time

Dubrovnik, Croatia

5 out of 5
clean and nice but expensive

Pros: entertainment and excursion programs

Cons: foods

Recommends Brilliance of the Seas? Yes!

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