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Brilliance of the Seas Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

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Reviews: 3
Helpful Votes: 83

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Brilliance of the Seas

12 Night Mediterranean Greek Isles (Barcelona Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 13, 2016

Ship: Brilliance of the Seas

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 4016

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

This was a 12 night cruise from Barcelona - we had our port stop at Turkey replaced with Crete (which I could have done without). Some of the ports were amazing (Santorini, Cince de Terre) and others were not so great ( Malta, Crete, Cannes ) so I felt like it was a mixed bag.

 

Onboard, the wifi was a constant problem (we actually had it refunded because of the constant problems ) and we bought a pass to the Thermal Spa which was broken 2 out of 2 times that I tried to use it. They ended up refunding that and as a gesture of goodwill, offered me a Razul (sp?) treatment free of charge and when I came to do that, that room was broken as well. My general feeling is that since the ship is older it is falling apart a bit.

 

We had a wonderful waiter (Amane) and assistant waiter (Aji) and enjoyed the wonderful service they provided! The onboard activities were severely lacking. We did a cruise w/ RC last year that was MUCH better. Basically there was only trivia and lots of seminars to sell you things. That's it. Also the TV had about three channels, one was to sell you things, another on the where you were and the last channel was in the wrong language. Very lacking.

 

The food was OK, not great but ok.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Had enough room but the shower hose snapped off on the last day. Seemed a little flimsy.

Ports of call

Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5

Cannes, France

1 out of 5

La Spezia, Italy

5 out of 5

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5

Piraeus (Athens), Greece

5 out of 5

Santorini, Greece

5 out of 5

Valletta, Malta

1 out of 5
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