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Brilliance of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 41

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Brilliance of the Seas

5 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 28, 2017

Ship: Brilliance of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7066

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Ship is nice and clean, lots of activities. Definately an older crowd when we went January 28th 2017. I wpuld say 1/2 the ship was 70 plus...Entertainment is great, good shows and activities. Casino is of ample size but smokey, I wish it was a non smoking casino. My biggest complaint is the dining options and the assigned times.If you get stuck in a late seating there is no ability to change..8:30pm dinner is too late for us. There are too many upcharge specialty restaurants and not enough included restaurants to take care of those that want to eat earlier. They staff knows this because I tried to switch to an earlier time and was told, sorry everyone wants to eat early. We ended up eting at the buffet everynight which was good, but we never god to enjoy a sit down dinner in the main dining room. I think RCL should rethink their dining plans and make necessary changes. I love Norwegian Cruise Line for the Free Stuyle dining and will most proably cruise with them in the future for this reason. 

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
Much prefer Free Style dining available on other lines. We never got to enjpy a sit down main dining room dinner. Our only choice was 8:30pm which is too late for us. When I tried to switch I was told everyone wants to eat early.. Well if this is the case then process should be reviewed. Take some of the upcharge "specialty restaurants" of which there are many...and make them part of the regular dining plan. We opted to eat each night at the buffet so we could get done aerly and enjoy the shows and casino in the evening. I did enjoy getting room service at breakfast... The quality and selection pf food at the buffet were good.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Ample room for 2 and storage area adequate for our clothes and luggage. , clean, cabin steward very nice.

Ship tip

Make sure you find. Out about. Dining options and how they work. So you are not stuck at a late seating withno ability to switch.

Ports of call

Tampa, Florida

3 out of 5

Key West, Florida

3 out of 5
Unfortunately it poured rain all day so we were unable to really do anything.

Cozumel, Mexico

3 out of 5
We just walked into the main town, typiical tourist haven with locals. Trying to entice you into their stores. Cruise shopping director gave a list of RCL suggested store that offer uality items. Many people buying gold/silver and diamonds...
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