An excellent cruise

Item: Brilliance of the Seas
Rating: 3.9
Author: Kieran94

Brilliance of the Seas Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

Kieran94

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 3

Helpful Votes: 46

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5

12 Night Mediterranean Greek Isles (Barcelona Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 04, 2017

Ship: Brilliance of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 1500

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

An enjoyable cruise having excellent weather throughout. Were treated very well by all members of staff. The Cruise Ship is in need of an upgrade in many areas, starting to show ware and tare throughout.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Met at Barcelona Airport by Royal Caribbean personal a smooth transition directly onto ship

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

As a my time dining guest we always found the dining room staff well organised. having booked dinner for 8pm every night our table was always ready.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Being more senior passengers we only participated in the mini golf. we found this to be quite entertaining.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

All staff were very professional on going about their duties. They took time to talk to guests ensuring that everything was in order.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

A Cruise ship that is starting to show its age, seating is starting to look worn and in some lounges in need of replacement. The common areas were well mentained a kept very clean

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

On arrival at our Stateroom we had to ask the Steward to dust the room before we could empty our suitcases. Although the Stateroom bed was made up on a daily basis the remainder of the room was given a minimal clean, it fell well below the standards of other Royal Caribbean Cruise Ships.

Ship tip

If you sail out of Barcelona please be aware that the Duty Free Shop is never open. My wife and I did not find out about this until the ship had sailed. We asked a number of staff why this area was not open. We were never given a definitive answer. This information was not given prior to the cruise. The other annoying thing was when you purchased any item at the shops on board the price displayed was not he price you paid. TAX was added on. Being a British Citizen we cannot claim Tax back.

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Barcelona, Spain Did not visit port

Arrival & Departure time did not allow.

Thumbs Up 0

Cannes, France

4 out of 5

A bit upmarket .

Thumbs Up 0

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy Did not visit port

Had been their on a previos cruise

Thumbs Up 0

Piraeus (Athens), Greece

4 out of 5

Beautiful. Preferring to do our own sightseeing.

Thumbs Up 1

Mykonos, Greece Did not visit port

Unwell

Thumbs Up 0

Santorini, Greece Did not visit port

Been on prvious occassions.

Thumbs Up 0

Valletta, Malta

4 out of 5

We took a morning excursion around Valetta. A very informative courier and excellent driver. An old island that appears to just beginning to come into this century.

Thumbs Up 2

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Excellent all done very professional from ship to Airport.

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