Great Ports of Call / Ship was Ok

Item: Brilliance of the Seas
Rating: 3.6
Author: JamesTravels

Brilliance of the Seas Cruise Review to Europe - Western Europe

JamesTravels

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 7

Overall rating:

3.6 out of 5

12 Night British Isles (Amsterdam Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 27, 2018

Ship: Brilliance of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7054

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

The cruise lines need to focus on making new cruise ships that are smaller and can go into smaller European ports. All the cruise ships they are building can not go in the smaller European ports and these old ships will eventually become so outdated no one will want to travel on them. We shall see, but the renovations they are doing I don't believe is updating these ships enough for people today or what they want. Just my opinion.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

The quality of the food and drink wasn't amazing, but standard quality for Royal Caribbean.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

The activities were good and enjoyed rock-climbing and the fitness center. It was nice to be able to use the Sauna and Steam Room without having to be charged like the newer ships on RC.

Entertainment

1 out of 5

This ship literally had to have the worst entertainment I have ever seen on any cruise ship. I have taken many cruises and it literally hurt to sit through them.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

The wait staff we had was amazing, but the rest of the staff was ok. They could work on being a little more friendly.

Ship Quality

2 out of 5

The ship of course is older and you can tell. You sit in the windjammer and look out the window where the ship comes out more and all the paint near the windows is all gone just showing metal and rust showing. I wasn't impressed and thought RC could do a better job at keeping it up.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

It was a normal balcony cabin and was clean.