British isles cruise

Item: Brilliance of the Seas
Rating: 4.2
Author: bahiagran

Brilliance of the Seas Cruise Review to Europe - Western Europe

bahiagran

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5

12 Night British Isles (Amsterdam Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 27, 2018

Ship: Brilliance of the Seas

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 3633

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Many ports could have used 2 days. Difficult to choose excursions without feeling like you missed something.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Easiest ever, almost seemed like we just walked on

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Felt like quality of food has really gone down hill. Long blond hair in French onion soup one nite, cold soup on another. Beef/steak always appeared perfectly cooked but was seldom tender and had absolutely NO flavor

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ports of call

Amsterdam, Netherlands

5 out of 5

Few hotels are air conditioning. Our first couple days in late July we’re in high 90’s. So happy I shopped for air conditioner

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Edinburgh, Scotland

5 out of 5

Yes, just not enough time to take it all in

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Invergordon (Inverness & Loch Ness), Scotland

5 out of 5

Greenock (Glasgow), Scotland

4 out of 5

We took the train on our own

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Dublin, Ireland

4 out of 5

Traffic is bad even slowing down hop on buses, good walkable place if you can endure

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Holyhead, Wales

3 out of 5

Pretty poor port. Nothing there. Small town seems to be dying. Even tourist office has closed down.

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Cobh (Cork), Ireland

5 out of 5

Could use 2 days here

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St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands

4 out of 5

Dover (London), England

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

7 Comments

seahag331 6 years ago

Absolutely agree, Dublin and Especially Dover so we could have gone to London. Holy head is beautiful, but not much there.

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beeper2274 6 years ago

Bahiagran Do you know if this ship has the coke (soda) free style machine?

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TheSnoMan 6 years ago

We like ports put we also love or time at sea and would feel a bit cheated sitting in port for a few days.

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LordRob 6 years ago

Would have loved to have more time in some of the ports we have visited.

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IkeDeb 6 years ago

Have to agree 😋

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Tmac320 6 years ago

Just wonderful that you were able to go on such a cruise! I hope one day I can do more than a caribbean one.

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mistybleu17 6 years ago

Agreed, such a nice problem to have. Happy cruising

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Other reviews of this sailing

Great Ports of Call / Ship was Ok

What a great trip!!!

Good itinerary and entertainment but dinner in dining room has gone down dramatically