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Older ship, food not great

Brilliance of the Seas Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 30

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5
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Brilliance of the Seas

7 Night Western Mediterranean (Barcelona Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 27, 2019

Ship: Brilliance of the Seas

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 3622

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

I have been on Carnival Victory and Celebrity Equinox and both are better than this ship. The food here was just ok. The buffet has better food than the dining room. Carnival also asks about food allergies which this ship did not. It was slightly disappointing. Ask for the Indian and Vegetarian menus which were not offered to us until we asked for other options on the 2nd night.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Embarkation was easy, you are able to buy soda, water, wine etc before boarding.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Only one main dining and one buffet. The others require extra money. They start selling you on the optional dining immediately.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Zumba looked fun, all the activities were fun, the fitness centers and sauna seemed great.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Great except the jugglers. That was terrible.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
Not exceptionally friendly. They seemed very clear that they were just doing a job and not here to make friends.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
They did a good job keeping areas clean.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Cabin was old. I found a false eyelash on my pillow the first night.

Ship tip

Older ship

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Ports of call

Villefranche-Sur-Mer, France

4 out of 5

Portofino, Italy

5 out of 5

Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy

5 out of 5

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5

Salerno (Naples), Italy

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Very easy self disembarkation
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3 Comments

wgammon1    4 years ago

Glad you had a good cruise. Thanks for the great review.
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Fiesta83    4 years ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise
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NJCruiseGuy    5 years ago

I’m always amused when people book a cruise on an older, smaller ship, then complain that it was an older, smaller ship, lol.
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