Great trip on Brilliance

Brilliance of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 29

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5
Brilliance of the Seas

5 Night Bahamas & Perfect Day (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 03, 2020

Ship: Brilliance of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Great girls trip on Brilliance of the Seas! Ports were beautiful to visit. Ship had great service. Enjoyed our 5 days aboard!

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Valet is a great service to offer!!!!! Very fast. Efficient and friendly staff to give sea passes to passengers. Lines moved quickly.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
We ate in the main dining room and Windjammer. Enjoyed the food. Windjammer seemed to have a bigger selection of desserts.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
We enjoyed the hot tub, the movies in the cinema, and some complementary activities in the spa. We wish there were more days of Bingo. The Colony Club was too small a venue. The memory seminar was good but too crowded for the Colony Club. Shops are very crowded! Hard to walk by them due to the congestion in the hallway, esp on sale days!

Entertainment

4 out of 5
LOVE the cruise director. One of my favorites. The ventriloquist was so funny. Loved the multi-talented gymnast. The music in the Centrum was nice to listen to. Wide variety each day. The shows I saw were good but not great. Needed updating. Orchestra was so good.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Dining room service was great! Room attendant very attentive to our requests.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Decor might need a little updating but it was clean. Would like more dining options on the front of the ship.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Our cabin steward kept our cabin very clean. The shower was a bit harder to operate than on the other ships I've been on. There was a love seat sized sofa in the room. Plenty of drawer and cabinet space. Mini bar is not cold enough to refrigerate drinks, but the cabin steward can supply an ice bucket daily.

Ship tip

Early shows fill up faster. Go earlier for better seat selection.

Ports of call

Key West, Florida

4 out of 5
We enjoyed the Old Town Trolley excursion we booked through RC. Transportation was provided to town from the pier to catch the trolley. The trip around was a good way to see all of the key. We could get off at any stop if we wanted to explore. The 4 star rating is because the trolley stopped service early at 2 the day we had tickets because of some event. Would have liked more time.

Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5
We didn't do any excursions but took a nearby taxi to Atlantis to look around for $4 plus tip each way. Very nice!

Perfect Day At Coco Cay, Bahamas

5 out of 5
Beautiful port. So nice to have trams pick up passengers from the ship to drop them off at the island tram station. Great service! We enjoyed the chairs and umbrellas near Chill Beach. Lots of palm trees to sit under. Very close to a Snack Shack for lunch.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
We did self disembarkation. Very smooth. Hardly any wait once we were cleared. Lines were short and moved quickly. Valet was SUPER fast to get our car to leave. Maybe 20 min total to exit the ship from beginning to end!
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7 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

RelleCruz    4 years ago

Sounds like a great trip, thanks for your review.

Fiesta83    4 years ago

Outstanding

jennanddave60    4 years ago

Quick question, did you feel much movement on the ship? Also, how do you do valet embarkation? We will be doing this cruise at the end of March Tia.

cruisereckoning    4 years ago

Glad you enjoyed.

Cruiserike0322    4 years ago

Good for you guys!!

bobduck1993    4 years ago

Glad that you enjoyed yourself!

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