Royally Impressed

Item: Brilliance of the Seas
Rating: 4
Author: javalava2377

Brilliance of the Seas Cruise Review

javalava2377

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Reviews: 12

Helpful Votes: 189

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

5 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 19, 2022

Ship: Brilliance of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 1014

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Wi-Fi on board was great. Buffet was surprisingly good. Great cruise overall.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Tampa Port Authorities are not the friendliest during the holidays. My husband had a brief disagreement with one of the officials. Sometimes being right is not as important as getting on board in a timely fashion

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

We were impressed with Windjammer Buffet. It offered pretty good options and I loved the wealth of healthy selections. Main Dining in Minstrel was good and we had great wait staff. We only ate in Minstrel 2 nights as one night we were at Izumi (so good) and the other times we stuck with the buffet.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Karaoke was fun to watch; game called You know the song dance it was good; tons of trivia (shout out to Ozzy from Germany who happens to be Turkish-trivia host); I always found something to do.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

I did not watch a lot of the shows; the comedian was so-so; we did enjoy the live music in the Centrum

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Wish it could have been bigger. For three people, it was a tight squeeze. We had the best room steward Jasim.

Ports of call

George Town, Grand Cayman

3 out of 5

Tampa, Florida

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

2 out of 5

Slow and painful process. Whether you self-assisted or used luggage assistance, you had to stand in the same long line as everyone else. The Port of Tampa has not perfected disembarking. You were in a “fast”lane if you used the porters to get your luggage.

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The staff was the best part!