Mediocre

Brilliance of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 28

Overall rating:

3.4 out of 5
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Brilliance of the Seas

4 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 29, 2022

Ship: Brilliance of the Seas

Cabin number: 1046

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

This was our first experience sailing with Royal Carribean. We had sailed many times on another cruise line but wanted to give RC a chance. We were not impressed with the lack of communication from guest services. The furniture and decor is dated, the casino had an entire bank of machines turned off with buttons missing, like they used them as backup repair machines. The beds were uncomfortabled, our exterior patio window was dirty. Several items we pre-ordered for our room was never delivered, had to call multiple times to correct. A scheduled event was a no show, no one was advised it had been canceled, so we just sat there. Our room was supposed to have a drop down bunk, since my son's girlfriend was traveling with us, they ended up giving us a seperate room, our family was on two seperate floors for the entire trip. Due to fog our ship was delayed docking by 10 hours, so 7:30 a.m. ended up being a 6:30 p.m. disembarkment. We were required to leave our rooms early due to staff preparing for the next voyagers, there was so many families with children, seniors sitting in hallways. I wish it had been a better experience.

Embarkation

3 out of 5
We were 10 hours late due to fog. We had to vacate our rooms to prepare for next voyage, children, families and elderly in hallways.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
The dining and buffet food service was excellent!

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
Performances were okay, nothing over the top. One scheduled Game show event on Jan. 2nd was a No Show. People gathered in Schooners Bar and the event was never held, people never advised it was canceled.

Entertainment

2 out of 5
A comedian that really was not that funny was the only comic show. A lot of single soloist playing around the boat. The best music was by the pool.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
We had to wait in line at guest services multiple times. We were traveling with 4 people. We requested a room with a drop down bunk due to my son and his girlfriend traveling with us. Multiple times guest service told us our room had one, which clearly it did not. We approached our room stewart and he confirmed that we did not have one. We requested strawberries and the little squid character blankets, they never arrived until after calling several times. After day two, guest services gave us a second room due to the sleeping arrangements. Our family was split on two seperate floors our entire voyage.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Furniture, decor dated. The casino had a whole bank of machines that appeared broken and unused.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Room was kept clean by our stewart, bed was extremly uncomfortable.

Ship tip

Book on a newer ship

Ports of call

Tampa, Florida

5 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

2 out of 5
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4 Comments

mims56    1 year ago

Please dont judge RC on 1 older ship sailing . Especially one with weather issues. Try a bigger class ship

javawoody    1 year ago

Thanks for the feedback

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

oasislol    1 year ago

Glad you enjoyed some of your cruise.