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Brilliance of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

GreasyJon

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 28

Overall rating:

3.7 out of 5

Verified Review

4 Night Bahamas & Key West (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 12, 2023

Ship: Brilliance of the Seas

Cabin number: 8170

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Good for the price. No info given ahead of time for the Hemingway House, probably the only worthwhile attraction. The RCL App is terrible and inaccurate. Because of our cabin upgrade, it was much more pleasant than it might have been. Food was a disappointment, but it's obvious they're cutting all corners. The staff has gone way down to the cheapest they could find - and then a lack of training was apparent. I'll keep cruising, but gonna change lines. I'm an Emerald level with RCL and it got me a couple cookies and bottles of water. Yippee.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Waiters are badly undertrained. Don't serve properly and forget the orders. Room Stewart was good, but never able to answer questions.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Older ship with too few elevators. None of the modern digital boards at the elevators, so you had to find a diagram and search. Clean:yes

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Bed was rock hard, but cabin and balcony were good. Old shower type with curtain. Messy.

Ship tip

Capt speaks very little English, but insists on making the announcements. It's an older ship consigned to short runs which are cheap and attract that type of people. Ok for short hops.

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Ports of call

Tampa, Florida

5 out of 5

In a busy downtown area, but much better run than Port Canaveral (oddly). Very efficient.

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Key West, Florida

4 out of 5

Walked to Hemingway House. Mistake! Take a cab. It was worth it though.

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Freeport, Grand Bahama Island Did not visit port

Capt couldn't deal with the whitecaps and insisted on announcing why in broken English - in an endless loop on the TV. No bennies given for the miss..

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