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Brilliance of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

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Reviews: 4
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Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5
Brilliance of the Seas

5 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 07, 2023

Ship: Brilliance of the Seas

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 3598

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

We love Cozumel and Grand Cayman. This is a beautiful older ship but in decent shape. Quiet and relaxing Solarium. Shows were very good. Dining room options and waiters were great.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Very smooth

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Main Dining room is beautiful. Excellent service, main dining room food was very good. Wait staff was very attentive as well as head waiter. Loved our Waiter Vivian and Assistant Waiter Lisa! Windjammer buffet was pretty good. Especially liked that you could get freshly made eggs and omelets. Park Cafe has awesome pizza and great pastries! Loved the Starbucks coffee at Cafe Latitude's. Overall great food options and good quality.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
NA

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Main show was awesome! Great singers and dancers! Loved Katie especially in the main stage show.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Excellent service staff in dining room, coffee shop and solarium and Windjammer. Everyone we met was very friendly . Loved washy washy girl at Windjammer entrance!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Clean ship and in good condition for her age. Loved the old world cruise style woodwork in schooner bar.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Cabin location near the stairway was good. Noise from Atrium when opening the door. This cabin had rust and peeling paint from ceiling above the bed. We told them and they said they would repair it but after cruise ended. We were on a b2 b but thankfully had a very nice room on the next leg of this trip.

Ship tip

This ship is older but still a great ship! Solarium is awesome and ship is maintained in general. The customer service and friendly service go along way . Love the Brilliance!

Ports of call

Tampa, Florida Did not visit port

Just parked here for cruise.

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
We loved Casa Mission Restaurant and property including wonderful Teqila tasting. What a beautiful gem to find just outside of downtown! Lunch and Margaritas and included dessert all for $15 pp on aviator site. Definitely will visit again when in Cozumel! No excursion. Found this on Vistor.

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5
Nice port. No excursion.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Very easy since we had wheelchair service. Great assistance on and off this ship.

Traveler Photos

Casa Mission Cozumel Solarium Solarium Centrum Ocean view cabin Casa Mission Cozumel
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3 Comments

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

kef2016    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise experience. Sounds like it was a great cruise.

javawoody    1 year ago

Appreciate the review

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