Brilliance of the Seas Cruise Reviews - Reviews

Great trip and we loved the ports..Beautiful area to visit

Overall this was a nice relaxing crossing. The ship could use some updates and window cleaning, you can hardly see out of some of them. I would do this cruise again.

Brilliance of the Seas is a nice ship, but shows its age. Other Radiance class ships, like Jewel, have been refurbished with updated decor. The Brilliance of the Seas orchestra was great! Mary Jess was amazing!

An overall nice cruise .The ship is a little old but perfect size and well designed. Staff was great and the crossing uneventful. The food was good in the Windjammer but not so good in the main DR. Royal Caribbean has improved since Mr .M. Bayley has taken over as CEO.

Great to see that RCCL allow assistance dogs on board we meet one gentleman who had a assistance dog and the dog was a credit ,no bother even at the shows or cinema great to see 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Waiters a little lazy with our evening meals in Main Dining Room so stopped going and went to Windjammer for night meals and great service and wonderful meals

One of our best transatlantic crossings to date.....great ship, nice people although it was a senior group, and smooth sailing

The ports made the cruise worthwhile. The ship was rather unremarkable. Would cruise again from Barcelona on a more interesting ship.

The cruise offered a great number of stops for a repositioning cruise. 8 consecutive sea days is a bit long.

very grateful to Royal Caribbean.Though this time was treated rudely at main dining room on my 1st day on board.Had never experienced on my other21 cruises on RC,but just kept it to myself

There was a lot to see. Exstreamly beautiful Ports. I will not go to Rome again. I lived I'm Italy. The distance from the Port to Rome is two hours and although it's scenic it's too long a trip back & forth. Big big lines if you intend to see the Vatican. Don't miss the Bus !

6 ports in 8 days. Lots of steps but great sights Pompei always amazes

I have to say the many senior officers that we have seen that participate in the guest events is great to see. A special shout out to Paul Hotel Director, Jaco Food and Beverage Manager and Alistair Executive Chef and many many more that got out and participated in the events with guests. This was the best cruise where senior management on the ship were out and mingling with the passengers – Brilliant.

For the 7 Day Mediterranean Cruise you are basically using the ship as a hotel if you are doing excursions in ports. There is travel time in to the country (away from the sea/port) which is fine. Just be aware. Our shortest excursion was 5 hours. Be aware when booking excursions that many of them involve a great deal of walking. If you do not want / cannot walk a lot - pick excursions accordingly. Also, note the excursions that are wheelchair / handicap accessible if this is an issue for you or your companions. They have some, but many. I cannot express how beautiful this cruise / ports / excursions were for this trip. The history is simply amazing. If you want to have a lot of activities on the ship for younger guests in your group you may want to choose another ship. The Brilliance is a beautiful ship and was perfect for our cruise (60+ years), but I can see young/younger children being bored. Stay out of the Casino!!!! It is very, very small and the machines are very tight! I did not play anything other than the slots. This was a big disappointment from our previous Royal Caribbean cruises.

Awesome cruise! So much to see. It was a great way to see several cities in a short amount of time.

I have traveled all over the world, but this was my first cruise. It far exceeded any expectations...wow!

We have been on a number of cruises and this was the best cruise we have been on.

The western Mediterranean cruise was amazing. Be prepared for lots of walking but each port allows for you to take public transportation to get to the advertised city. The cruise staff were all helpful with providing information. Every stop was picturesque and wonderful.

We picked this cruise because of the itinerary and we thoroughly enjoyed it. I guess we have been spoiled by other treats provided to suite guests. The first day we had a bowl of fruit and six stale cookies. The next day some rice crispy treats. Didn’t eat them. That was it! We are use to coming back to our suite in the afternoon to find a little snack or chocolate covered strawberries. Each day was a disappointment. Nothing. We have even received flowers twice, bottles of champagne and wine. Although we did receive a bottle of wine from the concierge, it was bc he was making up for something.

Great cruise - lots of stops which were new to us. Onboard entertainment was very good. Food was excellent and we loved the outdoor eating area at the back of the ship. Would definitely recommend sailing on Brilliance - pity the weather wasn't great