Brilliance of the Seas Cruise Reviews - Reviews

Will do repositioning cruises in the future. Like the length of time on board, always more than enough activities. Met wonderful people and made new friends. Interior room was perfect for us. Was a great cruise, probably one of the best if not the best ever!

Excellent trip, great ports of call with many relaxing time at sea! Good entertainment, wonderful lectures and a lovely Veterans Day celebration!

Loved every minute of the cruise, specifically Shows and food in Windjammer & Minstrel. Want to say thank you to my waiters GERAMAR & LUIS. Loved Brilliance of the Seas Orchestra, and girls (Sensation Duo, Arina & Veronika).

With the exception of the spa staff, in my opinion, everyone on this ship is trying to give you a really great experience despite some of the mechanical issues and tired appearances of some of the areas (cabin drawers, closets, uncomfortable beds, etc.). Ravenna should NOT be a port for cruise ships, but at minimum should not be considered Venice unless Royal Carribean plans to include transfers from Venice to Ravenna. Overall, we had a great time but I wish I would've known many of the things I pointed out in this review.

Nice post pandemic cruise. Staff tried really hard to make this nice. Going in September is better than October (weather wise and ports were starting to close up). Absolutely a logistical challenge with lots of added expenses with this cruise coming out of Ravenna. Location of this port for embarkation is horrible. And RCL needs to stop advertising as Venice embarkation. We knew it wasn’t Venice but until you have to make all the travel and lodging arrangements as well as moving all your luggage around pre and post, you don’t realize how much of an expense and pain it really is. Example, we didn’t want to take / find train or bus so we asked about a shuttle from airport to hotel we were staying at. The shuttle cost 220 euros for the 2 of us. This was on top of the cost of the room. Then had to pay another 40 euros the next morning from hotel to the port.

Great cruise with exceptional ports of call. Highly recommended. Ship was nice and not over crowded.

Getting to Ravenna was difficult and Royal did not provide any transportation for guests that arrived a few days early in Venice. There was a train strike from Bologna to Ravenna we had to take a cab which cost us $150 and Royal had refused to reimburse us even though the agent over the phone said that they would.

We had a wonderful time. Even though there weren't five stars across the board, we still enjoyed what we did and where we went. We made some fantastic friends that we feel will last a lifetime. We visited beautiful ports. The only downside is that there is never enough time. So much to see, so little time.

Had a great time! Service and Cruise were excellent as well.

Truly a fantastic cruise. We loved every minute. Montenegro was by far our favorite port! Old world charm at its finest!

Fast paced cruise - 4 ports out of 5 days of cruising - but size of ship made it all seems less stressful.

We had a wonderful time on our 7 day cruise to the Greek isles. The service was impeccable and the wait staff in the main dining room was fabulous! We will definitely be cruising with Royal Caribbean again!

The one-word summary I will give for this cruise is, "disappointing."

Overall I did not like it. Signed for the stream internet for the whole cruise and the speed was quite bad. You could not stream any movie

For an older ship it is still in great condition and offered plenty of activities.

It was our first time and by day 2 we were already discussing when and where we could do it again.

Great cruise to get your whistle wet in Greece. Brilliance is small, less walking and a little more relaxed. Our waiter Gisele and assistant waiter Lisa were amazing as well as our room steward Christian

This was a great travel experience. We started with a day in Venice, rode the highspeed train to Ravenna to see the town and hotel overnight, short bus ride provided by RC to board the ship, visited 5 Greek Islands, a RC sponsored bus ride to Bologna to catch the highspeed train to Florence for 3 days, another ride on the highspeed train back to Bologna for two days before traveling home. My only regret was it was not long enough. I could have stayed 30 days to see all of the great historic places and eat great foods. We can't wait to go back.

Wifi was also extremely slow- we paid for "high-speed wifi" and we were supposedly supposed to be able to stream and we could barely text one picture.

Selected this cruise because of the itinerary and price. I guess I should have managed my expectations. The cruise was fine, but lots of little issues that took away from the experience. Food in the main dining room was ok, but nothing special. Entertainment (both production shows and musical groups) were disappointing, with the exception of a very talented piano and violin duo. I find myself going back to my cabin each night after dinner due to a lack of interesting activities/shows/musical performances. Also, didn't care for the dynamic pricing for drink packages, dining, etc. I'd prefer there was a set price. Also disappointed by the need to pay for text functionality with other guests through the app; this has been provided for free on other lines. The cost was minimal , $2 per day per person, but it felt kind of petty to have to pay to keep in contact with my teenager. I know I'm focused on the negative, so I also want to discuss the positive. The staff, particularly the dining staff, were outstanding. Everyone worked hard to make sure guests had the best possible experience and went out of their way to provide outstanding service. The cabin and the ship was generally very clean at all times. The itinerary was also excellent and had a great variety of ports of call.