coupleoffish Posted November 21, 2016 #1 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Hello everyone, My DH and I are going to cruise out of Tampa on the Brilliance on March 25,2017. We have been on many cruises but never one out of Tampa and was just wondering if anyone know's if this ship is always full of spring breaker's since it is only a 5 day cruise. This is the only time we can go this year so choosing another month is not an option. We really don't mind spring breaker's but we just don't want to be the only 50 something's on the ship. Can anyone tell me some info on the Ship that has been on it in March or April? We are also wondering about best hotel to stay for just the night before the cruise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted November 22, 2016 #2 Share Posted November 22, 2016 (edited) The combination of a shorter cruise out of Florida and the month of March will mean there will likely be many spring breakers on board. Edited November 22, 2016 by clarea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjgep0316 Posted November 22, 2016 #3 Share Posted November 22, 2016 We did a 5 day cruise on Brilliance out of Tampa in 2015. There were definitely some college Spring Breakers on board, but they were not overly obnoxious. All in all, it was a nice cruise. We stayed at the Embassy Suites downtown. Very nice hotel and very convenient to the cruise port. Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpoole3 Posted November 22, 2016 #4 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Here is a picture from Brilliance this March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcdiva Posted November 22, 2016 #5 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Was on the March 3, 2016 Brilliance sailing and if there were any spring breakers, they were low key. There were a few bachelor and bachelorette parties, but few students. But ours was a Thrusday-Monday itinerary very early in the "season", which might also have kept the kids away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polymedia Posted November 22, 2016 #6 Share Posted November 22, 2016 I've done that same cruise 3 years in a row now, and will be going again next year as well. There are some idiot kids on board trying hard to have a good time, but the same goes for some adults as well. All in all, no problem at all, and I'd much prefer to have a ship full of college kids rather than screaming little kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coupleoffish Posted November 27, 2016 Author #7 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving ! Thank you all for your replies and we look forward to our cruise in March. We will be flying in the day before and do not want to rent a car and drive ourselves anywhere (getting away from that too!) so please keep the personal hotel ideas coming and also if you know of a company that would pick us up and drive us to Fort Myers after the cruise then we might like to go there also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliciam Posted November 27, 2016 #8 Share Posted November 27, 2016 We sailed on Brilliance out of Tampa this past April (early in the month). I didn't see hardly any teens even though we were only on the 4-day sailing. For that specific cruise, average age was typical for a Royal Caribbean 7-day. We stayed at the Sheraton Riverwalk night before, booked it through Priceline or Hotwire Express Deal and got a great rate. I had done enough research to know that was the hotel we were getting before booking the Express Deal. It worked out great for us; they have a shuttle that will not only take you to the port, but take you anywhere within a certain mile radius around the hotel. The shuttle took us to Ybor City the night before, and we called when we were ready to go back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb at sea Posted November 27, 2016 #9 Share Posted November 27, 2016 The ship will sail full..doesn't matter if it's "spring breakers" or folks who vacation in the spring....same amount of people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayward Posted December 16, 2016 #10 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Hello everyone, My DH and I are going to cruise out of Tampa on the Brilliance on March 25,2017. We have been on many cruises but never one out of Tampa and was just wondering if anyone know's if this ship is always full of spring breaker's since it is only a 5 day cruise.This is the only time we can go this year so choosing another month is not an option. We really don't mind spring breaker's but we just don't want to be the only 50 something's on the ship. Can anyone tell me some info on the Ship that has been on it in March or April? We are also wondering about best hotel to stay for just the night before the cruise? You will not be the only 50 something. There will be quite a few women from the Red Hat Society. We are just women who have fun and dress in red and purple and are over 50. See you onboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polymedia Posted December 17, 2016 #11 Share Posted December 17, 2016 I've done the same cruise the last 2 years and will be on the week before you next Spring. There are a normally lot of Breakers, but not overwhelmingly so. For the most part, they act no different from other older passengers. A few will make you think, "Stupid kid," but that's actually good fun as they make the same mistakes that we did at that age. Don't worry about it. Just go and have a good time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClearLaker Posted December 17, 2016 #12 Share Posted December 17, 2016 We took our daughter on the exact same cruise for her HS Sr. Spring Break (3/30 - 4/3) in 2015. She took a 22 year old friend with her. The were hoping for Spring Break excitement. They were VERY disappointed. Late March early April is High School Spring Break time so it was more families with younger kids. College Spring Break is generally over by then for most colleges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustangjoe Posted December 17, 2016 #13 Share Posted December 17, 2016 We are in our mid 60's and looking forward to this cruise. Always enjoy the Spring. Besides I'm just a kid at heart. We will be driving down from O-H-I-O. It will take 2 or 3 days, just depending how hard I want to push it. Once the cruise is complete, we plan on spending couple weeks to find a place to relocate to. I'm getting too old to deal with the cold and snow. Besides, we want to be able to be closer to the cruise ports. [emoji481] Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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