Brilliance REVIEW

[RicardoC]

Finally I'm done with the first part of my Review!

I Hope you all like it and sorry for any grammar error...:o

And I'm waiting for comments!:D

 

Background

Since 2004 my parents and I wanted to go to Greece because of a TV program in Brazil(where I’m from). Every year we wanted to go there by ship or by plane but never could go. But this year my mom would be 50 years old on June 23rd so we decided to celebrate her birthday there. We started to search about Greece cruises and places near to go and by February we had our itinerary.

At first we would make an 8 night Splendour of the Seas cruise out of Venice going to Greece and Croatia and before the cruise we would go to Paris and Rome because before this trip the only country I knew in Europe was Spain.

Everything was almost right when my mom told me she wanted to go to Turkey but it wasn’t in our Itinerary so we had to change everything. We found the 12 night Brilliance cruise out of Barcelona and it seemed very interesting for us because it was a new ship for us(we had cruised with Splendour, Liberty and Sovereign before with RCI) and we loved Barcelona in our trip to Spain in 2002 so it would be awesome to visit the city again. We had to wait for a vacant interior stateroom for one week or so and than some more time to the second time seating but by April everything was ok, our interior stateroom in the 3rd floor, second seating, 12 night cruise in the Mediterranean going to:

Villefranche(Nice), France; Livorno(Pisa and Florence), Italy; Civitavecchia(Rome); At Sea; Mykonos, Greece; Kusadasi(Ephesus), Turkey; Santorini, Greece; Athens, Greece; At Sea; Naples, Italy; Ate Sea; Barcelona.

We also planned a 10 day pre cruise trip to Paris, Zurich and one day in Barcelona before, and another after Brilliance. We all were happy with everything till our 3 night cruise on Sovereign in April when he had a great time but had also an interior stateroom and thought that 3 night were ok but 12 would be too much for a room without a view so my dad and I decided to make a surprise for her making an upgrade for a balcony in the 10th floor, cabin 1008.

10-Day Pre Cruise

Our 10 days before the cruise were awesome. It was my first time in Paris and it’s impossible to not like France, we also went to Zurich and loved Switzerland. All the routes from Paris to Zurich and than from Zurich to Barcelona we did by train. Paris-Zurich was ok, only 4 hours and kind of confusing since it was our first time in a train…hehehe….but Zurich-Barcelona was 14 hours overnight stopping more than moving so we were very tired and didn’t like it. We also stayed 1 day in Barcelona before the cruise but this is a Cruise Forum so I won’t tell you all the details. If any of you want to know the details of hotels, tours and restaurants just let me know and I’ll add it to my review.

[RicardoC]

Barcelona, Spain

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!

Believe or not but I heard that several times that day, not in the city but onboard the ship. We were tired and decided to sleep till 11 and than pick the 12 o’clock transfer from the Renaissance Airport Hotel to the port which was 20 EUROS per person or so. The hotel was very good, good food(the day before the cruise and the day after the cruise we were so tired that decided to have dinner in our room there, the steak I had and the Crema Catalana, kind of Crème Brule were delicious), the Hotel was also very near to the International Airport(like 2 minutes by the free hotel transfer), about 15 minutes from the Port and 15 minutes from the City Downtown. I recommend.

Well, we arrived in the Port at 12:30 and had a beautiful view of the 4 ships there that day like Costa Magica, MSC Orchestra, the new Carnival Splendour in her inaugural cruise and of course the “beautiful Brilliance of the Seas” like the crew members always say. The check-in was very fast since we had done it online before but we had some problems, nothing with Royal but my dad forgot a wine we bought in Paris in the transfer so we had to wait him come back to the port with other passangers….I was very mad with my dad because I wanted to see my mom’s reaction about the balcony surprise and he forgot the WINE!!!!hehehhe….but we waited…..40 minutes…..at least the terminal was very good….big…..not crowded….fast entrance for everybody and some stores to look(my mom’s Paradise waiting for my dad…..hehehe)

Finally the Wine Man came in with the wine of course and I thought we would finally board the ship but no…..we still had to buy the Wine Package(ALWAYS THE WINE…..and my dad is not Alcoholic….) and also buy the Soda Package(THAT ONE I LIKE TOO……BUT MY DAD LIKE IT MORE…..hehehe). Ok, now we could go in….the line was very small, we took the picture with the ship and boarded the glass yatch(for me Brilliance seems to be a giant glass yatch)….E everybody was entering the ship by the Atrium doors where we would find tropical cocktails and Crew Members welcoming us but I was so anxious about the surprise that I ran to the forward lobby and entered the elevator. My mom just followed me but my dad was confused because we talked before that we would enter in the Atrium and than cross the ship to the forward lobby when we would press the 10th floor button and tell my mom that we were hungry and that Windjamer was there…..but ok….I pressed the 10th floor and when got of the elevator started to walk very fast to my room telling my mom that that huge door in the end of the corridor was Windjamer…actually that was the Bridges’s door….hehehehe…..than I stopped in the front of room 1008 and when my parents were arriving there I opened the door and screamed with my dad “SURPRISE!!!”….she took some seconds to figure out everything and started to cry.

Before lunch we made our reservations for both Portofino and Chops Grille. We had a wonderful lunch at Windjamer that wasn’t totally crowded which made me change the way I saw it in other ships. After lunch we had to go to the Emergency Drill(This time I participated because I wanted to see the ship and our location was for the first time inside in the Pacifica Theatre so we would have AC which was excellent talking about the Barcelona Summer….actually the only place that I used my jacket was Paris because of the Wind…the other places including Zurich were very warm and it didn’t rain all the trip….very different from Florida where it rains every single day during summer….

Well….after the Drill we did a little tour in the ship….had a Coke in the Schooners Bar where we met the first Brazilians in the ship, Elisa in her 3rd cruise working in a ship and a guy who I can’t remember the name now who would go home for vacations by the end of the cruise after ours and had just signed with Royal Caribbean to board Independence in October. After sometime chatting with both because the bar was empty the ship started to sail and we went up to Viking Crown(my favorite place in every RCI ship) to take a look in the view and meet another Brazilian, Vivian in her 6th cruise there.

The ship sailed, we had to take a shower and then the first dinner. Our dinner new “friends” where nice but kind of weird, we would prefer to seat alone or with some other people that we met in the ship. There were so many Brazilians in the ship including the family in our table, each day we met a new Brazilian family which was funny, sometimes we started to talk to people after 7 days in the ship and never seen them in the ship and some other people we were used to see several times per day!

[RicardoC]

Villefranche-sur-Mer, France

Bonjour, we’re in France again! Villefranche is a very small city in the French Riviera between the famous Nice and Monte Carlo, Monaco. We never take the ship shore excursions because we think they are always so expensive so we decided to get out of the ship and see what would we do. In Villefranche all the ships have to tender and in that day we had to pick our ticket, but I arrived early so we took the 3rd tender, right after the beginning. We arrived in the little pier in 5 minutes and saw the car rental little office, it was a local office. We checked the price that wasn’t expensive(100 EUROS or so all the day for the new “Renault” car with AC and everything) and decided to rent it. It was the best to do, in the ship the tours were 90 Dollars per person just to go for one city and we could visit two cities! It was very easy to drive there because there was only a main road that went from Nice to Monaco passing trough Villefranche, it took 25 minutes to arrive in Monte Carlo, there we stopped the car in a underground garage in front of the Casino. The famous millionaire gambling place was closed till 2 pm(it was 11 am) so we took some pictures in front of it, in the beautiful park in front of the Casino and had a delicious ice cream in the “Café de Paris” in the same fountain square of the Casino, I recommend it since it was VERY WARM. We took the car and went to the Palace, parked in another garage(there are SO MANY HUGE PARKINGS THERE, another good reason to rent a car) and visited the Oceanographic Museum in an old Palace we thought was the Royal Palace but it wasn’t and we figured it out when we were leaving the City but that’s ok, it was a very long walk till the real Palace and it was sunny and warm so we think we’ll have to go back to Monaco sometime to visit the Palace…..WHAT A SHAME…..hehehehe….

 

We headed to Nice, there we visited all the beaches by car which was very good because it’s HUGE and we had AC and then parked the car in street to have another ice cream in the old downtown of the city(almost every day we were used to have ice cream two times…hehehe). After asking several people and walk in several very little streets with stores and restaurants we found a square with only ice creameries! We chose the one I’ve seen in a Travel Channel’s program called Fenocchio (NOT Pinocchio that is in the other side of the square). It was one of the best Ice Creams I’ve ever had! We couldn’t try so we had to guess and choose one of the 40(YES 40) types of flavors….I had Rose, my mom had Verbena and my dad Pina Colada! All of them AWESOME….Thanks Samantha Brown for your tip….hehehe

After our great day we went back to the ship which was still empty at 4pm and we decided to have “lunch” in the Seaview Café, it was very good, you must go there at least once in a Brilliance cruise….I’d not say to have dinner but have something after a day walking in the port of call it’s the best place!

[RicardoC]

The Beautiful Villefranche Sunset from our balcony:cool:

[wrp96]

Enjoying the review so far!! What a great surprise for your mom!

[tomko2]

Really enjoying your review -- how wonderful you and your Dad surprised your Mother with the balcony cabin!

Ready for more..........

Kathy:)

[marci22]

Nice review, can't wait to read the rest. Thanks for posting.

[RicardoC]

Glad you're enjoying it!:)

I might post more tomorrow or later....now I have to read one of my summer books....:D

See you!

 

PS: My mom loved the suprise! She enjoyed it so much and so did my dad and I!:D :cool:

[OHS81]

Wow!! I must have my boys read your review - hint hint for them :p ...they have 5 years to get the planning down right. I will act all surprised :eek: :D

 

To be in the square with all the ice cream...OMG are you kidding me? How fantastic is that :) (Notice how I focused in on the dessert realm?)

 

Your mom must still be on cloud nine. I know I would be. Cant wait to read more & see more pictures. Its wonderful reading.

[RicardoC]

Wow!! I must have my boys read your review - hint hint for them ...they have 5 years to get the planning down right. I will act all surprised

 

To be in the square with all the ice cream...OMG are you kidding me? How fantastic is that (Notice how I focused in on the dessert realm?)

 

Your mom must still be on cloud nine. I know I would be. Cant wait to read more & see more pictures. Its wonderful reading.

 

 

I'm still working on the rest....I'll try to get something done by tomorrow evening to post....and I have SO MANY PICTURES.....I took almost 1200 :eek: :D

Thanks for the comments:)

[cctn]

Hi!!!! Enjoyed reading your review! I love the way you and your dad surprised your MOM... what a lucky lady! I loved Villefranche - we did a TA on the Brilliance twice in 2005 and 2006 - can't wait to read more ... Corkey Carol

[Moondawgie]

Great so far ... love the surprise and the ice cream parts!;)

[RicardoC]

Hey all HAPPY FRIDAY:)

Thanks for the good comments...

Here you go one port of call....sorry for been slow but I've been very busy so just can write 1 port per day....ENJOY:D

 

Livorno, Italy

Livorno is a very boring city at least for cruisers, the second biggest port in Italy (the first is Naples) receives thousands of cargo ships but also several cruise ships like Brilliance, Thompson Destiny and MSC Rhapsody in that day. There’s nothing but the port and the city where people who work in the port live….It’s so huge that we couldn’t see any other cruise ship!!! We got off the ship and searched for a tour to Florence and Pisa, the two famous cities near Livorno. We found a tour that was 500 EUROS for 8 people, but we were in 3 so my dad started to search for more 5 people from the ship to share the 500 in 8 people and to make the tour, IT WAS SO FUNNY…some people thought he was the guide and asked “Where’s your car??”…hehehe….Finally 10 minutes later we (actually my dad) found 5 South-African people who wanted to go to both cities and we could leave the port.

In Florence we visited the 2nd Cathedral in the world(the first is in the Vatican, Rome), it’s beautiful, all in red, green and white marble. We also walked in the city for 3 hours to see stores, churches, the famous bridge with several stores over and of course we had ice cream 2 times! The guide took us to a place near the expensive homes in Florence where we could see all the city from above, AWESOME VIEW! After 3 hours or so we went to the city of Pisa, it’s beautiful but we had 40 minutes to visit the square with the Cathedral, the tower and the several “same” stores as always with souvenirs, mini towers and t-shirts….but we took 10 minutes to see it all. Pisa is a place that you have to go, to see and say “Ok, I’ve been here.” And not come back because you don’t have what to do. But if you don’t know the city it’s good to see the inclined tower once.

I have to tell you it was the less enjoyable day but It was good…..the other days that were AWESOME! By the evening we had dinner in the Main Dining Room which this cruise wasn’t the best I think not because of the food that was very good as always but because the second seating was at 9 and not 8:30 and our stewards were kind of slow….so we were used to finish dinner at 11 and that made we feel bad some days trying to sleep to wake up early next day but that’s ok….it didn’t made the cruise bad but could be earlier…..the stewards were very friendly as all the Brilliance Crew and we only have to thank them. But all the dinner “problems” were for my mom and I…not for my dad because the WINE & SODA CRAZY GUIDE MAN LOVES CASINO ROYALE…..hehehe…..so he stayed there…in the poker tables…with his friends…from 11 to 2, 3, sometimes 4 am E-V-E-R-Y--S-I-N-G-L-E--D-A-Y TRYING to win…because this cruise the only thing he did was to contribute to Oasis and Allure construction spending in the Casino….hehehe…..but I’ll tell you two things he won….but it wasn’t today(Livorno) so we didn’t know yet….SO YOU WON’T KNOW YET STILL THE EXACT DAY…..hehehe…..I like to let everybody curious……

Have a great Weekend!:)

[RicardoC]

One more day.....

 

Civitavecchia, Italy

Civitavecchia is a little town 1 hour from Rome by car. The city has nothing but the port and some little hotels in front of the rock beaches and almost everybody there work with tourism in the port or as guide to the famous city. In the breakfast we met our friends from South Africa and they asked what would we do, we told them we would like to go to Rome and they wanted to go there to spend the day either so we decided to share the car again….

We got off the ship and right after found a guide that was little more expensive than the last day but he was right that Rome was much more important than Florence and it had to be more expensive…..but it was still cheaper than the ship’s tours. I don’t remember now(not very good memory cause we did so many tours with different prices in different places….confusing)…So…we left to Rome…right in the first minutes the driver/guide loved my dad because we speaks Spanish perfectly and some Italian and he and my mom already knew Rome so the man “just” talked with him ALL DAY LONG…..and didn’t talk with the South Africans since his English was not that good….so we had to translate everything….The man was so funny…he chatted with my dad all day long….and the way he was used to speak was the “italiamn” way….always screaming and laughing and been very true, saying what he thought and not caring if that was not very polite…..hehehe…..

For an example….we were in front of the Coliseum by car(we would park in a street near) and he screamed “The Coliseo….MIIIIIRA LUIZ(my dad’s name) MIIIIRA…..”(Looook Luiz, Looook)…..and than….”COMPREEENDE LUIZ????”(Do you understaaand Luiz???”….HEHEHEHE…..but this was all day long….we went to the Vatican but just could enter St. Peter ‘s Cathedral….not the Sistine because of the time….than we went to the Pantheon….than Coliseum(where we also had a pizza in front of the HUGE stadium)…than we passed in front of the Forum just from the car….than Fontana di Trevi and Praca de Espana….all by car…without was impossible….the ship’s tour WITHOUT the car…just from the port to the city and than from the city to the port or the people who did it and paid the same(or more expensive) only could make some places or had to take a taxi which was more money…..

By the end of the day Mr. Renato(the crazy driver who lived in Civitavecchia) discovered my name….and I liked to take pictures……so he started to talk(scream) with me…..hehehehehe..”SACA LA FOTO RICAAAARDO…”(Take the picture Ricardo..)….hehhehe……for my mom’s lucky he only discovered her name in the port…hehehehe…..it was funny and a great day….

Well….entered the ship….took a shower…had some relax watching the ship sail(sexy picture..hehehe)….dinner….watch the show….or go to some party…or try to sleep….that was a typical evening onboard Brilliance for me and my mom…my dad was…..GAMBLING…..heheheheh……but I’ll talk about the ship in the Days at Sea…..which were 3…and the first one is tomorrow….

[crusinmama06]

Awesome review so far! What a dream cruise! I love all of your pictures. And how sweet of your father to surprise your mom. :D

 

Make sure you catch up on that Summer reading. And we wll just have to wait for the rest of your review! ;)

[CRUISEMAMI]

One more day.....

 

Civitavecchia, Italy

Civitavecchia is a little town 1 hour from Rome by car. The city has nothing but the port and some little hotels in front of the rock beaches and almost everybody there work with tourism in the port or as guide to the famous city. In the breakfast we met our friends from South Africa and they asked what would we do, we told them we would like to go to Rome and they wanted to go there to spend the day either so we decided to share the car again….

We got off the ship and right after found a guide that was little more expensive than the last day but he was right that Rome was much more important than Florence and it had to be more expensive…..but it was still cheaper than the ship’s tours. I don’t remember now(not very good memory cause we did so many tours with different prices in different places….confusing)…So…we left to Rome…right in the first minutes the driver/guide loved my dad because we speaks Spanish perfectly and some Italian and he and my mom already knew Rome so the man “just” talked with him ALL DAY LONG…..and didn’t talk with the South Africans since his English was not that good….so we had to translate everything….The man was so funny…he chatted with my dad all day long….and the way he was used to speak was the “italiamn” way….always screaming and laughing and been very true, saying what he thought and not caring if that was not very polite…..hehehe…..

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For an example….we were in front of the Coliseum by car(we would park in a street near) and he screamed “The Coliseo….MIIIIIRA LUIZ(my dad’s name) MIIIIRA…..”(Looook Luiz, Looook)…..and than….”COMPREEENDE LUIZ????”(Do you understaaand Luiz???”….HEHEHEHE…..but this was all day long….we went to the Vatican but just could enter St. Peter ‘s Cathedral….not the Sistine because of the time….than we went to the Pantheon….than Coliseum(where we also had a pizza in front of the HUGE stadium)…than we passed in front of the Forum just from the car….than Fontana di Trevi and Praca de Espana….all by car…without was impossible….the ship’s tour WITHOUT the car…just from the port to the city and than from the city to the port or the people who did it and paid the same(or more expensive) only could make some places or had to take a taxi which was more money…..

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By the end of the day Mr. Renato(the crazy driver who lived in Civitavecchia) discovered my name….and I liked to take pictures……so he started to talk(scream) with me…..hehehehehe..”SACA LA FOTO RICAAAARDO…”(Take the picture Ricardo..)….hehhehe……for my mom’s lucky he only discovered her name in the port…hehehehe…..it was funny and a great day….

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Well….entered the ship….took a shower…had some relax watching the ship sail(sexy picture..hehehe)….dinner….watch the show….or go to some party…or try to sleep….that was a typical evening onboard Brilliance for me and my mom…my dad was…..GAMBLING…..heheheheh……but I’ll talk about the ship in the Days at Sea…..which were 3…and the first one is tomorrow….

 

 

Ricardo, I'm still smiling!!!!!!! Love your pictures, especially the Roma's one, because I lived here, prior to came to the States. I'll be going back, on a cruise, in Nov. 1, 2008

I'm still waiting to see what the Surprise is..........let us know real soon, OK?

LOVE YOUR REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!

Franca

[Coolcruise02]

Thanks for the great review. Keep it coming!

[RicardoC]

Very glad you like it so far....

Now...one more day....sorry for the slow posting but I've been kind of busy with summer reading...:o

ENJOY!;)

 

 

 

Somewhere in the Mediterranean….

Our First day at sea was very good, when we woke up at 10(we were tired…more than 15 days traveling now…) the pool was SO CROWDED which made us stay away form there….the day was awesome….without any cloud….and very warm as always but we decided to stay in the AC as we didn’t want to spend hours trying to find a place to seat by the pool during the “rush hour”…..or “sunny hour”….we had lunch on Windjamer(very good and clam since people were used to have something in the Solarium Bar or Seaview….)…my dad played the Poker Tournament and won to play in the final of that cruise(last day at sea) and the winner would win a 7 night cruise on Freedom to play the Grand Royal Caribbean Final! He also won the Slot Tournament right after the Poker and then we almost won the BINGO that afternoon but it would be so lucky…..

Well…it’s day at sea so let’s talk about the ship…

Brilliance is a really amazing ship….not as small as Sovereign, not as big as Liberty, a very good size with very good places and the best of Royal can offer in their ships…..my impression was that RCI put the “crème de la crème” of all their ships together on Radiance ships……the ship was very clean…beautiful decoration…the most beautiful I’ve ever seen….with marble…wood...and glass that appear everywhere for you to “see the world” as they say….and it’s really true since it’s the only Royal Caribbean ship and one of the only cruise ships with panoramic elevators with a view of the sea….and they are 4! Loved them!

The cabin was great! Good size for us…also very clean and a very friendly housekeeping…as all the Brilliance Crew Members! We met another Brazilian in Casino Royale…Vivian…who always talked with my dad while he was playing and with mom and I when we were “passing”…..

By the evening we went for our first “best dinner” in the cruise….where? PORTOFINO….It was so much better than we thought it would be….we thought it was crazy to pay to have dinner while you have main dining room that is so good….but if Main Dining is five stars….Portofino is seven! It was awesome….I had a calamari and a plate with several seafood like salmon, scallops, and shrimp…VERY TASTY…..and the view was awesome either…very large windows!

Well….everything was going pretty good but I need to tell you a problem we had during our cruise with our neighbors…..In the first night of the cruise our neighbors from room 1010(ours was 1008) were SOOOO LOUD…..and it was almost 1am! We called the guest relations and they called them and they stopped….this was all the cruise long….but it was just to call and in 2 minutes they were calm and quiet….that because in the second day my dad talked with them(they were Mexicans)and they apology for the sound and told my dad if they make a lot of noise to let them know…...just to let you know and you’ll see by the end what they did…..wait for the last 2 nights…..But the cruise continues very good….and tomorrow we’ll be in Greece for the first time….MYKONOS HERE WE GO!

[RicardoC]

Mykonos, Greece

Today was the only port of call we would arrive later….so we woke up..had breakfast….everything very slow….then walk along the ship….checked emails….everything to at 1 see the ship arrive in Greece, have lunch and go out to explore the famous island….

The island is beautiful…mom and I watched Brilliance approach the bay and stop(we had to do tendering because there were another 3 ships in the pier and I think Brilliance is big enough to stop by the pier)….it was awesome to see the little white houses from the heliport of the ship…but it was so windy that we almost flew away….hehehe….

So….Brilliance stopped and we headed to Windjamer to have lunch and then board the little tenders to the island…..We were seating in a table with an awesome view to the blue water and the island and having lunch when Captain Hernan Zini started to talk…..that it was very windy…and very dangerous to tender..but they would wait for one more hour to see if the sea could calm down a little bit…..everybody in Windjamer was started to be sad and to wish we could stop by the famous island which was the motivation of the trip for most of the passengers like us….but we had to wait for the final decision….we were sad but afraid…one of the tenders were trying to float with security but severa times almost was turned by the waves!!!It didn’t because there was only one person aboard….if there were more….it’s better not to think…

We headed to our cabin to pick up our stuff, brush our teeth and wait for Captain’s decision……and sometime later the decision wasn’t the happier but the one with sense…..we couldn’t tender in the island and Captain could choose between go to another island near, wait till evening to leave to the next port or just leave to the next port….There were no islands with the infrastructure that a ship that size needed….and the weather would be rainy by the evening in Mykonos(that’s why there was so windy) so he decided to leave to the next port, Kusadasi, Turkey and arrive there by 10pm that evening….

So….we won another day at sea….but it was around 2:30 when we sailed so we took some pictures with the island from the ship and just relaxed in the Solarium and the cabin and then had the second chance of BINGO which we didn’t have luck and then shower, change clothes, dinner and everything….

We were very sad as almost all the ship and couldn’t believe but it was better than some disaster happen and all our “Crew Friends” told us Santorini was much better…..Thanks God it didn’t happen in Santorini….so we arrived in Kusadasi at ten…all the stores near the port were open when they knew Brilliance was arriving earlier and several people decided to explore the city…but It was almost 11 when we finished dinner so we decided to just take a look in the city by night and go to sleep….before bed we received a call from my sister cause it was 6pm in US I think and 12am in Turkey and it was July 10th! My dad’s birthday so we all sang……..HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!! And then go to bed……sad day and tired of being in the ship since two days before but we all prayed to have an awesome day in Kusadasi tomorrow and we really had…..just wait….hehehe

This picture is not that good(I tried so hard to make them be good but couldn't because of the light)...it's only for you to see the nightlife of Kusadasi;)

Hope you like this new part:)

[truffles2]

We loved doing the Med/Greek Islands on Brilliance. Reading your review is like revisiting. Sorry you missed Mykonos....

[crusinmama06]

Sorry you had no luck with Bingo or your neighbors ;) But Greece looks beautiful!

[RicardoC]

Sorry you had no luck with Bingo or your neighbors ;) But Greece looks beautiful!

 

 

You'll see the Santorini pictures...:eek: :rolleyes: ;) :cool:

 

 

truffles2 - The Mediterranean is really beautiful.....I guess I'll have to come back to visit Mykonos and revisit Santorini...Athens...Kusadasi....go to Stanbul....and maybe Egypt....:rolleyes: ...I'd like to do that one.....

 

CRUISEMAMI - Glad you are enjoying my review and will come back to Rome...it's an awesome city that I wish I can come back to stay some days to visit more places....

[RicardoC]

Sorry you had no luck with Bingo or your neighbors But Greece looks beautiful!

 

 

You'll see the Santorini pictures...:eek: :rolleyes: ;) :cool:

 

 

truffles2 - The Mediterranean is really beautiful.....I guess I'll have to come back to visit Mykonos and revisit Santorini...Athens...Kusadasi....go to Stanbul....and maybe Egypt....:rolleyes: ...I'd like to do that one.....

 

CRUISEMAMI - Glad you are enjoying my review and will come back to Rome...it's an awesome city that I wish I can come back to stay some days to visit more places....

 

Well...working on the other days....will keep it comming....:)

[FreewayFortune]

RicardoC I just got home from the August 9th sailing of the Brilliance. And I also think the Brilliance is a gorgeous ship. I'm really enjoying your review. We didn't do the Greek isles this time but next year we're doing them and going to Egypt on the Legend. Our waiter told us that Mykonos is often missed.

[RicardoC]

RicardoC I just got home from the August 9th sailing of the Brilliance. And I also think the Brilliance is a gorgeous ship. I'm really enjoying your review. We didn't do the Greek isles this time but next year we're doing them and going to Egypt on the Legend. Our waiter told us that Mykonos is often missed.

 

 

It was sad we couldn't go to Mykonos but as I wrote before we still want to come back in some years....my brother in law wants to do this Legend cruise because of Egypt but we don't want to go to the same places just one year later....we might wait some time.....for next summer we are planning a 10 night Eurodam Cruise to Northern Europe with cousings and uncles......we would like to cruise again with RCI because we think it's a great line with awesome ships and we want to get more credits for Crown & Anchor but since my uncle and aunt already booked the Eurodam we're going to test HAL....:) ....very excited about that...the itinerary is amazing:D :cool: