Brilliance Of The Seas Itinerary, Current Position, Ship Review | Royal Caribbean
Brilliance Of The Seas
Brilliance Of The Seas current location is at South Pacific Ocean (coordinates -22.29383 S / 167.15846 E) cruising at speed of 13.7 kn (25 km/h | 16 mph) en route to NOUMEA. The AIS position was reported 3 minutes ago.
Current itinerary of Brilliance Of The Seas
Brilliance Of The Seas current cruise is 10 days, round-trip South Pacific Cruise. Prices start from USD 1538 (double occupancy rates). The itinerary starts on 09 Jan, 2024 and ends on 19 Jan, 2024.
Specifications of Brilliance Of The Seas
| Year of build | 2002 / Age: 22 |
| Flag state | Bahamas |
| Builder | Meyer Werft (Papenburg, Germany) |
| Class | RCI RADIANCE |
| Building cost | USD 350 million |
| Engines (power) | General Electric gas turbines (58 MW / 77779 hp ) |
| Propulsion power | 44 MW / 59005 hp |
| Speed | 25 kn / 46 km/h / 29 mph |
| Length (LOA) | 292 m / 958 ft |
| Beam (width) | 39 m / 128 ft |
| Gross Tonnage | 90090 gt |
| Passengers | 2150 - 2580 |
| Crew | 858 |
| Passengers-to-space ratio | 35 |
| Decks | 13 |
| Cabins | 1075 |
| Decks with cabins | 7 |
| Last Refurbishment | 2018 |
| Sister-ships | Jewel OTS, Radiance OTS, Serenade OTS |
| Christened by | Marilyn Ofer |
| Owner | RCG-Royal Caribbean Group (via RCCL-Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd) |
| Operator | RCI-Royal Caribbean International |
Brilliance Of The Seas Itineraries
| Date | Itinerary | Departure Port | Price from |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Dec 30 | 10 days, round-trip South Pacific Cruise | Sydney | |
| 2024 Jan 09 | 10 days, round-trip South Pacific Cruise | Sydney | $1538 |
| 2024 Jan 19 | 8 days, round-trip South Pacific Cruise | Sydney | $1078 |
| 2024 Jan 27 | 6 days, round-trip Melbourne Hobart Cruise | Sydney | $964 |
| 2024 Feb 02 | 12 days, round-trip New Zealand Cruise | Sydney | $1198 |
| 2024 Feb 14 | 16 days, one-way from Sydney to Fremantle | Sydney | $4678 |
| 2024 Mar 01 | 18 days, one-way from Fremantle to Sydney | Fremantle | |
| 2024 Mar 19 | 11 days, round-trip South Pacific Cruise | Sydney | $1719 |
| 2024 Mar 30 | 5 days, round-trip Tasmania Cruise | Sydney | $3031 |
| 2024 Apr 04 | 8 days, round-trip South Pacific Cruise | Sydney | $3324 |
| 2024 Apr 12 | 16 days, one-way from Sydney to Honolulu | Sydney | $1848 |
| 2024 Apr 28 | 8 days, one-way from Honolulu to Vancouver | Honolulu | $773 |
| 2024 May 06 | 6 days, round-trip Alaska Inside Passage | Vancouver | $611 |
| 2024 May 12 | 7 days, round-trip Alaska Inside Passage | Vancouver | $798 |
| 2024 May 19 | 7 days, round-trip Alaska Inside Passage | Vancouver | $999 |
| 2024 May 26 | 7 days, round-trip Alaska Inside Passage | Vancouver | $2630 |
| 2024 Jun 02 | 7 days, round-trip Alaska Inside Passage | Vancouver | $859 |
| 2024 Jun 09 | 7 days, round-trip Alaska Inside Passage | Vancouver | $899 |
| 2024 Jun 16 | 7 days, round-trip Alaska Inside Passage | Vancouver | $759 |
| 2024 Jun 23 | 7 days, round-trip Alaska Inside Passage | Vancouver | $867 |
| 2024 Jun 30 | 7 days, round-trip Alaska Inside Passage | Vancouver | $908 |
| 2024 Jul 07 | 7 days, round-trip Alaska Inside Passage | Vancouver | $1099 |
| 2024 Jul 14 | 7 days, round-trip Alaska Inside Passage | Vancouver | $1059 |
| 2024 Jul 21 | 7 days, round-trip Alaska Inside Passage | Vancouver | $959 |
| 2024 Jul 28 | 7 days, round-trip Alaska Inside Passage | Vancouver | $959 |
| 2024 Aug 04 | 7 days, round-trip Alaska Inside Passage | Vancouver | $911 |
| 2024 Aug 11 | 7 days, round-trip Alaska Inside Passage | Vancouver | $698 |
| 2024 Aug 18 | 7 days, round-trip Alaska Inside Passage | Vancouver | $658 |
| 2024 Aug 25 | 7 days, round-trip Alaska Inside Passage | Vancouver | $656 |
| 2024 Sep 01 | 7 days, round-trip Alaska Inside Passage | Vancouver | $598 |
| 2024 Sep 08 | 7 days, round-trip Alaska Inside Passage | Vancouver | $698 |
| 2024 Sep 15 | 7 days, round-trip Alaska Inside Passage | Vancouver | $598 |
| 2024 Sep 22 | 6 days, one-way from Vancouver to Los Angeles | Vancouver | $451 |
| 2024 Sep 28 | 14 days, one-way from Los Angeles to New Orleans | Los Angeles | $1148 |
| 2024 Oct 12 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Cruise | New Orleans | $548 |
| 2024 Oct 19 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Cruise | New Orleans | $478 |
| 2024 Oct 26 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Cruise | New Orleans | $562 |
| 2024 Nov 02 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Cruise | New Orleans | $469 |
| 2024 Nov 09 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Cruise | New Orleans | $448 |
| 2024 Nov 16 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Cruise | New Orleans | $448 |
| 2024 Nov 23 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Cruise | New Orleans | $798 |
| 2024 Nov 30 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Cruise | New Orleans | $569 |
| 2024 Dec 07 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Cruise | New Orleans | $548 |
| 2024 Dec 14 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Cruise | New Orleans | $489 |
| 2024 Dec 21 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Cruise | New Orleans | $878 |
| 2024 Dec 28 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Cruise | New Orleans | $879 |
| 2025 Jan 04 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Cruise | New Orleans | $448 |
| 2025 Jan 11 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Cruise | New Orleans | $489 |
| 2025 Jan 18 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Cruise | New Orleans | $478 |
| 2025 Jan 25 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Cruise | New Orleans | $469 |
| 2025 Feb 01 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Cruise | New Orleans | $448 |
| 2025 Feb 08 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Cruise | New Orleans | $489 |
| 2025 Feb 15 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Cruise | New Orleans | $548 |
| 2025 Mar 01 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Cruise | New Orleans | $529 |
| 2025 Mar 08 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Cruise | New Orleans | $539 |
| 2025 Mar 15 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Cruise | New Orleans | $539 |
| 2025 Mar 22 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Cruise | New Orleans | $688 |
| 2025 Mar 29 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Cruise | New Orleans | $529 |
| 2025 Apr 05 | 5 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Cruise | New Orleans | $485 |
| 2025 Apr 12 | 15 days, one-way from Miami to Portsmouth UK | Miami | $998 |
| 2025 May 13 | 8 days, one-way from Southampton to Barcelona | Southampton | $935 |
| 2025 May 21 | 9 days, one-way from Barcelona to Piraeus-Athens | Barcelona | $1086 |
| 2025 May 30 | 7 days, round-trip Greece, Cyprus Turkey Cruise | Piraeus-Athens | $686 |
| 2025 Jun 06 | 7 days, round-trip Greece, Cyprus Turkey Cruise | Piraeus-Athens | $686 |
| 2025 Jun 13 | 7 days, round-trip Greek Isles Turkey Cruise | Piraeus-Athens | $835 |
| 2025 Jun 20 | 7 days, round-trip Greece, Cyprus Turkey Cruise | Piraeus-Athens | $756 |
| 2025 Jun 27 | 7 days, round-trip Greek Isles Turkey Cruise | Piraeus-Athens | $835 |
| 2025 Jul 04 | 7 days, round-trip Greece, Cyprus Turkey Cruise | Piraeus-Athens | $786 |
| 2025 Jul 11 | 7 days, round-trip Greece, Cyprus Turkey Cruise | Piraeus-Athens | $816 |
| 2025 Jul 18 | 7 days, round-trip Greek Isles Turkey Cruise | Piraeus-Athens | $835 |
| 2025 Jul 25 | 7 days, round-trip Greece, Cyprus Turkey Cruise | Piraeus-Athens | $816 |
| 2025 Aug 01 | 7 days, round-trip Greek Isles Turkey Cruise | Piraeus-Athens | $783 |
| 2025 Aug 08 | 7 days, round-trip Greece, Cyprus Turkey Cruise | Piraeus-Athens | $816 |
| 2025 Aug 15 | 7 days, one-way from Piraeus-Athens to Barcelona | Piraeus-Athens | $856 |
| 2025 Aug 22 | 8 days, one-way from Barcelona to Southampton | Barcelona | $986 |
| 2025 Aug 30 | 15 days, one-way from Southampton to Boston | Southampton | $1646 |
Brilliance Of The Seas Review
Review of Brilliance Of The Seas
The 2002-built Brilliance of the Seas cruise ship is the 2nd Radiance-class Royal Caribbean liner, with sisterships Jewel OTS, Serenade OTS, Radiance OTS.
The vessel (IMO number 9195200) is currently Bahamas-flagged (MMSI 311361000) and registered in Nassau.
History - construction and ownership
Royal Caribbean International (RCI) is a US passenger shipping company, trademarked travel brand, and subsidiary owned by Royal Caribbean Group (RCG/shipowner). RCI was established in 1968 and currently has over 1/5 of the worldwide cruise market. RCI also has RCG's largest fleet by both vessel number and GT tonnage (ship sizes and capacities).
All RCI liners have names ending with "of the Seas".
The 2500-passenger ship Brilliance OTS maintains a relatively low crew-to-guest ratio. The ship feels practically petite in comparison to the newer and bigger Oasis- and Voyager-class fleetmates. However, Brilliance is big enough to offer a variety of dining options and entertainment, yet small enough to offer more immersive itineraries than bigger Royal Caribbean vessels.
Like all Radiance-class cruise ships, Brilliance OTS features glass throughout its interior (including glass elevators and a 5-story glass wall in the atrium), thus granting passengers plenty of ocean views.
Decks and Cabins
Brilliance Of The Seas staterooms (1075 total, in 32 grades) include 66 Suites, 513 Balcony, 247 Oceanviews, 249 Inside (3 Single). Most cabins are sized 165-190 ft2 (15-18 m2). Most cabin balconies are sized 45 ft2 (4 m2). The smallest is Studio Interior (110 ft2 / 10 m2). The largest is Royal Suite (1000 ft2 / 93 m2 plus 105 ft2 / 10 m2 terrace). Wheelchair-accessible cabins are 15.
The boat has 13 decks, of which 12 are passenger-accessible and 8 with cabins.
Shipboard dining options - Food and Drinks
The Minstrel Dining Room is the main restaurant. Food is nicely presented and well prepared. The elegant room features tables on two levels and wonderful views of the vessel's wake. The menu offers several choices of salads, starters, soups, main courses, cheese, and desserts. The Windjammer Cafe is Brilliance's main buffet venue. It is open for breakfast, lunch, afternoon snacks and informal dinner. Numerous stations serve up pasta, burgers, salads, and sweets. An interesting feature is the bar for soda, beer and wine purchases, nice because you don't have to wait for waiters, though the wine is in very little airline-style bottles which cost more than $6 each.
Follows the complete list of Brilliance of the Seas restaurants and food bars.
- Minstrel Restaurant (1226-seat aft Dining Room, with two smaller private dining rooms - 122-seat Zephyr and 32-seat Port Side
- Windjammer Cafe Lido buffet restaurant (696-seat, offers Early Breakfast at 6:30 a.m., Breakfast between 7-11:30 am, Lunch 11.30-3:30 pm and Dinner 6.30-9 pm)
- Rita’s Cantina (84-seat Mexican restaurant)
- Giovanni’s Table (Italian specialty restaurant, reservations recommended)
- Chops Grille (92-seat specialty restaurant)
- Chefs Table (12-seat gourmet dining room)
- Izumi (89-seat Asian specialty restaurant). At the Izumi restaurant, "Make Your Own Sushi" classes are also held. They are available for booking at an additional cost (USD 28 pp + 18% gratuity). The sushi-making class is guided by an Izumi chef, teaching the technique for making sushi rolls (3 different types). Passengers then can eat everything they made. included with this class is also a galley tour (of the ship's dining room restaurant's kitchen on Deck 4).
Shipboard entertainment options - Fun and Sport
The tone aboard Brilliance of the Seas is set by the 7-deck-high Centrum, which serves as a central spot for activities in the heart of the ship. During the evenings, its Lobby Bar is the hottest spot on Brilliance for after-dinner dancing. The lavish, 2-deck Pacifica Theater hosts the production shows and games.
The ship has a real modern feel and does a fine job in incorporating some of the best facilities that have become Royal Caribbean trademarks. Onboard cruisers will find classics like Schooner Bar and Windjammer Cafe, as well as a climbing wall up to the smokestack, tiny golf, and a waterslide. Other additions include the pretty Seaview Cafe and the rather avant-garde Starquest disco.
Additional amenities include Complimentary 24-hour Room-Service, Supervised Youth program, Internet/WiFi Access, Laundry.
Follows the complete list of Brilliance of the Seas lounges, clubs and other entertainment venues for kids, teens, and adults.
- Pacifica Theatre (900-seat, features two grand productions per night with dance, acrobatics, comedy, and game shows)
- Starquest Disco and Nightclub
- Photo Gallery and Shop, Art Gallery
- The Centrum (social hub, offers aerial acrobatics entertainment), Card Room, Next Cruise Lounge,
- The Colony Club (381-seat, hosts Captain’s Welcome Party),
- Singapore Slings(105-seat
- Concierge Club (suite and past guests only), Viking Crown Lounge and Bar, Crown Lounge (fka Diamond Club Lounge & Bar for past guests only)
- R Bar (35-seat cocktail bar), Cafe Latte-tudes Bar (34-seat specialty coffee bar, offers Seattle’s Best Coffee), King and Country English Pub (105-seat sports bar), Vintages Bar (wine bar), Schooner Bar (144-seat piano bar), Sky Bar
- Centrum Boutiques (duty-free, clothes, perfumes, accessories, jewelry, logo souvenirs, General Store/alcohol, and cigarettes)
- Scoreboard (53-seat cinema)
- Casino Royale (262-seat)
- Royal Caribbean Online Center (Internet computers room, 24-hour)
- Vitality at Sea Spa and Fitness Center, 3 jacuzzis, 2 pools
- Solarium lounge (includes Park Cafe, pool bar and adults-only pool area)
- Outdoor movie screen
- Video Games Arcade, Optix Teen Disco Club, Living Room teen lounge area, Royal Babies and Tots Nursery
- Adventure Beach, Adventure Ocean kids lounge area
- Sports Court (golf simulator, table tennis, basketball court), Jogging Track, Rock-climbing Wall, Fairways of Brilliance Golf Course.
On Deck 12, the teen’s club Optix shares space with the new “Escape Room” (interactive escape-the-room games by Puzzle Break, via a partnership with ShowFX Inc). For 60-90 min, participants (6-12 players) are locked in the escape room. They must work together to solve puzzles, find hidden clues and eventually to find the key to escape the room - before the time runs out. The Puzzle Break game (named "A Royal Mystery") is complimentary.
Itineraries
Brilliance of the Seas itinerary program is based on roundtrip departures from Tampa FL to the Western Caribbean. During summer, Brilliance sails in Europe (Baltic Sea, departing from Harwich UK) and also offers Fall Foliage New England voyages from Boston to Canada, with Transatlantic repositioning crossings.
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