baltodave Posted November 29, 2023 Report Share Posted November 29, 2023 Just booked this one. We've never been on Brilliance but we were on Radiance in Alaska. It will be interesting to see the differences. I do remember on Radiance the Windjammer was a bit small so I hope that is not an issue on Brilliance. We also have never cruised out of NOLA so we're looking forward to sailing down the Mississippi for sailaway. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXCoastPatriot Posted March 24 Report Share Posted March 24 We are Stuart & Lisa from the coastal bend area of south Texas. Our 1st time on the Brilliance also. I’m looking forward to getting back on Royal’s smaller ships. Love the trip down the Mississippi River, watching the lights from the banks go by. Look for fireworks as they send off ships. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMeJoe Posted March 24 Report Share Posted March 24 4 minutes ago, TXCoastPatriot said: Love the trip down the Mississippi River, watching the lights from the banks Love the river trip as well. We're on this one and B2B for the next on the 9th. Looking forward to Brilliance again; nice smaller ship. Hope to see you there! TXCoastPatriot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baltodave Posted April 12 Author Report Share Posted April 12 We've never cruised out of NOLA before. Suggestions for getting to MSY from the ship on disembarkation day? Pre-book xfer from RC? Taxi? Uber? (for 2 couples) TIA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshleyDillo Posted April 13 Report Share Posted April 13 On 4/12/2024 at 8:50 AM, baltodave said: We've never cruised out of NOLA before. Suggestions for getting to MSY from the ship on disembarkation day? Pre-book xfer from RC? Taxi? Uber? (for 2 couples) TIA! Uber or Lyft XL for 4 with luggage will be the most economical. If you can walk with luggage a little bit away from the cruise terminal (there are a lot of hotels within a few blocks) you can likely catch one with much less wait. baltodave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baltodave Posted May 17 Author Report Share Posted May 17 I was looking at Brilliance OTS deck plans and there doesn't appear to be a "Play Makers". Therefore, where is a good place to watch Monday/Thursday night football? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose City Cruiser Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 There's a pub right next to the casino on Deck 6. Your best chances is in there. No guarantee the game you want will be on those TVs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baltodave Posted May 17 Author Report Share Posted May 17 3 minutes ago, Rose City Cruiser said: There's a pub right next to the casino on Deck 6. Your best chances is in there. No guarantee the game you want will be on those TVs You can probably guess based on my handle that I'm a Ravens fan. Well, they are playing Thursday night the week of our cruise. Normally TNF is only shown on Amazon Prime and local channels of the teams playing. It will be interesting to see if ESPN-Caribbean (which is shown on RC ships) carries Amazon Prime games. (I'm guessing not). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 The Monday night game should be on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose City Cruiser Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 10 minutes ago, baltodave said: You can probably guess based on my handle that I'm a Ravens fan. Well, they are playing Thursday night the week of our cruise. Normally TNF is only shown on Amazon Prime and local channels of the teams playing. It will be interesting to see if ESPN-Caribbean (which is shown on RC ships) carries Amazon Prime games. (I'm guessing not). Not sure which C&A loyalty level you are currently at. If you are Diamond or above, might be worth using the 24-hour wifi pass and stream on your mobile device Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baltodave Posted May 17 Author Report Share Posted May 17 Just now, Rose City Cruiser said: Not sure which C&A loyalty level you are currently at. If you are Diamond or above, might be worth using the 24-hour wifi pass and stream on your mobile device I hope that even works. Because the week we are taking our cruise (1st week of Nov.) the game is on Amazon Prime. When using Voom, I don't know if we'll be able to access Prime Video (hope so!). It depends on what country Amazon "thinks" we are connecting from when using Voom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkelly Posted June 26 Report Share Posted June 26 we are also going on the November 2 royal cruise Tony & Verna Kelly on the 8th deck this is our first time on royal and out of New Orleans we have been on carnival out of Mobile before and again in January 2025 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baltodave Posted June 27 Author Report Share Posted June 27 19 hours ago, tkelly said: we are also going on the November 2 royal cruise Tony & Verna Kelly on the 8th deck this is our first time on royal and out of New Orleans we have been on carnival out of Mobile before and again in January 2025 Great! We've done many Royal cruises (reached "Diamond" last year) but this will be the first time out of NOLA. We haven't been on Brilliance but took it's sister ship (Radiance) in Alaska last year. It's a different vibe than the mega ships but the views are great. I'd say the only criticism of Radiance class ships are that the Windjammer and Centrum seemed very small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted June 27 Report Share Posted June 27 I like the Windjammer on that class of ship since it has outdoor seating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baltodave Posted June 27 Author Report Share Posted June 27 6 minutes ago, smokeybandit said: I like the Windjammer on that class of ship since it has outdoor seating. Ahhh. When I was in Alaska it was a bit too chilly to eat outside (it was nice but a bit chilly to eat out there) on Radiance. So, I guess in warmer climates, it's much nicer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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