September 30th to October 12th, 2007

We booked this cruise the day it was released; we got the exact room we wanted, we were happy. Then, a few days later, the ship was chartered and our sailing was cancelled. There was swearing, but we rebooked for a sailing a few weeks later and got an equally desirable room. We had over 500 days to obsess and plan for this cruise.

Our cruise on Brilliance of the Seas left from Barcelona (Spain) and made stops in Villefranche (France), Livorno, Naples and Venice (Italy), Dubrovnik (Croatia), Corfu (Greece) and Civitavecchia (Italy) with three sea days.

WHAT’S AVAILABLE

1. •View some photos
   
   

2. •Listen to our Brilliance of the Seas podcasts
   Episode One: Planning
   Episode Two: Barcelona
   Episode Three: The Ship
   Episode Four: Ports
   
   

3. •Read Mike’s journal of our sailing
   
   

4. •View the Cruise Compass daily newsletters from our sailing
   

5. Day 1, Embarkation
   

6. Day 2, Villefranche
   

7. Day 3, Livorno
   

8. Day 4, Naples
   

9. Day 5, Sea Day
   

10. Day 6, Venice
    

11. Day 7, Venice
    

12. Day 8, Dubrovnik
    

13. Day 9, Corfu
    

14. Day 10, Sea Day
    

15. Day 11, Civitavecchia
    

16. Day 12, Sea Day
    

17. Day 13, Disembarkation
    

1. •Ask us a question about this cruise