Greek Island Cruises - back to back departing on 10 September and returning on 24 September 2016
Vision of the Seas Cruise Review to Europe - Eastern Mediterranean
7 Night Eastern Mediterranean (Venice Roundtrip)
Sail date: September 10, 2016
Ship: Vision of the Seas
Cabin type: Oceanview
Cabin number: 4008
Traveled as: Couple
Reviewed: 8 years ago
Review summary
Firstly, we had back to back cruises the first departing on 10 September from Venice and the second departing on 17 September again from Venice.
We did enjoy both cruises very much but as they were back to back cruises we found that entertainment and the food menu were repeated for each of the weeks and did feel sorry for those that had already been staying on the same ship prior to us and were booked to remain on there for some weeks after.
We have cruised with RCI on several occasions and the my time dining has never been a problem as we do like to share not only with our two relatives that were with us (which RCI had at first got us booked on different tables) but also with other passengers but even when we asked to share a table with other passengers they would put us on a large table and on most occasions no-one else arrived.
In addition since our cruise was a back to back one on the mid-weekend we had to have new sea passes and for some reason our credit card details were not transferred correctly and we had to spend time rectifying this at customer services. In addition we had charges put on our account that were not ours, in particular bar charges and we had paid for the premium drinks package!!
As I have stated above this is the first time we have had any of the above problems and hope that on our next Cruise with RCI in September next year (booked through you) does not have the same problems particularly with the dining!!
Other than the above, all the staff, particularly the waiters, room attendants and bar staff were very good.
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We always tend to take our own bags when disembarking since it is much easier and less time consuming. In addition if you do not take your own bags when disembarking you are required to have them packed and collected the night prior to disembarkation which is sometimes very inconvenient.