Not as good as expected

Vision of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 51

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5
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Vision of the Seas

5 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 28, 2018

Ship: Vision of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7568

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Won't be going again. Too many people thinking about themselves and not others.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
The embarkation was excellent. All check in folks were friendly, helpful and moved everyone at a steady pace.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Main dining room was good. Most servers and assistants were very friendly and provided good service. Buffet in Windjammer was always good. All of the staff there was friendly, helpful and made everyone feel welcome. Even made balloon animals for kids.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
We did visit the casino several times. Way too noisy and smoky. Used the jogging track on deck 10. It was very good except for the inebriated passengers that kept stumbling in front of me on the track.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Room steward Miguel was great. he did a great job and always had our room cleaned before we came back. Waiters were also very good and attentive.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Common areas seemed clean and well maintained. Always saw crews cleaning railings and other areas.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
We had a superior balcony room. It was well appointed. Things we didn't like were very hard mattress, no clocks in room and could not hear captain's announcements in room. The room size was fine and usually very clean.

Ship tip

Be wary of people with sick kids and people who smoke. There were a lot of kids on board and many of them were sick. Also, a lot of smokers who smoked and vaped making breathing a bit difficult at times. Also, this ship was really listing and moving from side to side a lot, especially in the Aquarius restaurant where we ate most meals. Many people had a difficult time walking around and even staying in their seats.

Ports of call

Galveston, Texas Did not visit port

Started here.

Progreso (Merida), Mexico

4 out of 5
Very sparse but took a cab to Merida and saw the zoo on our own. Not an excursion.

Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5
Nice area around the port. We walked around the area and city. Felt secure and liked the city.

Disembarkation

2 out of 5
We were all gathered like cattle in the Masquerade theater to debark when our number was called. Sick people, smoking people and crowds of people. Man in scooter ran over my wife's leg waiting in line. The customs portion was not a problem as everyone was very professional.
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3 Comments

vikki68    6 years ago

I was on the same ship everything was excellent. Found everyone (vacationers and crew members) very friendly! This was my first cruise and I was very pleased with the ship,services,shows,food and more. Casino...your allowed to smoke (I do not) but that’s expected in that area😉. Drunk vacationers well that’s expected too there’s bars everywhere lol but I didn’t see anyone that was out of control drunk.

talisman    6 years ago

Good ya sound boring

IkeDeb    6 years ago

Sorry to hear that, it is ashame.🤔

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