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Item: Vision of the Seas
Rating: 3.4
Author: ShanGordon

Vision of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

ShanGordon

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 10

Overall rating:

3.4 out of 5

5 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 14, 2018

Ship: Vision of the Seas

Cabin type: Oceanview

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

The cruise was not what we are accustomed to. My family has taken between 5 and 6 cruises with Carnival. There was only one pool for the kids and no slides, and not many activities for children or adults on the Vision of the Seas by Royal Caribbean. The game room, if that's what you call it was not big enough for 4 kids to fit in comfortably. The little piece of rock climbing wall was sad and the accommodations were dated. We couldn't access our sign and sail cards from our room t.v., there was no iron available to iron our own cloths, so we had to pay additional for the laundry to press them for us. I do not plan to cruise with Royal Caribbean again but If we decided to it definitely would not be on this ship.

Embarkation

2 out of 5

We were cruising with my daughter's high school dance team. The person in charge of checking identification and assigning rooms was VERY rude and so was the woman working with him. When people pay the kind of money we did for a vacation and it begins with people being rude and unprofessional makes me rethink cruising with Royal Caribbean again. My family and I cruise often with Carnival and not once in nine years have we encountered that type of rude behavior.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

The dinning room service was simply amazing. Even in the Windjammer the service was top notch. I enjoyed the food but the service made the food even better. This is the ONE reason I would reconsider cruising with Royal Caribbean.

Main Dining Room

5 out of 5

Simply Amazing. The service and the food was more than wonderful.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

There wasn't much to do. My children, ages 9 and 15 were bored out of their minds. That was the complaint of many parents traveling with us. I guess my family is just use to the fun ships at Carnival. The Vision of the Seas had no slides, there was one pool for the kids, the "game room" had 5-6 games all mashed in the corner of the entrance to the teen hangout. This ship is definitely not for kids.

Entertainment

2 out of 5

Children's Programs

1 out of 5

My son is 9. The younger program was geared more toward smaller children and the teen program of course was for teens, so he was just kind of left out.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

They were helpful and very kind.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

The ship's design is not much to write home about. I guess maybe it's one of RC's older ships but it was very clean.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

2 out of 5

Progreso (Merida), Mexico

2 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

3 out of 5

8 Comments

sandy1973 5 years ago

Please take your kids and go back to Carnival

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chelsey8185 6 years ago

You should have done some research before booking this ship

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rdwh 6 years ago

Carnival freedom has laundry rooms with washer dryer and yes an iron for passengers to use.

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Autobot 6 years ago

No ship has irons for passengers. Not princess, ncl, rccl, msc or carnival but all have for pay laundry service if you choose. Your prior post was 5star but this is 3 star?? RCCL is now adding slides to majority of their fleet as they focus more entertainment & lux. If your cruise was bad because you paid for laundry....hmmm. Idk.

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kiesh30 6 years ago

Research the ship before you book. There is a Royal Caribbean ship leaving Galveston that does have all those things. Looking up the ship before you get in it will certainly help you know what they do and don't have.

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jmmora1019 6 years ago

Agreed

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rdwh 6 years ago

We were on this cruise. There musta been over 200 of y'all 😂

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Kandamonk 6 years ago

I suggest you go with a larger ship next time. The big ones will have more of what you're looking for. Did you research the ship at all? If you had, none of your issues would have been a surprise.

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