Awesome experience and crew

Vision of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

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Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5
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Vision of the Seas

5 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 06, 2018

Ship: Vision of the Seas

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 8581

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

This was a 5 night short getaway for my wife and I. We were looking for a low energy, relaxing cruise this time and the Vision of the Seas was great for that. No annoying announcements early in the morning so we could sleep in every day. The crew could not have been nicer.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Very fast - no lines

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
The food was excellent in the dining room and up in the Windjammer Cafe

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Always something going on, we dropped in on several musical performances and attended all the shows in the theater, great performers

Entertainment

5 out of 5
They were phenomenal!

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
We think the crew of the Vision of Seas was by far the best we have every sailed with. It's evident that from the captain on down this crew has great leadership and the feel like they are part of a big family. We felt very comfortable with everyone we interacted with and they were extremely attentive.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Older ship, but very well maintained. Smaller than some but didn't feel claustrophobic at all.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Typical interior cabin, but was nicely decorated and everything worked great.

Ship tip

Captain Merik and his crew are an amazing team. Best crew we have ever sailed with. He was visible and even performed for us one night (singer). His crew clearly admires him and his leadership shines through them all. Would highly recommend the Vision of the Seas for just the crew alone (but we enjoyed the ship and food as well!).

Ports of call

Galveston, Texas Did not visit port

We just got on/off at Galveston

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

4 out of 5
The beach club shore excursion was okay, but the vendors harass you non-stop to buy stuff when you are on the beach. The "beach club" was not private at all and security guard let the vendors have total access to us. There are plenty of facilities just off the ship in the shopping area (pool, lounge chairs, bars, restaurants, etc). I'd recommend staying there versus paying for a beach club

Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5
Have done several shore excursions in the past so we just shopped around the pier at the usual places.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Very easy and quick. Everything was very well organized and being on a smaller ship meant shorter lines.
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2 Comments

IkeDeb    6 years ago

MarineVet71    6 years ago

Glad you enjoyed yourself!

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