Two week Mediterranean cruise

Item: Vision of the Seas
Rating: 3.7
Author: cruiseluv

Vision of the Seas Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

cruiseluv

Contributor Level: First Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 5

Helpful Votes: 51

Overall rating:

3.7 out of 5

12 Night Mediterranean Greek Isles (Barcelona Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 25, 2018

Ship: Vision of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7112

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Overall cruise was enjoyable, but there are things which could make it better. Not bad for a smaller, older ship/ but teenagers might be bored with only the pool, rock climbing wall and ping pong. The solarium pool for adults was great. There seemed to be some pretty unruly older teenagers running into and out of the elevators, and up and down the stairs and hallways-well into the wee hours of the morning.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Wish you didn’t have to purchase an expensive drink package 👎

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Enjoyed the shows, rock climbing walls were pretty busy, also the pools and hot tubs

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Smallish but serviceable

Ship tip

Might want a bigger ship with older kids with more things to di

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Ports of call

Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5

Barcelona was a very interesting place to visit. From the open air food stands to the market, local vendors, the people. Everything about it was pretty neat. Stayed at the Gaudi Hotel for two days pre-cruise and it was right across the street from a museum. Had the best chicken croquettes I’ve ever tasted, plus churros with chocolate dipping sauce 🤗

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Cannes, France

4 out of 5

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

1 out of 5

This was basically a bus ride by attractions which we never really got to even get a decent picture of. What was supposed to be a tour (Rome City Sights) of the City sights that was for older, less mobile people. Where they parked the bus was pretty far from where St Peters Square was. You had to walk through two totally dark tunnels (only light were from people’s cell phones). We were walking into the square while other people were right beside us in the same tunnel walking back to their bus) I felt really unsafe going thru these creepy, dark tunnels. Plus, it was a lot more walking than they had indicated it would be. By the time we got to the square, waited in a long line for the bathroom, you only had about fifteen minutes left to see the square. Then it was time to turn right around and go back through the dark, creepy tunnels to go back to the bus. Those tunnels just didn’t feel safe and the darkness added to the creepiness. Our tour guide was a young person who had no passion whatsoever for what she was doing, and never would slow down her speed walking so the lower mobility people on the tour could catch up, and there were several using canes. ☹️ It was not an enjoyable way to experience Rome at all

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Piraeus (Athens), Greece

1 out of 5

Rhodes, Greece

1 out of 5

Great shopping 😃

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Santorini, Greece

3 out of 5

Nice port, but there were six other ships in port beside ours that day. Way, way too many people there. Too long of a line for everything.

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Valletta, Malta