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Vision of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

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Reviews: 5
Helpful Votes: 247

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5
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Vision of the Seas

7 Night Bahamas (New Orleans Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 29, 2018

Ship: Vision of the Seas

Cabin number: 7058

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

We have been on the big ones (Oasis, Allure, Harmony) and the small Majesty. I was very pleasantly surprised at how much we enjoyed the Vision, even though she is small. On some decks, there are eight stairwells across the ship, which makes it feel much larger than other ships. The public areas around the stairs were also larger. It felt much bigger than what it was. I would go again on the Vision in a heartbeat!

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
We have 23 cruises under our belt, from the larger Oasis class to the smaller Majesty. The Vision had activities we had never heard of and it was quite refreshing. I participated in the Quest and Michael Jackson Thriller performance and it was wonderful. Loved all of our activities! And our cruise director, Steve, was one of the absolute best.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
We enjoyed all of the performances in the theatre and the music in the Centrum was very entertaining.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Some of the best!! Staff always acknowledged us. One experience I will remember is that a gift shop worker helped me with my Thriller zombie costume. He loaned me his own personal suspenders!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
No problems whatsoever.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Our cabin was fine. Upon arrival, they had separated our two beds for some reason, but quickly put them back together.

Ship tip

I would watch out for the cabins right off of the Centrum. The music (although good) sometimes goes on until 1 am and can be heard all the way up the Centrum. There are super heavy sound blocking doors to block those cabins, but every time a passenger opens one (or accidentally leaves it open), I am sure the occupants can hear.

Ports of call

New Orleans, Louisiana

5 out of 5

Miami, Florida

1 out of 5
We were supposed to be in Coco Cay, but, about two months before leaving learned we were being sent to Miami instead. Miami was a bust. The Hop On, Hop Off Beach bus did not bring us to a beach and we only saw a sliver of a beach as we passed between the hotels on the back street. No beach.

Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5
We did the Dig at Atlantis and enjoyed it very much. It has a sunken city of Atlantis/Jules Verne feel to it.

Key West, Florida

5 out of 5
We did the Key Lime Bike Tour. It was a two hour tour around Key West on old fashioned bikes that had a little ding ding bell to ring. Recommend!

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Easy. We are Diamond and wanted to self disembark, which RC said we could do at 7:30. However our ride, who were also passengers, were assigned to 9 am. We were allowed to diembark with them so we would not be waiting outside for 1 1/2 hours.
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3 Comments

wgammon1    3 years ago

Glad you had a good cruise. Thanks for the great review.

JanRotwo    5 years ago

Sounds wonderful ... will be on board in 19 days. Thanks for the positive review. Wish there were more.

Hodens    5 years ago

I will be sailing on her in April for my daughter's 21st birthday. I am so glad to hear this review. This will be our first cruise ever

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