Ultra loud, screaming music everywhere all tyhe time.

Item: Vision of the Seas
Rating: 3
Author: kissimmee2014

Vision of the Seas Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

kissimmee2014

Contributor Level: Second Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 4

Helpful Votes: 184

Overall rating:

3 out of 5

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12 Night Mediterranean Venice (Barcelona Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 06, 2019

Ship: Vision of the Seas

Cabin number: 3002

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

All guest services are in the Centrium where ultra loud music plays forcing guests to lean over the counter and shout to be heard. Very demeaning and unsophisticated to guest and staff. Anyone working here for any length of time will develop hearing loss. Pool deck was useless and very loud music was always present and the stench of cigarette and cigar came across the area. Cruise director seems to believe everyone on the cruise was or wanted to be twenty something. Average age on this cruise I would estimate to 60 to 65. After this experience we have decided to never cruise again.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Staff very competent, no complaints here. Food was mediocre. Fish was way over cooked. For some reason those in charge decided the noise level in the Windjammer was not loud enough (it was very loud) so they played loud screaming rock music all the time. Main dining room was good. Excellent service from all.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Everything was spoiled by ultra loud music and speech.

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Everything was spoiled by ultra loud music and speech.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Friendly and courteous. All tried to help.

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

Ship was clean. No card room, no library (just a book case in a hall with several book, most of which were in German.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Very noisy location. OK cabin. Steward was excellent.

Ship tip

Never sail on this ship.

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Ports of call

Barcelona, Spain

3 out of 5

Villefranche-Sur-Mer, France

3 out of 5

Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy

1 out of 5

Crowded city, sidewalks in bad condition.

Thumbs Up 1

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

1 out of 5

Cold and rain, went back to ship.

Thumbs Up 3

Salerno (Naples), Italy

3 out of 5

Venice, Italy

3 out of 5

Very crowded.

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Split, Croatia

5 out of 5

Interesting city.

Thumbs Up 0

Kotor, Montenegro

5 out of 5

Interesting city.

Thumbs Up 0

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

So glad to be off this ship. Still playing screamimg rock music in the Windjammer at 6AM.

5 Comments

wgammon1 3 years ago

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

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ordwaytheresa 5 years ago

I sailed this ship in February and it was none of the things you mentioned, which tells me your perception is off. Probably shouldn’t cruise if this was too “wild” for you.

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LindaGone 5 years ago

We have sailed this ship a few times and have always enjoyed ourselves. We are in our 60's and the ship is a fantastic size for getting around without using the elevators. We are looking forward to sailing this September to the Mediterranean and staying on board for the Transatlantic crossing immediately following.

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Diamond54 5 years ago

I have always maintained if you do not enjoy yourself on a cruise. Is definitely your own fault!

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CruzeFan 5 years ago

Seems like cruising is not for you.

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