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Vision of the Seas Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 61

Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5
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Vision of the Seas

15 Night Panama Canal Eastbound (Los Angeles To San Juan)

Sail date: December 01, 2019

Ship: Vision of the Seas

Cabin number: 4547

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

My first cruise over 7 days. Love that you get to know the people you meet better, I made many forever friends. The majority of the passengers were puertorican, and the joy of the culture was felt all over. Loved it. A very happy experience. I wish there was more time to spend in the ports of call. Bonaire which had the least to see was the longest. Beautiful crew all over, great food, Again, thanks, to Terrence Barnum and Mahendra. I will not forget you guys!!!!

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Good!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Very good!

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Was not able to experience all of them, but the one's I did were very nice.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Some of them were excellent, others ok. The cruise director was a great entertainer, the kid directing the chorus was wonderful. The calipso band by the pool was very good, sad that I didn't get to listen to them more but there was too much to do. The latin trio was also very good-Centrum. Elton John , a lot of fun. The show with the crew in the Mascarade Theater, was great, I really enjoyed that. Overall, great entertainment. My main complaint was that the activities lasted 45 min. too short. Most of us would have wanted many of these to last longer.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
To me, it's always ben the best part of a Royal Caribbean Cruise. Not one issue in 15 days. They were friendly and helpful at all times. A+. My room stewart, Terrence Barnum, always helpful and polite. He bacame family to me. I wish him all the best. I was also impressed by Mahendra, in the dinning room. A young man, who was also putting forward his best effort and you could just persive that he was always trying to learn more. He will go far, no doubt about it. I wish him much success.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Always clean, no issues with the layout.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
I was by myself in the cabin, so I was very comfortable. Great bed. And Terrence, I can't enough good things about him. My cabin was always perfect. Thank you Terrence!!!!

Ship tip

Enjoy everything the ship has to offer. Thers plenty for everyone's taste.

Ports of call

San Pedro (Los Angeles), California

5 out of 5

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

5 out of 5

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

5 out of 5

Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala

5 out of 5

Puntarenas, Costa Rica

5 out of 5

Panama Canal Transit

5 out of 5

Cartagena, Colombia

4 out of 5
The street vendors were too aggressive here. Nothing to do with the cruise ship.

Kralendijk, Bonaire

4 out of 5

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5
Home, off course it's excellent.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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5 Comments

wgammon1    3 years ago

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

ordwaytheresa    4 years ago

Was there any Latin dancing in the ship?

jilesgulf    5 years ago

You're right about the street venders in Cartagena! They would surround me & get right in my face! It was awful!

Cruiserike0322    5 years ago

Fantastic

bobduck1993    5 years ago

Wow you have a perfect cruise,you enjoyed the ship the food ,the destinations and your fellow cruisers, you had the best of the best,so happy for you!

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