Small ship, large fun!

Item: Vision of the Seas
Rating: 4.3
Author: NWASooner

Vision of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

NWASooner

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 162

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Southern Caribbean (San Juan Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 29, 2020

Ship: Vision of the Seas

Cabin number: 7552

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Originally booked on Freedom, which is much larger ship. After Freedom was cancelled, rebooked on the Vision. Disappointed in the size of the ship, as well as the limited number of dining options and activities.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Waited about 3 hrs into embarkation process. No line at all to get on the ship.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Main dining room wait staff was great. Buffett was, well...a buffet.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Did a lot of people watching

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Good entertainment

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Superb

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Clean. Just an older, smaller ship

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Stateroom Steward was great

Ship tip

Choose a bigger ship

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Ports of call

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5

Actually spent 4 nights in San Juan before cruising

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Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

5 out of 5

Juanillo Beach was beautiful! Hated the tender portion

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Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

4 out of 5

Magens Beach was good. The excursion getting us there & back was ok

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Fort-De-France, Martinique

3 out of 5

Motor coach was comfortable. Scenery and stops were nice. The tour guide (Discover Martinique) was hard to understand.

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Castries, St. Lucia Did not visit port

St. Lucia turned the Vision away due to coronavirus concerns

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Bridgetown, Barbados

5 out of 5

Thoroughly enjoyed Flavors of Barbados excursion!

Thumbs Up 1

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Smooth disembarkation. Short lines.

4 Comments

wgammon1 3 years ago

Glad you had a good cruise. Thanks for the great review. We prefer the smaller ships, too.

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Doxiemomof2 4 years ago

I enjoy the smaller ships as well ❤️

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SRAlbritton 4 years ago

Thank you for taking time to write a review. Glad you enjoyed your cruise. We actually prefer the small ships as it is not as crowded. We sail on the Vision next February, can't wait.

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Cruiserike0322 4 years ago

Thanks for your review!

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