Cruise ship was excellent the shore excursions where not up to expectations

Vision of the Seas Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 31

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5
Verified Review
Vision of the Seas

8 Night Western Mediterranean (Barcelona Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 02, 2022

Ship: Vision of the Seas

Cabin number: 4506

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

The ship was excellent, and all of the food was outstanding. We had lost a bag from our departure. Service on the ship tried to locate but could not find it. they gave us a letter of explanation but that did not help my wife as the bag lost had all of her makeup and hair products in it. I was a long week of torture for me . Seas were great except for last day of Saling had 8-foot waves and rough ride back to Barcelona. Would not recommend long excursions only tour of port then go out on your own. We enjoyed the cruise.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
it was good took a little time but overall good

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Main dining room food and service were excellent. Breakfast buffet was great also. Went to two special dinning Giovonie's was outstanding and Chop house was great

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Listened to music on deck 5 almost every night , theater events were very good

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Shows were very good

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Imade and Mark our main table servers were outstanding . They called us by name not only in dinning area but when they saw us elsewhere on the ship

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Ship layout was great

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
room was perfect, bed was great and cabin attendant was outstanding Omega

Ship tip

Only take shore excursions that give you lay of port maybe 2 hours then go out and explore yourself

Ports of call

Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5

Villefranche-Sur-Mer, France

5 out of 5
This tour was the best of all the ones we took

Toulon, France

3 out of 5
Tour guide was terrible , older people had to use bathroom and she did not know where they were and ingnored them I went into a shop and said I will spend $25 can you let these people use you facilites and he said yes , while tour guide kept on walking and left us there. She also knew people were behind did not go to check on them . Asked for way back to bus and she said keep walking that direction and you will find it and then left us. Walk back was over 2 1/2 miles

Portofino, Italy

4 out of 5
We never go to go to city we walked past got on ship for 30 minutes to get a bus for one hour to get a train for 30 minutes took small bus over the mountains very bumpy and not comfortable and then a tour back to train , and another bus ride 1 hour then the boat back to dock and our ship. Boreing and too long . would not recommend

Palermo, Sicily

4 out of 5
This was an hour plus bus ride. to Sicily and then an hour tour that was supposed to have a wine tasting which was a thimble paper cup of wine , then a hour plus bus ride. We never got to see Palermo the city

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
Got off ship to terminal could not find baggage. Had key and they sent us to wrong baggage claim A new Samsonite bag had a large tear on it and lost a wheel
Was this review helpful? 31

6 Comments

Epz    2 years ago

Thank you for sharing. We looked at the different excursions they were offering at each port. Everything look like it was walking, drinking wine, and eating. We will do hop off and on buses and sightseeing ourselves. Our cruise is port intensive so we will go back early to enjoy the ship.

AuntPinkie    2 years ago

Great itinerary. Appreciate your feedback. Glad you mostly enjoyed your cruise.

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing

javawoody    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing

SaskiaAruba    2 years ago

Did you not stop in Rome ? Did you take a tour into Rome?

byhisgrace    2 years ago

Appreciate your feedback. Your itinerary looks amazing

Other reviews of this sailing