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Vision of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

VOS2023

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 7

Overall rating:

3.4 out of 5

Verified Review

11 Night Southern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 06, 2023

Ship: Vision of the Seas

Cabin number: 7046

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

loved the cruise as planned because we had never been to any of the countries but as noted we would return to only a few of them

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Children's Programs

did not travel with children

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

seemed to be understaffed

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

needed more cooling at times

Ship tip

good size ship to avoid crowds

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

2 out of 5

very unimpressed with the overall appearance of communities (razor wire around all houses) vintage train ride excursion not what we expected - would not recommend that excursion

Thumbs Up 2

Colon, Panama

3 out of 5

had bad shore excursion experience with tour bus sound system (deafening speaker pops) and tour guide who did not accomodate slower walking passengers - cruise line offered some reimbursement via future cruise credit tour of canal operations part of excursion was very good but only a small part of overall tour

Thumbs Up 0

Cartagena, Colombia

5 out of 5

excellent tour guide for this shore excursion boat ride at end of excursion was great finish to tour

Thumbs Up 0

Oranjestad, Aruba

2 out of 5

day of our visit most shops were closed maybe that is why there was such a short time in port

Thumbs Up 0

Kralendijk, Bonaire

5 out of 5

took private taxi tour of island - excellent tour guide Ricardo