Wonderful Vision of the Seas cruise

Vision of the Seas Cruise Review

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 3
Helpful Votes: 54

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5
Vision of the Seas

11 Night Southern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 27, 2023

Ship: Vision of the Seas

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 4060

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

It was a wonderful cruise with calm seas and smooth sailing

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Was beyond my expectations Was very smooth and quick embarkation

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Food in the MDR was very good every night. Had breakfast and lunch in windjammer which was very good with different selections every day

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
Did not participate in onboard activities

Entertainment

5 out of 5
The shows in Majestic theater was excellent every night. The musicians were good I especially enjoyed PJ Groove band who had people dancing every day.

Children's Programs

1 out of 5
No children

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Our waiters Alaeddine and Ashraad at table 300 went out of their way to please us and we were 8 people every night. Our room attendant James was always asking about our comfort and well-being ready to please us.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
The ship has an easy layout to follow with plenty of fast elevators. The ship is very clean as well as the public restrooms. Staff were cleaning the outside and painting while we were in port.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Our cabin was kept spotlessly clean as well as the bathroom. This is an ocean view cabin with nice size square window on deck four, was always very quiet though it was just outside main centrum where there was always something going on.

Ship tip

After reading some of the reviews before the cruise I was not sure about what to expect but it turned out to be one of the best cruises I have been on

Ports of call

Colon, Panama

5 out of 5
Did a Viator excursion called Cruiseline excursion Colon which was very good was even able to watch a ship go through the locks from beginning to end

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5
Did not do an excursion here because I have been here before just did some expensive shopping and had lunch at one of the restaurants on the Main Street

Kralendijk, Bonaire

5 out of 5
Did a Viator excursion which included a tour to the salt mines

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5
One of my favorite islands but we only docked at 5pm and was too late to do anything and because it was Sunday most shops were closed

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

5 out of 5
Stayed at Holiday Inn Express the night before and used Allstar limousine to take us and pick us up after the cruise

Cartagena, Colombia

4 out of 5
Just walked around at the area off the ship where there are peacocks, flamingos, lots of parrots and other animals

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

5 out of 5
We did an excursion thru Viator which was excellent called Fantastic tour in Limon Costa Rica

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
Disembarkation took longer because they had problems with the loading ramp connecting but it was well organized and once we were off the ship it was smooth going
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9 Comments

JohnsonL    1 year ago

Thank you for your review and the excursion details. I have used viator in Europe and Asia and now I will look at adding them to Caribbean cruises, especially the Panama canal excursion you noted. Glad you enjoyed the cruise and the RCCL small ship cruise experience which is I enjoy with an appropriate expectation.

Mmjay    1 year ago

I am glad the food exceeded your expectations. Thank you for the review.

javawoody    1 year ago

Appreciate your input

Bernals    1 year ago

Thank-you for such a positive review. Like you, starting to wonder about our future cruise on Vision. I think a lot is attitude and expectations. Though some of the complaints were really understandable. I'm excited again now and looking forward to November.

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

petunia926625    1 year ago

Awesome review!!!

lincoln    1 year ago

Sounds like you had a great time! Glad everything went well and thanks for sharing!

Vambo    1 year ago

AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Appreciate your detailed and informative review. Glad you enjoyed your cruise.

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