No more Vision for me

Item: Vision of the Seas
Rating: 4.5
Author: sherrygreubel

Vision of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

sherrygreubel

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 21

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5

Verified Review

10 Night Eastern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 10, 2023

Ship: Vision of the Seas

Cabin number: 7525

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

This is the second time I was cruising with RC. The first time was on Explorer. But I will never cruise again on Vision unless the food quality improved.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Excellent

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

I give 8 for Main Dining. Appreciate the effort of the crews. They worked so hard. But some food was not up to my expectations. Buffet at Windjammer was the worst I’ve ever experienced. The Indian food everyday made me wanna go back to US instead of on the cruise. They should hire chefs from different cultures like from Indonesia and some from Philippine and some from India and also China. So we the passengers can have variety of food from different cultures. The way they served stirfry Bak Choy was very humiliating. And as well the way they served snow peas . We’re not a pig we are special guests on the ship for God sake. I give 5 for buffet food. Crews are amazing as usual.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

I enjoyed walking and jogging and sun bathing

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Amazing from the comedian to the juggler and the singer from AGT. Loved it

Children's Programs

I travel solo

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

I appreciate my room attendance Alok Kumar . Very attentive and perfect to a T

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Old, a little bit dirty ( certain areas),small and limited swimming pool .

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Very comfortable, clean, but a little bit small but I don’t mind because it’s only me in the room.

Ship tip

Find other ships with better on board chefs

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Ports of call

Labadee (Cruise Line Private Island)

3 out of 5

I want to see real life in Haiti nota man made island . But I understand the political unsettle of the country.

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San Juan, Puerto Rico

4 out of 5

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5

St. John's, Antigua

5 out of 5

Castries, St. Lucia

5 out of 5

Basseterre, St. Kitts

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Easy

Traveler Photos

11 Comments

margesu 1 year ago

I like the smaller ships.

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jimbo502 1 year ago

Been on vision once. It’s too small for rough waters. Cruisers and half the staff were walking around with barf bags…..

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AuntPinkie 1 year ago

Appreciate your detailed feedback. Glad you still managed to enjoy most of your cruise in spite of the food.

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jallaway 1 year ago

Yeah, I think it's time for you to move to Celebrity just to get to what you were used to

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Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

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Mmjay 1 year ago

Sorry you did not enjoy the food experience on the ship. Hopefully your next cruise will be better. THANKS for your review.

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lincoln 1 year ago

Thank you for sharing your experience. Sorry the food did not meet expectations.

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hairdresser70 1 year ago

Food was terrible too when we went on vision in February!! Will go back to Celebrity.

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Kirstiesmom2001 1 year ago

Thank you for the review.

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diamondplus4lyf 1 year ago

We've cruised with Royal for over 20 years and have seen a decline in their dining offerings and food quality. Most recently, we cruised in late Sep 22 and then again in late Jan 23. There was a SIGNIFICANT change in food offerings and food quality between the 2 cruises. They rolled out a new set of "Themed" menus, which is fine, but they slashed the Classics selections which made it difficult if the Theme of the night wasn't your thing.

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javawoody 1 year ago

We stopped dining at a fixed time and table because table mates keep complaining about the food

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