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Item: Vision of the Seas
Rating: 4
Author: snick500

Vision of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

snick500

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 18

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

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8 Night Southeast Coast & Bahamas (Baltimore Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 19, 2024

Ship: Vision of the Seas

Cabin number: 3120

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 months ago

Review summary

Good cruise. Better food would make this a great cruise. Menu limited and poor quality of some things served. Desserts are boring. Freeport has nothing but a bunch of shops all selling the same cheap stuff. We had to pay extra money for port improvements in Nassau, but we went to this port. Didn’t go outside the port area. Boring stop. Why do all these shops sell the same stuff on every Caribbean island? They would make some money if they had interesting, different items.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Quick and easy embarkation. Friendly staff.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Food was repetitive and kind of boring. Some dishes very good and others rather blah. Decline in quality for sure. Desserts cheapened a lot. I am wondering if they are serving better food on the big,new ships?

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Good entertainment. Last day was boring as not much was going on.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Friendly competent staff. Dishes from kitchen varied so much. Same plate of food would look different from another one. Edges of plate not wiped giving a sloppy appearance. Mashed potatoes served with an ice cream scoop and were stiff and hard to eat. More sauce and gravy need to be served on these plates. Servers never offer ground pepper/Parmesan cheese like they used to.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Very clean ship. I was surprised how well maintained this ship was since it is an older ship.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Mattress needs replaced but otherwise very nice. Would be nice to have outlets by the bed.