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Item: Vista
Rating: 3.7
Author: MarkXDStops

Vista Cruise Review

MarkXDStops

Contributor Level: First Mate

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 22

Helpful Votes: 304

Overall rating:

3.7 out of 5

12 Night Caribbean Wanderlust (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 19, 2023

Ship: Vista

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 months ago

Review summary

No good food, actually bad service, very crowded and overbooked, European style rudeness abounds, Far too expensive for a bad experience. My 14th cruise was my first on high end cruise line like Oceania, and I really missed Celebrity which is better far half or less of the price tag. Even RCL and NCL are way better than this cruise officers staff and kitchen (galley) staff and dining room waitstaff and cabin stews. The promise of a Butler was the biggest unfunny joke ever, a non-English-speaking unshaven barkeep dragged from a San Juan unemployment office and dressed up in a long-tailed tux coat with a constantly confused look on his face and provided no help! Trust me, I am being kind. read my other reviews, I am quite a nice understanding fellow. I am a big "you make your own cruise good" type of guy. That is how bad this cruise ship service is. The hotel manager person and the cruise director and the head chef need to be turned over yesterday. I will give the captain the benefit of the doubt on skipping ports.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

crowded, long waits, rooms not ready

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

far under expectations, food was mediocre at best every meal. Tasteless cuisine, designed to offend no one, so there was no spice or flavor. Food on Royal Caribbean and Celebrity is far better. I am told by reliable passengers that if you upscale dine at every meal, the food is great, but the main dining room was between blah and meh. edible but not a good value for the cruise fare. Room service literally took two hours, but at least it was consistent!

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

boring and few choices

Entertainment

2 out of 5

irritating self indulgent cruise director and less than mediocre shows

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

below par bad attitudes hard to find a server butler sucked cabin steward overbooked had too many rooms

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

adequate

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

good cabin poor service

Ship tip

If there is still time, cancel your Oceania Vista cruise and sail any Celebrity Edge class ship instead. Twice the service, three times the dining quality, but half the price.

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Ports of call

Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas

1 out of 5

did not dock because this tiny ship has to tender and the slightest wave makes the captain drink!

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Miami, Florida

5 out of 5

St. George's, Grenada

5 out of 5

Roseau, Dominica

5 out of 5

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5

favorite port most fun great people much to do seems very safe in the day

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Disembarkation

4 out of 5

unhelpful but typically rude

8 Comments

SteveMBA 4 months ago

Not at all what I’ve experienced with Oceania. Food has always been excellent and flavorful, but not necessarily spicy. You may want to contact them for some type of reimbursement? On the other hand, I’ve never seen the need for a butler.

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hunny68 7 months ago

I'm very sorry you were disappointed. We've been there, done that with a cruise and to think about the money spent angers me. That aside, the review about the butler made me laugh out loud.

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HeavySeas 7 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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karlgrgurich 7 months ago

Looks like celebrity for you in the future

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Gwbigdog 7 months ago

Oops 😬 sorry thanks

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javawoody 7 months ago

Appreciate your comments

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cruising2004 7 months ago

Sorry you were disappointed with your cruise.

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jenn1973 7 months ago

Thanks for the review

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