We sailed on the Vision of the Seas the week of Feb 27 and splurged for a Jr Suite for the first time. Check in was a breeze as we got the “easy pass” line because we had booked a suite. We brought our carry ons with us and went to the Windjammer café or lunch. Rooms are not available until 1pm and the ship departs around 4. After lunch we went to our cabin floor and luckily saw our luggage ...
We booked this cruise over 8 months ago. After having sailed aboard the Freedom class ship on our last cruise, we decided to scale back to a smaller, less 'busy' ship. Vision of the Seas fit the bill perfectly. The refurb it underwent in 2013 really brought everything up to snuff. It is clean, beautifully decorated, and fully operational. No "Sorry, this amenity is out of order" signs were found ...
My wife and I, both in our early 40s just returned from a week on Vision of the Seas. It was our 10th RCCL experience (plus 5 on NCL and 2 on Princess). We chose this cruise for the itinerary as we were looking to see Mayan ruins and have never been to Roatan or Costa Maya. This is a long Trip Report about the ship and ports that hopefully you will find helpful.
After flying into Tampa we ...
I was told that Royal Caribbean was rated highest among the cruise lines. They certainly did not disappoint. We sailed on the Vision of the Seas for 7 nights to the Western Caribbean and had an excellent time. This was our first cruise and although we did a lot of research and talked to a lot of friends who had cruised many times, you are never really prepared until you have sailed at least once. ...
Booked onto a Vision Of The Seas 7 Night Western Caribbean Cruise with stops in Roatan, Honduras; Belize City, Belize; Puerto Costa Maya, Mexico; and Cozumel, Mexico starting and ending in Tampa (I live just over an hour away from the port). For me, cursing is more of a "where is it going" rather than "being on the ship" so the itinerary making stops in both Belize and Honduras was the selling ...
Vision of the Seas Cruise 3/13 to 20/16
After this cruise we are Platinum Royal Cariban cruisers! Yea! Also let me state we have never had a bad cruise on Royal Cariban. Our cruise before this was an awesome cruise on the Independence of the Sea, October 18th 2015 5 months ago. I open with this because I regret that I have to write this review and want to establish that we know what to expect ...
This was my 5th cruise, 3rd one with Royal Caribbean. We chose this ship based on the dates and ports that would be visited. This ship lacked many of the amenities of the other ships I was on. Something as simple as shampoo was not provided (although our cabin steward graciously brought both shampoo and conditioner - he was a bright spot!)
The first night of "My Time Dining" seemed very ...
Left PHL at about 9:50 AM on Feb. 5 after a very wet 1” snowfall. I was so afraid the flight would be delayed or canceled, but the airport was functioning normally. We had a very smooth flight to Tampa and was greeted by a bright, sunny 60 degree day. The taxi fare was a flat $25 from the airport to downtown Tampa. We were able to check in early, at about 1:30 and went to our room. For some ...
We arrived at the terminal about 11:30. We waited in the holding room for 15-20 minutes waiting for our group number to be called. Once called, we were on the ship in 5 minutes.
The ship itself was smaller than any other RCCL ship that we've been on - this was our 18th cruise. It lacked the Champagne Bar, much smaller balcony and no in room checking out the sea pass account. Not major ...
We just got back from our Vision of the Seas cruise to the Western Caribbean. This was our 35th cruise on at least 6 different lines. Last year I went on a back to back on the Vision. I was so disappointed with the cutbacks in the past year as well as the terrible staff.
First the cutbacks:
Last Year This Year
3 production shows ...