Vision of the Seas Review

Baltics & Northern Europe

Review for the Baltic Sea Cruise on Vision of the Seas
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codillakat
6-10 Cruises • Age 40s

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Sail Date: Aug 2012
Cabin: Large Interior Stateroom

I arrived in Copenhagen at 11:00 am and was on board by 12:30 pm. Embarkation was quite smooth, being a Platinum member I skipped right by the lines, although it was shorter than what you normally see for Caribbean.

Estonia - I took the walking tour here. I thoroughly enjoyed the tour, our guide was great! Afterwards I stayed in the city to wander around a little longer and grab a bite to eat. The ship is about 20 -25 minutes walking distance to the ship.

St. Petersburg, Russia - I have been here before but due to the Visa requirements I was not able to wander by myself. Next time, even though it may be expensive, I would get a regular Visa and do my own thing. I booked two tours, one in the morning and the other in the afternoon. The morning tour was city highlights and Church on Spilled Blood. We did not find out until we got there that the Church is closed on Wednesdays! The guide took us to a different church which was a huge disappointment. The afternoon tour was of the Yusspov Palace & Canals. I would highly recommend the palace, the history behind it was very interesting. Unfortunately for us it was raining and had to sit inside the boat for the canal tour. RC brought a group of Cossack dancers on board for the evening entertainment. Having seen one of these shows previously I was very disappointed. They had only 3 musicians the rest was taped music. Dancers not as good as the ones I had seen previously. If you are in St. Pete I would recommend you see the "real" Cossack show, it was amazing..

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Large Interior Stateroom

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I took a chance and booked the Interior Guarantee. It was more than a $1,000 difference between that and an outside. I was upgraded to the Large Interior Stateroom. The room itself was quite large, for this class of ship. The room was near the front of the ship and I was nervous but I did not feel any movement. The only issue I had was that there was a man in the room directly behind me that snored really loud, so loud it would keep me up at night!! I moved the bed away from the wall and that helped a bit but not enough, I wound up using ear plugs so I could sleep.

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