Vision of the Seas Review

Almost Perfect

Review for the Baltic Sea Cruise on Vision of the Seas
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teacherman
First Time Cruiser • Age 20s

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Sail Date: Jun 2013
Cabin: Large Interior Stateroom

We are mid 60's and this was our 27th cruise. We do a LOT of research before we travel, and did so for this cruise. We had been on the Vision in the Caribbean in December and enjoyed our cruise. So, when we heard about a chance to go to the North Cape, we booked it. Our plan was to fly to Copenhagen on Wednesday, enjoy 2 days in that city, and then the cruise would leave on Saturday. Our main concern was what would the weather be like in northern Norway. Also, we do not normally do ship tours, but we found very little information regarding private tours. We became somewhat apprehensive of how this cruise would turn out, but it was great.

Pre-Cruise: Our plane flew for about 45 minutes and then had to return to Detroit due to "mechanical" problems. After 2 hours sitting in the airport, we were informed that the flight was cancelled and all passengers would be "re-booked" on first available flights. I called the airline on my cell phone and was re-booked the following day. However, we now would lose 1 of our 2 days in Copenhagen. We stayed at Hotel Christian IV. I cannot praise that hotel enough for the consideration that they have given us (you can read about it under my review on TripAdvisor). Not only did we arrive 1 day late, but wife's suitcase did not arrive. It did make it to our hotel the next morning before we left for the cruise. I guess it traveled on a different flight.

Ship: Vision is an older, smaller ship. We like a ship that size. Passengers were about 50% from Denmark. Americans were about 10%. Very enjoyable to spend time with so many other nationalities.

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Large Interior Stateroom

Good to have an inside room when the sun does not set for 3 straight days.

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