Vision of the Seas Review

Nice trip to beautiful ports!

Review for the Western Caribbean Cruise on Vision of the Seas
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sdm23669
6-10 Cruises • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Sep 2014
Cabin: Interior Stateroom

I went on this cruise off season (mid-September) and as a solo cruiser. The ship was beautiful and just the right size, not too big, not too small. It never felt crowded. I chose the itinerary because I was familiar with Cozumel but had never been to the island of Roatan. I loved the ports! Roatan - which isn't on the mainland, was just beautiful. Cozumel (also an island off the mainland) was gorgeous as well. They had a lot of choices for excursions and I love the beach so it was great. Snorkeling at Roatan was great - there is a reef that surrounds the island so it makes the waters there really calm. Cozumel the waters were much rougher but still beautiful. I booked my excursions straight through Royal Caribbean before I went and had absolutely no issues - tickets were ready and waiting for me, they both went perfectly.

For the ship, the dining room food was fantastic! I ate lunch and dinner in there as I have discovered I much prefer the quality of food in there verses the buffet as well as the interactions with other cruisers I found the buffet challenging in the morning (only if you are an early riser, which I am). There is no food available until after 7 am (well you can do room service for a fee before 630 am, but delivery for a non-fee is somewhere after 630 am). I had to save a cookie or roll from the previous day just to have something in my stomach when I went to the fitness center. There were many cruisers hovering around the entrances to the buffet starting at 615 to 630 am. I really wish they put out muffins or breads or something prior to the opening like they do on other ships. After 7 am though food was pretty accessible until almost 11 pm.

The entertainment was your standard cruise ship shows, I have seen many so I didn't stay for all of them, but they were good. The spa had some really good deals on the first day of the cruise, and the treatments were great - just expensive if you don't get a deal. Also, watch once you get into a treatment, they will try to sell items to you and some can be a little pushy. The girl that did mine actually put her hands on her hips and shook her head at me when I told her I wasn't interested and actually made me feel really pressured into buying things. I avoided a lot of their seminars after that just because I didn't want to feel pressured into buying things that were really costly. There were tons of activities to do on the ship, so many that I couldn't fit them all in (which is a good thing). I loved that there was so much to do while on the ship. There were raffles and sales and talks throughout the sea days.

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Interior Stateroom

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Normal size cabin but walls were a little thin. I could hear the kids in the room next to me and here appeared to be some type of crew hallway behind the cabin that I could hear carts rolling down. My room steward was great!

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