Just returned from 7 day Baltic cruise on Vision of the Seas out of Stockholm.

I had read many reviews of Vision of the Seas but decided to try it anyway due to ports of call. I had both positive and negative experiences while on this cruise.

The biggest negative was the Shore Excursions desk. They were continually changing things without informing you. I totally understand that things occur and plans have to be changed however if you have booked an excursion they have you cabin number and could call and leave a message to inform you of such changes. For example: We had booked to go to the Russian Ballet. On the form it says that an early dinner would be provided for guests before leaving for the ballet. I called the day before to see what time and where we were to go to eat. I was told 5:45 pm at the Windjammer. My daughter and I show up at 5:40 and no one is there. The Windjammer is closed. We call Guest services and were told plans had been changed we could order room service (20-40 minute wait) or go to Solarium (again depending on how busy could be long wait). But that we needed to be on the bus now at 5:45. So we didnt eat and went to Ballet. There was nothing at the Ballet to eat. We arrived back on ship at 9:20. Both the Windjammer and dining room was closed. They were offering a evening buffet at 11:15 pm (by the way, the only evening buffet that was offer on the whole cruise!) so we ate hamburgers from the Solarium. Again it wasn't so much that the plans had changed it was just that we werent informed so that we could plan alternate eating plans. There were many people (elderly) that had not eaten since 12:30 - 1:00. Some people have to take medications etc and should not be expected to go that long without access to food. Read more