This was our first cruise with Royal Caribbean. We chose this cruise because of the 12 day itinerary, with ports in Canada and New England, in hopes of seeing beautiful fall foliage. RCCL didn't disappoint but "mother nature" didn't cooperate with the weather in Canada or with the fall foliage. In some ports the foliage was done and in some it hadn't started. The fall colors in Bar Harbor, ME ...
Background information
This was our 19th cruise and 4th on Royal Caribbean (we last cruised with RCI in 2005). We had a fall foliage cruise on our bucket list and this 12-night itinerary seemed to suit our requirements. We booked the cruise in July 2016, after receiving some good information on promotions from RCI. We had cruised on a sister ship to the Vision, the Grandeur of the Seas, in ...
Vision of the Seas
Considered these days a “small” ship of about 2,400 passengers, overall I liked Vision of the Seas and my 12 day Canada/New England cruise
Cabin
I was on Deck 2 inside cabin. No complaints. My cabin steward was awesome. TV sucked. They kept repeating the same programs. I’m not a night owl and wanted to watch TV and read my Connect newsletter before going to sleep. ...
After 5 days in Quebec, boarded the Vision of the Seas for the 1st leg of our back to back to Galveston. I am only going to review the ship.
Embarkation was a breeze at 12:30 pm. No line, speedy check in, on ship in minutes, cabin available.
MJ, in Concierge, is wonderful. Always pleasant and helpful. Due to the number of D+ and Pinnacle, a portion of the Viking Crown lounge was blocked ...
I choose this cruise for the potential of seeing great fall foliage colors. October 1 was a little early for the fall foliage this year. The October 11 cruise will be much better as the last couple days the leaves started to change color.
The embarkation and disembarkation went very smoothly. I was on board within 45 minutes of my arrival at the pier. On disembarkation, the luggage was laid ...
We choose this particular cruise because we were hoping to see the vibrant colors on the trees on the ports we were to visit. Unfortunately we may have been a week or ten days too early. One never knows. We picked the Vision of the Seas because we had the experience of sailing on her during a 12 day British Isle cruise. It is a comfortable ship, just the right size.
Before the cruise we ...
The food in the windjammer was vile . The my time restaurant , the food was either bland, or a salt lick. The entertainment , with the exception of a group called Rookie, was boring. The internet service was spotty and slow. They tried to upsell from the moment you got on the ship, to the moment you got off. The only news on the TV is CNN, why isn't FOX available? On a so called flag night, where ...
I travelled solo on this cruise from Bayonne to Quebec. Embarkation was easy and the room was ready by the time I got on board. Ship and room are showing their age and have a slightly shabby vibe to them.
I had made reservations for My Time Dining prior to the trip. The first night it was slightly chaotic and I had to say something after being ignored for over 15 minutes and service being ...
Booked this cruise for the Itinerary and travelling with friends.
Excellent service in all venues
Good food at both dining room and the Windjammer.
The best show was by the group Rookies... excellent 2 shows... Actually I wish they had had a third show.
The weather co-operated ....nice and rather warm. Nice to have spent overnight in Quebec city ...we came to the ship in late ...
As a solo traveler I was not seated with appropriate companions at my dinner seating. The first time I was seated with a family of 6 who did not speak English. Upon requesting a change of seating I was put at a table for 10 BY MYSELF. The solo lunch gathering was a bust as only two others showed up and there were some problems there I'm not going to get into.
The ship and the cabin were ...