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Ten Awesome Days on Vision OTS! ~A Pictorial Review~

DarthGrady

By DarthGrady,
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erbunny

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Thanks for your gorgeous pictures. I am looking forward to the next installment.

 

We are going on a different itinerary Jan 14, but it is wonderful to see your pictures. When we booked, almost a year ago, there wasn't much info here on CC about Vision, but the latest reviews have all been quite nice.

 

This will be our 6th cruise, but our first in 2 years, so you can just guess how excited we are getting !

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Looking forward to your review! We do an itinerary quite similar to this next year on Jewel, except of San Juan. I think these " older ships " ( tho they can hardly be called old!;)) are great for port intensive cruises like yours. Looking forward to hearing about Dominica, where we've never been! :D

Great shots btw!

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Thats all for tonight, I'll be back on tomorrow with more.

 

Love love love the Vision of the Seas! We did the 10 night cruise in November and absolutely loved the ship and the outstanding crew.

Thanks for the great photos!

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Gosh, the Vision is gorgeous! Your pictures make me much more interested now in those 10 and 11 night southern Caribbean cruises. I was somewhat reluctant to book this smaller ship for that length of time. Now, not so much!

 

 

 

Go for it! I was on Vision (11 nights) in Novemeber the ship is aesthetically pleasing. The last night is the parade of flags held in the centrum, with flags representing the nations of all the ships crew members. It is colorful and entertaining - certain crew memebrs are called forward to dance to music of their land.

 

The afternoon snacks in the windjammer, were varied and not the exact same same food day after day as I just experienced on Explorer last week.

 

The southern ports, Barbados and Bonaire in particuliar, were outstanding.

 

Great pictures Darth.

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DarthGrady

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Deck 6 houses most of the ship's entertainment venues. Forward is the upper level of the main theater. Mid-ship is the shopping area, photo gallery, art gallery, and Lattetudes coffee bar (for- fee). Aft on Deck 6 is the nautical themed Schooner Bar (with the piped-in smokey smell that I loved so much on the Radiance Class). All the way aft on Deck 6 is the Some Enchanted Evening Lounge, a smaller single level theater.

Next to the Schooner Bar is the (apparently useless) Showboat Lounge. I'm sure the designers had a plan for this area when they built the Vision, but it’s usually vacant. Apparently the area will be repurposed as a for-fee restaurant during the next refurbishment. This makes sense, a change for the better. Unlike their decision to convert the Sea View Cafes of the Radiance Class to for-fee venues. That is certainly a change for the worse, since the Sea View Cafe is very popular. Now I’ll climb down from my soap box.

The ship’s pools are located on Deck 9. One is for everyone, and one in the (adults-only) Solarium. Aft on Deck 9 is the two level spa and gym. Thankfully they aren't yet charging to use the stream and sauna rooms. The Windjammer Buffet is all the way forward on Deck 9. Unlike other Royal Caribbean ships I've been on, it utilizes a cafeteria line setup with only a few separate stations. Other RCI ships I’ve cruised on have used smaller stations with similarly grouped foods at each.

Forward on Deck 10 has the children's play areas, and a for-fee arcade. Aft is the rock climbing wall. At the very top of the ship is the Viking Crown Lounge. On this class it is set up into three levels. While it is interesting in theory, in practice I never saw the two upper levels getting much use.

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Electric orbs stationed around the casino

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...and by special request: a casino ceiling fixture ;)

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Judging by your pictures I think I'll avoid the Vision of the Seas. I love your pics don't get me wrong just not an fan of the decor.

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DarthGrady,

 

Thank you so much for reminding me, in pictures of your recent cruise, of just how beautiful the Vision really is!

 

Some just need to cruise on a floating city....but for us, the Vision Class, at in the 70,000 plus ton class, and the Radiance Class at 90,000 tons are the perfect size.

 

We have not sailed on the Vision for about 5 plus years, but will be back aboard for the crossing in April. We will celebrate 10 years of cruising with Royal Caribbean then, as we have just completed 1050 points, and understand that the celebration will be on the TA with Captain Lis.

 

Your pictures mean so much to us.........thank you again, and Happy New Year to you!!:)

 

Rick

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DarthGrady

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DarthGrady,

 

Thank you so much for reminding me, in pictures of your recent cruise, of just how beautiful the Vision really is!

 

Some just need to cruise on a floating city....but for us, the Vision Class, at in the 70,000 plus ton class, and the Radiance Class at 90,000 tons are the perfect size.

 

We have not sailed on the Vision for about 5 plus years, but will be back aboard for the crossing in April. We will celebrate 10 years of cruising with Royal Caribbean then, as we have just completed 1050 points, and understand that the celebration will be on the TA with Captain Lis.

 

Your pictures mean so much to us.........thank you again, and Happy New Year to you!!:)

 

Rick

 

You're certainly welcome Rick, and congrats on that big milestone!

 

We are debating on switiching our 5th anniversary cruise from Oasis to another 10 night on the Legend OTS for the same reasons you listed. Its so much more of an intimate experience on the smaller ships. You get to know other guests and crew so much more.

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DarthGrady

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Our Cabin:

We booked an interior room, #4017. It was an average sized interior room, with only a small sofa and desk accompanying the bed. The cabin was in good repair and very clean, but it could use some updating. The old tube TV and polished brass fixtures need to be modernized. The bathroom desperately needs the sliding-door shower enclosure that the newer ships have. My hatred of shower curtains on cruise ships has been expressed many times over the years. There is simply no (good) excuse to continue using such an inferior setup when a better one exists on half of the ships in the fleet.

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