Esilef Posted September 23, 2018 #1 Share Posted September 23, 2018 We survived the 3 long flights to Barcelona and arrived on Thursday afternoon. Love this city. Very clean with lovely people. Weather has been warm and perfect for walking around seeing the sites. Today we board the vision of the seas for a 12 night cruise around the Mediterranean with an overnight in Venice. This is our replacement cruise from royal Caribbean for the radiance of the seas breaking down in Airlie beach in April this year. Booked and ocean view guarantee room with our free cruise credit and paid the small amount extra. Both rooms were assigned as balcony cabins. There will be 5 cruise ships in the port of Barcelona today including the symphony of the seas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mr walker Posted September 23, 2018 #2 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Sounds great - enjoy!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted September 23, 2018 #3 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Buen viaje ... Wishing you a wonderful time. Great to hear you enjoyed Barcelona. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare OzKiwiJJ Posted September 23, 2018 #4 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Have a wonderful time, Elisef. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Stickman1990 Posted September 23, 2018 #5 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Bon Voyage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Elephant Posted September 23, 2018 #6 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Vision of the Seas is a wonderful ship. The light comes into the atrium from above and makes for a very happy feeling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUT2407 Posted September 23, 2018 #7 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Hope it’s everything you want Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSWP Posted September 23, 2018 #8 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Enjoy, hope you recover ok from those nightmare flights.:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted September 23, 2018 #9 Share Posted September 23, 2018 The 5 ships at the Barcelona cruise hub today are ... Celebrity Eclipse Norwegian Epic Seven Seas Voyager Symphony of the Seas Vision of the Seas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swissmiss6253 Posted September 23, 2018 #10 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Have a great cruise, very jealous here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esilef Posted September 23, 2018 Author #11 Share Posted September 23, 2018 The 5 ships at the Barcelona cruise hub today are ... Celebrity Eclipse Norwegian Epic Seven Seas Voyager Symphony of the Seas Vision of the Seas We took a prearranged transfer service to the port. Made it super easy. The vision was parked between the symphony and the eclipse. It was dwarfed! We were moved through the lines and onto the ship within about 15 minutes Yes the ship is small compared to the other bigger ladies but the crew and other passengers are lovely As a sister ship to the rhapsody it feels very familiar. No there is non of the bigger ladies extra activities such as a flow rider or ice skating rink but we are off the ship most days anyway. There is lots of Australians, Americans and English onboard. Tomorrow is villafranche Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cheznandy Posted September 23, 2018 #12 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Have a fabulous cruise! sounds wonderful:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted September 23, 2018 #13 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Copy of the itinerary....enjoy the overnight in Venice .:) Sun 23/09/18 Barcelona / Spain 17:00 Mon 24/09/18 Villefranche (Nice)* / France 09:00 19:00 Tue 25/09/18 Livorno / Italy 07:00 19:00 Wed 26/09/18 Civitavecchia (Rome) / Italy 07:00 19:00 Thu 27/09/18 Salerno / Italy 07:00 18:30 Fri 28/09/18 At Sea Sat 29/09/18 Venice / Italy 15:00 Sun 30/09/18 Venice / Italy 18:30 Mon 01/10/18 Split / Croatia 08:45 18:00 Tue 02/10/18 Kotor* / Montenegro 08:30 18:00 Wed 03/10/18 At Sea Thu 04/10/18 At Sea Fri 05/10/18 Barcelona / Spain 06:00 * Ship is anchored; Tendering weather permitting. Itinerary may be subject to change at any time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tara Jane Posted September 23, 2018 #14 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Have a wonderful time Esilef and William dad and your brother. Has he who doesn't do cruises admitted he loves cruising now? Hope you all have great family time together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare erewhon Posted September 24, 2018 #15 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Wishing you a fabulous cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esilef Posted September 24, 2018 Author #16 Share Posted September 24, 2018 My father whom doesn’t like cruise ships has so far been on the Queen Elizabeth and now the vision of the seas. Totalling over 40 days this year alone.... doesn’t remember not liking them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted September 24, 2018 #17 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Found a cam for Ville Franch . Here they are at anchor having just arrived Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted September 25, 2018 #18 Share Posted September 25, 2018 They are heading for Livorno today and will be in port along with Oceania Riviera and the Crystal Serenity.Livorno is the port for the leaning tower of Pisa and the Tuscan countryside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Stickman1990 Posted September 25, 2018 #19 Share Posted September 25, 2018 They are heading for Livorno today and will be in port along with Oceania Riviera and the Crystal Serenity.Livorno is the port for the leaning tower of Pisa and the Tuscan countryside. Plenty of action around Livorno today - she’s following Crystal Serenity in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted September 25, 2018 #20 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Wonder if we can catch the ship on CrystalSerenitys bridge cams? :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Stickman1990 Posted September 25, 2018 #21 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Wonder if we can catch the ship on CrystalSerenitys bridge cams? :D She doesn’t have an aft facing one. But you’ll have options for forward, port and starboard so may catch her http://www.crystalcruises.com/cruises/cruise-guidebook/our-ships/crystal-serenity/live-views Bit early in the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esilef Posted September 25, 2018 Author #22 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Villafranche was a beautiful little town. The weather has been warm but not too hot. We went to Paul de vence on the ships tour. Beautiful walled hill top town facing the Mediterranean Sea. We drove through Nice to get there. Just amazing. Villafranche is also very beautiful. The vision is a lot smaller than the newer and fancier ships but very personal service. Great staff and very nice food. Captain Merek seems very personable and encourages his staff to be so also. He mentioned during his welcoming speech that he had gone to visit the Symphony of the seas whilst in port in Barcelona and despite its larger size he still loved Vision of the seas as his staff and crew made it his home and family. There is mainly Americans on board but the 4th highest nationality of guests is australians. We have just arrived in Livorno We are doing the ships tour to Pisa. I really like seeing the other cruise ships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted September 25, 2018 #23 Share Posted September 25, 2018 (edited) Here’s a great shot of your ship from Crystal Symphony.. Have a great day in Pisa. Edited September 25, 2018 by Kiwi Kruzer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Stickman1990 Posted September 25, 2018 #24 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Just for clarity it’s Crystal Serenity in Livorno today - great pics from the port side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esilef Posted September 25, 2018 Author #25 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Just went to the windjammer for breakfast and we could see the other ships. There is also a number of ferries in port. We keep getting advised that we may experience rough seas but nothing like the crossing from Australia to New Zealand. So far perfect weather and perfect sailing conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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