Anyone live on Vision of the Seas?

[darleen1421]

Hi, is anyone live on Vision of the Seas? Is the water rough? How is the cruise going?

[bailey211]

Just got back on Friday from Vision's first Alaska cruise of the season. The sea was lumpy on the way up back after that it was terrific. Had rain in Juneau but the rest of great weather.

 

The staff on board were all very polite and helpful however I must confess to being dissappointed with the food. It seems that from the second formal night to the end they got their act together but prior to that the quality was average with several couples at our table having to send their entrees back as they were only warm at best.

 

One of my salads that was comprised of slices of tomatoes and mozzarella was frozen. The waiter said the salad was supposed to be cold......but when I picked up one tomato slice and the whole works come up with it frozen together he apologized and took it back. I guess it was for the second sitting. Hrmmmm...

 

There was also a frequent smell of sewage on decks 2 and 3. No idea where that was coming from.

 

Non smoking? There was only one lounge on board that was non smoking only. The rest had cigarette smoke around regardless if it was in the 'non smoking section' or not. The casino was a fog of smoke.

 

Lastly, there were lots and lots of people whose Sea Passes either were not activated properly during the initial check which required a visit to the Purser line up to get it re-activated yet again. This happened to three people in our party and continued a few times throughout the trip.

 

I must say again that the staff were great but given my aforementioned experiences I'll be looking at Holland America again or giving Celebrity a try.

[darleen1421]

Wow, sorry you had mediocre food. You expect the best on these cruises. Frozen salad sure isn't fun. DD an SIL are on the cruise this week and wondered how the motion of the ship was since DD gets motion sickness. She is armed with several things to help though. Hope their food is better than you experienced. Too bad about the ship cards. That is a bummer. Hope they got it fixed by now.

[nudave]

HAHA, I read the subject of this thread...and had asked the question in my head, "Who's rich enough to live on a cruise ship? Why not just buy your own?" Then while the page was loading...I was thinking someone would have a story about gremlins or some weird animal on deck 1....

[IvesGrandmama]

Hi

Will be on Vision next week and would love to know what type of clothes you took.

 

Turtlenecks, sweat suits, sweaters,scarves,gloves,ear muffs? Did you take any capris and short sleeve blouses. Did most everyone dress up at night like on Caribbean cruises?

 

Clothes are laid out and just wondering what to take.

 

Thanks a million

[louanne93]

HAHA, I read the subject of this thread...and had asked the question in my head, "Who's rich enough to live on a cruise ship? Why not just buy your own?" Then while the page was loading...I was thinking someone would have a story about gremlins or some weird animal on deck 1....

That's exactly what I thought;)...at first. Ha Ha Ha:D

[DEBCAT65]

Just got back on Friday from Vision's first Alaska cruise of the season. The sea was lumpy on the way up back after that it was terrific. Had rain in Juneau but the rest of great weather.

 

The staff on board were all very polite and helpful however I must confess to being dissappointed with the food. It seems that from the second formal night to the end they got their act together but prior to that the quality was average with several couples at our table having to send their entrees back as they were only warm at best.

 

One of my salads that was comprised of slices of tomatoes and mozzarella was frozen. The waiter said the salad was supposed to be cold......but when I picked up one tomato slice and the whole works come up with it frozen together he apologized and took it back. I guess it was for the second sitting. Hrmmmm...

 

There was also a frequent smell of sewage on decks 2 and 3. No idea where that was coming from.

 

Non smoking? There was only one lounge on board that was non smoking only. The rest had cigarette smoke around regardless if it was in the 'non smoking section' or not. The casino was a fog of smoke.

 

Lastly, there were lots and lots of people whose Sea Passes either were not activated properly during the initial check which required a visit to the Purser line up to get it re-activated yet again. This happened to three people in our party and continued a few times throughout the trip.

 

I must say again that the staff were great but given my aforementioned experiences I'll be looking at Holland America again or giving Celebrity a try.

We are on the Vision on June 29th. Please answer a couple of questions if you can. What pier did you leave from in Seattle. I seem to be receiving confilicting info. Also, which nights were the formal nights? Thanks for the info!

[CaesarsNcruisin4me]

We are on the Vision on June 29th. Please answer a couple of questions if you can. What pier did you leave from in Seattle. I seem to be receiving confilicting info. Also, which nights were the formal nights? Thanks for the info!

 

Pier 66 is the cruise terminal that the Vision uses.

 

Sandie

[CaesarsNcruisin4me]

Just got back on Friday from Vision's first Alaska cruise of the season. The sea was lumpy on the way up back after that it was terrific. Had rain in Juneau but the rest of great weather.

 

The staff on board were all very polite and helpful however I must confess to being dissappointed with the food. It seems that from the second formal night to the end they got their act together but prior to that the quality was average with several couples at our table having to send their entrees back as they were only warm at best.

 

One of my salads that was comprised of slices of tomatoes and mozzarella was frozen. The waiter said the salad was supposed to be cold......but when I picked up one tomato slice and the whole works come up with it frozen together he apologized and took it back. I guess it was for the second sitting. Hrmmmm...

 

There was also a frequent smell of sewage on decks 2 and 3. No idea where that was coming from.

 

Non smoking? There was only one lounge on board that was non smoking only. The rest had cigarette smoke around regardless if it was in the 'non smoking section' or not. The casino was a fog of smoke.

 

Lastly, there were lots and lots of people whose Sea Passes either were not activated properly during the initial check which required a visit to the Purser line up to get it re-activated yet again. This happened to three people in our party and continued a few times throughout the trip.

 

I must say again that the staff were great but given my aforementioned experiences I'll be looking at Holland America again or giving Celebrity a try.

 

Wow, my experience on the Vision was quite different. I was on the April 29th Vision sailing from LA to Vancouver and found the crew to be excellent as well as the food.

 

Usually if the seapass get unactivated its because the card was placed close to another one with the magnetic stripes together, beside a camera or else in a purse or wallet that has a magnet as a clasp......not really much they can do except advise you to store it away from magnets, cameras, or other cards.

 

Its too bad that you didn't enjoy your cruise but I personally enjoyed the Vision so much that I booked another cruise next month on the Vision.

 

Sandie

[cellotaxi]

I was also on the Vision on the 29th, and found the food to be very good.

 

As to the others who thought that it was live on a ship thats what i thought too, but heres the irony, there is a guy that lives on it, he may go on a couple of other ships to get a variety, but he has benn on the vision over 85 times! And I thought the writer of this post knew him lol! :)

[darleen1421]

Sorry I confused people with this post. It is live with a long i. I have seen lots of people posting that they are live on such and such a ship. Just wondered if anyone was on Cruise Critic while on board. Heard from DD today and she said they are having a wonderful time. A little queasy the first two days but not sick. She said food is very good especially the fish. Having fun at dinner with four other couples and they even all went to the show together last night. Sounds like they lucked out on table mates.

[FitzLA]

One of my salads that was comprised of slices of tomatoes and mozzarella was frozen. The waiter said the salad was supposed to be cold......but when I picked up one tomato slice and the whole works come up with it frozen together he apologized and took it back. I guess it was for the second sitting. Hrmmmm....

 

Your salad was comprised of tomatos and mozzeralla? You mean a Caprese Salad?

[bailey211]

The weather was great for the most part. Take a gortex/rain jacket, small umbrella just in case, warm hat, long pants, gloves but also take shorts, sandals etc as the ship is environmentally controlled and if the sun is out the solarium/pool and sun decks are quite warm.

[bailey211]

Our cruise was the first Alaska of the season so the boat left from Vancouver. We did dock at 66 I think in Seattle. The one just below Pike Place Market and beside the Edgewater Motel. Formal nites were Saturday and Wednesday.

[bailey211]

Sandie: My sea pass was kept in the best spot, around my neck on a lanyard. Still had problems.

[bailey211]

FitzLA: Call it Caprese or tomatoes and mozzarella......it was a frozen block. The waiters at the serving station beside our table were chuckling over it while one was holding it in the air in one piece. :(

[cruisemamma99]

I was also on the Vision on the 29th, and found the food to be very good.

 

As to the others who thought that it was live on a ship thats what i thought too, but heres the irony, there is a guy that lives on it, he may go on a couple of other ships to get a variety, but he has benn on the vision over 85 times! And I thought the writer of this post knew him lol! :)

 

 

We will be going in July on the Vision, and can't wait. Also, my friend emailed me about some older people that do live aboard them. It was about Princess and it said they are cheaper then nursing homes and of course much better. I could do that! :)

[californiakat]

The weather was great for the most part. Take a gortex/rain jacket, small umbrella just in case, warm hat, long pants, gloves but also take shorts, sandals etc as the ship is environmentally controlled and if the sun is out the solarium/pool and sun decks are quite warm.

Excellent point and thank you! I'd planned to leave the shorts at home, but will toss a pair in now, because I never thought of the concept of climate control around the pool. duh. warm, moist, humid and semi-trop? I can deal. thanx again...kat

[Teejer]

I just got back from the May 11th sailing on Vision. I am still in Seattle, but will be posting a review when I get back home this evening.

 

Our trip was excellent. We had a little bit of rough seas on the way back, but the overall trip was incredible. We (my partner Mark and I) had a very different experience that some of the posters here.

 

Teej

[Cruiser Steph]

Did most everyone dress up at night like on Caribbean cruises?

 

Clothes are laid out and just wondering what to take.

 

Thanks a million

 

I noticed on formal nights, we saw the full range of options as usual. We love getting dressed up and find it part of the experience. But my daughter and I both noticed that all the other nights were more casual than when we were in the Caribbean. There also didn't really seem to be a difference between Smart Casual and Semi-formal nights in what other people were dressing.

 

It seemed like many people wore the clothes they wore during the day to dinner unlike the Caribbean. Maybe since people were more clothed during the day due to the cooler temp, they felt comfortable wearing it to the dining room. We even saw in our section a couple different nights of men coming to the dining room with ball caps on, though all but one took them off at the table (only to reveal a hat ring in their hair).

 

It didn't stop our family though, and we didn't feel out of place at all. We just wondered if the other cruisers maybe didn't get as much out of it by not 'getting ready for dinner'. All cruisers are different but it was a contrast to our 2 previous Caribbean cruises.

 

Pack what you want to wear. It's your cruise, have a blast!! :o

[pcur]

Thank you for these posts! I just booked the VOS today for the Mexican Riviera in December.

 

I've spent the last week helping THREE friends and family book cruises with my TA, and I got really, really jealous!!:D

 

So, I booked her today. We were on her when she was new, and I love all the expansive windows. I'm really looking forward to her again.