Royal Caribbean Vision of the Seas Cruise Review - Mexican Riviera Cruise
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THE VISION OF THE SEAS CRUISE SHIP
The ship is lovely, nice public areas. We seem to have a favorite area on every ship, and on the Vision it was the pretty Solarium, an indoor hot tub and pool area with glass walls under a retractable glass ceiling. Pillared Greek style pool, wavy bubbles by the steps, upscale loungers, bar, pizza/burger/fries at back. Always quite warm here, 85-90F, a cosy quiet place, no kids allowed (we saw them kick one out).
Salt pool, fresh water shower stalls.
The Windjammer buffet had a nice feature, window seating all round the back and sides, and elevated loveseats in the next row facing the water. The Captain said she was designed for maximum glass areas. An extra food area here is easy to miss, at the end of the buffet lines, past the drink stations, in the center of the Windjammer. At breakfast this is where the pancakes, waffles, omelets, etc. are, and extras for lunch and dinner there too.
The gym was adequate, several machines of each type, some free weights, nice views. The jogging track was disappointing because it’s on deck 10 going through the loungers above the pool, so joggers are bumping into people in this crowded area when the weather’s nice, never seen that setup on any other ship.
THE FOOD ON THE VISION OF THE SEAS
The food was excellent, like an upscale restaurant. We’ve never had ship food on any cruise that we could complain about. Best lemonade ever, full flavor, not diluted. Best ship drinks ever, tasted like doubles, first time for that too.
And the first time we’ve seen standard alternate entrees at dinner, about 5 of them, making a total of about 10 entrée choices for dinner. Sometimes the alternate would be the same as on the main menu but with a different sauce. The two of us sometimes had 3 entrees, splitting the third one, although that tended to wipe out dessert. Tough choices.
ENTERTAINMENT ON THE VISION OF THE SEAS
There were the usual song and dance shows, lots of energy, and other entertainers like comedians, as well as audience participation shows, lots of fun. Lots of activities for teens and kids. Three of the casual night dinners had dress themes, one was country and western, one was rock and roll, and one was island. Very few people dressed in theme, a few in cowboy hats, more in loud island shirts (like mine), but surprisingly the young hotties didn’t do the rock theme. Maybe they think they’re already dressed like that.
The casino wasn’t busy most of the time, always space at the $5 and $10 BJ tables, and at the slots and video poker.
FIRST SEA DAY ON THE VISION OF THE SEAS
Cloudy and cool till about 2pm when the sun came out and we and everyone else made a dash for loungers. Rather windy but the tough ones stayed for an hour or so, and actually got some rays. Later on we discovered 2 sunny spots protected from the constant wind, see below, day 6 and 7.
VISION OF THE SEAS PORTS OF CALL
CABO SAN LUCAS
The ship anchors in the bay right off Medano beach where the resorts are, and the view is beautiful with the rocks of the Arch on the left, the harbor boats in the middle, and the beach and resorts on the right. It reminded us of the pretty hillside towns in southern Italy. It was lovely to be on deck watching the ship come into the bay and anchor.
Cabo is the only tendered port, and cruisers are allowed on tenders in order of their tender ticket number. People without early numbers didn't get ashore until lunch. Tickets are handed out at 9:30 by the piano in the Centrum on deck 4. If you want an early number you should line up at 9:00, which we did with about 100 other people. Perhaps the crew took pity on our long line and started handing out tickets at 9:15. We got a number 1, and the first numbers were called at 10:00, numbers 1-3 all together. To avoid being in a huge lineup down the stairs to the loading area, be at the loading area at 9:40 or earlier, deck 2, main elevator foyer stairs.
We wanted to get off early to be able to shop and see the town in the morning, and then have lunch and drinks at a resort and hang at their pool/beach for a few hours in the afternoon. We got in the tender line rather late at 10 because we were admiring the gorgeous view on deck, and were in the middle of the mob, but got on a boat by 10:20, (I’d estimate they each hold about 100 people) and ashore by 10:40.
When you get off the tender you can take a lovely walk along the boardwalk into town, or get a cab to the left behind the flea market. The ship tours desk hands out a good map, or you can find one at the tourist office or in town.
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THE VISION OF THE SEAS CRUISE SHIP
The ship is lovely, nice public areas. We seem to have a favorite area on every ship, and on the Vision it was the pretty Solarium, an indoor hot tub and pool area with glass walls under a retractable glass ceiling. Pillared Greek style pool, wavy bubbles by the steps, upscale loungers, bar, pizza/burger/fries at back. Always quite warm here, 85-90F, a cosy quiet place, no kids allowed (we saw them kick one out).
Salt pool, fresh water shower stalls.
The Windjammer buffet had a nice feature, window seating all round the back and sides, and elevated loveseats in the next row facing the water. The Captain said she was designed for maximum glass areas. An extra food area here is easy to miss, at the end of the buffet lines, past the drink stations, in the center of the Windjammer. At breakfast this is where the pancakes, waffles, omelets, etc. are, and extras for lunch and dinner there too.
The gym was adequate, several machines of each type, some free weights, nice views. The jogging track was disappointing because it’s on deck 10 going through the loungers above the pool, so joggers are bumping into people in this crowded area when the weather’s nice, never seen that setup on any other ship.
THE FOOD ON THE VISION OF THE SEAS
The food was excellent, like an upscale restaurant. We’ve never had ship food on any cruise that we could complain about. Best lemonade ever, full flavor, not diluted. Best ship drinks ever, tasted like doubles, first time for that too.
And the first time we’ve seen standard alternate entrees at dinner, about 5 of them, making a total of about 10 entrée choices for dinner. Sometimes the alternate would be the same as on the main menu but with a different sauce. The two of us sometimes had 3 entrees, splitting the third one, although that tended to wipe out dessert. Tough choices.
ENTERTAINMENT ON THE VISION OF THE SEAS
There were the usual song and dance shows, lots of energy, and other entertainers like comedians, as well as audience participation shows, lots of fun. Lots of activities for teens and kids. Three of the casual night dinners had dress themes, one was country and western, one was rock and roll, and one was island. Very few people dressed in theme, a few in cowboy hats, more in loud island shirts (like mine), but surprisingly the young hotties didn’t do the rock theme. Maybe they think they’re already dressed like that.
The casino wasn’t busy most of the time, always space at the $5 and $10 BJ tables, and at the slots and video poker.
FIRST SEA DAY ON THE VISION OF THE SEAS
Cloudy and cool till about 2pm when the sun came out and we and everyone else made a dash for loungers. Rather windy but the tough ones stayed for an hour or so, and actually got some rays. Later on we discovered 2 sunny spots protected from the constant wind, see below, day 6 and 7.
VISION OF THE SEAS PORTS OF CALL
CABO SAN LUCAS
The ship anchors in the bay right off Medano beach where the resorts are, and the view is beautiful with the rocks of the Arch on the left, the harbor boats in the middle, and the beach and resorts on the right. It reminded us of the pretty hillside towns in southern Italy. It was lovely to be on deck watching the ship come into the bay and anchor.
Cabo is the only tendered port, and cruisers are allowed on tenders in order of their tender ticket number. People without early numbers didn't get ashore until lunch. Tickets are handed out at 9:30 by the piano in the Centrum on deck 4. If you want an early number you should line up at 9:00, which we did with about 100 other people. Perhaps the crew took pity on our long line and started handing out tickets at 9:15. We got a number 1, and the first numbers were called at 10:00, numbers 1-3 all together. To avoid being in a huge lineup down the stairs to the loading area, be at the loading area at 9:40 or earlier, deck 2, main elevator foyer stairs.
We wanted to get off early to be able to shop and see the town in the morning, and then have lunch and drinks at a resort and hang at their pool/beach for a few hours in the afternoon. We got in the tender line rather late at 10 because we were admiring the gorgeous view on deck, and were in the middle of the mob, but got on a boat by 10:20, (I’d estimate they each hold about 100 people) and ashore by 10:40.
When you get off the tender you can take a lovely walk along the boardwalk into town, or get a cab to the left behind the flea market. The ship tours desk hands out a good map, or you can find one at the tourist office or in town.
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