Bruin Steve Posted July 24, 2022 #1 Share Posted July 24, 2022 (edited) We will be on Vision of the Seas August 5 for an 8-night Western Mediterranean cruise (Barcelona--Sete--Toulon--Corsica--Ibiza--Mallorca--Cartegena--Valencia--Barcelona). We were last on Vision of the Seas back in July 2008. Have been on a lot of newer, bigger ships since. We originally booked an OV cabin to save a few $$. Looked at the RCCL website and realized the OVs are a mere 126 square feet (Really?). So, we are now in a balcony--supposedly 195 sf--#7110. Looking at the deck plans, I realize there aren't many balcony cabins on the ship--by my count, only 196 of them, almost all on Deck 7. And another 96 suites --on Deck 8...So, less than half of the staterooms have balconies--and only on two decks? They've learned a lot on ship design since 1998! I feel fortunate to have gotten one of those balcony cabins... I've also read some of the recent reviews--mixed, some particularly bad... OTH, we are not expecting one of the big, modern ships. We'll be back in the Western Med on Symphony in April. And we just, a couple of weeks ago, got off Navigator. This itinerary, of course, is EXTREMELY port intensive. We are looking at the ship as a place to sleep and eat and , hopefully, see a show every night (Yes, a couple problems with that on the Navigator cruise we just got off...and I've read some reviews stating entertainment was underwhelming on Vision). We're not doing a drink package because, as Diamond C&A, we get those four nightly vouchers--Hopefully, we don't have the same problem with vouchers magically disappearing as they did on Navigator! A few questions: --For pre-dinner drinks, even with the voucher thing, we like to go to the Diamond Club--which is hopefully less crowded. How is the Diamond Club on Vision? --Aside from the production show(s), what other etertainment has been onboard lately? --How dressed have people been getting for Formal Nights? On Navigator, it seemed almost no one dressed and we saw more Shorts/T-shirts at dinner than we've ever seen before. --Anything else "new" we should be aware of? Any improvements of late? Thanks... Edited July 24, 2022 by Bruin Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted July 24, 2022 #2 Share Posted July 24, 2022 Most bad reviews of older smaller ships are just people complaining that it's not a brand new gigantic ship. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saab4444 Posted July 24, 2022 #3 Share Posted July 24, 2022 A little more dress code than in the Caribbean, no European would wear shorts for dinner in the dining room in Europe (maybe a few but not many..). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipgeeks Posted July 24, 2022 #4 Share Posted July 24, 2022 The note about OV cabins being 126 square feet is wrong. I see that's what is on the deck plans, but we book OV cabins on sister ships all the time, and they are plenty roomy. I don't know why RC has not corrected that; TAs have. If it were me, I would go back to an OV and save the $$. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruin Steve Posted July 25, 2022 Author #5 Share Posted July 25, 2022 19 hours ago, shipgeeks said: The note about OV cabins being 126 square feet is wrong. I see that's what is on the deck plans, but we book OV cabins on sister ships all the time, and they are plenty roomy. I don't know why RC has not corrected that; TAs have. If it were me, I would go back to an OV and save the $$. Naahhh... We prefer a balcony...just for fresh air, clear photos when arriving in port early morning and a little more space...and we only paid $135 pp more for the balcony. On an 8 night cruise, that's just another $33.75 per day. we usually book a balcony unless we can save over $400-500 moving down to an OV. When we originally booked, that number was around $1000, so we booked the OV... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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