Posts Tagged with #Vision of the Seas
Casino Royale
I love the nights at Casino! I always buy the drink package and tip well🙂 When I'm spinning the wheels I'm never thinking about life or any worries except getting bonus games! My all time favorite machine is Black Widow and Buffalo is 2nd! I saw lots of hand pays on the ship to the Bahamas! My husband plays table games and enjoys craps while I hold down the slots, so one of us usually walk out ahead. If not we enjoy still!
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Not a good casino
We were very disappointed in this casino. The positives...the bartender was good and it was well ventilated. The negatives though were many...the wait staff were nearly nonexistent so if you wanted a drink you had to get up and go to the bar, the slots are SUPER TIGHT and were 98% digital and penny slots (we prefer reels and $1-5 machines with 1-5 credits bet), the casino host we never met only heard announcements occasionally about hot seat though never really heard anyone win anything from that, few card tables and they seemed to always be 1-2 of them closed, we never saw anyone hit any significant wins (highest win we saw was $450).
As for rest of ship; it’s small and not crowded. That was nice for the pool area. They ran off anyone in solarium though that wanted to sit at pool edge with feet in the water if you had a drink including water which was odd. The room was clean and steward was great. The dining was just ok. They sat us in the center of the room and the wait staff constantly bumped our chairs walking by which was irritating. Twice they dumped food down our backs when walking by. Once on my friend and once on me. They did pay to have our shirts dry cleaned. We finally asked to sit elsewhere for the last 2 nights and they acted as if we were seriously asking for the world. They finally accommodated us and sat us at a different table. The food was good overall in the dining area. The buffet was not so much. I felt like they did not change up the food selections each day and they always had one side closed and roped off.
Spa was fantastic. I had a seaweed wrap and massage and it was great. The lady that did my service was attentive, great masseuse and really did a wonderful job. A+ for the spa.
Overall we would not go on this cruise again. Probably the most disappointing cruise we have taken before.
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Pleasantly surprised
I was concerned and almost canceled my cruise; the size, how few activities available, warnings by other posts about food outlets closing and boring casino concerned me.
The food was outstanding.. shows were great.. there was no question on where you stood in the casino.. The casino had good activity... the food outlets all closed at 2am. I didn't have time to do the activities but wished I could have hit the rock wall. They would come around selling the upgraded food but the food was good already.. I'm not sure why but I was having to be close to a toilet shortly after eating but it really tasted great.
However the bread. Biscuits and pizza was sweet and took away from the experience.. the donuts not good.. kinda cake donuts but honestly tasted like the same bread..
The last sea day those machines were tight.. when the casino closed after the last seaday.. the doors closed so there was nowhere but the windy chilly outside to smoke.. The adult area was nice and would have been even better if there were even a deck area to smoke and the hottubs were open more than the 1st seaday..
There was a maintenance issue that kept us from leaving till way late in the night.. when the casino was about to open there was a medical issue which caused us to go back. We were ok but several had excursions they missed out on. It probably saved us money in the casino.
There was a pleasant smoking area we could watch the movie, sit comfortably and not have to hold our food in our laps... hop in the pool/hottub and still be able to see our stuff..
which is lacking more and more on Carnival
The halls, rooms and bathrooms were smaller than those we are used to on Carnival. No refrigerators.... dang I hated that.
The Stewardess was great and very pleasant. We had a rather negative experience with room service.. one of those .. tell you what you want then forget you.. we just had a need for ice the last night we hadnt prior.
We bought the drink package but still drank some tea, coffee and juice from the Lido which would have been free.. It was taisty.. We hadnt planned to buy the drink package but they had a special that brought it to a near comfortable price, however we had expected to be able to get shakes on the package.. Melissa was very disappointed on that.
We normally ate in the Liddo but ate 2x in the dining room and it was a great experience.. Sergee's team were great hosts.
There was a piano show that was over the top awesome... right up there with my personal favorite live performers CheapTrick.. imo..
Disembarkation... yes folks say it's bad because they dont want to leave the cruise.. well.. for us. We like to cruise but ready to go home and disembarkation is the lasting impression of the cruise therefore if I were to add to a guests experience... it would be the last day.. All cruises could learn from the disembarkation from our Sunshine in February, Breeze in March... I would even say Fantasy in August 2018 but our January on the Fantasy tarnished it
The outside only smoking was cold and windy on the last day.. really wish the casino bar would have stayed open.. even if it were for limited drinks and smoking..
The host started to organize the disembarkation but then she created chaos..
We were to meet in the theater. We should have been organized there and there should have been plenty of crew guiding the passengers so you didn't have so many bottle necking from all directions. That and the refrigerators costs a star almost 2..
We have learned however... one can be on the same ship.. almost the same crew.. and different experience only a couple months apart
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Vision of the seas Royal Caribbean
Good ventilation, slots were tight and not giving you game, great casino host and staff I did like playing the old slot games and lots to choose from, I did see a jackpot being paid off for like 2800 dlls my husband and I got certificate for a next cruise. Great time in the casino.
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Vision of the Seas
Casino was average size but had good ventilation. Mixture of new and old machines. Multiple hand pays occurred. Casino waiters provided excellent service. Casino host was only so-so. He did not make a point of walking through and interacting with the patrons and he spent limited time on the casino floor. If you needed to speak with him, you had to run him down or wait for him to arrive in the casino. Ocean view cabin was nice and slept comfortably on the bed. Room Steward was excellent. Food and service was so-so in the MDR and food on the buffet was always cold. Over all, still an enjoyable cruise.
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The casino crew and ALL wait staff were wonderful. Cruise was mediocre. The casino is small with very few new machines. Machines VERY TIGHT. The machines that consistently gave bonus spins were always full with waiting line. Dining room team was amazing. So-so cruise.
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Casino crew great, everything elso so-so
Dealers and bartenders in the Casino was fantastic. The casino was tiny and didn't have too many machines. There is always someone on the few newer machines they had. The ship is old and it sometimes shows. The fiance and I can't wait to try a new ship with a bigger casino and more machines and table games.
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