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Scarlet Lady Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 20

Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5
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Scarlet Lady

4 Night Fire & Sunset Soirees (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 01, 2023

Ship: Scarlet Lady

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 14058Z

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Overall it's a great time with no kids onboard. Food was amazing, drinks are a hit or miss in the bigger "clubs" go to the bars along the ship 100% better. The bar tab is annoying to keep checking when you have a drinking/party group but also getting an unexpected sea day makes it even worse to manage your tab. Activities onboard are horrendous vs the shows were actually really great. Raunchy shows were hilarious and the performers and singers were mindblowing, some totally undiscovered artists.

Embarkation

1 out of 5
Made guests wait outside when there's a huge lobby with no one able to sit for it. This whole new terminal should have been a different way to accommodate guests. It's Florida, it's hot, why are we standing outside to get checked in!?

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Everything we ate was amazing. But using the app to make reservations at the main restaurants was a nightmare considering we had a bigger group.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
We had an extra sea day due to rough winds and choppy waters. We totally understand however there were no great activities to occupy our time! We attempted to join a group project painting session and none of the paint markers worked. They had a "summer camp crafts" and I was given three pieces of string to make a bracelet when other crafts were promised??? There's only one main pool and a side lounge pool; with so many adults there should be more pool offerings! 20 people max between both pools!?

Entertainment

4 out of 5
The shows we were able to make it to were good. Some were reservation based vs others were first come first served. It was annoying to figure out which show was which and if you were late to still be able to grab a seat

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
We loved Ruffy at Sip. Everyone onboard was great but Ruffy really made our trip so much better

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Clean and well maintained.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Hammock was amazing! The only weird thing was sometimes there was a light on the balcony and other times completely dark with no way to control it.

Ports of call

Key West, Florida Did not visit port

Bad weather and waves we were unable to port. They stated we would try Nassau and that was also not possible. We were so sick of the boat with two days back and forth.

The Beach Club (Virgin Voyages), Bimini Bahamas

3 out of 5
Getting to the beach club was easy with the shuttle. But our day started off late due the whole reservation dining system so we did not get to spend a lot of time on the island.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Quick and easy with a photo automation
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7 Comments

Sogmoore     3 months ago

Thanks for sharing

lspop205    1 year ago

Thanks for your review.

javawoody    1 year ago

Appreciate the review

cruising2004    1 year ago

Thanks for your review.

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

bubbles60    1 year ago

Thanks for your review. We do not like sea days, especially back to back. We were on another cruise line recently, and the drinks cost and the drink package cost has gotten out of control.

AFE8Ret    1 year ago

Obviously, cruising is not suited for you or you are not suited for cruising.