Less-than-ideal weather makes for less-than-ideal cruise

Item: Scarlet Lady
Rating: 3.1
Author: naddavr

Scarlet Lady Cruise Review

naddavr

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 9

Helpful Votes: 74

Overall rating:

3.1 out of 5

4 Night Fire & Sunset Soirees (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 13, 2023

Ship: Scarlet Lady

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 months ago

Review summary

Would like to try Virgin Voyages again. Of course no one can control the weather, but we can control how we respond to it. And VV has a lot to learn in its “backup” plans for poor weather.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

This ship is highly dependent on good weather. If/when weather is poor, crew/entertainment have no contingency plan, and as a result all venues just end up with crowds of people just trying to find something to do.

Entertainment

2 out of 5

Perhaps entertainment was good, but because weather was poor, all shows for the cruise were fully booked by 2:00 on embarkation day. Stand-by lines were incredibly long as a result.

Service and Staff

2 out of 5

Because everyone was indoors, there was a lot of strain and demand on crew. But this unfortunately led to lots of service “misses” - orders were forgotten, long waits, missing substitutions. It all felt “messy”

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5

This was an ADA room that we were assigned to. Fortunately we did not need any of the accessible-amenities, but if we did there would be a problem. Several of the ADA compliance tools were just not working - the bathroom door, the lights, and the balcony door. We had several other maintenance issues that crew were in and out throughout the cruise.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

7 Comments

Sogmoore 3 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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Ladyjunecliff 7 months ago

Thanks for your review

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javawoody 7 months ago

Back up plans for poor weather include sailing during the time of year that has the best chance of good weather.

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bndfromaz 7 months ago

Great info, thanks for sharing.

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cruising2004 7 months ago

Sorry this cruise wasn’t the best.

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Gwbigdog 7 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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HeavySeas 7 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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