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Valiant Lady Cruise Review to Transatlantic

bsexton2009

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 30

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5

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15 Night Transatlantic Eastbound (Miami To Barcelona)

Sail date: April 22, 2023

Ship: Valiant Lady

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 5266M

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Definitely younger crowd. Internet was pretty good. Common areas are way too loud with club music. We’ve booked another transatlantic because the price was too good to refuse. We really enjoyed dining in the restaurants for dinner.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Extremely noisy and jammed with people. Don’t arrive early. You will wait until your designated time. Extremely loud music and alcohol being served—no water available!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

The restaurants are great. The Gallery was so so. We’d prefer a buffet with more choices and the quickness of serving ourselves. At times you’d be ordering from 3 different stations and it would take awhile. The food selection seemed quite limited. I ended up with salad for lunch every day, my husband had a hamburger every day. I would prefer some Indian stews, roasted veggies, grilled fish.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

It’s extremely hard to book exercise activities. They always seemed to be full as soon as they were posted on the website. The gym has only one set of ten lbs weights. They have plenty of hand weights that go up to 100lbs each. Next time I plan to bring my own weights onboard and leave them.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Dj’s are very loud. Impossible to talk when they’re playing. We enjoyed the one acrobatic show very much. And the Diva is adorable.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Staff seems very happy to be there and always willing to help.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Design is pleasant. I enjoyed the 1/3 mile deck for walking.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Fine.

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5

Lisbon, Portugal

5 out of 5

Cadiz (Seville), Spain

5 out of 5

Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Islands

4 out of 5

Lots of construction at port. Difficult to get to city center.

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Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Very quick and easy.

6 Comments

byhisgrace 1 year ago

Appreciate your feedback

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Itspeace4me 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing.

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javawoody 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

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Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

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AuntPinkie 1 year ago

Appreciate your detailed review. Glad you enjoyed your TA cruise and plan another.

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cruising2004 1 year ago

Thank you for sharing your cruising experience.

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