Disaster, Valiant Lady is not so valiant!

Item: Valiant Lady
Rating: 2.4
Author: CaptRonn

Valiant Lady Cruise Review to Caribbean

CaptRonn

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 25

Overall rating:

2.4 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Southeastern Caribbean Isles (San Juan Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 13, 2024

Ship: Valiant Lady

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10174Z

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 months ago

Review summary

Brief overview-it was a disaster, Valiant Lady is not so valiant!

Embarkation

1 out of 5

Awful, Virgine Voyages, Valiant Lady does little to nothing to help handicapped or elderly passengers. I asked for a wheelchair so I could use the restroom. I waited for assistance in the embarkation room for over an hour. I finally got help only when my wife demanded help from security to get me to a restroom. Unfortunately, it was too late and the most embarring moment of my life. And the trip only got worse from there.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Food is rich and hard to digest for the elderly in some of the specialty restaurants. Food allergies were a constant issue. However, the restaurants were very luxurious. Would have been nice to have a few items on the menus for the elderly and those with sensitive digestions issues. The galley was good. The bar tab was a waste for us, as we are not drinkers. Woulds have been nice to be able to convert it to loot, but that would have a negative effect on the ship's bottom line.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Obviously, the cruise was not for the elderly or handicapped as there were little to no appropriate activities for us.

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Obviously, the cruise was not for the elderly or handicapped as there was little to no appropriate entertainment for us. However, most of our time was spent in isolation due to COVID.

Children's Programs

No childern

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Widi, our room steward, was wonderful and he did all he could to comfort us. We spent 4.5 days on our 7-day cruise in self-isolation sick with COVID.

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

The ship is built well. However, there were no COVID procedures in place and it ran rampant on the ship. Some of the passengers were in guarantee by the ships medical staff, but most of us self-isolated, when we started to see others with symptoms. BTW my wife went to the ships medical staff and was tested for COVID, and it came back negative. She was told her illness was allergies. However, our COVID test showed positive. Which leads us to believe the Virgine Voyages Valiant Lady is not so valiant after all. We are sure they do not want to address COVID outbreaks on their ships or make them known to the ships’ general population so precautions could be taken. Shame on them for putting people at risk so they could increase the profit margins.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Comfort and size was great. Howerver, we were told the staff did clean but did little to nothing to sanitize the rooms between cruises. This was evident when we were expected to disembark by 10:30 AM so new passengers could embark by 2:30 PM. This places new passenger boarding at risk entering contaminated rooms. We were fortunate enough to have a balcony to get away from the contamination in our room. As it seemed the more time, we spent in the room the sicker we got. Like I stated earlier, this was a disaster from the beginning!