jaxcruisinguy

Does the afternoon Tea with champagne at Sip count towards the bar tab? That was fun, yummy and a good way to relax.

like someone else said, sit at Sip have champagne and espresso martini

When we sailed from Barcelona they charged the EU or what not VAT on everything the entire cruise. I don’t think they got far enough out to not charge it?

6 minutes ago, CineGraphic said:

 

It's asparagus, not avocado.

that’s right… all I had were pics of the dishes lol. 

10 minutes ago, Rogueperson said:

 

Yeah, I heard the menu hasn’t changed in a couple years.  Considering this cruise line only started in 2021.  Our table mates, one got the vegan menu, which is not advertised.  The Tangerine sherbet is on that menu.  My wife got it because of her allergy restrictions 

I would think with the length of the TA your next visit you should get the other menu (I would hope). Corn, Salmon, Shrimp, Lamb, Avacado and Strawberry. 

It’s disappointing to see they’re still doing the mushroom, egg etc menu in the test kitchen. I’m surprised they haven’t made a 3rd/4th menu yet. 

If you’re a Priority Pass member the Premium VIP lounge has showers and beds available for a nominal fee.

I used bags n go having luggage sent from airport to ship back in 21’. It worked out great, bags were waiting for us outside our cabin.

I was aboard Scarlet with the initial cabin iteration where there was absolutely 0 “decor”, “textures” and storage.

version 2.0 is great. Nice light wood tones and a few pictures over the vanity bringing in dock house vibes. The drawers in the wardrobe while shallow keep things organized. It’s all good stuff and shows they take feedback seriously. 

Uh.. where does that article compare it

to a HAL cabin? You do know the whole purpose of Virgin Voyages is to be “different” than traditional cruising and to attract a different customer base?

I’ve re-used the one with my name on it. It’s just an NFC chip with a unique code assigned.

Halloween on VL last year was fun. They changed lighting, put some some decor. Lots of people got into the costumes. 

21 hours ago, cantgetin said:

Don't know about that.  They did Valiant in April and May.

I think both were done. My May sailing on Scarlet the logo shop closest to extra Virgin used to sell rayban products, all were gone and a sunglasses shop for Coral products was opened near on the rocks. That  was not there in Nov 21’ on scarlet. 

Could have sworn the new vendor had already placed merch/staff on Scarlett back in May. Interesting…

13 minutes ago, singleflyer said:

 

I assume the boats are identical.  I'm leaning towards Resilient as it sounds like there are some new shows that I didn't see when I was on Scarlet. 

The desk lamps in the cabin are new, curtains and closet curtain. Carpet also looks like a different weave. The furniture in the social club is identical to valiant but different than scarlet. Each ship has unique decor/artwork in the elevator lobbies. Scarlet has coral artwork, valiant coded nautical flag signals and I’ve seen resilient is the most boring just some geometric colored shapes. 

You’ll be funneled on the Bimini jimmini to the golf cart meat market where they will hound you to rent a busted up piece of junk for I heard $50+ dollars. Just walk or go park it at the beach club and enjoy the food, sand and water. 

I’ve been 2x in XL and 2x in regular Sea Terrace and can definitely say we prefer the XL.

Deck 14 fwd should be fine. You DO NOT want an XL on 8 or 9 fwd as it’s non stop case form the red room. 

Should be at the bottom of the confirmation email in the “ship information” section. 

55 minutes ago, lisabucsfan1 said:

 

Did you happen to notice if there is still a ton of construction in the area that might be a block for getting TO the port/parking garage by chance? 

no issues getting to the parking garage. There is construction on the causeway that takes you to the tunnel to go under the bay and into the port. But once I popped out of the tunnel, took a hard 1st left and was in the garage in minutes.

Just got off Scarlet and it was at 2332/84%. There were pockets of heavy crowds but for the most part they were handling the load well.

It’s interesting how much soot they produce as they’re supposed to have some special first of its kind diesel particulate filter. 

On Valiant they can change them to whatever color. During halloween, our hall was purple, 1 deck up orange and the next was green.

I wonder if scarlet doesn’t have a full spectrum LED lighting and it’s purple or red for scarlet night.

Is there a boarding line specific for DBE or do you just use VIP line? Do you still need to adhere to your selected time or just show up?

1. My wife and I were on both Valiant Mermaiden. Mermaiden out of Barcelona we were given 2 Spanish fans that had printed text for the occasion. They were also filming for a UK TV series. My wife and I also happened to be having breakfast and Richard Branson sat down next to us and talked for a while. The Mermaiden out of Miami we were given 2 commemorative coins. They were also having a mermaid competition and filming. Guinness world record comp of mermaids gathering in Bimini. 
 

2. We’re not huge drinkers but would share bottles of wines, few beers or marg here or there. Drinks plus some Virgin brand march were off with a ship tab of barely over $300. 
 

3. Usually 30-45 days out you can book restaurant reservations. Things to do list they give you a taste, real schedule doesn’t happen until on-board. Shore excursions I believe were 90 days out for booking.

Has anyone been able to re-use their sea band with their name on it? We’re going on Scarlet next month and I was going to bring mine from Valiant that they had sent with my name on it. 

The grounds club has pastries but no free drip coffee.