Funchal has a reasonable amount you can do self-guided. Take the cable car up and explore the Monte Palace gardens. Option to take a second cable car and go to the botanical gardens too. There are historical buildings and a cathedral too.
Similar in Malaga, there is the castle, Alcazaba old palace, Picasso museum, city museum and gallery and other sights to see in the town.
I would expect anyone currently booked would get a free rebooking anyway. Issue might be that the XL rooms and suites are sold out currently for Scarlets TA.
what perks do you miss out on with lock it in other than the ability to cancel and make changes? Once on the ship it makes no difference whether you did pay in full, lock it in or paid later.
Also with lock it in you might not get limited view, if the ship isn’t booked up there is the chance of getting a “free” upgrade or once the room is assigned you can bid for an upgrade like normal too.
we’ve saved over £600-700 I think going for lock it in, so if we pay a small amount in a bid upgrade it’s still a great deal.
Once flights are booked I’m not going to cancel the cruise anyway as the flights as non-refundable too!
Last time we were on Valiant Lady it was approx 2pm to 5pm then 9pm to 2am, but for Resilient Lady it just shows in the app as straight through 2pm to 2am with no break.
Based on the other ships it’s the same hours. Only Razzle Dazzle and The Wake are open for brunch anyway, the other choices are in the Galley food court and are open same times on port days.
Deep Blue Extras coffee has to come from the Grounds Club locations, not Ship Eats.
but you are better off ordering something charged for, tea, beer, red bull etc will all be better than $7 for nothing.
Don’t get too hung up on comparing VV to other cruise lines. Personally I’ve never don’t any other cruise but VV feels more like a hotel resort to me than what I perceive a “cruise line” to be.
In terms of status, other than the rockstars having Richards Rooftop there is no separate areas or any differences for those with Sailing Club status. Just the listed perks.
I don’t think it does, but others have reported otherwise. I’ve always just dropped into the show late and got stools at the back or stood so don’t know if they scan bands at the start time.
Always try for standby.
But the shows in the Manor like around the world with the diva and the hostess sings don’t really need reservations but you may be stood at the back.
It’s possible to manage without a bottle even, there are carafes and glasses in the cabins and can easliky get water at all bars etc. but I did like having my insulated bottle to take water out into the port stops too.
coffee cup is up to you, I just drank it while in the Galley food court, a mug just before breakfast and one before leaving too.
As tacocat said there is toiletries in all cabins, screwed to the shower in regular rooms and medium size bottles in suites.
In fact those bottles in suites are some of the only plastic bottles on the entire ship!
MNVV is My Next Virgin Voyage. When onboard or up to two weeks after you can put down a deposit of $300 towards a future cruise and you get $300 bonus discount and $600 onboard spend (loot). Only catch is you need to book sea terrace or above, not lock it in rates or sea view cabin.
Sea Rover is the current loyalty status of those who have done two cruises in 2022-2023.
We did the Med to Miami transatlantic last October and the night the ship stayed in port overnight at Malaga there was taxes on drinks but looking at the folio from the trip I don’t see any others that appear to have added taxes.
I think now that the Carribean cruises are more fully booked they’ve put the price up of the activities as they know they will sell out anyway. $50 feels a little high though for the class but as they don’t hold many people I expect they will sell out anyway.
You can take two bottles of wine in your hand luggage.
Simple spirit and mixer drinks are $9, cocktails $10-17. I think I paid $11 for an espresso martini last year but I’ve read some prices have gone up recently.