Cruising Virgin Voyages - Outstanding
We just returned from 5 days on Virgin’s new ship Scarlet Lady to the Bahamas out of Miami. We have sailed with Holland America, Celebrity, Carnival and Princess since 1994. Virgin outshone them. I selected Virgin because it doesn’t allow anyone under 18 and I knew the quality would be very good as I have flown Virgin America many times. We needed proof of vaccination and tested prior to getting on ship. You had to be negative to board. No masks for guests onboard but crew all masked. Brand new ship. All inclusive except alcohol and shore excursions. No main dining room but number of restaurants on board with EXCELLENT food and service. We ate at Pink Agave for high end Mexican, The Wake steakhouse and Gunbae for Korean bbq. There are more restaurants including Italian and Vegetarian. Also have main galley with pizza, tacos, burgers, Starbucks like coffee station, salads, sushi and breakfast. Full serve. If you don’t like rock and roll music this is not the ship for you. Staff was from all around the world. There were 700 guests, ship holds 2700. Their next new ship the Valiant Lady debuts next year. It will sail the Mediterranean, Spain and such. We can’t wait to return to Virgin.
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