Miami Cruise Reviews

My wife and I have cruised several cruise lines multiple times (Royal, Norwegian, and Carnival). After our last cruise (Dec 2019) we'd discussed giving up cruising for a while. That is, until I saw an ad about Virgin Voyages offering an "Adult only, All-inclusive" cruise. So we booked a 2020 cruise to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary. Well, COVID pushed that little plan to 2021. So, we ...

Let me start by saying the entire cruise was great- even with having to wear face masks inside. I felt like they were trying their best to keep everything clean. They were even washing the walls regularly! But the initial boarding at the pier... It was absolute chaos. If you have The Key then this won't apply to you- you have your own entrance clearly marked. By some fluke I managed to ...

We just got back from our MSC Seashore Cruise out of Miami. Given the number of questions we had heading into this, I thought I might try providing insight to help others with the similar questions. To level set this was our first cruise since the pandemic (we have been on others prior), this was the first Caribbean Seashore cruise for the new ship, and COVID rules are still in place so going ...

Booking: I booked directly with the cruise line which is something I normally don’t do. I just figured with my recent experience with Royal Caribbean (same ownership) trying for months to get a refund through a travel agent I was better off calling them directly. That was a mistake, as I spent many, many hours on hold as a result. The booking itself was the easy part; a balcony cabin, in the ...

A bit about me for context, while still a relative newbie to cruising, I have 30 voyages under my belt, with 7 different lines. I am not loyal to any particular line/brand. I love trying new things. I find that most cruise lines are more alike than different fundamentally, but each line has a different "feel". For me, Virgin is not an exception to this, though they try really, really hard to ...

Random thoughts from the cruise:   - The Virgin Voyages App stopped working around 24 hours prior to sailing. We stayed at the Intercontinental across from the port and tried to lookup our boarding time at dinner the night before but the app failed to connect. We asked Virgin about it and they said it was expected. So we just showed up at 2pm when general boarding started with no ...

After almost 2 years of waiting, the wait was finally over! I was more then looking forward to setting sail with Virgin on the Brand New ( 2 Year Old ) Scarlet Lady. Have first to do through the COVID testing, which really was a breeze and left me feeling even more confident, I was finally welcomed aboard. With Virgin doing things differently to any other cruise ship, you could board the ...

We are a couple in our 70’s and have cruised many times but never on MSC. We didn’t go expecting too much but were very pleasantly surprised. The ship was only about 1/3rd full and the service was excellent. The staff was terrific. The shows were very good. The ship was beautiful. We had an ocean view balcony cabin off the rear of the ship. It was a long walk to the elevators so I do not ...

Nice ship. Super clean. Awesome staff. Excellent food! I stayed in a middle cabin Single. A little small for me as I’m 6’4. No big deal. My only issue was the internet and the virgin voyages app. The app, in my experience, is not user friendly and was frequently down. It was hard to navigate and it didn’t highlight activities for the day, so unless I knew what was going on by asking someone, I ...

My husband and I were celebrating our 25th anniversary and decided to take a Virgin Voyages cruise. I love the Virgin brand. I fly to London once a year and always fly Virgin Atlantic because of their service and quality so I expected the same from their cruise line. They did not disappoint. The ship is beautiful. We had a central balcony room with a hammock on the balcony. The high tech ambient ...