Are We Too Old For Virgin Voyages? Our Scarlet Lady Review

We have been in six different cruise lines and our favorite use to be Norwegian until we sailed with Virgin, so far the best cruise line, no one can compete with Virgin in service, food quality and entertainment, plus the vibe is awesome, we can’t wait to get back.

This was a great video. Very informative. I will be cruising Novemeber 10th. This will be my first cruise and I did think about the age thing now that I am in my early 50s but I think I will be fine with this cruise. I was sold on the no children policy. We shall see how this goes!

This is the first time I've watched one of your videos. Great job! I'm very impressed with your review, and now it looks like we have to try VV. Never thought I'd say that. BTW....I spent 30 years in the travel industry almost entirely dealing with cruises and working for a cruise line, and then 10 years in a major metropolitan police force in the US. Now......on to watching more of your content.

Chris - Another great review. Your detail, editing, etc are excellent and much appreciated by us, the viewers. My wife and I are in our mid 40's and VV just isn't for us. That's not a knock on any business or product in the market, it's just the fact that different consumers have different tastes and that's not a bad thing. We booked a Regent Seven Seas cruise this week and I just can't wait to experience their service and attention to detail and most importantly no crowds or long lines. We shall see!

VV was my first cruise line and we book our second voyage in June. I don’t care what other people do I went to have a relax vacation.

From my understanding, they have cut back on a lot of the "suggestive" things on the ship because so many fuddy duddies complained about it. Even though they weren't really the target audience. For instance, they used to have a singles activity/show when we went on called "Never Sleep Alone" and they cancelled it last I heard.

Thanks so much for your outstanding review for us older travellers 😊. My wife and I are booked into a Mega Rockstar suite in Feb 24. After watching your review we are far more excited now as we had been a little apprehensive thinking we might be too old for this line. Have subscribed to your channel now as you really covered everything brilliantly. Thanks so much.

Thanks for the great info. I am so fed up with the many Karen's, overprotective parents that are on other cruise ships. I will only cruise with NO or limited kid access ships.

Enjoying your videos! I’ve been on several cruise lines and they all seem to have their pluses and minuses the more. I hear about Virgin the more I want to give them a try. I love the idea that the pricing is per cabin and not per person as many times, I go solo.. I don’t drink alcohol. I usually buy some sort of a package and get mock tails and soft drinks., but the idea of the bar tab sounds fair. Not forcing folks to buy a drink package for everyone in the cabin! And no flipping kids in the hot tub!!

This is the first time I have viewed one of your videos. You are very informative and I appreciate it.

Another great benefit for the bar tab is that you are less likely to have people getting sloppy drunk because they feel like they need to "get their money's worth" out of the drink package.

Really like the Bar Tab idea vs other cruise lines. Great video!

Great detailed critique..you might want to mention Virgin DOES NOT CHARGE SINGLE SUPPLEMENTS.. this is huge!

This was a great video - thank you! Just got off Valiant Lady and agree with everything you described. My only critique would be that the recorded music that they play on the ship in the pool areas and in the public areas is generally obnoxious. People age 40 and older should know that the music is a lot of thumping techno music, rap, hip hop and teenager music. Very little music that would appeal to the older crowd. At least this was my experience and it definitely detracted from an otherwise wonderful cruise.

Been on 2 VV's so far (have 2 placeholders on deck!). Wife is 50 and I'm 54. This is our FAVORITE cruise line! Resiliant Lady does have Starlink, i don't believe my VPN worked. One thing about your video that stood out to me was you had Rockstar wrist bands but stayed in a Sea Terrace????

Just got home from a two week trip on resilient lady from Dubai to Singapore, The food was amazing except for the galley , most people on board were over 50, not many young people at all. Music everywhere you went even in the small reading area , it got on most people’s nerves after a while. The entertainment was a bit strange at times (Lola’s Library) and the same shows and bands over the fortnight. The comedians were good especially Jeff Green. The ship is nice and the restaurants when you can book them😢, the trips were all sold out when we boarded the ship but even then there wasn’t many trips for my wife who can’t walk far. The staff were amazing. Some of the ports were not very good especially Mumbai , a half built terminal full of dust and building materials and every one’s passport was checked about 6-7 times so it took over 2 hours just to get through customs and Mumbai isn’t the best of places to go. Apart from that I enjoyed it 🤔

We had a different experience on Scarlet Lady. I am 69. Husband is 71. Not our cup of tea either. Food was awesome, every drink we ordered ( like on other cruise ships) , we’re not available. Staff was great, entertainment was not there. The first sailors on board got to book every show and were all sold out by 2:30PM when we got onboard.

Great review! Your dancing is great!! You’ve got the moves, keep it going! We are older too and wondered how Virgin is- better prices! Tx

WE are going on our first cruise, with Virgin. Your information is very helpful, thank you so much

I'm 69 and enjoyed VV. True, there are parts of it that were not to my likng, but I can say that about every line we've been on. To comments below--every show and class has a "stand by" line. If you couldn't get reservations, you are likely to be able to get in anyhow. One odd thing about VV--different bars have the stuff to make different drinks; you must go to the right one to get what you want. That gets a little complex!. VV has great food, great service, the amazing hammock, and a wide range of experiences.