Returned yesterday from the 11 night cruise, UK - Canaries - UK. I won't go into the operational issues here because I think they have been covered elsewhere.
I was surprised at the lack of COVID precautions by Virgin. There was one self-administered lateral flow test at home in advance of the cruise and... that was it. No testing before boarding, no masks, no distancing, no testing on board, nothing.
Unfortunately I woke up this morning coughing and feeling rough and a COVID test was positive. Oh great.
The only times I was not on board were on a tour bus or in the open air, so my finger is pointing at the management of the ship.