Dre67

I sailed on the Scarlet Lady during the week Hurricane Ian in late September. We were able to stay ahead of the storm and navigate to different islands that weren't on the original itinerary which was fine. The food on the Scarlet Lady was the best I have had on any ship or cruise line in my 14 previous cruises on RCL, NCL, Celebrity or Carnival. However with that being said, I would probably not sail on another Virgin Voyage in the Caribbean. I live in California and would love my local friends, relatives and customers to experience the ambience and food on Virgin without having to pay an additional $1000+ for plane and lodging expenses by flying to Miami. I don't think Virgin has to set up a permanent LA schedule, but at least a couple months out of the year for west coast residents to experience without paying too much out of pocket. All Californians aren't rich as some say, but they do fill up RCL and Carnival ships all year round sailing to Mexico and if there was a Virgin ship sailing out of Long Beach/San Pedro at least 10 sailings a year to Cabo, Ensenada, San Francisco or Vancouver it would sell out. I had considered sailing Virgin in Europe, but I already have a cruise scheduled via NCL next year, because I don't like the current Virgin European itineraries.