Scarlet Lady / Live / Solo - May-21-26-2023

[sid_9169]

 

 

[pcrum]

3 hours ago, sid_9169 said:

That second drink was better, but not $18.36 better...

Geez, that $600 bar tab offer will go pretty quickly with those drink prices. I wish VV had a beverage package. 

[sid_9169]

4 minutes ago, cavenger said:

This sounds like the worst

cruise ever at this point. 

I definitely wouldn't say that, but I do wish that they were more transparent with the drink prices. When you're sitting at the bar, you don't want to seem like a cheapskate, asking "how much is this or that", but I've been ordering top shelf tequila, and the price has ranged from $14 to $24... That's quite a variance in my opinion...

[Shaded Lady]

2 minutes ago, sid_9169 said:

I definitely wouldn't say that, but I do wish that they were more transparent with the drink prices. When you're sitting at the bar, you don't want to seem like a cheapskate, asking "how much is this or that", but I've been ordering top shelf tequila, and the price has ranged from $14 to $24... That's quite a variance in my opinion...

I’d be heading to Guest Services to raise a concern about the price of that last drink…

[ceilidh1]

2 minutes ago, sid_9169 said:

I definitely wouldn't say that, but I do wish that they were more transparent with the drink prices. When you're sitting at the bar, you don't want to seem like a cheapskate, asking "how much is this or that", but I've been ordering top shelf tequila, and the price has ranged from $14 to $24... That's quite a variance in my opinion...

I would be interested to hear what sailor services would say if you asked why the same drink is more in a different bar..

[Moochi]

10 minutes ago, pcrum said:

Geez, that $600 bar tab offer will go pretty quickly with those drink prices. I wish VV had a beverage package. 

Exactly same thing I was thinking about. It’d be at least $200 pppd for bar tab on Virgin. Oh boy.

[pcrum]

That dinner did not look appetizing in the least except for the lamb chop. How did it all taste? Was the salmon smoked? 

[Moochi]

2 hours ago, sid_9169 said:

Okay, they're breaking my balls with these drink prices... That one was $23 and change. I'm going to have to start getting an estimate before ordering.

 

 

Ouch. Did they use 1942 in it?

[sid_9169]

7 minutes ago, Moochi said:

Ouch. Did they use 1942 in it?

I wish...

[sid_9169]

At Extra Virgin now, and testing out their top shelf margarita. This is for sure the best one so far, and not $24... The bartender said to ask for a price when ordering. I showed him the variance in pricing I've received so far.

 

 

 

Edited May 22, 2023 by sid_9169

[Saint Greg]

2 hours ago, sid_9169 said:

Scarlet Ladies own "full Monty" restroom... 

 

 

 

I remember that one from when I was on celebration. 

 

 

[sid_9169]

One more, as long as they're coming in hot... (And, not $24) 

 

These Patron reposado margs are running me $15 here... The guy says he works at the Dock House during the day, so maybe my "main guy" from now on.

 

 

 

[ceilidh1]

Personally I would be asking for the charges to either be corrected or removed. You don’t even have to go to sailor services. Just send them a message on the app. What’s the worst that could happen?

[sid_9169]

That was probably my last one tonight... Seems like it's been a really long day, but a lot of it was spent waiting at the hotel, and then waiting again at the port for so long... Finally on board, things have zigged and zagged, but mostly for the better. It's just a process trying to find my groove once on board... 

 

Hopefully tomorrow everything will be reset for the better, and I've got (possibly) my new main bartender on board... 

[sid_9169]

I made up a little ground at least at the Extra Virgin Bar... Once I started throwing cash tips on the bar, suddenly a couple of my drinks ended up being no charge... (***Don't tell Virgin Voyages,)

[sid_9169]

The lighting at the Roundabout always makes my camera go crazy.

 

 

 

 

[HBCcruiser]

2 minutes ago, sid_9169 said:

Once I started throwing cash tips on the bar, suddenly a couple of my drinks ended up being no charge.

Karma. Enjoy! 

[sid_9169]

If I get myself one of these future voyage credits I could be buying myself a bottle of Dom Perignon or two...

 

 

[sid_9169]

I thought about doing the Grog Walk tonight, but I've already been drinking all day, and it's only now about to start... It was probably the thing that got me an invite to a secret party last cruise, but I don't need no secret party, I'm a party of one... 

[Roscoe13]

Just now, sid_9169 said:

I thought about doing the Grog Walk tonight, but I've already been drinking all day, and it's only now about to start... It was probably the thing that got me an invite to a secret party last cruise, but I don't need no secret party, I'm a party of one... 

A one man wolf pack!

[atanac]

11 minutes ago, sid_9169 said:

I made up a little ground at least at the Extra Virgin Bar... Once I started throwing cash tips on the bar, suddenly a couple of my drinks ended up being no charge... (***Don't tell Virgin Voyages,)

 

I was thinking they might have programmed drink prices base on Sailors Loot or from a credit card.

[Jamman54]

39 minutes ago, sid_9169 said:

At Extra Virgin now, and testing out their top shelf margarita. This is for sure the best one so far, and not $24... The bartender said to ask for a price when ordering. I showed him the variance in pricing I've received so far.

 

 

 

To me it seems like the bartenders get a percentage of each drink they pour, so they're charging what they think you will pay. Not fact, just an observation. 😎

[sid_9169]

Well, I'm probably (definitely) not making the pajama party tonight, so here's what my "costume" was going to be, for lack of a better one...

 

 

 

[ociana]

32 minutes ago, sid_9169 said:

Hopefully tomorrow everything will be reset for the better, and I've got (possibly) my new main bartender on board... 

Is his name like Fabio? I had a guy at the Dock who was super chatty and nice with that name. The other two people who knew my drink immediately and had it in my hand in minutes were also at the dock...inside part, whatever that is called.

[AmyJA]

25 minutes ago, sid_9169 said:

If I get myself one of these future voyage credits I could be buying myself a bottle of Dom Perignon or two...

 

 

That's what I got for my June one.