Rogueperson's **Live** Scarlet Lady 4/21/2024 Transatlantic

[clochette]

really enjoying your review and the food looks amazing, drooling here after my PB&J sandwich for lunch.  How are the pools on the ship and other outside areas?

[jaxcruisinguy]

Does the afternoon Tea with champagne at Sip count towards the bar tab? That was fun, yummy and a good way to relax.

 

like someone else said, sit at Sip have champagne and espresso martini

[neverendingcruising]

Afternoon Tea has come off our bar tab on previous voyages. 

[Rogueperson]

Another fairly lazy day.  I was a bit afraid I wouldn’t have much to write about but here we are, Day 6 and there‘s still stuff to write about.

 

I kind of had a conflict.  Two shows i wanted to see but I would have to sacrifice parts of the one show for another.

 

Comedian Andre Vincent was at 6.  If i stayed for his whole show, I ran the risk of not getting a seat for the 7 show, Ships in the Night.

 

 

He was fun, but nothing spectacular.  I decided to sacrifice the last 15 minutes to get a seat at Ships in the Night in the Red Room.

 

Continued on next post.

 

[Rogueperson]

4 hours ago, scaught said:

You just have to upgrade your drinks. A bottle of Moet is $95. Be a fancy RogueLad and drink champagne!

 

That would be lost on me.  Still, if i still have some, i may splurge on it.  Theres also a $29.00 popsicle i might try.

 

 

[Rogueperson]

4 hours ago, clochette said:

really enjoying your review and the food looks amazing, drooling here after my PB&J sandwich for lunch.  How are the pools on the ship and other outside areas?

 

The pools are small.  Fortunately I’m not a pool guy so this does not affect me.  I think the track is kind of cool.  

 

Here’s the Perch.

 

 

and miscellaneous

 

I didn’t get a pool deck shot.  I will rectify that later.

Edited April 26 by Rogueperson

[Rogueperson]

Continued.

 

Tonight was the first night I saw a production show called Ships in the Night.

 

The show was phenomenal!!!  But I did find some flaws where here, in general, I think Royal Caribbean does better.  

 

But let me do a photo dump here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I feel the cast is smaller here.  Only 1 principal singer vs Royal’s usual 4.  Plus they have more backup dancers.  They don’t use live music but recorded music.  The set is dependent on screens as oppose to actual built sets on Royal.

 

However, what they did with it was amazing.  This was a solid show.  But i think Royal, at the very least, has more to work with and they have the potential to do a lot more.  This shows on Oasis Class and Quantum Class where they have full broadway productions such as We will rock you and Mama Mia.  So in this aspect, I think Royal edges out slightly on this.  
 

But this is based on one production show.  I believe there is another later.

 

 

 

 

Edited April 26 by Rogueperson

[TheDarkestBlue]

Not unheard of, if you have remaining bar tab, you can always splash out with a nice bottle of bubbles to share with your new found friends at the bar on your final evening - guilty lightweight here, lol 🙋🏻‍♀️ 🥂🍾 

 

Thanks for taking us along! 

Edited April 26 by TheDarkestBlue

[laurieal]

4 hours ago, Rogueperson said:

 

That would be lost on me.  Still, if i still have some, i may splurge on it.  Theres also a $29.00 popsicle i might try.

 

 

Very curious to see what a $29 popsicle looks like. 
 

Those boozy floats look very fun. 

[Rogueperson]

Tonight’s Dinner is Gumbae.

 

This is the last restaurant I haven’t tried.  From this point on, I won’t have as many food pictures as it will just be things i haven’t tried.

 

 

 

 

Menu.  This menu was a little different.  I actually took a photo instead of scanning them.

 

 

 

 

Its only the food part.  If people want drink menus, let me know and I will hunt them down as well.

 

Sides.  It’s not on the menu and I don’t remember what they are.  Kimchi is one.  Potato salad another.

 

 

Forever crispy chicken.  Spicy but good.

 

 

Nori rice crisps.  They remind me of shrimp chips in Chinese cuisine.

 

 

Seafood corndogs.  This was interesting.

 

 

Kimchi stew.  This was too spicy for me. 

 

 

I missed the meet platter.  It was cooked in front of us.  I’ll get it next time.

 

Dulce de Leche macaroon.  Not on menu.

 

 

This was just a fun meal. 

 

 

 

[alex_gregor]

1 hour ago, Rogueperson said:

I missed the meet platter.

I certainly hope you meant you missed taking a photo and not that you missed it altogether!

[Rogueperson]

Good Morning from 

 

We’re about 1450 miles from Bermuda.  The closest continent appears to be Africa at the moment at about 1600 miles away.  We truly are in the middle of the ocean.  2400 miles from Miami and 2000 miles from home for me.

 

Last night, Gumbae was just a fun dinner.  There was a drinking game played at the table.  I tied with the lady next to me.  

 

My view while waiting for coffee.

 

 

Its not consistent, but i sometimes get the Glance in the room.

 

 

[jon81uk]

13 hours ago, Rogueperson said:

 

That would be lost on me.  Still, if i still have some, i may splurge on it.  Theres also a $29.00 popsicle i might try.

 

 

The popsicles are free and typically fruit flavours. The $29 on the menu is a glass of champagne.

[Rogueperson]

3 hours ago, jon81uk said:

The popsicles are free and typically fruit flavours. The $29 on the menu is a glass of champagne.

That probably makes more sense as I’m wondering why a popsicle is 30 bucks.

[Rogueperson]

Was it just me or did the boards not load for about an hour or so?

 

So I picked up Avocado toast for food.  

 

 

The avocado/guacamole on board has been quite wonderful.  It may need garlic, but its not sour like I’m use to from other places.

 

My view while I eat.

 

 

 

Edited April 27 by Rogueperson

[Rogueperson]

Ended up getting a chicken pesto pizza.

 

 

 

I reiterate.  This is a good pizza.   Hands down, best cruise pizza and can contend with a good pizza restaurant on land.

 

This ship is getting ready for Scarlet Night.

 

 

 

I’m excited.  This is like a big thing.

 

Now, I’m back in the Manor for

 

 

 

[laurieal]

54 minutes ago, Rogueperson said:

Ended up getting a chicken pesto pizza.

 

 

 

I reiterate.  This is a good pizza.   Hands down, best cruise pizza and can contend with a good pizza restaurant on land.

 

This ship is getting ready for Scarlet Night.

 

 

 

I’m excited.  This is like a big thing.

 

Now, I’m back in the Manor for

 

 

 

It’s a good thing I went to Sorrento’s before I saw any of your pizza pics. 
 

Now tell me about those tentacles 🐙 

[Rogueperson]

3 hours ago, laurieal said:

It’s a good thing I went to Sorrento’s before I saw any of your pizza pics. 
 

Now tell me about those tentacles 🐙 

 

 

Something to do with Scarlet Night 🤷‍♂️

[Rogueperson]

I forgot the activity from last night.  It was a live band in the manor

 

 

 

 

These guys were smoking last night.  Unbelievable show.  They had a lot of energy.

[Rogueperson]

This was the matinee show.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I wouldn’t say I was disappointed in this show than I would say I expected more.  This was a one person show for the most part:  I thought that there would be an ensemble of drag queens.  I got one.  Nonetheless, it was a fun show.  The thing i noticed with entertainment, Virgin seems to do more with less.

 

 

[Rogueperson]

The avocado toast was considered Elevenses so the Tuna Poke is considered Luncheon.

 

  Not sure if i like the Salmon from Earlier or this one.

 

Oh, I forgot about the Pizza.  So that should be Elevenses and Avocado toast was 2nd Breakfast

[Rogueperson]

This tiny little issue on Scarlet Lady or maybe Virgin in general.

 

 

Most of the public sinks in bathrooms.  Notice the lack of knobs.  Thats because its not there.  Total motion sensors.

 

I’m finding a fair number of them kind of broken.  I now know why.  These motion sensors don’t work.  You can get the faucet to work when they stop by tapping the faucet.  You can see where this is headed.  The faucets are loose because people are whacking at the faucet to get them to workz..  Its frustrating as if it doesn’t start, you whack it!  Multiply the number of whacks and impatient passengers and now I can see why so many are broken.

 

More to come

 

[Rogueperson]

I’m gonna try all the Floats.

 

Whiskey Dream.  Bourbon, Whiskey, Crema, Coke & Marshmallow.

 

 

 

[vanman]

23 hours ago, Rogueperson said:

Tonight’s Dinner is Gumbae.

 

This is the last restaurant I haven’t tried.  From this point on, I won’t have as many food pictures as it will just be things i haven’t tried.

 

 

 

 

Menu.  This menu was a little different.  I actually took a photo instead of scanning them.

 

 

 

 

Its only the food part.  If people want drink menus, let me know and I will hunt them down as well.

 

Sides.  It’s not on the menu and I don’t remember what they are.  Kimchi is one.  Potato salad another.

 

 

Forever crispy chicken.  Spicy but good.

 

 

Nori rice crisps.  They remind me of shrimp chips in Chinese cuisine.

 

 

Seafood corndogs.  This was interesting.

 

 

Kimchi stew.  This was too spicy for me. 

 

 

I missed the meet platter.  It was cooked in front of us.  I’ll get it next time.

 

Dulce de Leche macaroon.  Not on menu.

 

 

This was just a fun meal. 

 

 

 

Great posts. I've been reading with interest since we're doing our first VV later this year. You offered to post drink lists so would appreciate it if you could post beer list from Draught House and any wine lists that you come across. Thanks and continue to enjoy the cruise.

[Rogueperson]

Good Morning from 

 

Last night I we attended the Acapella group Moonshot.

 

 

 

This group is TALENTED!!!

 

 

The guy on the left.  Absolutely mindblowing.  He did a solo.  He pulled off Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean’s musical riff with his voice alone.  He provided “musical background” and Bass with his voice while the others sang.  He reminds me of Michael Winslow of Police Academy fame.

 

Dinner, my first repeat is back at Pink Agave.

 

Got some new stuff.

 

Chayote.  Simple veggies.  Good for what it was.

 

Papas con Chorizo.  I thought this was a side dish of potatoes.  It was not bad.

 

Bistec.  This was delicious.  Maybe the best steak on board.  Its hard to decide.

 

 

I made a pig of myself with dessert.

 

Bread pudding.  What was I thinking.  I hate raisins.  But still had to try.

 

 

Milhojas.  This was yummy

 

 

Not on the Menu.  Coconut rice pudding and other stuff?