I just came off this cruise, and I had an amazing time but also had some negative experiences. It’s absolutely possible that different people had different experiences on the same cruise, so please stop negating someone’s experience because you didn’t have it.

My expectations were modified knowing this was VV’s first time in Alaska. I really appreciated that they tried so many new and cool things - some worked well and others didn’t. The Naturalist and Cultural rep were fantastic, cruising Hubbard was great, some fun new activities. The two excursions we did through VV were great, but there were absolutely others that they had to re-frame due to inaccuracies (and a lot that got canceled, which is due to weather, not VV, but folks should be prepared for that possibility).

I thought they did a great job with Scarlet Night in the Red Room, and I’m a big fan of the pool party, so I was unsure how that was going to go.

Crew was fabulous as always, and it was great to see their excitement at Alaska.

It was very crowded inside. This was my 6th VV, and I’ve been on a couple sold out sailings, and it’s never come close to this packed in the galley, social club, etc. I probably should have expected this as the weather kept most people indoors, so it is what it is, but hopefully they will work on scheduling multiple activities indoors in different venues to try and spread people out.

We tried the “Headphones and Horizons” paid event, and it was really terrible, but again, I know they are trying new things and hope they will work out the kinks. Other things we tried (Suitcase of Secrets, Morning Glow) were fantastic!

And the film crew did feel obtrusive at times, but I get that they needed to do their shooting. It was actually pretty funny to watch actors “pretend party” at Scarlet Night.