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Ready for a glimpse into Virgin Voyages' future? In this VV Insider update, David breaks down all the latest Virgin Voyages news — from Hurricane Melissa itinerary changes and behind-the-scenes footage of "Booked!" to massive Black Friday deals, Resilient Lady's 2027 dry dock timeline, record-breaking international growth, and our five bold predictions for Virgin Voyages by 2030. Plus, we reveal Brilliant Lady's Alaska 2027 itineraries and the incredible shore excursions you won't want to miss!
☀️ Book your voyage with extra perks ➜ https://vvinsider.com/book/
📽️ Behind The Scenes of Booked! A Lola's Library Story: https://vvinsider.com/behind-the-scenes-of-booked-a-lolas-library-story-pics-video/
What's covered in this update:
🌪️ Hurricane Melissa impact on Jamaica itineraries
🎭 "Booked!" – behind the scenes look at Scarlet Lady's new Lola's Library prequel
💰 Black Friday deals: 80% off second Sailor + up to $400 Bar Tab
🛠️ Resilient Lady dry dock dates revealed (August 17 - September 2, 2027)
📈 Virgin Voyages' record-breaking international growth
🔮 5 predictions for Virgin Voyages by 2030
🏔️ Alaska 2027 itineraries announced (9-night & 12-night options)
🐻 Alaska shore excursions preview
🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES
🌪️ Hurricane Melissa itinerary changes ➜ https://vvinsider.com/virgin-voyages-adjusts-itinerary-following-hurricane-melissa/
🎭 "Booked!" A Lola's Library Story ➜ https://vvinsider.com/on-board/event/booked-a-lolas-library-story/
💰 Black Friday offer details ➜ https://vvinsider.com/black-friday-preview-virgin-voyages-offer-now-live/
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Recently, we've been given a few
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glimpses of what the future of Virgin
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Voyages holds. And over the past couple
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of weeks, there's been a lot of
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information about what to expect from
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Virgin Voyages in the next few years.
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I'm David from VV Insider, and in this
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Virgin Voyages insider update, firstly,
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we're going to take a look at the
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changes to itineraries based on the
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disruption caused by the devastating
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hurricane that hit Jamaica. Then we have
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some sneak peeks at some behindthescenes
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action for the brand new Virgin Voyages
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show booth. We're going to get a glimpse
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of what to expect from the Black Friday
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deals that Virgin Voyages have on and
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how you can save money right now. We
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have an update of when to expect
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Resilient Ladies Dry Dock and what that
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might mean for the ship's future. some
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breaking news about Virgin Voyages
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international performance and how the
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line is growing around the world, which
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sets us up nicely to talk about our five
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predictions for Virgin Voyages before
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2030. But in the near to midterm, we're
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also going to take a look at the new
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Alaska itineraries that have been
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announced for 2027 and also the shore
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things and shore excursions that you can
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expect in Alaska as well. So, as ever,
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there's lots to cover, so let's jump
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right in.
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So the first thing to cover this week is
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the impact that the devastating
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hurricane Melissa has left in her wake.
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Of course you will already have seen in
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the news that this hurricane has had a
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massive impact on Jamaica especially and
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this of course includes ports that
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Virgin Voyagers were due to visit.
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Virgin Voyagers of course are
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prioritizing sailor safety at the moment
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and have made changes and provisions to
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those itineraries to make sure that
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sailors have a safe and fun time. Our
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article covering the story has all of
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the information you'll need about the
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itinerary changes and also what that
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might mean for potential future changes
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to itineraries as well. One thing to
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highlight here is that Virgin Voyages
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are donating to post storm relief
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initiatives to help get this incredible
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destination and the community back on
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their feet. So, we wish them all the
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best. Moving on to entertainment news
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where booked the brand new show on
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Scarlet Lady. The full title is Boot
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Alola's Library Story. And if you've
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been following along to these updates,
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and if you haven't, then why not make
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sure that you subscribe to VV Insider to
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get all the latest Virgin Voyages
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information. But if you've been
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following along, you'll know that Boot
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is the Lola's Library prequel show,
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which shows you what Lola was up to
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before she was the librarian on board
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Resilient Lady. So, the Virgin Voyagers
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brand are very proud of this new Lola's
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Library story with CEO Namal calling it
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his favorite show on board the ships.
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Virgin Voyagers have released a
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behindthescenes video showing you the
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work and the effort that goes into
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bringing one of these shows to life. In
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the video, we hear from the show's
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creators, No Ceilings Productions, and
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the cast themselves, including the
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incredible Meg Lanzeron, who originated
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the character of Lola on Resilient Lady
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in Lola's Library. This video highlights
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the incredible costumes, the
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unbelievable choreography, and the great
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special effects that go into making Book
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Al's Library Story one of the best shows
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across the whole Virgin Voyages fleet.
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The creation of the prequel to Lola's
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Library started with us getting together
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and figuring out one, what is important
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for a prequel and then two, who are the
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minds that created Lola one and let's
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bring these people back together to make
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a bigger, better, cooler version of this
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show. So, we got back the original
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choreographer.
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We got back the original Lola to create
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the show with and on her. which is a
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really important part I think that the
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original Lola felt just felt right to
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create this prequel.
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From what we've heard from sailors that
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have been along to this brand new show,
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it does sound absolutely incredible. We
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can't wait to see it ourselves at some
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point in the future. But until then,
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little teasers like this from the Virgin
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Voyages brand are all we have. Have you
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been along to see Booked yet? If you
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have, let us know what you thought in
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the comments. And if you're looking for
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an excuse to get along to see the
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incredible entertainment across the
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Virgin Voyages fleet, there's no better
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time to book because the Virgin Voyages
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Black Friday offers are going live. And
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Virgin Voyagers are launching Black
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Friday with 80% off a second sailor as
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well as up to $400 in Barab as well.
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These offers are available on specific
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cabin types with some notable
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exceptions. If you're looking to
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navigate these deals yourself, go over
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to vbvinsider.com
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and we can help make sure we combine the
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offers in the right way to make sure
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your next Virgin Voyage is as affordable
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as possible. By trusting us with your
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Virgin Voyages booking, you're not only
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helping support the work that we do here
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at VV Insider, but you'll also get some
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exclusive perks as well. There is no
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better way to book your Virgin Voyage
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than with VVincider.com.
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So come along to vbvinsider.com/book
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because we can't wait to help you plan
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out your perfect voyage together. Again,
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looking into the future, we have some
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information about when to expect
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Resilient Ladies Drydock in 2027. It was
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already known that Resilient Lady is
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heading into dry dock in 2027, but now
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from an analysis of the itinerary date,
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we found the exact slot where she's due
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for her big spruce up. Now, if you're
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not familiar with what a dry dock is,
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this is when they take the ship out of
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the ocean for a little bit to make sure
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that they do all of the maintenance and
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refitting that they need to do before
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the ships are ready to sail for another
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few years. So, this includes things like
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technical inspections, upgrades, and
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also some renovations of some public
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spaces as well. Scarlet Lady was the
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first ship to go into dry dock back at
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the end of last year. Brilliant Lady
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also had a dry dock before she launched
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this year as well. And Valiant Lady is
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due to go into dry dock in May next
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year. And this gives us an indication of
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what to expect during these dry docks.
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So with Scarlet Lady's dry dock in 2024,
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she received some new Rockstar suites
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and also a brand new restaurant that
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replaced Razledazzle, which was Lucky
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Lotus by Razled Dazzle, as well as some
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other general refurbishments. And then
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we had Brilliant Ladies Dry Dock earlier
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this year where there was actually more
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of a profound change. The roundabout got
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completely changed to a much more open
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and comfortable venue. We also saw the
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athletic club at the back of the ship be
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transformed to remove some of the larger
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seating so it opens up the area so you
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can see out of the back of the ship a
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lot more clearly. And these two changes
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were received incredibly well by sailors
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universally. And of course, Razledazzle
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was transformed again, this time to Rojo
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by Razledazzle, which is a Spanish
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themed restaurant. So, it's pretty clear
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what we'll expect to see with the new
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renovation for both Valiant Lady and
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Resilient Lady. We'll be expecting to
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see Razledazzle replaced by a new
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restaurant, which will showcase another
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world cuisine. We don't have any details
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yet on what to expect from these
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restaurants, but we can of course
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speculate, and I'll tell you about our
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speculations in just a moment. But the
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important date to look out for for
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Resilient Lady is the 17th of August,
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2027. So, Resilient Lady will relaunch
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on the 2nd of September, 2027. That
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sailing for the new Resilient Lady will
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be an Italy, Spain, and French Riviera
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sailing on the 2nd of September. This is
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a 10 night sailing visiting some
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incredible places around the
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Mediterranean. So, if you want to be on
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the brand new Resilient Lady when she
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relaunches in 2027, make sure you head
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to vvincider.com and get that
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reservation placed in. Now, there was a
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good news story from Virgin Voyages this
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week, which highlights the brand's
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record growth around the world heading
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into 2026. This includes incredible
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results from the UK market where
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revenues were up 17% yearonear and
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notably Caribbean bookings are up 154%
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from where they were last year. SJ
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Walker who is the head of UK sales has
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highlighted that Brits in particular are
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spending more on longer Caribbean
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voyages and booking much further in
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advance. Virgin are also seeing a
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swelling in support from Australia and
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New Zealand and also continental Europe
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where revenues are up 65% yearon-year.
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If you're interested in what this growth
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mean for Virgin Voyages and how they're
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preparing to capitalize on that for the
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future, head over to our article on
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vvincider.com
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where we explain some changes that
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they've made to their trade
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appointments. And this leads us on very
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nicely to an article that we put
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together which explained our five big
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predictions for Virgin Voyages by the
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year 2030. If you follow along to this
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channel, you know that last week I put
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together a video explaining what we
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expect to see by the year 2030 on Virgin
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Voyages. We know that the growth that
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we've seen over the past few years means
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that Virgin Voyages will be looking at
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expanding their offering over the next
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few years. So in our article and in our
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video, we break this down into five
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categories. The first one being dining.
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How do we expect restaurants and food to
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look in the next few years? Then we look
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at entertainment and how that's been
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evolving and what that means for the
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future. Then we have a speculative look
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in what this could mean for destinations
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and itineraries over the next few years
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as well. We expect Virgin Voyages to
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branch out from the markets that they've
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been accustomed to in the past. Then we
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look at the impact of technology and AI
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and how that will shape the voyage of
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tomorrow. And then finally, the big one.
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Are we expecting to see an expansion to
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the fleet or any changes to the ships
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over the next few years? Well, we break
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this down and take a look at the
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industry trends and what this might mean
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for Virgin Voyages next few ships. So,
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if you're interested in learning about
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what we think will happen with Virgin
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Voyages, head over to obvivvincider.com
10:36
to check out that article or wait until
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the end of this and we'll post the link
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to that video at the end. Now, speaking
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of things that actually have been
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announced and are not just speculation,
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Alaska 2027 itineraries have finally
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been released and we know tons of people
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have been waiting for these exact
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announcements. So, Brilliant Lady is yet
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to make her debut in Alaska. that will
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be happening next year, but we know that
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many many sailors have been waiting to
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see where she will be going in 2027. So,
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notably in 2027, we're looking at longer
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itineraries to Alaska with both 9 and 12
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night options. There are also options to
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leave from Vancouver or Seattle
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depending on your travel preferences as
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well. This is coupled up with some West
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Coast repositioning voyages from
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Vancouver to Los Angeles and of course
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the other way round. And this of course
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sits alongside the Hollywood and Mexico
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itineraries as well. If you've been
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looking at these itineraries for 2027,
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it's worth making sure you get your
11:36
reservation in quick. There's a few
11:38
reasons for this. One is that these are
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really hotly anticipated sailing. So, if
11:43
you're looking for a specific type of
11:44
cabin, make sure you get yours reserved
11:47
quickly. You'll also benefit from a 10%
11:49
discount if you pay in full, not to
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mention your credit card air miles. But
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if you're not already aware, VV Insider
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actually have an exclusive sale forward
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12:04
There are some exclusions to this offer.
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So, if you're interested in a 2027
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itinerary and you want to know whether
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you'll get that exclusive sailor loot
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and we can doublech checkck that for you
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to make sure you get all the loots and
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the best offer possible. So, to couple
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up with those announcements for 2027's
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Alaska Sailings, we actually have a
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better glimpse of what next year's
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Alaska sailings will look like when it
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comes to port excursions and shore
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things. There are some incredible once
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in a-lifetime experiences, including dog
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sledding, float plane tours, sea plane
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journeys over majestic fjords, and some
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incredible excursions looking at some
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shallow water wildlife as well. This is
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exactly why Virgin Voyagers wanted to
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head to Alaska to give sailors this
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experience of this incredible geography
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and the incredible wildlife as well. So,
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if you're heading to Alaska next year or
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in 2027, take a look at our article and
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have a look at all the potential options
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you've got when you step foot in Alaska.
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