What's NEW on Virgin Voyages late July 2025? News + Updates

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As we quickly approach the launch of
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Virgin Voyages fourth ship, Brilliant
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Lady, there has been so much exciting
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news from across the whole Virgin
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Voyages fleet in the past 2 weeks. My
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name's David from VV Insider, and this
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is the latest Virgin Voyages insider
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update. We're going to walk through the
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details of Halloween on board Virgin
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Voyages in 2025. We're revealing
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information about an exciting new voyage
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called the True Crime Voyage. We have
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more details to reveal about who will be
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joining the comedic cast of the UK
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comedy fest sailing. And very recently,
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we revealed details of the new summer
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2027 season from Scarlet Lady, including
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a brand new port for Virgin Voyages. So,
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very exciting. And we also have a sneak
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peek at some photos from inside the
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construction progress on Brilliant Lady
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before she launches later this year. So,
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stick around and we're going to go
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through everything with you. V Insider
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Okay, let's jump in. First up is the
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Halloween sailings. If you've never been
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on board Virgin Voyages during the
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Halloween season, you're missing out.
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There are so many fun things to do on a
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Halloween voyage with Virgin Voyages,
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which include extra special themed
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parties which encourage you to dress up
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in costume and just have an ookie spooky
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really fun time. And this year, there
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are more Halloween sailings than there
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ever been before. And that's across all
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four ships. Scarlet Lady has two
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sailings. Valiant Lady has three
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Halloween sailings. If you want to read
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about all the fun events that happen on
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board these Halloween sailings,
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including the costume balls, the
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competitions, the exclusive food and
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drinks that are available on these
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voyages as well, do check out our
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article on bbinsider.com
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where we look at the Halloweens gone by,
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including photos of the fantastic
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costumes that were part of those big
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parties. If you like your voyages a
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little bit more on the silly side, the
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Halloween voyages are absolutely
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perfect. But don't worry if you're
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booked on one of those Halloween sailing
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and you still prefer to keep things
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chill. Virgin Voyagers are really good
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at this and they separate the fun and hy
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jinks out from the chill areas so you'll
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never feel overwhelmed. Moving on to
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another extra special sailing that
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Virgin Voyages announced just a few days
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ago and that's the announcement of
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Virgin Voyages first ever true crime
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voyage. So if you're a fan of True Crime
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podcast, this is the voyage for you.
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This voyage includes an exclusive
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program of events that are being hosted
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by iHeart podcasts. This voyage will
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host live recordings of three podcast
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episodes, including Stuff They Don't
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Want You to Know, Betrayal, and Buried
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Bones. There's also going to be
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workshops to tell you how you can start
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a podcast yourself, exclusive meet and
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greet events with the podcast hosts. It
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also promises signature themed cocktails
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and themed dining experiences as well.
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And what's more, this true crime sailing
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will also be one of the Halloween
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edition sailings as well. So all of the
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spooky fun that we talked about as part
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of the Halloween sailing, you'll also
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get as part of this voyage. The true
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crime voyage is going to be hosted on
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Valiant Lady on the 10th of October this
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year. It's a five night voyage and
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looking at our price and availability
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history on VV Insider, prices start from
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around about $1,500 per two sailor.
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You'll have to be quick. The true crime
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voyage has been picked up by national
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media. So, we expect to see some of the
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cabin categories selling out pretty
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soon. Now, very quickly before we move
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on, I just want to make a very quick
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personal plea because these videos I do
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around my normal 9-to-five job, would
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you believe? And I just want to make
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and more people. And also make the fact
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that I'm giving up some of my evenings
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and weekends to get this information out
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to people all the more worthwhile. So,
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thank you for your comment. Thank you
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for your like, thank you for your
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subscribe. Let's get on with the news.
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Sticking with those special voyages,
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this one is the UK Comedy Fest voyage,
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which as you'll know by now if you've
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been looking into this voyage, Jack
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Whiteall will be the headline act of
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this sailing. If you're not familiar
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with the Comedy Fest sailings, what they
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are are basically exactly that, a
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stand-up comedy festival at sea, where
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they bring on various celebrity standup
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comedians and let them really shine as
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headline acts throughout the voyage. So
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adding to the fact that Jack Whiteall
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has already been announced as the
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headliner for this festival, we now have
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the detail of a few more of the
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performers to expect on board. So this
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sailing kicks off on the 30th of August
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from Portsmouth. And on our article on
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vbinsider.com, we have a full list of
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all of the performers that will be on
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board. But some of the highlight include
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Tom Lucy who has had soldout runs in
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Edinburgh and also has frequent TV
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appearances in the UK as well as Kazim
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Jamal who's a fast rising voice in
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British comedy known especially for his
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sharp takes on dating culture and modern
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life. And finally Matt Stellingworth
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who's not only an award-winning comic
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but also a trained criminologist
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blending intellect and dry wit. So, if
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you're interested in the UK Comedy Fest
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voyage, again, head over to our article
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on vivvinsider.com and we can give you
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all the details that you'll need. Now,
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here's a piece of news if you
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particularly like to plan in advance,
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and that's an allnew itinerary drop,
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which this time is specifically around
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Scarlet Lady's summer 2027 voyages.
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Scarlet Lady will be returning to Europe
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in 2027, and she will be based this time
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from Athens. She's going to start her
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big journey to Europe on the 24th of
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April, 2027 with a 14- night voyage to
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Barcelona. This 14- night transatlantic
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voyage starts off with a bunch of sea
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days until she reaches Gran Canaria.
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From there, there's another sea day and
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then she goes to Casablanca in Morocco
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before heading to Valencia and then
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finally Barcelona. From there, she'll
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have an eight night sailing to Athens
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with a couple of stops in Italy along
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the way. One noteworthy thing to mention
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about these new sailings is that there
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are going to be some sailings that visit
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a brand new port for Virgin Voyages.
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Specifically, we're talking about a stop
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in Saranda in Albania, including access
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to beautiful Ionian beaches and a nearby
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UNESCO World Heritage site, which is
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rich in history from both Greek and
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Roman cultures. These newlyannounced
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itineraries have just been released, but
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they are available now to book. And as
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we've mentioned before, often the best
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way to get the best price on any voyage
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is to make sure you're booking early.
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Perhaps booking your 2027 voyage is a
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little bit too early, but you do stand
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to get some offers and discounts if you
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do that. We especially have a sailor
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offer from VV Insider and we can tell
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you more about that on VV Insider/book
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and we can see if we can get you some
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bonus sailor loot or bar tab if you book
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directly through us. Now for something
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incredibly exciting, and that is our
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first look at some of those interior
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spaces now they've started their
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renovations to get Brilliant Lady ready
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for her launch. Namely, we've been able
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to capture some photos of what the new
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Rojo by Razledazzle restaurant looks
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like, which is the new Razledazzle
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experience on Brilliant Lady. This time
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all around the taste of Spain. As you
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can see in these photos, the Razledazzle
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restaurant has had a complete makeover
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and is now ready to welcome sailors with
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not only a bold new Spanish styled
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interior, but also tastes, flavors,
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menus, drinks, all inspired by Spanish
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cuisine. On our Vivv Insider article
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where we break down these photos, we
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have got a glimpse of a few different
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areas in the Rojo restaurants. We also
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have a fantastic sneak peek at the New
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Look Athletic Club on Brilliant Lady.
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Now, this one comes as a little bit of a
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surprise because it's not something that
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Virgin Voyages has really talked about,
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but actually the back of the ship is
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getting a little bit of a makeover. If
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you've sailed on Virgin Voyages before
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and you remember the old athletics club,
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you'll know there was a large area where
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there was a large sun lounger that
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wrapped the back of the ship. This is a
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large padded area which effectively
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looked like one giant sofa where people
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could lounge and enjoy a cocktail in the
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sun. Now, we've heard promises that that
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will still remain. However, what you
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would have realized is that it was
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actually quite difficult to see outside
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of the ship simply because there was
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these solid metal railings all the way
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around this sun lounger. So, in order to
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see out the back of the ship and the
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wake, you would actually have to fairly
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dangerously clamber up on top of these
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lounges just to see over the railing.
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Now, because Brilliant Lady is going to
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be all about those scenic voyages,
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including the ability to pass through
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the Panama Canal and go on voyages into
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Alaska, for example, what Virgin Voyages
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are trying to do is give you more of a
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view of those scenic itineraries. And in
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order to do that, what they're doing is
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replacing the solid metal opaque
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railings with glass railings instead.
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So, this should really open up the
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vistas and you'll be able to get much
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more of a sense of the scenery that
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you're passing through. This looks like
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it's going to be a great improvement.
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We're still waiting on some higher
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quality photos or some footage of this,
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but as you can see in this rather grainy
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picture that we've managed to capture,
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it is going to be quite a departure from
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what they currently have in the athletic
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club. One really recent article that we
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put out on binsider.com that I'd really
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encourage you to give a read. It's
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really interesting and this is a guest
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post from one of our readers here at BB
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Insider, namely Cla Gillan Merl has
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shared her experiences about the summer
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season pass. If you're not familiar with
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what the summer season pass is, it's
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actually a really interesting way to
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sail on board the Virgin Voyager ships
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for a longer period of time with a few
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extra perks as well. Cla walks through
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her experience of working from sea
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because of course she was on there for a
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while and also the community and friends
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that she met along the way. I really
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encourage you to go on vbinsider.com and
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have a read about CLA's experience on
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board as part of the summer season pass.
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Now as we quickly approach the launch of
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Brilliant Lady, I just want to remind
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you of a few things that are coming up
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for Vivv Insider in that regard. So we
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will be making our way down to
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Portsmouth on the launch week of
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Brilliant Lady. There are some exclusive
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events including a huge launch party
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that will be taking place alongside the
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dock on Portsouth International Port.
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This really will be Virgin Voyager's
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first chance to show the world a
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brilliant lady as she will be at launch.
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Now, of course, her official launch
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doesn't start until the 5th of September
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in New York City, which is her mermaid
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and voyage, but we do know that there
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will be some previews happening before
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that mermaid voyage. and it's our aim to
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bring you along to as much of that as
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possible. We're going to have more news
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in that regard which we'll be able to
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share with you on this channel in the
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coming weeks. So, do make sure that you
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subscribe to follow along with all of
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that excitement. We also want to do one
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of our first YouTube lives when we're
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down there in Portsmouth. So, as long as
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the technology holds up, we're going to
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release information about our first
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YouTube live on board Brilliant Lady.
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And what we'd like to do is give you the
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opportunity to ask some questions about
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the ship and we'll walk around and try
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and answer them for you. So, he is
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hoping that the cell reception or the
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Wi-Fi is working well enough to bring
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that to you. We can only hope and pray
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at this point, but regardless of what
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happens, we'll be capturing tons of
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content and we'll be finding out all the
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information that you need to know to
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bring it straight to you across
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vinsider.com
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and on our YouTube and socials as well.
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If you stuck around to the end, that
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means, of course, you are a Virgin
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but also so we can make sure we get you
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