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Your one-stop catch-up on all things Virgin Voyages – June 2025 Insider Update 🚢
Ready for brighter seas and bigger perks? In this month’s Insider Update we unveil:
• Brand-new Virgin Voyages iPhone app – faster boarding, on-board chat, and real-time Bar Tab balance.
• Well-Being Voyage 2026 – sunrise yoga, nutrition workshops, and spa-day bundles you can pre-book now.
• Comedy Fest Cruise – stand-up stars, late-night improv and exclusive meet-and-greets (best price link below 👇).
• Pride at Sea celebrations – drag brunches, deck parties and a rainbow-lit Scarlet Night.
• Brilliant Lady Happenings Cast revealed – meet the five performers who’ll headline the Mermaids’ AI short film premiere.
• Valiant Lady dry-dock & new 2026 Barcelona sailings – Mediterranean loops, Greek Island getaways and an Atlantic crossing to Miami.
🛳️ Stories can be found in our 'Insider Weekly' posts:
♦️ 15 June: https://vvinsider.com/insider-weekly-for-15th-june-2025/
♦️ 8 June: https://vvinsider.com/insider-weekly-for-8th-june-2025/
🔗 LINKS:
💃Sailing Solo Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXTL6wLUKiQ&t=96s
🎭 Events on Virgin Voyages Ships: https://vvinsider.com/on-board/events/
🍸 Bar Tab Calculator: https://vvinsider.com/bar-tab-calculator/
👋 Book with VV Insider: https://vvinsider.com/book/
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2025 is shaping up to be the most
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exciting year for Virgin Voyages yet and
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in the beginning of June we've seen a
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lot of stories that show that the Virgin
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Voyages experience is getting more and
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more exciting so in this Virgin Voyages
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insider update I'm going to tell you
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everything that's happened in the past
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couple of weeks in Virgin Voyages news
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and in just these past couple of weeks
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we've heard about the new iPhone app
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that's launched for sailors details
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about the fantastic well-being and
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comedy fest cruisers that are coming up
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the reveal of the leading ladies for the
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brilliant lady happenings cast and we've
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also seen what the pride celebrations on
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board Virgin Voyager ships are shaping
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up to look like as well so I'm going to
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take you through each of these stories
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give you a bit of information about them
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but if you want to know more about any
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of the stories that we've covered today
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in the insider update then do feel free
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to go on vbvinsider.com to read about
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all the information for yourself vv
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Insider is the number one resource for
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the latest Virgin Voyages info guides
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and news from picking the perfect cabin
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to booking dining or simply just making
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the most of your voyage and saving money
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while you do it vincider.com has helped
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thousands of sailors around the world
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sail smarter support our work by hitting
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subscribe and stick around to hear how
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you can get exclusive perks by booking
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directly with us
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so first up June is Pride Month virgin
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Voyages is well known for their
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inclusive and diverse offerings
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available on board and of course that's
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not just for Pride Month but year round
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but Virgin Voyages are doing something
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very special this year to celebrate
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Pride and that comes in the form of a
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special cocktail event that's being run
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by Absolute Vodka there are six
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exclusive collectible cards that you can
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get from different bars around the ship
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and these represent different cocktails
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from the absolute menu they all have fun
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names and they sound really delicious
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we've not been on board oursel in June
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so we've missed out on this one but if
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you've managed to try some of these
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cocktails let us know what you think in
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the comments what's more each of these
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collectible cards have a reverse side
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which tells you the recipe and how to
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make these cocktails at home they all
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look fantastic the one that I like the
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look of the best is probably going to be
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the Zesty Mary i'm a Bloody Mary fan
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myself and this has an infusion of Thai
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green chili bitters which sounds amazing
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what's even more fun about this event is
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if you collect all six of the recipe
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cards you'll be invited to a VIP toast
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at the end of the sailing that is
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specifically reserved for those that
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have participated in the Pride Drinks
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event one great positive here is that
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you can of course just use your bar tab
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allowance to cover the cost of these
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drinks if you want to find out more
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about the bar tab and to make sure that
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you're sailing with the right amount of
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bar tab allowance check vbvinsider.com
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we have a bar tab calculator on there
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and you can see how much you need to add
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to your account before you voyage at the
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beginning of June we also found out some
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information about some special voyages
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that are happening including the Comedy
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Fest voyage that is sailing in August
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this year if you're not familiar with
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the Virgin Voyages comedy fest voyages
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essentially what they are is a comedy
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festival at sea so you have a lot of
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stand-up performers that will join the
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voyage and perform stand-up comedy sets
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throughout the course of your sailing
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this is normally Virgin Voyage's
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opportunity to grab some star-studded
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guests to be able to join that voyage so
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for this one in particular the one
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that's sailing out of Miami on the 10th
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of August this year we'll be headlined
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by Samore who's been a trailblazer for
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comedy since 1995 you might recognize
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some more from her comedy special on
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Netflix called Queen Chandelier or from
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the numerous TV shows and movies that
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she's been in she's going to be joined
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by supporting acts like Sahib Singh and
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Mark Vieiraa now we know more about the
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Comedy Fest voyage and what to expect
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during that voyage if you'd like to book
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onto there go on bbinsider.com to find
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the best price and remember we work with
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a top 10 travel agent to make sure you
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can get some great onboard credit and
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bar tab offers where they're available
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as well speaking of special voyages
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there was also information released
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about the well-being voyages that are
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going ahead in January 2026 the
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well-being programming is going to be
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offered to every sailing that is sailing
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in January 2026 if you're not familiar
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with what a well-being voyage is it's
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exactly what it sounds like so there's
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going to be extra programming on that
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voyage around well-being so inclusive
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fitness classes exclusive wellness
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workshops the food on Virgin Voyages is
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always fantastic but it is a little bit
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rich at times so the well-being voyages
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invite you to try some of the lighter
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and the healthier options available on
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board and they're highlighted more
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during the well-being voyages as well if
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you're already booked onto one of these
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January voyages and worried that the
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programming might be slightly different
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and you want to go on Virgin Voyages and
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really let loose and not worry about
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well-being don't worry the well-being
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programming is in addition to the normal
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programming so you'll still have all the
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brilliant events and food that you
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normally come to expect with Virgin
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Voyages you just have that healthier
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more holistic side of things if you
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decide to participate in that something
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that will be a material change for
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everyone sailing on Virgin Voyages
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everyone with an iPhone that is will be
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the addition of the brand new sailor app
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available for iOS this has been dubbed
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the Virgin Voyages app 2.0 and this is
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something that many many sailor have
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been waiting on because there has been
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some frustrations and mixed reviews on
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the old Sailor app which is currently
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sitting at I think one out of five stars
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on the App Store so Virgin Voyages have
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listened they've been working on the app
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for a long time and they released the
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new Sailor app to the public back on the
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3rd of June our early indications from
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the community is that this app works a
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lot better there are a couple of
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features that it doesn't have quite yet
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so you're not able to order ship eats on
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the app currently which is the room
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service and you're also not able to
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shake for champagne the reason why is
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those two features rely on a piece of
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technology that is yet to be ported over
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to the new app but that is expected to
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be coming in the next few months for now
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you can still use the old sailor app if
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you want to use those features so if you
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want to order your ship or you want to
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shake for champagne make sure you have
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the old app installed on your phone and
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you're logged into that as well as
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you're voyaging this new app is
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exclusively available for iPhone users
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so it's only available on iOS if you
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have an Android phone and you're still
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waiting on a new version of that app
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that will be coming soon as well so
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we're just waiting a few more months for
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the Android app so stay tuned to
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bbinsider.com and we'll let you know
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when to expect that new app coming to
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the Google Play Store a few more
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sailings have been added to the
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itinerary list for the summer of 2026
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namely these are five new voyages out of
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Barcelona on Valiant Lady this is a
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range of voyages from June 28th all the
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way up until August what's really
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exciting about these new voyages is that
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these will be the first voyages post the
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valiant lady dry dock we saw last year
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that the scarlet dry dock included new
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things like a new look razledazzle with
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new theming and menu options as well as
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some changes to things like grounds club
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2 in the galley the coffee bar that is
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now changed to be more of a nighttime
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venue as well as a daytime venue it's
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very nice as well so with the new
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Valiant Lady Dry Do we expect to see
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some similar changes there might even be
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some more changes that we're not aware
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of so keep an eye on bvincider.com and
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we'll tell you when to expect
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information about that new Valiant Lady
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dry dock but of course if you want to be
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one of the first people to experience
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the new Valiant Lady these itineraries
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are the ones to book on so visit
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bbinsider.com for more information about
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them and to get the best price speaking
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of new things and new ships Brilliant
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Lady is launching later this year out of
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New York in September and we have some
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more information about what to expect in
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terms of the entertainment on board
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Brilliant Lady namely the shows that
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will be run by the hostess and the diva
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so the Hostess will be bringing Love
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Love Love which is a cabaret style show
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with singing and dancing all around the
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theme of love that was debuted on the
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Virgin Voyages fleet last year so it has
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been confirmed that Love Love Love will
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also be appearing on Brilliant Lady as
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well and for something absolutely brand
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new there is a new diva show that's
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going to be launching on Brilliant Lady
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called The Diva Goes West we don't know
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too much about the show yet but we know
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it's going to be a country themed Diva
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show so that should be very fun and
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what's great about this is it now means
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that each of the ships across the Virgin
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Voyages fleet now have their own unique
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diva show so we know that sailors are
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wanting to experience new things on
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different ships and the D.VA show is one
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of those areas that you will see
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different across the fleet of ships so
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if you've only tried one of the Virgin
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Voyages ships yet and you want to see
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what the other Diva shows look like now
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is a perfect time to make a booking for
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one of the other ships to experience the
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different D.VA shows and this is really
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where Virgin Voyages are diversifying
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their offering when it comes to the
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different ships all of the ships are
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obstensively the same but if you're
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looking for those differences it
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generally comes in the entertainment on
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board and this really started with
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Resilient Lady when they launched things
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like Lola's Library and Another Rose
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these are very different entertainment
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experiences that are available on
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different ships so take a look on
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vbvinsider.com we have all the events
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listed and we tell you which events
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belong to different ships so if there's
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a particular event that you're
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interested in take a look at the ship
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that it's on to make sure that you're
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not going to miss it when you book your
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vacation now speaking of hostess shows
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and diva shows we of course need a
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hostess and a diva in order to run
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proceedings and we've been fortunate
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enough to make that announcement over
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the past couple of weeks about who is
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going to be joining Brilliant Lady to
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lead the ship so who's going to be
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filling those iconic heels both of these
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faces should be familiar to those who
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sailed with Virgin Voyages in the past
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the first returning lady is the diva and
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the diva launching brilliant lady will
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be Dixie Crystals dixie is a
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long-standing drag performer and has
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worked for Virgin Voyages a couple of
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times in the past and let me tell you
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she is incredibly funny and has an
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incredible voice not one to miss she is
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one of our favorite divas on board
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Virgin Voyages joining Dixie Crystals we
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of course need a fabulous hostess and
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who better to launch Brilliant Lady than
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the woman that launched Scarlet Lady
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Valiant Lady and Resilient Lady so Abby
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Gold is back as Abby the Hostess if
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you've seen any coverage at all about
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the launch of Virgin Voyages you will
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recognize her as a very famous face when
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it comes to all things Virgin Voyages
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abby originated the role as hostess back
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in 2020 when the Virgin Voyages brand
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was getting started and so it's only
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fitting that she makes her return to
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launch Brilliant Lady to the world we're
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so so excited to see Dixie and Abby
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leading the way for the Happenings cast
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we also want to know who the rest of the
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Happenings cast are for Brilliant Lady
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so we're keeping our ear to the ground
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for that so we'll be letting you know
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the details for the rest of the
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Happenings cast as soon as we know so
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keep an eye on vivvins.com or follow our
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socials to hear about it as soon as the
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news breaks virgin Voyagers announced
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some solo supplement offers for some
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voyages coming up on Scarlet Valiant and
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Resilient Lady there are no brilliant
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lady sailings in this offer at the
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moment but like I say keep an eye on
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vbvins.com for all the latest
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information about those solo supplement
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offers if you're interested in learning
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more about sailing solo with Virgin
10:56
Voyages we released a video this week
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which explains everything you need to
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know about solo sailing on Virgin
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Voyages as well as how to meet new
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people when you're voyaging so check
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that out i'll put a link in the
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description another note about the
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offers available for Virgin Voyages
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virgin are reaffirming their pledge
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about booking early to get the best
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price possible so in order to get the
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best price for your voyage look at when
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the itineraries launch so keep an eye on
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vbvinsider.com and we'll tell you when
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the new trunch of itineraries launches
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and that's where you'll find the best
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prices possible there's also a fantastic
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payin discount of 10% if the voyage that
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you're booking is more than 12 months
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away and you pay for the whole thing
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outright you get 10% off your voyage
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fair which is a really good deal we've
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done it before a good way to rack up
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your credit card air miles as well and
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one more thing to say about those
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bookings if you're booking something
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quite far into the future we have some
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exclusive deals at BB Insider which
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means that we can give you some onboard
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credit if you're booking something
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that's quite far into the future up to
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$400 of extra onboard credit for you to
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spend on anything on board drinks
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souvenirs a casino if you want to learn
12:04
more about how to get that onboard
12:05
credit get in touch with us and we'll
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let you know everything you need to know
12:09
and finally from this insider update
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there was a fun new video that Virgin
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Voyages social teams posted a couple of
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days ago which is an AI powered short
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film which goes through some fun stories
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for each of the mermaids that's scarlet
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valiant resilient and brilliant so it
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applies a character and a persona behind
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each of these iconic characters it's a
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nice bit of fun and it's certainly
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something that we're going to see more
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of from Virgin Voyages they're building
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artificial intelligence into their core
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brand and it's something we're going to
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see a lot more of from not just Virgin
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Voyages but every brand but Virgin
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Voyages are making this commitment so we
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have the full video available for you to
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watch on vbvinsider.com if you want to
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watch it and they promised that new
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chapters of this mermaids AI series are
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going to be coming up over the next few
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months so keep an eye on VV Insider for
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when they launch and that is everything
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from this Virgin Voyages insider update
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couple of weeks on a Sunday and every
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other week in between we're going to be
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releasing more of our Virgin Voyages
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through a lot more of those tips and
13:13
guides that we have on vbvincider.com
13:15
and break down some of the things that
13:17
you might find a little bit confusing or
13:19
something that needs a little bit more
13:21
explanation if you're coming to cruising
13:23
with Virgin Voyages brand new or you're
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coming from another cruise line i try
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things super simple for you so make sure
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you're subscribed for more of that or
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browse through our previous catalog of
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those cruising smarter videos i've built
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a playlist so that you can just watch
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