This is a video about Virgin Voyages cabins, their features and amenities and crucially, hacks to get the best night's sleep!
🚢✨ Ready to sail but worried about catching quality zzz’s? 😴 In this video David from VV Insider 🧭 walks you through everything you must know about Virgin Voyages cabins—from Insider rooms 🔒 to Sea Terraces 🌊 and even a sneak-peek at Rockstar suites 🎸—so you can rest easy 🛌 and wake up ready to enjoy every show 🎭, restaurant 🍽️ and Scarlet Night 🌙.
18:40 CORRECTION: Social is the only INSIDER room that accoms 4 sailors!
(There are actually some Sea Terrace cabins that sleep 4 too!)
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🔌 Electrical Outlets Guide: https://vvinsider.com/guides-and-faqs/guide/electric-outlets-electric-sockets-in-your-cabin/
🧺 Laundry on Board: https://vvinsider.com/guides-and-faqs/guide/laundry-on-board/
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🛏️ Beds, Sleeping & Cabin Configurations: https://vvinsider.com/guides-and-faqs/guide/beds-sleeping-cabin-configurations/
🧳 Luggage Handling & Allowances: https://vvinsider.com/guides-and-faqs/guide/luggage-allowances/
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🏖️ Beach Towel Policy: https://vvinsider.com/virgin-voyages-rolls-out-new-beach-towel-policy-fleetwide/
🚢 If you’re excited to board a Virgin Voyages ship but secretly wondering how you’ll actually sleep, this deep-dive is for you. David from VV Insider turns the spotlight onto cabins—an area most cruise vlogs skip—so you can drift off each night and wake ready for Scarlet Night, drag shows at sea and every event in between!
Across 20+ minutes we explain the real-world differences between Insider, Sea View and Sea Terrace rooms, with a teaser of Rockstar suites for good measure. You’ll learn how the smart-cabin tablet controls lighting, curtains, A/C and even “movie mode” 🎥; why USB-A still rules the bedside 🔌; and how to avoid the dreaded 2 a.m. bass line by using VV Insider’s free Cabin Lookup tool.
David walks you through balcony quirks (red hammock vs hanging chair), the surprisingly roomy shower stocked with Red Flower toiletries, and the easiest way to request mattress toppers, extra pillows or a Pullman bunk so everyone in your party gets proper rest 😴. We also cover practicalities—laundry bags that masquerade as suit covers, what happens if you pinch a beach towel, and why keeping the balcony door ajar can turn your cabin into a miniature hurricane.
Curious about wine allowances, luggage rules, or whether you can stream the match on cabin TV? All of that is linked below along with guides to electrics, laundry and more. When you’re ready to book, VV Insider’s partnership with the Getaway Guys unlocks ad-free site access and extra onboard perks 🌙.
If this video saves you time—or prevents a sleepless night—please like, subscribe, and share it with your future ship-mates. Drop questions in the comments and the VV Insider team will help you sail smarter.
Happy voyaging!
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00:00 Introduction to Virgin Voyages Cabins
00:57 Cabin Types and Initial Impressions
01:57 Sea Terrace Cabin Features
04:58 Electric Outlets and Charging Devices
09:46 Smart Cabin Features and Tablet Controls
14:00 Bathroom Amenities and Usage Tips
17:36 Ensuring a Good Night's Sleep
21:28 Final Tips and Conclusion
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much is said online about having the
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best time on Virgin Voyages cruises
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including the fantastic entertainment
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the incredible food but not a lot is
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said about having a really good night's
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sleep in your cabin and although it's
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not one of the glossiest topics that we
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could cover it's really important when
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you're sailing on Virgin Voyages to make
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sure you're getting a good night's sleep
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every night so you can make the most out
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of the ship the rest of the time i'm
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David from VV Insider and today I'm
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going to bring all of the tips that
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we've got across vinsider.com about how
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to make the most out of your cabin and
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make the right choices to get the best
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night's sleep on board vv Insider is the
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number one resource for the latest
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Virgin Voyages info guides and news from
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do it vincider.com has helped thousands
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of sailors around the world sail smarter
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support our work by hitting subscribe
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exclusive perks by booking directly with
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us if you sailed with Virgin Voyages in
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the past or you've already done a bit of
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research you'll understand that there's
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quite a few different cabin types that
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are available on Virgin Voyages and we
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delve a little bit deeper into this in
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one of our other videos about choosing
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the best cabin on board but today I want
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to talk about the actual practicalities
1:14
of being in the cabin and understanding
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what to expect when you use your van to
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open your door and walk in for the first
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time now I'm going to leave a little
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caveat here and say that your experience
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will be different depending on which
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cabin type you've chosen but for these
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purposes today I'm going to talk as if
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we're all sailing in a sea terrace cabin
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so actually your experience will be very
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similar if you're an insider or a sea
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view cabin just ignore the bits about
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the balcony but if you're sailing in a
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Rockstar or a Mega Rockstar cabin your
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experience might be quite different
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indeed and we'll be making a video about
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Rockstar and Mega Rockstar suites in the
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coming weeks but quite a lot of the
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cabin features are actually shared
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between the sailor and the Rockstar
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cabin so stick around and you might
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learn something that will be useful for
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you as well so one of the first things
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you'll notice when you unlock your cabin
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door on board Virgin Voyages is that the
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lighting will come on automatically and
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the curtains will automatically open
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themselves as you enter the cabin and
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this is all part of the smart cabin
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features the cabins on board Virgin
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Voyages actually come with quite a few
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smart functions that I'll talk about in
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just a moment but for now let's put that
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to one side so as I talk through the
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features and the amenities of the room
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let's imagine that we're sailing in a
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sea terrace cabin for now but I'll
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mention any differences as we go along
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for those that may be in insider rooms
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or in C view rooms so the furnishings in
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the rooms comprise of one queen bed
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which is configurable and I'll come on
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to that in just a moment you'll have one
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comfortable chair a small movable table
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that you can move next to the bed or
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keep it by the chair you'll also have a
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glam station they call it which is
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effectively the dressing desk that will
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be on one side of the room that will
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have a mirror and it'll also come with a
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small stool that you can sit at as well
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and then you will have ample storage
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which includes a wardrobe shelving and
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drawers the shelves have a safe and the
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wardrobe has a curtain that you can pull
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over to hide all of your clothes to make
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the room look a lot cleaner and
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uncluttered after you've unpacked inside
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the wardrobe is where you will find your
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laundry bag it's normally hanging up so
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it will look like a suit or a dress
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cover but actually if you turn it upside
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down it has a zip on the bottom and
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you'll be able to put laundry inside of
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it if you'd like to send your laundry
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off to be cleaned so it serves a bit of
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a double function you'll also have the
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laundry slip which you can fill out to
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request your laundry services when you
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need them and then of course you'll have
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your bathroom now the bathroom this is
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where it does depend on which cabin type
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that you've chosen because sea terraces
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generally have the same bathroom that
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you will see across the rest of the
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ships that is to say there's a toilet a
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sink and the shower is actually part of
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all the same room and the difference
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here is if you choose one of the XL sea
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terraces the bathroom will be very
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different indeed you actually have one
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room which has the sink in it and then
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you have two separate rooms one of those
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rooms is the toilet and then the other
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room is the shower so if you'd like to
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get ready at the same time as your
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partner in the morning it might be
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better off choosing one of those XLC
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terrace cabins instead because it does
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offer a little bit more flexibility and
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is generally a little bit more of a
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comfortable experience when you're
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getting ready then of course past the
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curtains you have a sliding door which
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will be your entrance to the balcony and
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the balcony of course this is reserved
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for sea terrace guests if you're insider
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or a sea view you will not have this but
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if you have a balcony that is where
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you'll find the iconic red hammock
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hanging as well and you can start using
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that straight away as we've mentioned
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before some of those sea terraces do not
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include one of those red iconic hammocks
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so you might need to check your room on
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vbvincides.com go on to the cabin lookup
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tool and put your room number in just to
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make absolutely sure that you have one
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of those hammocks if you want one if you
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don't have a hammock in your room you
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will have a red hanging basket chair
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which is actually quite a nice
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alternative and some people actually
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prefer that so now we've covered off the
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basics of the room let's just go over a
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couple of specifics one very practical
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thing that I'll mention which is around
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electricity outlets and sockets so where
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do you actually plug stuff in to charge
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it up or where do you plug your
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hairdryer in or whichever so this is
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probably something that you'll want to
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get right straight away you probably had
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a day of traveling you'll probably want
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to plug your phone in as you enter your
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cabin in the first instance so luckily
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the cabins have quite a few different
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electric outlets that you can use and
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they're generally in really convenient
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places as well but they're not always
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built the same and there are a few
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caveats that I'll let you know about so
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do listen closely so first and foremost
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the most accessible electric outlets
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that you'll have in your cabin are just
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above the gland station or the vanity
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desk so there you'll actually find three
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different outlets two of those are US
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outlets and one of them is what's called
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a universal power outlet but you can
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think of this more commonly as like an
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EU socket type and that's the style
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which is circular with two
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circular-shaped contacts now the reason
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this is important is because you might
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have equipment with you that only works
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in one of these type of sockets now I'm
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not just talking about using a universal
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power adapter of course if you have a
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universal power adapter everything will
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work just fine as long as it's the right
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voltage and that's where this is quite
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important so traveling from the UK
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ourselves if we're bringing some of our
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UK appliances for example hair dryers or
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straighteners they only work with the EU
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style power outlet and that's because it
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only gives the certain level of voltage
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that's needed for those type of
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appliances if you try and use the
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American style socket it sometimes will
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not work and it could actually damage
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your equipment as well so be very
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careful and if you're using anything
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like that from the UK or from the EU
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always use the EU style socket and not
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the American one of course if you're
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bringing appliances on board and you are
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American and you have American
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appliances simply use the plug and the
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outlet that's compatible and it will be
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fine and if you find that your haird
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dryer doesn't work there is a haird
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dryer in the room as well so don't worry
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too much next to these power outlets you
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will find two USB typeA connectors so
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these can be used to power and charge
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USB devices when you enter the room
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you'll probably find that one of those
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USBs is already taken up and that's
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being used to charge the tablet the
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tablet device is what you will use in
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the room to control the lighting and the
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air conditioning it also controls the TV
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and I'll come back later on in this
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video to tell you exactly what the
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tablet does and how to use it so back to
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the electric sockets so there are two
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more places you can power your devices
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and these are by the bed which is very
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convenient because you might want to
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charge your phone or your smartwatch as
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you're sleeping so both of these power
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outlets have the same connections so
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you're going to find a USA outlet and
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you're also going to find two more USB
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typeA connectors so a little note on
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those USB connectors these are USB typeA
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connectors and yes USB typeA are
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becoming a little bit harder to find out
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in the world so actually when you're
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bringing your devices on board you might
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actually find that your iPhone or your
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smartwatch comes with a connector that
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has USB C type which is the smaller one
8:00
and this won't be compatible with the
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USBA socket so do make sure if you plan
8:06
to charge anything with USB and you're
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using USBC that you're bringing some
8:11
sort of adapter or connector to be able
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to plug your devices in the ships
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unfortunately are a little bit behind
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the times when it comes to USB we don't
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know which type of USB socket that
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brilliant lady will have because it's
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yet to launch but it's likely because
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the ship was built around the same time
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as the other ships that it will probably
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have USB type A but of course keep an
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eye on vbvinsider.com and we'll update
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our electric outlet guides to update you
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with the latest information about what
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Brilliant Lady offers as she launches
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later this year so those type of
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connectors are available on both sides
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of the queen bed so you'll have two of
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those outlets and one of those outlets
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will generally be where the chair and
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the table setup will be so it's actually
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a great place if you need to do some
8:53
work while you're on the ship and you
8:54
need to plug your laptop in that's
8:56
generally quite a convenient place to
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plug your equipment in now remember the
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things that you're prohibited from
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bringing on board are generally to avoid
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any fire hazards and this generally
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means electric devices that you're
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prohibited from bringing so you're not
9:10
able to bring irons you're not able to
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bring your own steamer although you can
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ask for a steamer if you need to
9:15
decrease your clothes so simply ask your
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roomkeeper for one if you need one and
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one other thing that you can't bring
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which would be really useful but you're
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not allowed and it is for a good reason
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is a power strip or a multiport
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extension so if you're thinking that
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it's quite limited and you don't have
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many sockets or outlets in the room
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unfortunately you're not able to
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increase the amount of sockets by
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bringing on an extension lead if you try
9:38
and bring that with you it will
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generally be confiscated from your
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luggage and you will need to retrieve
9:43
that before the end of your voyage so
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now that's electric outlets out the way
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let's talk a little bit more about the
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functions and the features that are
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available to you as part of your smart
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cabin so the smart cabin features
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actually all boil down really to what's
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available on your tablet device which is
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the one that's plugged into one of the
10:00
USB ports that I mentioned earlier the
10:02
tablet device is connected to all of the
10:04
features in the room so not only can you
10:06
control the lighting from the tablet
10:09
you're actually also able to control the
10:11
air conditioning from the tablet as well
10:13
and also the curtains so they actually
10:15
have an electric motor in them and you
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can press a button on the tablet and
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they will open for you the tablet also
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controls the television one of the great
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features about Virgin Voyages is that
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the movies and entertainment that's
10:26
available on the TV are all free of
10:28
charge they're all included with your
10:30
cruise fair you're not having to pay any
10:31
more for them so you can actually use
10:33
the tablet to put one of these movies on
10:35
it will also ask as you start a movie
10:37
whether you want to set the mood for
10:39
that so actually it will use the smart
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room technology to turn the lighting
10:43
down close the blinds so you can enjoy
10:45
the movie in somewhat of a cinematic
10:47
environment there are also a few modes
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available on the tablet itself so you
10:51
can set the room for example into zen
10:53
mode so if for example you've had a lot
10:55
of fun at the PJ party the night before
10:57
and you need a little bit of extra time
10:58
in your cabin you can set it to zen mode
11:01
it will reduce the lighting and set it
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to a nice blue hue I believe it is it
11:04
will close the blinds and it will play
11:06
calming music there are also a few other
11:09
modes on there so have a swipe through
11:10
and take a look some of them are quite
11:12
fun and are themed to different
11:13
activities you might get up to in your
11:15
cabin now of course because the tablet
11:17
is connected to your TV it will also be
11:19
the place that you'll go to as you enter
11:21
your room to start playing the safety
11:24
video which is a requirement of you
11:26
entering the ship so you'll do this as
11:28
part of your safety muster so you can go
11:30
on the tablet press play and the movie
11:32
will start playing and that will tell
11:34
you about all the safety features aboard
11:35
the vessel now a couple of last notes
11:37
about the functionality and the electric
11:39
features that you've got going on in
11:41
your room near the door itself you'll
11:43
see a little panel a black panel which
11:45
will have two buttons on it one of the
11:47
buttons when you press it will go red
11:49
and the other button will go blue the
11:52
red button is the do not disturb mode so
11:54
you can put that on to make sure that
11:56
your housekeeper knows that you're using
11:57
the room and you don't need any service
11:59
at that time of course always make sure
12:01
it's switched off as you leave the room
12:03
if you want your room made up for the
12:04
day otherwise you might get back after
12:06
your day out in port for example to find
12:08
that your room has not been touched
12:09
since you woke up so do make sure you
12:11
disable that if you need to but then of
12:13
course the blue button does the exact
12:15
opposite so the blue button is a bit of
12:17
an indicator to your room steward or
12:18
your housekeeper that you'd actually
12:20
like the room made up so if you press
12:22
the blue button that will show up on
12:24
your door so as the housekeeper is
12:25
making their round they can see that
12:27
you've requested your room to be made up
12:29
and they can pop in there and make sure
12:30
everything's great for you and the last
12:32
note on the electric features in the
12:33
room which is something that's very
12:35
important for us as UK sailor is the air
12:38
conditioning in the room and I will say
12:39
the air conditioning on board Virgin
12:41
Voyages is very good and it can make the
12:43
room very very cold indeed so be careful
12:45
if you're setting it to one of the
12:46
lowest settings we generally find even
12:49
though we are from the UK that actually
12:51
the middle level is quite good for us
12:53
there is a panel on the wall just
12:54
outside the bathroom for you to change
12:56
these settings or of course you can do
12:58
it from the tablet itself if you'd like
12:59
to use that smart functionality one
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thing I will say which is very important
13:03
is to always make sure your balcony door
13:05
is closed if you're not using it and the
13:08
reason for that is twofold one is that
13:10
the air conditioning will not work if
13:12
your cabin door is open even just a bit
13:14
even if it's fully closed and it's not
13:16
completely locked the air conditioning
13:18
will simply not operate and you'll
13:20
actually see an indicator light on the
13:22
air conditioning panel to tell you when
13:24
this is the case so if you feel the room
13:26
heating up and can't quite understand
13:27
why check the balcony door is closed cuz
13:29
it simply won't work if it's open and
13:31
another important reason is that there
13:33
is some sort of phenomenon that happens
13:35
where if your balcony door is open and
13:37
somebody opens your cabin door there
13:39
will be this massive gust of wind and
13:41
you might have seen some viral social
13:43
media content around this with things
13:45
flying around the room in some
13:46
ridiculous tempest the curtains going
13:48
everywhere and although I'm not sure of
13:50
the physics of that it definitely is a
13:52
thing so make sure that your balcony
13:53
door is closed in case you have things
13:55
flying around your cabin that you don't
13:57
want to or somebody might get injured if
13:59
the door slams for example a few notes
14:01
on the bathroom the shower is very
14:02
spacious and you get a rain head shower
14:04
and also a wand you will also have
14:06
access to shampoo conditioner and shower
14:09
gel which are by a brand called Red
14:12
Flower i've not come across them
14:13
personally before I sailed on Virgin
14:15
Voyages but they are very good and they
14:17
come in a dispenser style pumpaction
14:20
container which is fixed to the wall and
14:22
your room attendant will top that up if
14:24
it's needed the sink has a vanity area
14:26
around it and a raised shelf so there's
14:28
plenty room to put your toothbrush and
14:30
your toiletries there's also a shelf
14:32
underneath the vanity as well so if you
14:34
want to get rid of your toiletry bag for
14:35
example you can just put that underneath
14:37
there for safekeeping and you can keep
14:39
your vanity nice and clear for your
14:40
voyage and just one quick note on the
14:43
toilet if you've never cruised before
14:44
the toilets on board cruisers act a
14:46
little bit like an airplane toilet by
14:48
which I mean you need to close the lid
14:50
before you flush because there's some
14:52
sort of vacuum action that takes place
14:53
so for safety keep the lid closed as
14:55
you're flushing also a really important
14:58
note to make sure you're not putting
14:59
anything down there that might clog up
15:01
the internal system of the ship so make
15:03
sure you're not putting foreign objects
15:05
down there and there's a sign to tell
15:06
you exactly that as well so that's all
15:08
the functions of the room covered a
15:10
couple of things that will be in the
15:11
room for your own personal use so water
15:14
you will have two cars of water they
15:17
will generally be still but if you
15:19
prefer sparkling or you'd like to have
15:20
one still and one sparkling simply ask
15:23
your housekeeper and they can arrange
15:24
that for you but it's filtered water and
15:26
it's complimentary for you to use as
15:28
part of your cruise fair which is a
15:30
really nice perk you don't have to buy
15:32
water bottles in fact you're not allowed
15:33
plastic water bottles on board Virgin
15:35
Voyages and that's part of their
15:36
environmental ethos so if you do drink a
15:39
lot of water bring your own water bottle
15:41
and you can fill that up at refill
15:42
stations around the ship or you can
15:44
simply ask for filtered water from any
15:46
bar because soft drinks are included as
15:48
part of your voyage fair you can get
15:49
that from anywhere so you will not go
15:51
thirsty I promise so other things that
15:53
you'll find in the room you'll have a
15:54
Sexton style cork screw that you can use
15:57
for opening wine you can bring two
15:59
bottles of wine on board we have a page
16:00
on bbinsider.com which tells you all
16:02
about that you'll also generally find a
16:05
rubber octopus which is kind of like a
16:06
rubber duck that you can take as a
16:08
souvenir if you like it will be
16:09
obviously charged to your onboard
16:11
account but these are quite a nice
16:12
souvenir and they are themed to ship so
16:14
at the moment for Scarlet you've got a
16:16
red octopus for Valiant you have a
16:18
purple octopus and for Resilient you
16:20
have a teal or a turquoise octopus we're
16:22
still waiting to see what the brilliant
16:24
lady octopus color is going to be
16:25
there's certain rumors going around we
16:27
have our money on orange but we'll see
16:29
how close we are when we get to August
16:31
during brilliant launch season you'll
16:33
also find a throw in the room that
16:35
you're able to use for your voyage as
16:36
well so I've got an example here behind
16:38
me this is the red one this is what you
16:40
get in the sailor cabins sea views sea
16:42
terraces if you're sailing as a rockstar
16:44
or a mega rockstar the color scheme is
16:47
slightly different it's like a purple
16:48
color if you take those out of the cabin
16:51
it will be charged to your onboard
16:52
account or they're available in the high
16:54
street gift shop which is what we've
16:55
done here recently Virgin Voyages have
16:58
supplied as well two beach towels in the
17:00
room red beach towels that you're able
17:02
to use and take off the ship if you like
17:04
if you return them back to your room you
17:06
can use them complimentary if you take
17:08
them off the ship or you put them in
17:09
your case you're very welcome to do that
17:11
if you like but they will be charged to
17:13
your onboard account and there'll be a
17:14
little note in the room to tell you
17:15
exactly how much they'll charge for that
17:17
if you're unsure about taking any of
17:19
these items out of the room or taking
17:20
them with you as you leave the ship ask
17:22
your housekeeper and they'll tell you
17:24
the details that you'll need to know
17:25
certainly don't remove anything from the
17:27
room if you're not sure whether you can
17:28
or not always ask because you don't want
17:30
to get the housekeeper in any trouble if
17:32
you've taken something you really
17:33
shouldn't have so that's in general what
17:35
you'll find in your cabin now I just
17:37
want to mention a few things about
17:38
getting a really good night's sleep on
17:40
board Virgin Voyages and the first thing
17:41
I want to mention is the configuration
17:43
of the beds so depending on who you're
17:46
sailing with the size of your party and
17:48
the room that you've chosen will really
17:50
dictate what the beds will look like
17:52
generally if you're sailing as a couple
17:54
you'll find the normal configuration of
17:55
the one queen bed absolutely fine now if
17:58
you're sailing with more people or if
18:00
you're sailing with friends for example
18:02
you might need to ask your room
18:03
attendant or your housekeeper to make
18:05
some changes to the bed configuration so
18:07
if you'd prefer to have two twin beds
18:09
instead of one queen bed you can ask
18:11
them to split it apart and the way that
18:14
it'll be split apart is it will be put
18:15
into almost like an L shape where one of
18:17
the twin beds is facing one way and then
18:20
the other twin bed is facing the other
18:22
if you're sailing with more people in
18:23
the room so if you've got three sailors
18:25
in your room for example the room
18:27
attendant will actually lower the
18:28
Pullman style bed from the ceiling and
18:31
make that up for you and set the ladder
18:32
up so that you can use that the only
18:34
other exception for this of course is
18:36
the social insider room which is the
18:38
only non-rostar room on the ship that
18:40
can accommodate four people and this is
18:42
two twin beds with two Pullman beds that
18:45
come down as well so it's effectively
18:46
two bunk beds that you'll see in the
18:48
room if you have any trouble sleeping or
18:50
if you need a configuration or
18:52
adjustment needed at all let your room
18:54
attendant know because there are a few
18:56
things that they can do to make your
18:58
night sleep a little bit more
18:59
comfortable for example one thing that
19:01
we always ask for when we sail in a
19:03
sailor cabin is a mattress topper and it
19:05
does make the bed a lot more comfortable
19:07
and really the only reason why the beds
19:09
are not as comfortable as they could be
19:11
is because the beds themselves are
19:13
actually designed to be turned into a
19:15
sofa so you can use the whole room as
19:17
almost like a living room through the
19:19
day and then you can change the cabin
19:21
back to being a bedroom at night now
19:23
originally Virgin Voyages when they
19:25
launched were going to do this for
19:26
everyone they were going to change the
19:28
room around every single day that
19:29
everyone could enjoy their living room
19:31
on the daytime and then they can enjoy
19:33
their bedroom on the nighttime now this
19:35
is still possible so if you do want to
19:37
have that experience where you've got a
19:39
larger room and it's configured it's set
19:40
up like a living room for the daytime
19:42
you can ask your room attendant to do
19:45
that if you must but otherwise they're
19:47
just going to keep it in the bedroom
19:48
configuration instead now because of
19:50
that design decision it does mean that
19:52
the mattresses aren't necessarily as
19:55
comfortable as they possibly could be so
19:57
that's why we ask for the mattress
19:58
topper when we're sailing on Virgin
20:00
Voyages and you're certainly welcome to
20:02
ask your room attendant for the same
20:04
also don't be afraid to ask for anything
20:05
else that could make your stay a little
20:07
bit more comfortable so if you require
20:09
extra pillows or you'd like them to take
20:11
pillows away or you'd prefer another
20:13
duvet if your partner steals the duvet
20:15
for example you certainly can ask for
20:17
that as well the room staff will do
20:18
anything in their power to make it as
20:20
comfortable as possible for you and if
20:22
there's anything that they can't do
20:23
they'll tell you very politely but it's
20:24
certainly worth an ask one other note on
20:26
getting a good night's sleep is to of
20:28
course make sure that you're not in one
20:30
of those cabins that's in one of those
20:31
noisy areas so we at vbvinsider.com have
20:35
cataloged all of the cabins on all of
20:37
the ships to tell you if you've been
20:39
assigned a room that might be in one of
20:41
those noisy areas there's a couple of
20:43
examples where this might be the case so
20:45
for example if you're right next to an
20:47
entertainment venue like the manor the
20:49
nightclub or if you're next to the red
20:51
room you might hear people or music
20:53
throughout the day and into the night so
20:55
just check that you're not near one of
20:56
these venues and again on vbvinsides.com
20:59
the cabin lookup tool if you put your
21:01
cabin number in there it will tell you
21:02
if that's the case also you might be
21:05
next to one of those operational areas
21:07
as well so for example there are areas
21:09
on the ship that are used for heavy
21:10
machinery don't forget you're actually
21:12
on an oceangoing vessel so there is of
21:15
course the need for ropes and chains to
21:17
be moved around machinery to be used and
21:20
sometimes the areas where that's done is
21:22
a little bit too close to guest cabins
21:24
so again on vbvinsider.com we can tell
21:27
you if that's the case so that's pretty
21:29
much everything you need to know about
21:30
your cabin on Virgin Voyages now as I've
21:33
said before your experience if you're
21:35
sailing in a Rockstar or a Mega Rockstar
21:37
suite will be quite different and we're
21:39
going to be covering those differences
21:41
in a video in the coming weeks so make
21:43
sure you subscribe to hear more about
21:44
the Rockstar and the Mega Rockstar
21:46
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21:48
experience is a little bit more
21:49
expensive but in my opinion it's worth
21:51
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21:53
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21:55
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21:57
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