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Virgin Voyages October 2025 Update: Ship Changes & Entertainment News
Nov 4, 2025
🚢 Huge changes are rolling across Virgin Voyages this October! Entertainment shake-ups on Scarlet Lady, a brand-new fare system that's changing how you book, major app updates, and exciting New Year's Eve announcements—we're breaking it all down in this Virgin Voyages Insider Update. In this video, BOOK WITH US: https://vvinsider.com/book VV's NYC Video: https://vvinsider.com/virgin-voyages-releases-brilliant-lady-dont-stop-me-now-choir-video/ David from VV Insider covers: 🎭 Entertainment Overhaul on Scarlet Lady – Duel Reality takes its final bow, UNTITLED DANCESHOWPARTYTHING has departed, and two brand-new shows are taking their place: Persephone and Booked! A Lola's Library Story 🎉 Club Caliente Debuts – The Latin-themed party night that launched on Valiant Lady is now heating up The Manor on Scarlet Lady 💳 VoyageFair Choices Explained – Base, Essential, and Premium fares launched October 7th, giving you more control over your booking flexibility and perks 💰 Gratuities Now Separate – How the new pricing structure works and our exclusive VV Insider tool that lets you see prices the old way (with gratuities included) 🎥 Brilliant Lady's NYC Arrival – Virgin Voyages releases the full "Don't Stop Me Now" pub choir video from that incredible Statue of Liberty moment 🎊 New Year's Eve 2025 Bands Announced – Live music acts revealed for every ship (The Main Squeeze, Empire Records, Fondo Blanco & DJ MADDS) 📱 Old Sailor App Retired – Virgin Voyages discontinues the original app as the new version takes over, plus Ship Eats ordering now available on in-room tablets 🔗 USEFUL LINKS & ARTICLES: Entertainment Changes: 🎭 Booked! A Lola's Library Story overview https://vvinsider.com/on-board/event/booked-a-lolas-library-story/
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there have been some huge changes in the world of Virgin
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Voyages over the past few weeks.
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And everywhere we go from the comment section on YouTube and our website as
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well as the Facebook community sailors around the world, have been really
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vocal in some of the changes that have happened over the past few weeks
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And what's more, some of them have noticed some big changes
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happening on board as well.
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so I'm gonna run through exactly what we've heard and all the
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news from across vvinsider.com
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in this Virgin Voyages Insider Update so you can be informed
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the next time you sail.
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I'm David from VV Insider, and this week we're gonna take a look at all of the
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changes in entertainment on Scarlet Lady,
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including a massive show that has just departed the ship.
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And a little preview of a brand new fan favorite that's
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onboard Scarlet Lady right now.
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We're also gonna take a very quick look at the changes that have happened
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when it comes to VoyageFair Choices and the choices that you get when
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you book your next Virgin voyage.
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Including a really requested feature that we've added to vvinsider.com
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that I'd love to tell you about.
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We are also gonna take a quick look at the video that was released
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about the Brilliant Lady launch in New York City with the Don't
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Stop Me Now Pub Choir Performance.
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We're gonna look ahead to the New Year's Eve voyages happening this December.
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And we also part ways with a particular thing to do with Virgin Voyages that I
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think we're all glad to see the back of.
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So wait around for that one.
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So as ever, there's so much to cover.
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Let's jump right in.
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So starting off with some really big news, And this is all to do with one of the
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most famous shows on Virgin Voyages ships.
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And this is one of the headline shows that launched it all.
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And this is Duel Reality.
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Duel Reality has had its final performance on board Scarlet Lady.
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So the ship that started all and the headline show that started it all as well,
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have parted ways for the last time.
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And although Duel Reality performances went on to Valiant Lady, that
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ended as well in March this year.
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But it got a new lease of life back in September this year with
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the launch of Brilliant Lady.
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So for fans of Duel Reality, you can still catch Duel Reality on
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onboard Virgin Voyages ships.
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You're just gonna have to head over to Brilliant Lady to see it now.
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And if you caught our last Insider Update, and if you didn't, where have you been?
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Make sure you are subscribed to this channel for Virgin Voyages News
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and information every single week.
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But on our last Insider Update, we heard that UNTITLED DANCESHOWPARTYTHING ended
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its run on Scarlet Lady as well.
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That leaves two headline slots.
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So if Persephone is taking that one headline slot, what goes into the other?
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I'll come onto that in just one moment.
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But before I do some more Scarlet Lady Entertainment News, And that is
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that Club Caliente joins the roster of parties available on Scarlet Lady.
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Club Caliente is a show slash club night that is shown in The Manor.
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These club nights are somewhat of a Virgin Voyages staple, and you
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may have heard of other club nights
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Like the PJ Party, We Fancy, Electric, and Disco Reimagined.
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Well, this one is all themed around Latin music.
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And the way these parties generally work is that the Happenings Cast on board
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the ship will get the party started by doing some performances at the
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very beginning of the night and invite sailors to join the dance floor in The
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Manor to then get the party started.
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And generally a DJ will take over until the early hours.
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We often find that the themed nights are really good fun, and we make
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sure that we don't miss a single one.
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we've heard really good things about Club Caliente because Club
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Caliente actually launched over on Valiant Lady in March this year.
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but as of the 30th of September, fan favorite, DJ James Campbell Got the party
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started for Club Caliente on Scarlet Lady.
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as for Club Caliente on Valiant Lady, It'll be interesting to see
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if it stays around when Valiant Lady enters dry dock in March, 2026.
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And if you are interested in knowing more about that and the dry dock
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and the changes that are to come for Valiant Lady, including which restaurant
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will be replacing Razzle dazzle on Valiant Lady, make sure that you stay
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subscribed to VV Insider and head over onto our website to subscribe to the
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newsletter as well, because as always, you will hear about it here first.
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Alongside club nights back over on Scarlet Lady.
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The club nights that remain are Studio 72, which is a 1970s disco style party.
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Klub Rubiks, which is a 1980s style party, and then to round things off,
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you have Y2K, which is a celebration of the new millennium, so this is a really
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fun party with nineties music in it.
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One thing to mention about Y2K though is that instead of being
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run by an alternative entertainment cast, Y2K is actually now fully
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cast with the Happenings Cast.
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so instead of having particular vocalists for that performance, you now have
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the Happenings Cast joining instead.
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And if you are interested in knowing more about the Happenings Cast on
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Scarlet Lady, of course the best place to go is vvinsider.com, where we show
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you all of the new Happenings Cast for every single ship when they launch.
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So now let's move on to the really big news, which is the other headline slot
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that's been taken on Scarlet Lady and this is all to do with the previews
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of a brand new show called Booked!
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Or, To Give It its full title, Booked!
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A Lola's Library Story,
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and if you've ever sailed on board Resilient Lady, you'll know exactly
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what I'm talking about because Lola's Library has been a fantastic
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cabaret show that has always been shown in The Manor on Resilient Lady.
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Well now Lola has stepped out and moved into a much bigger venue.
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So this is a Red Room headline show That is hosted by none other than Lola herself.
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so we have all the details that we could possibly find about this show that's
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currently in previews on Scarlet Lady.
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So if you'd like to read more about this brand new Lola's Library story,
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you can head over to our article on vvinsider.com and give it a read.
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We've been sent some pictures by the Sailors that are on board Scarlet Lady,
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and this show looks really incredible.
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a little birdie told us that this CEO of Virgin Voyages, has said that this is his
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favorite show on board all of the ships.
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You'll notice in these pictures as well, if you've went to see Lola's Library on
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Resilient Lady, You may see a recognizable face here because the original Lola, Meggi
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herself is stepping back into those shoes to deliver this brand new original show.
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So if you are heading on board, Scarlet Lady, do not miss Booked!
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A Lola's Library Story, this has been developed by No Ceilings Productions,
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which is the production house that has just been responsible for launching
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Out of Time on Brilliant Lady as well.
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So they've been very busy indeed, but this show is getting some really good
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early preview reviews, so make sure that you don't miss it if you are on board.
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So let's take a quick look at what that means for the new
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Scarlet Lady Entertainment.
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So So firstly we have Persephone, which is coming to Scarlet Lady after
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a fantastic run on Resilient Lady.
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this show continues to run on Resilient Lady as well.
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So there will now be two ships where you can catch Persephone.
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Club Caliente joins the themed party nights, and this is
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a Latin style club night.
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and then finally you have Booked!
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A Lola's Library Story, which joins Persephone as the second
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headline show on Scarlet Lady.
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so quite a shakeup with entertainment on onboard Virgin Voyages' Very first ship.
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And remember she went through dry dock last year.
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So if you've sailed on Scarlet Lady in the past, you might be in for some new
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surprises the next time you sail on her.
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The 7th of October saw the launch of the new VoyageFair
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Choices from Virgin Voyages.
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These were the big changes that were touted in that big announcement
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that came out from Virgin Voyages a couple of weeks ago.
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And namely, this brings the introduction of Base, Essential and
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Premium style fares, and it leaves the 'Legacy Fare' in the past.
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This means that there's a different booking flow when you are choosing your
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voyage on the Virgin Voyages' website.
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We have talked at length about these changes to VoyageFair Choices.
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So if you want a reminder of exactly what the changes mean, head over
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to our explainer video on this, where we break down exactly what
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those different choices mean.
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One other thing that has changed, of course, is that the gratuities
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are now shown separately from the cost of your voyage fare.
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so when you go through the checkout on virginvoyages.com, you will now see
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the option to add prepaid gratuities into the cost of your voyage, or you
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can decide to pay those closer to your sailing or even onboard if you prefer.
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Do remember, of course, you are paying slightly more for the gratuities
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if you decide to pay them on board instead of before you set sail.
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Now of course, this has been a slightly controversial topic for those that
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prefer to see the gratuities included as part of their fare, Well, here
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at VV Insider, we've listened to that feedback and we've heard so many people.
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Preferring just to see one price and knowing exactly what it's gonna cost.
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So what we've done on our website, if you go over to vvinsider.com/
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book, you can actually choose to see all of the prices just as they were
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before, with one very simple option.
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So say I prefer to see things as they were in the past,
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And I'd like to see the gratuities included as part
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of all the prices that I see.
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Well, I just head over to vvinsider.com and change this from excluded from
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pricing to include in pricing.
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And as soon as I do, that $20 per night per Sailor is added onto the
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cost of every single voyage listed.
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So this is an illustrative example of what gratuities will
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cost for two people sailing.
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So vvinsider.com is the only place you can go if you wanna see the
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original pricing, just as it was when Virgin Voyages first started.
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And of course, here at vvinsider.com we're full of good ideas like that.
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And what's more, if you wanna see the history of all the pricing
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changes for a voyage, you can click further into that voyage.
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So let me just choose this one here,
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and if I scroll down, I'm gonna see a list of all the pricing changes.
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And if I've chosen to see the prices including gratuities, we've
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even saved that option for you, so you don't need to click it again.
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So every price that you see from here on out will include those gratuities,
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just like it was in the old world.
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And we've also made it super clear of when the VoyageFair Choices came into play.
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So you can see the pricing history really accurately.
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So these are the things that VV Insider do to go above and beyond
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for every single Sailor, regardless if you book with us or not.
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But if you'd like to reward our efforts and book with us directly,
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it doesn't cost you any more at all.
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And you'll get exclusive perks, like ad free access to our website.
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Also, you'll collect Diamonds every time you sail, so you'll get double loyalty
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and you can exchange those Diamonds for onboard credit when you sail.
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So you're getting extra for doing no more than simply trusting
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your next booking with us.
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So make sure, if you want to make a booking, head over to vvinsider.com
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and simply click book voyage and you can browse all those prices
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and get the best price possible.
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So it's an absolute win-win.
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You get double loyalty, exclusive perks, and you'll be booking with the number
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one Virgin Voyages experts anywhere!
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So why on earth would you book anywhere else?
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And speaking of fans of VV Insider; Richard Branson showed up on a
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YouTube video that was released by Virgin Voyages over the past week.
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And this specifically was talking about the pub choir performance
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of Queen's 'Don't Stop Me Now'.
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When Brilliant Lady entered New York City Harbor back in September.
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We were lucky enough to be invited along to this incredibly special voyage
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and this incredibly special event, so it's really fantastic to relive
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this moment where we were sailing in, we saw this Statue of Liberty, and
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we were all singing this incredible song with Richard Branson himself
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and all of the top executives in Virgin Voyages who are celebrating
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this incredible achievement of launching the fourth ship in the fleet.
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The video shows how they pulled this incredible feat together, and also shows
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the final moments of us all singing this Queen song under the Statue of Liberty.
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An incredible memory, and I really encourage you to go and watch that
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whole video because if you're a fan of Virgin Voyages, like we are,
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it was a really incredibly special moment, whether you were there or not.
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It's amazing to see what they were able to bring together in
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this very, very special moment.
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So here's a little taster of exactly what you'll expect in that video,
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but we're gonna link directly to that video on the Virgin Voyages
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Channel in the description below.
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Speaking of having a fantastic time on board, there's nothing better than
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having a fantastic time on board and not spending a huge amount to do it.
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So actually what we do every single week is compile the Sail and
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Save offers from Virgin Voyages.
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and if you are not familiar with what the Sail and Save offers are,
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these are the best value fares available across all the
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itineraries, across all the ships,
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and to make things super easy, VV Insider list off all of these
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itineraries that are available to book.
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And there's ones in there that are just coming up.
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So for example, Resilient Lady's, Transatlantic Halloween Soiree Cruise,
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which heads off on October 26th, Or there are some itineraries
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all the way up in 2027.
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So there's something for everyone.
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And because of the VoyageFair C hoices, some of these sailings start
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from just $99 per Sailor per night.
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And again, these are all eligible for our Red Diamond Club.
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so if you want to book through vvinsider.com, you can get
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your extra special perks
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Even on these most affordable sailings.
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So don't hesitate
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And of course, speaking of special voyages, We have some very special
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voyages coming up at the end of December to ring in the new year.
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These are the New Year's Eve voyages that are celebrating at the start of 2026.
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And Virgin Voyages have announced the live music acts and the exciting entertainment
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that's gonna be available on those special sailings across the entire fleet.
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so Brilliant Lady.
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Will set off on December the 26th for nine nights
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with stops, including Grand Turk, St. John's and San Juan
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before returning back to Miami.
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the soundtrack for the Brilliant Lady Sailing will be rock, funk,
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and soul, and the special guest band will be The Main Squeeze.
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Resilient Lady sailing heads off a day later on the 27th of December
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from Miami on a seven night voyage.
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this time with nineties hits from Empire Records.
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Valiant Lady is also setting off on December 27th, but this time from San Juan
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Returning to San Juan after seven nights.
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And Valiant soundtrack is Latin Beats with Fondo Blanco.
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and then last but not least, Scarlet Lady is setting off on the 28th of December
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from Miami with a five night voyage.
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And the soundtrack to this voyage is EDM sets with DJ MADDS.
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Whichever New Year's Eve sailing, you choose.
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There's always gonna be some special dining and drinks available, h
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eadliner music acts, photo keepsakes.
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Some special party favors, and of course you can always order
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champagne to toast the new year.
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and this year you can pre-order your champagne on the Sailor App.
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If you are not booked up for New Year's yet, well head over to vvinsider.com and
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we'll find you the best rates and give you exclusive perks for those special voyages.
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And finally a bit of good news for anyone that has ever had some
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terrible frustrations with the original Virgin Voyages Sailor app.
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The original Sailor app for Virgin Voyages is a little bit of a running
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joke 'cause it never quite worked.
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How it really should have.
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Well, thankfully earlier this year we saw the launch of a brand new app on the Apple
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App Store and then a little later in the year, we saw the Android launch as well.
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So now the new app is out and it's feature-rich, Virgin Voyages have
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now decided to pull the old app from the stores, so sailors are no
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longer able to download it anymore.
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One thing Virgin Voyages are still putting the finishing touches on.
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On the new Sailor app is the ability to order Ship Eats,
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or room service to your cabin.
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Thankfully the ability to order Ship Eats is now available on
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the in-room tablet, so it's not a feature that's gone away entirely.
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You are able to do it.
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You just need to use the tablet inside your room.
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But we do have confirmation from Virgin Voyages that you will be
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able to use the Sailor app to order Ship Eats in the near future.
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If you wanna find the links to download the new app, or wanna read about the
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slightly tumultuous past of the Sailor app, then head over to our article on
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vvinsider.com to read all about it.
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So one thing I wanted to mention is a very special video is coming next week,
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so do make sure that you stay subscribed to this channel because we're bringing
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you something slightly different and we're gonna show you what our thoughts
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are on the Virgin Hotel experience.
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So as you know, we've sailed Virgin Voyages tons of times in the past
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That's right.
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We've sailed more than 20 times each on Virgin Voyages.
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I know there are many people that have sailed a lot more than us, but we do live
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in the UK, it's a little bit more tricky for us to get on board the ship than it
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might be for maybe other content creators.
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But it's fair to say we know what we're talking about when it comes
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to Virgin Voyages, but we've never stepped foot in a Virgin Hotel.
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Well, actually, we were really lucky enough to be invited along by the Virgin
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Hotel's brand to see what the London Shoreditch location was all about.
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So we're gonna bring you some fantastic footage from our visit to
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the Virgin Hotel in London Shoreditch,
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I just put the finishing touches to this video and it's really fascinating
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the history of Virgin Hotels and how it interacts with the brand.
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So make sure you don't miss that.
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and then of course, as always, we're gonna continue doing these Virgin Voyages
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Insider Updates, Every two weeks, so make sure you stay subscribed, follow
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along, to know exactly what's going on with Virgin Voyages and all the
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changes that are happening both onboard and to the land experience as well.
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