Brilliant Lady Launch Events – First Look at Virgin’s New Ship!

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As Brilliant Lady Virgin Voyagers's
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latest ship makes her way from Lisbon to
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Portsmouth, she's getting ready to kick
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off a week of fantastic pre-launch
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events to make sure she's absolutely
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ready for her big launch in New York
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City on the 5th of September. This will
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be our first chance to have a look at
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some of the incredible new spaces on
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board, some of the fantastic food, and
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also those all new events that have been
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planned for Virgin's first new ship in
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over 2 years. I'm David from VV Insider.
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So whether you're interested in
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Brilliant Lady because you've sailed on
1:04
the Virgin Voyager ships before, maybe
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you've sailed on Scarlet Lady, Valiant
1:07
Lady, or Resilient Lady, or whether
1:09
Brilliant Lady will be your first
1:11
introduction to Virgin Voyages. We're
1:13
going to take a look at all the changes
1:15
that we're expecting to see over the
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next week. And also, we're going to
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delve into what to expect from all the
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events and parties that are going to get
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Brilliant Lady to launch before she sets
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sail across the Atlantic to start her
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mermaid and voyage from New York City on
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the 5th of September. So, one thing
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you'll need to know is that all four
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Virgin Voyages lady ships are very, very
1:36
similar. They were all ordered and
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designed at the same time and
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effectively built at the same time as
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well. So, one thing we do know for sure
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is that Brilliant Lady won't be hugely
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structurally different from the rest of
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the fleet. But instead, it's the subtle
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changes that we've been keeping a really
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close eye on. And we're going to list
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those off in this video so you know what
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to expect. But of course, for those
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Virgin Voyages nerds like ourselves, we
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can't wait to get on board to see what
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those tiny little changes might be. And
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if you stay subscribed to this channel,
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we're going to do a full walkthrough
2:07
tour so you can have a look at all those
2:09
tiny little changes yourself. and
2:11
crucially have a sharp eye and see what
2:13
makes Brilliant Lady different than her
2:16
sister ships. But let's break down what
2:18
we know already. So let's start off with
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entertainment. This is an area that
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Virgin Voyagers have really earmarked as
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the key differentiator between the
2:27
different ships. So depending on which
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ship you choose to travel on, your event
2:31
lineup may look very different indeed.
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And actually, Brilliant Lady is
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introducing a huge amount of new shows
2:37
and events. If you've followed VB
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Insider for a while, you'll know that
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these new events include things like
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Murder in the Manor, which is a new Mana
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show themed around a murder mystery. Red
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Hot, which is a musical production
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showing the last five decades of Virgin
2:52
Records. Out of Time, which is a new Red
2:55
Room show, which promises to be a
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comedic caper, which is centered around
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a character called Dr. Victoria Vortex,
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who's trying to fix her malfunctioning
3:03
time machine. But one of the most
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interesting events that we've been
3:06
looking forward to specifically is an
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event called Up with a Twist, which is a
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new supper club experience. This is a
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paid for dining event which is much like
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Another Rose, which is an event that
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debuted on Resilient Lady when she
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launched back in May in 2023. The idea
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of Up with a Twist is that we're
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returning to the Roaring 20s and the
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Mana has been transformed into an
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exclusive jazz club. The show promises
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to include a live band with flapper
3:34
dancers and promises a modern spin on
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vintage tunes. We now know the food that
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will be served along with Up with a
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Twist will be inspired by French
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cuisine. One of the great benefits with
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these type of supper events is that the
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alcohol is included as part of your
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ticket. While we don't have a proper
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confirmation on exactly what the ticket
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prices will be, we expect it to be very
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similar to Another Rose, which is $50
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per person. And if it's anything like
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another rose, this will include
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bottleless alcohol with the price of the
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tickets. It's likely also that the
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seating arrangements will be very
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similar to what you've seen with other
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supper club type events on Virgin
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Voyages, where some of the seating is
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right up front near the stage, while
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others will be sat in the mana seating
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around the edge. Here at VV Insider,
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we're hoping to catch a real glimpse at
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Up with a Twist on Tuesday and Wednesday
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this coming week. So do stay subscribed
4:25
to our YouTube channel and also head
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over to our website where you can
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subscribe to our newsletter to stay
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fully up to date with all the latest
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happenings from Brilliant Lady. And when
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it comes to the other events that I've
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mentioned on Brilliant Lady, it's likely
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we're going to see more of those over
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the next couple of weeks as well. So do
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stay tuned. Moving away from events and
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more into the structure and the design
4:46
of this new ship, I want to start by
4:48
talking about the roundabout. If you're
4:50
unfamiliar with Virgin Voyages, the
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roundabout is the atrium style area on
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board. So, where on traditional cruise
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lines, the atrium is this huge area with
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elevators and stairs and a huge
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chandelier, the roundabout on Virgin
5:04
Voyages is a little bit more subdued,
5:06
but nevertheless just as practical. And
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exclusively on Brilliant Lady, it's even
5:11
more practical than ever. Virgin
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Voyagers have looked at this space and
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thought, "How can we actually make it
5:17
way more practical for these sailings
5:19
that will tend to be in colder
5:21
climates?" So, just to recap, Brilliant
5:23
Lady is designed specifically to get
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around the world a little bit more nimly
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than her sister ships. With some big
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design changes to her lifeboats, they're
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able to bring the lifeboats in to be
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able to pass through the Panama Canal.
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And what this means is that Brilliant
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Lady will have access to the west coast
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of the United States as well, which
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enables Brilliant Lady to do sailings on
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the west coast of Canada and Alaska.
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Now, what does this actually mean for
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the roundabout? Well, there are two
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different aspects that the Virgin
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Voyages design team has tried to
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incorporate in the roundabout to
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accommodate these new sailings.
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Primarily, it all comes down to being
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able to enjoy these scenic voyages with
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the best view possible. If you've ever
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sailed on Virgin Voyages in the past,
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you'll know that the roundabout,
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although it's beautiful, it is kind of
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cumbersome. There are some elements that
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do block your view to the windows, which
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I'm assuming at launch meant that they
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could segment these areas off and make
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unique spaces around the roundabouts.
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Well, one of the big changes that you'll
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see in the roundabout on Brilliant Lady
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is that segmentation is gone. It's now
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one sweeping area, so sailors can now
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see outside of both sides of the ship.
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So when Brilliant Lady is passing
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through those really scenic areas of the
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world, sailors will have a lovely
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uninterrupted view of the scenery as she
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passes by. The other aspect that they're
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trying to address here is the ability
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for them to host more events that happen
6:45
inside the ship. And the reason for that
6:47
is that when Brilliant Lady goes to
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these more scenic areas, generally the
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climate and temperature of those are
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going to be on average a lot colder and
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wetter than they would be on the other
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ships that tend to go out of Miami and
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the Mediterranean, for example. So, in
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order for Virgin Voyages to deliver a
7:03
fantastic entertainment experience, what
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they're doing is bringing some of that
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entertainment inside when they need to.
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And Virgin Voyagers are not new to this.
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Sometimes during inclement weather, the
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team have had to bring Scarlet Knight
7:15
inside rather than hosting the iconic
7:17
pool party outside. And of course,
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they're going to continue to do that,
7:21
but they do know that it is a little bit
7:22
of a disappointment when the pool party
7:24
doesn't go ahead. So, what they're
7:26
attempting to do is really beef up that
7:28
inside entertainment on board. And these
7:30
adaptations to the roundabout to make it
7:32
a lot more open has done exactly that.
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It's effectively created a brand new
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space to host some of those internal
7:39
events. It will be really interesting to
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see how Virgin Voyages pull this off and
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any changes that they've made to Scarlet
7:45
Knight as well. So, expect to see more
7:48
information about those events over the
7:50
next few weeks. A few of the things that
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we're looking forward to see in person
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are the new seating arrangements around
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the roundabouts. We've seen a few
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glimpses of some new sofas and some new
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places to relax and also work from sea.
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But actually, we can't wait to have a
8:05
proper look oursel and go through area
8:08
by area and have a look to see what
8:10
those new places to sit and relax really
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look like. Again, stay tuned to
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bbinsider.com
8:16
and we'll bring all of those new photos
8:18
and videos to you as soon as we have
8:20
them. One other quick thing to mention
8:21
on the roundabout is that the draft
8:23
house, which is the pub style bar that's
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connected to the roundabout, has had a
8:27
little bit of an overhaul as well. It's
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always been a place to get draft beer,
8:32
but now it will also include an espresso
8:34
coffee machine. So, crucially, it
8:36
becomes one more place to grab coffee on
8:38
board, which is very welcome news indeed
8:40
because sometimes the queue at Grounds
8:42
Club gets a little bit too long for my
8:44
liking. So, it's going to be nice to
8:46
have somewhere else to go and break down
8:48
the line a little bit. Moving upstairs
8:50
to another location which has had a
8:52
massive renovation and facelift and this
8:55
is the athletic club. If you've sailed
8:58
on Virgin Voyages before, you'll know
9:00
the athletic club as the place where the
9:02
big red net has been. The big red net,
9:04
for those that are uninitiated, is
9:07
exactly what it sounds like. It's a
9:08
catamaran style net, which you can stand
9:10
on and look down to deck 7 all the way
9:13
from deck 16. It's of course not for the
9:16
faint-hearted, but it is a nice little
9:18
activity that you can do on a sea day,
9:20
see if you're brave enough. It makes for
9:21
a great Instagram picture as well. But
9:23
the changes that you're going to notice
9:24
on Brilliant Lady are around the net.
9:27
And the changes all boil down to that
9:29
exact reason I mentioned before, which
9:31
is to open up the ship to those new
9:33
scenic sailings. So historically on
9:35
Virgin Voyages around the athletic club
9:38
is this huge daybed. I believe they call
9:40
it the largest daybed at sea. And it's
9:43
exactly that. It's a daybed that
9:44
stretches all the way around the after
9:46
the ship. And this is really nice
9:48
because you can spread out. There's room
9:50
for loads of people there. The main
9:52
problem with this though is that it
9:53
blocks the view to the back of the ship.
9:56
So historically in the athletic club, if
9:58
you wanted to see the scenery or simply
10:00
just look into the ocean, you would have
10:02
had to very unsafeely clamber up onto
10:04
this day to look out the back of the
10:06
ship. Well, thankfully, Virgin Voyages
10:08
have made a change here on Brilliant
10:10
Lady and removed that daybed entirely.
10:13
What this does is open the view to these
10:15
glass railings so you can get a full
10:18
panoramic view out the back of the ship.
10:20
This, of course, is going to be a hugely
10:22
welcome change for those that are
10:23
sailing on those more scenic voyages
10:25
like in Alaska and Canada. Now, for
10:27
those that are mourning the loss of that
10:29
huge daybed, have no fear. It looks like
10:31
they've installed some brand new
10:33
furniture in this location. So, there's
10:35
still plenty places to sit, lounge, and
10:38
relax. And again, we haven't had a good
10:40
view of what this space looks like yet.
10:42
So, as soon as we're able to, we're
10:44
going to bring you video footage and
10:45
images of those areas so you can see
10:48
exactly what to expect on Brilliant
10:50
Lady. So, make sure you stay subscribed
10:52
to our channel for more on that over the
10:54
next week. Heading back down into the
10:56
ship, we're going to talk a little bit
10:58
about the brand new restaurant that's on
11:00
Brilliant Lady, and that is called Rojo
11:03
by Razledazzle. If you've followed along
11:05
before, you'll know all about Rojo by
11:07
Razledazzle. This is the brand new
11:09
Spanish inspired restaurant on board
11:11
Brilliant Lady. If you sailed on
11:13
Brilliant Lady's sister ships, you might
11:15
have been to the old Razledazzle, which
11:17
was originally set up to offer vegan and
11:20
vegetarian fair, but it has since
11:22
evolved to offer sort of American
11:24
classic dishes. But starting with
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Scarlet Lady last year, it became clear
11:28
that Razledazzle is the restaurant of
11:30
choice and Virgin Voyages wants to make
11:33
a slight difference to the cuisine
11:34
offered on board. Scarlet Ladies
11:37
Razledazzle was transformed into Lucky
11:39
Lotus by Razledazzle, which was an Asian
11:41
inspired restaurant. And it was during
11:44
this dry dock that the inspiration for
11:46
Rojo by Razledazzle began. A video from
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Virgin Voyages was released just
11:51
yesterday, which delves into a little
11:53
bit more of the design influence and the
11:55
food influence that we're expecting to
11:58
see inside of Rojo by Razledazzle. I've
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put together a few clips from that
12:02
video, which I'm going to play now. Have
12:03
a look at these fantastic newly designed
12:06
spaces and seating areas that you're
12:08
going to see when you board Brilliant
12:10
Lady yourself.
12:10
Jamie and Nicole and team started to
12:14
develop this concept, this new modern
12:17
Spanish concept and had a lot of really
12:20
strong vision with the warmth that was
12:23
needed in the space. Um, lots of
12:27
inspiration through the cuisine. So, I
12:29
think from a material standpoint and
12:31
just refining the design, as I said, it
12:34
was easy easy to fall in love with, we
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had a lot of really great back and forth
12:39
with types of materials. Um, the tones
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really are just inspired by the Spanish
12:47
culture and what you would see walking
12:49
the streets um of Malaga, which we had
12:52
the chance to do. As you can see from
12:54
that video, a huge attention to detail
12:57
has been given to Rojo by Razledazzle.
12:59
We can't wait to see what the space
13:01
looks like, but crucially also what the
13:03
food and beverages are like as well. And
13:05
if you want a quick glimpse at that,
13:07
vinsider.com now hosts the full menu for
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both dinner, brunch, and the drinks
13:13
available at Rojo by Razledazzle. If you
13:15
head over to vbvinsider.com,
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you can get a sneak peek at all of those
13:20
menus and plan what you might want to
13:21
order when you get into the restaurant
13:23
yourself. But we haven't tasted the food
13:25
or drinks yet. So, we're really excited
13:27
to get on board and bring that
13:28
information to you over the next few
13:30
weeks. So, again, stay subscribed and
13:32
follow us for more information on those
13:35
as they come. A quick roundup of other
13:37
things that we're going to expect to see
13:38
on Brilliant Lady is another welcome
13:41
change that comes from Scarlet Lady,
13:43
which is a re-engineering of Grounds
13:45
Club 2, which is the coffee bar inside
13:48
of the galley. This again is a really
13:50
welcome change because the Grounds Club
13:51
2 setup on board Valiant Lady and
13:54
Resilient Lady is a little bit
13:55
cumbersome and it doesn't really fit the
13:57
space as well as it does on Scarlet
13:59
Lady. We're expecting to see that lovely
14:02
new design from Scarlet Lady come to
14:04
Brilliant Lady where Grounds Club 2 is
14:06
not just a coffee bar, but it's also set
14:08
up as a nighttime bar as well. The
14:10
design is much nicer and the seating is
14:13
way more comfortable. So, we're looking
14:15
forward to seeing that on Brilliant
14:16
Lady. And a few small things that we've
14:18
noticed on some of the Instagram posts
14:20
and press images that have been released
14:22
leading up to the launch of Brilliant
14:23
Lady are new artwork installations. So,
14:26
I'm putting up a few examples of the new
14:28
artwork that we've seen here, but when
14:30
we do our full ship tour and analysis
14:33
next week, we're going to bring more of
14:35
those spottings and sightings for you,
14:37
so you can see exactly what those
14:38
changes are on Brilliant Lady versus her
14:41
sister ships. Now, that's all the visual
14:43
things that we've noticed from some of
14:44
the information that's already been
14:46
released. Some other bits of information
14:47
that we know already about Brilliant
14:49
Lady is that 75% of Brilliant Lady cast
14:52
and crew are returning members of staff.
14:55
So, they've been on the other lady ships
14:57
and they're ready to bring that
14:58
fantastic Virgin Voyages sailor
15:00
experience to people on their new ship.
15:03
One other thing that we've noticed, and
15:05
this is something that Virgin Voyages
15:07
nerds are very interested in indeed, is
15:09
the unique color of Brilliant Lady. And
15:11
what I mean by that is there is a unique
15:14
but subtle color connected with each of
15:16
the Virgin Voyages ships. This, of
15:18
course, kicked off with Scarlet Lady,
15:20
where nobody was surprised to see that
15:22
red is the color that was chosen for the
15:24
souvenir octopus that's in the room,
15:26
nicknamed Inky, and also the exclusive
15:29
dessert that's served on board in the
15:31
galley called Scarlet Lady, where the
15:34
icing and glaze is red as well. Moving
15:36
over to Valiant Lady, the color of Inky
15:38
in the room, and the color of the
15:40
dessert is purple. And then with
15:42
Resilient Lady, the color for those two
15:44
items are teal. So, this had a few of
15:47
the Virgin Voyages nerds like ourselves
15:49
speculating what the new color might be
15:51
for Brilliant Lady. We had guessed
15:53
orange, but unfortunately, we were
15:56
wrong. And actually, the new color of
15:57
Inky and the Desert is black. That's
16:00
certainly not something we were
16:01
expecting, but as far as we know, that's
16:03
the color for the new ship. So, now we
16:05
have red for Scarlet, purple for
16:07
Valiant, teal or turquoise for
16:09
resilient, and now black for brilliant.
16:11
A couple of other things that we've
16:12
noticed. We've heard that the iconic VHS
16:15
1980s style workout has been revamped
16:18
for Brilliant Lady. So, we're excited to
16:20
see what the new VHS workout is all
16:22
about. And one very subtle change that
16:24
we're going to be looking out for, which
16:25
again is all around making sure that
16:27
Brilliant Lady can pass safely through
16:29
the Panama Canal is that there is a
16:31
small overhang on the dock at the very
16:34
aft of the ship. This overhang has been
16:36
removed and it's now become a little bit
16:38
narrower. This is a really subtle change
16:41
and it's something that we're going to
16:42
try and capture on video or on photos to
16:44
try and more clearly demonstrate what we
16:46
mean by that. But we're going to be
16:48
looking out for that over the next week.
16:49
So, those are all the changes that we're
16:51
aware of so far, big and small. But
16:53
everything will become a lot clearer
16:55
over the next week when we actually get
16:57
on board and we're able to see these
16:59
changes for ourselves. Which brings me
17:01
to a plea, which is to try and get all
17:03
of this fantastic information and all of
17:06
these new features out to as many people
17:08
as possible. So, make sure that you
17:10
subscribe to our channel because we're
17:12
going to be bringing you exclusive
17:13
content from on board Brilliant Lady as
17:16
she sits in Portsouth for the next week
17:18
before she heads off on her
17:19
transatlantic journey to get ready for
17:21
her big launch on the 5th of September.
17:24
So, a few things we know for sure that
17:26
we are going to be bringing you over the
17:27
next week, which is a full shipwide
17:29
tour. So, we're going to be walking
17:31
through every single space on Brilliant
17:33
Ladies, so you can see them for
17:35
yourself. We're going to be bringing you
17:36
a comprehensive video for those that
17:38
have sailed before, just highlighting
17:40
the differences between Brilliant Lady
17:42
and the other ships. We're going to be
17:44
getting one of the first peaks at the
17:46
new cabin category, which is the
17:47
slightly smaller sea terrace, which very
17:50
excitingly not only includes one of the
17:53
iconic red hammocks, but actually two
17:55
red hammocks. So, it'll be interesting
17:57
to see how that's all laid out and how
17:59
that works. We're going to bring you
18:00
coverage of the Brilliant Lady launch
18:02
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