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What's NEW on Virgin Voyages late July 2025? News + Updates
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Jul 27, 2025
Stay up to date with all the latest Virgin Voyages cruise news in this July 2025 update from VV Insider. We reveal exciting new details about the launch of Brilliant Lady, Virgin Voyages’ fourth ship, and explore upcoming themed sailings including the brand-new True Crime Voyage and Halloween at sea in 2025. You’ll also hear about new ports being added to the Scarlet Lady’s summer 2027 itineraries and get a first look at construction progress on Brilliant Lady. Whether you’re planning your next cruise holiday or just love staying in the loop on Virgin Voyages announcements, this is your go-to source for fleet updates, seasonal sailings, and exclusive insider previews. 📚 Book your voyage with extra perks ➜ https://vvinsider.com/book/ 🚕 Book your cruise chauffeur port transfer ➜ https://www.book-online-transfers.com/en/vvinsider-airport-taxi 🎫 29-Day Season Pass review ➜ https://vvinsider.com/summer-season-pass-2025-post-voyage-review/ 📸 Brilliant Lady refit photos ➜ https://vvinsider.com/photos-revealed-of-brilliant-lady-updates/ 🌞 Scarlet Lady Summer 2027 itineraries ➜ https://vvinsider.com/new-summer-2027-scarlet-lady-itineraries-announced/ 🎃 Halloween 2025 sailings ➜ https://vvinsider.com/virgin-voyages-halloween-2025-sailings-announced/ 🔍 True Crime voyage details ➜ https://vvinsider.com/virgin-voyages-launches-first-ever-true-crime-voyage-in-october/ 🎤 UK Comedy Fest 2025 line-up ➜ https://vvinsider.com/virgin-voyages-unveils-full-line-up-for-uk-comedy-fest-2025/ 📚 Book your voyage with extra perks ➜ https://vvinsider.com/book/ Whether you’re planning your first voyage or your fifth, this update will help you sail smarter. If it helps, tap 👍, hit subscribe and turn on 🔔 to stay one step ahead of the next announcement! 00:00 Exciting Virgin Voyages Updates 01:19 Halloween Onboard Virgin Voyages 02:34 Introducing the 'True Crime' Voyage
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As we quickly approach the launch of
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Virgin Voyages fourth ship, Brilliant
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Lady, there has been so much exciting
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news from across the whole Virgin
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Voyages fleet in the past 2 weeks. My
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name's David from VV Insider, and this
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is the latest Virgin Voyages insider
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update. We're going to walk through the
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details of Halloween on board Virgin
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Voyages in 2025. We're revealing
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information about an exciting new voyage
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called the True Crime Voyage. We have
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more details to reveal about who will be
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joining the comedic cast of the UK
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comedy fest sailing. And very recently,
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we revealed details of the new summer
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2027 season from Scarlet Lady, including
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a brand new port for Virgin Voyages. So,
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very exciting. And we also have a sneak
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peek at some photos from inside the
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construction progress on Brilliant Lady
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before she launches later this year. So,
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stick around and we're going to go
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through everything with you. V Insider
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Okay, let's jump in. First up is the
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Halloween sailings. If you've never been
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on board Virgin Voyages during the
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Halloween season, you're missing out.
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There are so many fun things to do on a
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Halloween voyage with Virgin Voyages,
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which include extra special themed
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parties which encourage you to dress up
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in costume and just have an ookie spooky
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really fun time. And this year, there
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are more Halloween sailings than there
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ever been before. And that's across all
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four ships. Scarlet Lady has two
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sailings. Valiant Lady has three
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Halloween sailings. If you want to read
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about all the fun events that happen on
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board these Halloween sailings,
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including the costume balls, the
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competitions, the exclusive food and
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drinks that are available on these
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voyages as well, do check out our
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article on bbinsider.com
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where we look at the Halloweens gone by,
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including photos of the fantastic
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costumes that were part of those big
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parties. If you like your voyages a
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little bit more on the silly side, the
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Halloween voyages are absolutely
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perfect. But don't worry if you're
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booked on one of those Halloween sailing
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and you still prefer to keep things
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chill. Virgin Voyagers are really good
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at this and they separate the fun and hy
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jinks out from the chill areas so you'll
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never feel overwhelmed. Moving on to
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another extra special sailing that
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Virgin Voyages announced just a few days
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ago and that's the announcement of
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Virgin Voyages first ever true crime
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voyage. So if you're a fan of True Crime
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podcast, this is the voyage for you.
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This voyage includes an exclusive
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program of events that are being hosted
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by iHeart podcasts. This voyage will
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host live recordings of three podcast
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episodes, including Stuff They Don't
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Want You to Know, Betrayal, and Buried
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Bones. There's also going to be
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workshops to tell you how you can start
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a podcast yourself, exclusive meet and
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greet events with the podcast hosts. It
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also promises signature themed cocktails
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and themed dining experiences as well.
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And what's more, this true crime sailing
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will also be one of the Halloween
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edition sailings as well. So all of the
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spooky fun that we talked about as part
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of the Halloween sailing, you'll also
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get as part of this voyage. The true
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crime voyage is going to be hosted on
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Valiant Lady on the 10th of October this
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year. It's a five night voyage and
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looking at our price and availability
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history on VV Insider, prices start from
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around about $1,500 per two sailor.
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You'll have to be quick. The true crime
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voyage has been picked up by national
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media. So, we expect to see some of the
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cabin categories selling out pretty
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soon. Now, very quickly before we move
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on, I just want to make a very quick
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personal plea because these videos I do
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around my normal 9-to-five job, would
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you believe? And I just want to make
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and more people. And also make the fact
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that I'm giving up some of my evenings
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and weekends to get this information out
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to people all the more worthwhile. So,
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thank you for your comment. Thank you
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for your like, thank you for your
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subscribe. Let's get on with the news.
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Sticking with those special voyages,
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this one is the UK Comedy Fest voyage,
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which as you'll know by now if you've
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been looking into this voyage, Jack
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Whiteall will be the headline act of
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this sailing. If you're not familiar
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with the Comedy Fest sailings, what they
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are are basically exactly that, a
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stand-up comedy festival at sea, where
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they bring on various celebrity standup
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comedians and let them really shine as
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headline acts throughout the voyage. So
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adding to the fact that Jack Whiteall
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has already been announced as the
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headliner for this festival, we now have
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the detail of a few more of the
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performers to expect on board. So this
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sailing kicks off on the 30th of August
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from Portsmouth. And on our article on
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vbinsider.com, we have a full list of
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all of the performers that will be on
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board. But some of the highlight include
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Tom Lucy who has had soldout runs in
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Edinburgh and also has frequent TV
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appearances in the UK as well as Kazim
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Jamal who's a fast rising voice in
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British comedy known especially for his
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sharp takes on dating culture and modern
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life. And finally Matt Stellingworth
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who's not only an award-winning comic
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but also a trained criminologist
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blending intellect and dry wit. So, if
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you're interested in the UK Comedy Fest
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voyage, again, head over to our article
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on vivvinsider.com and we can give you
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all the details that you'll need. Now,
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here's a piece of news if you
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particularly like to plan in advance,
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and that's an allnew itinerary drop,
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which this time is specifically around
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Scarlet Lady's summer 2027 voyages.
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Scarlet Lady will be returning to Europe
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in 2027, and she will be based this time
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from Athens. She's going to start her
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big journey to Europe on the 24th of
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April, 2027 with a 14- night voyage to
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Barcelona. This 14- night transatlantic
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voyage starts off with a bunch of sea
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days until she reaches Gran Canaria.
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From there, there's another sea day and
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then she goes to Casablanca in Morocco
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before heading to Valencia and then
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finally Barcelona. From there, she'll
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have an eight night sailing to Athens
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with a couple of stops in Italy along
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the way. One noteworthy thing to mention
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about these new sailings is that there
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are going to be some sailings that visit
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a brand new port for Virgin Voyages.
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Specifically, we're talking about a stop
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in Saranda in Albania, including access
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to beautiful Ionian beaches and a nearby
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UNESCO World Heritage site, which is
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rich in history from both Greek and
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Roman cultures. These newlyannounced
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itineraries have just been released, but
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they are available now to book. And as
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we've mentioned before, often the best
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way to get the best price on any voyage
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is to make sure you're booking early.
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Perhaps booking your 2027 voyage is a
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little bit too early, but you do stand
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to get some offers and discounts if you
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do that. We especially have a sailor
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offer from VV Insider and we can tell
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you more about that on VV Insider/book
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and we can see if we can get you some
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bonus sailor loot or bar tab if you book
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directly through us. Now for something
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incredibly exciting, and that is our
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first look at some of those interior
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spaces now they've started their
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renovations to get Brilliant Lady ready
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for her launch. Namely, we've been able
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to capture some photos of what the new
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Rojo by Razledazzle restaurant looks
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like, which is the new Razledazzle
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experience on Brilliant Lady. This time
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all around the taste of Spain. As you
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can see in these photos, the Razledazzle
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restaurant has had a complete makeover
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and is now ready to welcome sailors with
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not only a bold new Spanish styled
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interior, but also tastes, flavors,
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menus, drinks, all inspired by Spanish
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cuisine. On our Vivv Insider article
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where we break down these photos, we
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have got a glimpse of a few different
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areas in the Rojo restaurants. We also
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have a fantastic sneak peek at the New
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Look Athletic Club on Brilliant Lady.
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Now, this one comes as a little bit of a
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surprise because it's not something that
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Virgin Voyages has really talked about,
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but actually the back of the ship is
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getting a little bit of a makeover. If
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you've sailed on Virgin Voyages before
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and you remember the old athletics club,
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you'll know there was a large area where
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there was a large sun lounger that
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wrapped the back of the ship. This is a
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large padded area which effectively
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looked like one giant sofa where people
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could lounge and enjoy a cocktail in the
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sun. Now, we've heard promises that that
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will still remain. However, what you
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would have realized is that it was
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actually quite difficult to see outside
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of the ship simply because there was
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these solid metal railings all the way
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around this sun lounger. So, in order to
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see out the back of the ship and the
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wake, you would actually have to fairly
8:56
dangerously clamber up on top of these
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lounges just to see over the railing.
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Now, because Brilliant Lady is going to
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be all about those scenic voyages,
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including the ability to pass through
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the Panama Canal and go on voyages into
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Alaska, for example, what Virgin Voyages
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are trying to do is give you more of a
9:15
view of those scenic itineraries. And in
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order to do that, what they're doing is
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replacing the solid metal opaque
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railings with glass railings instead.
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So, this should really open up the
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vistas and you'll be able to get much
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more of a sense of the scenery that
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you're passing through. This looks like
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it's going to be a great improvement.
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We're still waiting on some higher
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quality photos or some footage of this,
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but as you can see in this rather grainy
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picture that we've managed to capture,
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it is going to be quite a departure from
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what they currently have in the athletic
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club. One really recent article that we
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put out on binsider.com that I'd really
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encourage you to give a read. It's
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really interesting and this is a guest
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post from one of our readers here at BB
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Insider, namely Cla Gillan Merl has
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shared her experiences about the summer
9:59
season pass. If you're not familiar with
10:02
what the summer season pass is, it's
10:04
actually a really interesting way to
10:06
sail on board the Virgin Voyager ships
10:08
for a longer period of time with a few
10:10
extra perks as well. Cla walks through
10:12
her experience of working from sea
10:15
because of course she was on there for a
10:17
while and also the community and friends
10:19
that she met along the way. I really
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encourage you to go on vbinsider.com and
10:24
have a read about CLA's experience on
10:26
board as part of the summer season pass.
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Now as we quickly approach the launch of
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Brilliant Lady, I just want to remind
10:31
you of a few things that are coming up
10:33
for Vivv Insider in that regard. So we
10:35
will be making our way down to
10:37
Portsmouth on the launch week of
10:39
Brilliant Lady. There are some exclusive
10:41
events including a huge launch party
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that will be taking place alongside the
10:45
dock on Portsouth International Port.
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This really will be Virgin Voyager's
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first chance to show the world a
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brilliant lady as she will be at launch.
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Now, of course, her official launch
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doesn't start until the 5th of September
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in New York City, which is her mermaid
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and voyage, but we do know that there
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will be some previews happening before
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that mermaid voyage. and it's our aim to
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bring you along to as much of that as
11:10
possible. We're going to have more news
11:11
in that regard which we'll be able to
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share with you on this channel in the
11:15
coming weeks. So, do make sure that you
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subscribe to follow along with all of
11:19
that excitement. We also want to do one
11:21
of our first YouTube lives when we're
11:23
down there in Portsmouth. So, as long as
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the technology holds up, we're going to
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release information about our first
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YouTube live on board Brilliant Lady.
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And what we'd like to do is give you the
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opportunity to ask some questions about
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the ship and we'll walk around and try
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and answer them for you. So, he is
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hoping that the cell reception or the
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Wi-Fi is working well enough to bring
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that to you. We can only hope and pray
11:44
at this point, but regardless of what
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happens, we'll be capturing tons of
11:47
content and we'll be finding out all the
11:49
information that you need to know to
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bring it straight to you across
11:53
vinsider.com
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and on our YouTube and socials as well.
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If you stuck around to the end, that
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means, of course, you are a Virgin
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