there's traditional cruises and then
there's virgin voyages and to be honest
a lot of people have misperceptions
about this cruise line so in today's
video i'm giving you eight things to
consider to help you decide if this
cruise is or is not for you because it's
not for everybody coming up
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and if you're new here yo i'm christine
lazada and this is where in the world of
ciel where i make travel videos every
week hope you get up get out and go
travel so if you like to travel consider
subscribing i've been on this cruise
twice i have several more coming up i'm
super excited about it but this video is
one of many in the playlist so make sure
you check the description let's start
with number eight this cruise is not for
somebody who is a cheap cruiser
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one of the things about cruises is a lot
of people see them as a very inexpensive
and cheap way to travel which you still
can find amazing deals on virgin voyages
i'll talk about some of the costs of
what i've paid but this is not your
carnival cruise i used to go on those
booze cruises when i was in my early 20s
that was not yesterday and that was
really really cheap this is not that
kind of cheap and so it's not an
inexpensive experience but it's also a
very elevated experience if you haven't
seen the video of the cruise that
meatball and i went on for 25
a night the bahamas paradise cruise line
such a steal and at the same time a
totally different experience not nearly
as fun and amazing still i don't know we
have a good time anywhere we go but it's
not the same thing
so let's give a couple examples of price
because honestly price is something
that's so important in making a decision
about travel that people don't talk
about enough on youtube the first trip i
went on five nights to costa maya mexico
and bimini bahamas we paid this much or
that amount per night the full breakdown
of everything that we paid for is in the
video in the description below but
that's cruz plus taxes nothing else the
third cruise that we're going on
total steel western caribbean six nights
we're paying this amount we got a much
better deal and it's part of the reason
because we booked it while we were on
our second cruise which um i haven't
figured out how much i paid for that yet
but i'll figure it out so relative to
other trips and vacations it's still
really inexpensive
but it's not your carnival cruise so
consider
the price range that you might be in if
you decide on urgent voyages
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next few are some of the things that
traditional
traditional cruisers expect and it's
just different on virgin voyages because
it's a different experience so number
seven is there's no buffets and to be
honest meatball loves eating at buffets
and one of the big misperceptions that
to be honest both he and i had was we
would be limit on portion sizes and that
there might not be as much food as we
wanted there to be we both gained weight
on this trip a lot of it
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granted we did work out a lot but the
point i'm trying to make here is the
buffet experience is not there you will
be served both at the specialty
restaurants which are included but even
the food hall experience at the galley
you are seated you have a menu and there
are waiters and waitresses coming around
serving you you do have the option you
can go up to some of the counters and
they'll serve you directly from the
counter but if you love the buffet
experience that's just not available on
this cruise but if you're wondering what
the food experience is like video on
that in the description below and hint
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here's another thing about traditional
cruises that both meatball and i love a
lot and it's not available on virgin
voyages which is open bar in other words
having an open bar of alcohol that you
can indulge in all day long and yes this
is a cruise that has a lot of
entertainment and a lot of options for
parties but it's also not that kind of a
party so going back to my example of my
booth cruise days of carnival cruises
that that got pretty wild watching
people barf all over the place and
projectile vomit was kind of as regular
as seeing someone eating way too much at
the buffet but this is not that kind of
party it's still a really great party
and to be honest something as simple as
scarlet night people were dancing in the
pool it got kind of wild later and i'm
glad it was not open far because
who knows what would happen
but one of the big misperceptions is
that the alcohol must be really really
expensive and it's not i mean yes i did
rack up quite a bill drinking the moet
which
does add up but at the same time the
majority of drinks cost between this and
this amount full video in the
description below if you want to learn
more about drinking on this cruise but
there's no open bar so if that's your
thing
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below who you normally cruise with and
even though virgin voyages is for me or
is for us there are some things that
annoy me about this cruise line and i
will talk very honestly about that so
check the video in the description below
as well as the whole playlist and let's
move on to the next one which is
something a lot of die-hard cruisers
don't like
there's somebody we play dodgeball with
every day and jack he's a die-hard royal
caribbean cruiser and he was frustrated
that there wasn't a central place such
as a very humongous pool that the whole
ship would gather around every day there
isn't a central place on virgin voyages
it's really everyone going about doing
their own thing and i'll give you two
different examples of how this plays out
so they have something that's different
where they have instead of like one
key entertainment person they have
something called the happenings cast
which is a group of people that helped
everybody to have a good time in
different ways whether it's somebody
who's doing all the game shows or
somebody who is
a magician doing up close magic to
people who are just helping to lift the
energy of every space and every party
and they're all hoping and helping to
you to have a really good time and so
that looks different because that's
happening everywhere around the ship and
so another example is scarlet night
their themed party night where everyone
dresses up in red
and it's similar if you're familiar with
the performance sleep no more if you're
not familiar basically in sleep no more
you go to a performance in which
depending on where you go location wise
within the venue of the performance you
will have a completely different
experience than somebody else and so
what happens at scarlet night is
there's not a central gathering place
and so the way you experience scarlet
night will be totally different from the
next passenger next to you even the two
times i've cruised so far
wildly different experience one time i
was playing um in a game
a game show and the next time i was on a
secret part of the ship watching a magic
show and
making cocktails like these are two
totally different scarlet nights for me
and so there's no central gathering
place where the whole ship is coming
together
it's a more unique experience depending
on what it is that you want
number four is one that i think a lot of
people are familiar with but might not
know the actual details around so virgin
voyages not for kids it's an adult
cruise and a very adult experience but i
actually looked this up because i really
want my nephew who's still a youngin
he's got a few more years to go on this
cruise i thought men 21 for drinking
it's actually 18. so this cruise is for
18 and up and actually really quick
let's talk about a huge misperception
about virgin voyages people think it's
oh it's the cruise for the youngins and
i would actually say the majority of
people on this cruise are in their mid
30s to mid 60s and so that really does
run the gamut but one thing that i would
say is common amongst everyone
is that it's just a really good time and
everyone's hanging out all together
there's so many nights that meatball and
i had an awesome dinner with sue she's
fantastic she's a she actually was
celebrating her 65th birthday she was
having
she was having a better time than we
were but the age range is a fairly large
range and it's not necessarily a super
young cruise and i would say the number
of people celebrating their 40s was in
the 40s it was a lot of people
celebrating the 40s 40th 40th anyway
number four is this cruise is not for
families and it's not the case
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which leads to number three which is
this is an adult experience and when
it's an adult experience it means
there's adult entertainment and adult
humor and just it's really fun and funny
even the beach games i mean we were
making sand castles into very
inappropriate shapes while drinking
extremely heavily at the same time and
it was a blast but i would recommend
that this cruise be for people who are
more open-minded
yes the adult humor is funny and if you
don't really understand what i'm talking
about
an example a lot of people are familiar
with cirque du soleil really great
family entertainment but they also have
their adult version of cirque du soleil
which is
really entertaining but it's not for
kids that's how a lot of the
entertainment is on this ship i mean
there's drag queens on this ship doing
amazing shows there's
different things like tattoo parlors a
lot of people actually do get a tattoo
on the ship you don't have to obviously
but these are things where you just need
to be a little bit more open-minded
about another example is hanging out and
playing drinking games with strangers
and one of the best restaurants on the
ship in my opinion gun bay you have your
waiter or waitress bringing your entire
table and you might be sitting with
really fun friends like dinard and tony
are you ready yes focused on
you
two
make sure you check out their channel
destination unknown in the description
below
or you might like on my second cruise be
sitting with a bunch of strangers who
are now your best friends and you're
having an awesome time playing drinking
games together so having an open mind
about the type of entertainment on the
ship an open mind around how they do
things is
necessary because this is not your
traditional cruise experience
let's talk about something where people
were expecting a traditional cruise
experience and they were frustrated and
that's with bingo
i love playing bingo but you know what i
love more drag queens and drag queen
entertainment and so drag queen bingo
with the song and the dance and the
funny jokes etc was hilarious to me and
so yes you could actually win a lot of
money playing bingo some of the pots
were 700
i don't know maybe i'm an inexperienced
bingo player but to me i was like oh wow
that's like a lot of money i didn't i
didn't expect to win at all i expected
to to drink and so the virgin voyages
bingo experience is drag queen bingo and
there are a lot of people there who were
there to play were not interested in any
of the jokes and
it was just not the experience they were
looking for and so
yes it's correctly titled not your
grandmother's bingo and would probably
give my grandmother heart palpitations
based off of some of the amazing jokes
that were happening
this next one requires you to be just a
little bit tech savvy and even meatball
he totally sucked at using the app the
first time well mainly because he just
was lazy but my mom for example loves
the paper itinerary the daily itinerary
where you're looking at what's going on
on the cruise and for version voyages
you have to use the app helpful to know
wi-fi is free on the ship although
premium wi-fi is really freaking good
like i'm talking video zoom chats
because no one should be working on this
cruise and taking video zoom calls all
day long i was totally doing that but it
requires being tech savvy and using the
app because everything happens there you
book your classes for workouts you book
your restaurants your booking your
entertainment and if you aren't using
the app and you are not quick to do
these things there were times that
meatball night did not get into the
shows and we were turned away because it
was completely full and we went standby
thinking we could just get in and we
couldn't so you gotta be a little tech
savvy let's talk about something
important that a lot of people have a
misperception around is that if you go
on this cruise you must love to party
and i'll be honest yes i love to party
but it's not required there's plenty of
people on this cruise who not only do
not work out and do not participate in
the workout classes but also are not
going to the manor for the night club to
the pool for the pool parties to the
pachama party blah blah blah but one
thing to know is that these are not
exclusive parties although the
atmosphere and the way it looks because
virgin voyages does an amazing job on
the lighting the sounds etc
it feels very miami it feels very where
i used to live new york and san
francisco but without the
pretentiousness without the
you know who are you and who do you know
to be able to get in obviously it's a
cruise but the thing about it is that
the people who attend are very very
welcoming and it feels so inclusive of
everybody and so there are so many times
i'd be out on the dance floor dancing
with everybody of all ages and it was
such a good time but it's not required
there's plenty of people on this cruise
who do not party that have a fantastic
time even the beach club for example
there's the part of the pool that is a
total vibe and there's a part of the
pool that's really quiet and even parts
of the beach the cabanas on the beach
and other parts of the beach that are
just really nice and enjoying nature and
so make sure you check out that video on
the beach club but one thing to know you
don't have to be a partier to be on this
cruise virgin voyages is awesome but
this cruise is not for everyone i'd love
to hear in the comments if you think you
might be sailing with them i have
several more of these cruises booked and
speaking of for everyone i asked my
parents to come with me on the next one
so maybe you'll see me there with them
but there are also some things i've done
differently and how i cruise the second
time versus the first time with them and
things i'll be doing differently on the
third time so check that video in the
description below as well as the things
that annoy me about this cruise line and
i'll see you in that next adventure ciao