if you're curious about virgin voyages and what are they like so am i i'm about to go on a virgin
voyage cruise and in preparation for going i decided to bring in a travel expert and bring you
guys behind the scenes on the top frequently asked questions that i'm wondering about virgin voyages
is not a buffet but this is so check the chapters below and jump around to the questions that you're
wondering about too and get really excited because i'll be dropping a ton of content about my trip
let's dive in the luxury travel advisor obviously based here in vancouver canada
and i actually specialize in cruise what i'm most curious about is virgin is it more like
a normal cruise experience or is it nothing like the normal cruise experience this is where
i see a lot of people who have cruised a lot really are critical a virgin and where people who
have really never really cruised before absolutely love virgin what would you say is like the key
difference that you loved we'll start off with the food because the food literally blew me away
um for cruise line to have that good of food in included restaurants was incredible like i've paid
money for specialty dining restaurants where the food hasn't been that good so the food
on board virgin voyages absolutely amazing also the ship itself um it really surprised me the um
like the size of it and i love small ship feels i think since the pandemic i've personally gone to
more the smaller medium-sized ships i could relax easier and for the very first time ever i actually
wanted to spend time in my state room oh yeah again surprised me which kind of room did you stay
in so i had to see terrace which is their balcony yes yeah i think uh i think i have the same thing
that has the hammock outside yes yes okay exciting i love that so the specialty restaurants i'm
very excited about the lineup what's your one favorite with like the dish you gotta get
the wake and how they did the steaks so i had the filet mignon like when do you get filet mignon
like a proper filet mignon on a regular menu like yeah that's not the sides were incredible
um i was traveling by myself on this trip so obviously i did try to ask for small portions but
it doesn't seem to go that way why would you ask that well because i didn't want them to bring
out like because i've seen that they bring out double portions because they're meant for sharing
so um obviously it they tried to pare them down i could tell but it was meant for two people
so i felt kind of bad about that but um honestly the wake incredible so the second favorite was
actually extra virgin which is the italian yeah i saw that um beef carpaccio on a menu with truffles
amazing wow that's on the menu oh wow okay so i mean you can also add extra truffles to anything
on board i think it's like fifteen dollars which for expanding you can see this is like nothing
yes but i get ten extra sides it is really good but but that's the beauty of cruising like if
you do like something you can always order like another portion or anything like that and of
course it's all included so and at um extra virgin my favorite dishes were the uh truffle miyaki
which was incredible yeah and then obviously the wagyu beef carpaccio i actually went back twice
just for that one of the things i'm curious is how much working out versus drinking never mind
no i'm not wondering about that i'll be doing a lot of drinking but i will also be doing a lot of
working out because this [ __ ] has a huge focus on fitness so let's hear about that so i did yoga
every morning um the one thing i will say is the moment you get on board the ship book your fitness
classes because they book quit they give you like this little card when you check in at the pier
that has the ship's wi-fi i found that i could actually start booking my fitness classes while
because you can't book them until technically you're on the ship um i did so the yoga every
morning i did like their breathing and then there was like a meditation class
um i did barr there's a really fun 80s vhs class which honestly i was laughing so hard because
induendos through the whole class it was incredible like i've got an ab workout at the same
time oh i love that i might need to like bring my leotard and like scrunchies and stuff for the
aerobics you have like the glow and you're like the leg warmers they have that kind of stuff but
oh there were people that were getting into it because they were they obviously kind of knew so
they were like i love beaches but you wanna know what else i love beach clubs i'm so excited to
check out their private beach club in the bahamas so here are a few pro tips from area and then
bimini beach club i went as soon as we were able to get off the ship i went first thing was able
to really kind of get my spot on the quiet side nice and um yeah i basically stayed at bimini
beach club for the entire time there's there are some places you can kind of walk you can actually
get some really cool shots of the ship especially at sunset yeah but yeah it was a beautiful beach
and the food even there was incredible so definitely try the uh caribbean chicken
that was amazing and then they even had like a uh like a pumpkin curry which was pretty good y'all
know i love doing it for the gram and on this ship there are so many amazing photo places so ariane
helped me with where to go for photography check out this next section okay so what i will say
about the instagram spots on board the ship the best thing to kind of get some really fun content
um so up top on i believe it's deck i want to say it's deck 16. you'll see all these
numbered um like cabana chairs they're free not many people realize they think they're numbered
and they think oh well if i sit down i get charged no those are actually free cabanas to just chill
out use they're really fun for photos because of the white and red striping um so that's a fun
place to get photos um the entry into the manor is stunning that's where they've got it's almost
like that hall of mirrors that sparkle yeah yeah so definitely check out that that's another nice
spot and then sailor services there's another kind of neon area that says you float my boat
that's quite fun um in the pizza place they have again at the back wall uh you wanna pizza me
so around the ship you're gonna find some really fun instagram spots my favorite
which i have that photo on my instagram is save water drink champagne yep that is my
mo for life i love that thank you let's talk a little bit more about the vibe it's kind
of one of those things where if you're a traditional cruiser virgin like i said
they're totally different than any other cruise line out there so when people come on board virgin
they have certain expectations because they're used to a certain thing when they cruise
and when that doesn't happen they're like i don't like this experience and it's like
but that's what virgin is about they're they're a very um
like yeah if you if you're the type of person that you like to eat in your traditional dining room
at five o'clock and you like to sit with certain people this is not the cruise line for you um also
if you are a very conservative style of person where you don't like swearing you don't like
um again verges is not for you um it is risque in that way so for instance the music that plays
i actually was really thrilled with kind of the experience because they were playing a lot of
songs that you know um you know you've got the hits from dulipa that kind of thing but then
they were playing the music that was kind of the unknown songs obviously virgins started off yeah
business so it was very different and obviously they don't bleep things out um the shows again
very risque um i love it i absolutely love everything about it one of the things i'm excited
for is just how different virgin voyages is going to be and how they do things and how they cruise
and so here's two fun things ariane shared about her experience that's one of the other things
that i was really proud about virgin is their sustainability aspects so the hammock is actually
made by a thai initiative which they give back to the community and helping rural communities
in thailand um i have my little bracelet here even this is actually made from ocean plastics
oh the bands yes so this is your key to everything this is how you buy everything on board this is
how you open up your cabin door yeah um but even that is made of ocean plastics and they're hoping
to remove two million pounds of plastics by i think it was 20 25. oh that's amazing i love that
bring something red and don't be afraid to be unapologetic about it the one thing i'll
say about virgin which i really appreciated was the individuality of the crew because typically
they have to like on other cruise contracts they have to be you know their hair color has to be
a regular color they have to hide tattoos they're not allowed to have multiple piercings yeah so by
seeing how happy the crew was that they could show their individuality even how they dressed and how
like it was actually something that i was really proud of that virgin's cool so scarlet night
go all out you will see people wearing so many different kinds of outfits really show your
individuality because that's what scarlet night's all about yeah i was planning on bringing in
i plan on bringing halloween costumes there are people that were you know i mean i went
right before christmas so there are people definitely rocking like the rudolph outfits
so i love that i am so excited about this cruise and if you're excited to consider cruising with me
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