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Thanks for the review! I will outline why we will never sail with Virgin Voyages again. We did the Virgin Resilient Lady, from Auckland to Sydney, 12 night cruise. Ugh! My 56th cruise and I will never sail Virgin again. Meal after meal of dishes of hot foods arriving at the table, room temp, cold, or one time partially frozen. The food itself was no better than fast casual restaurants in the USA. We met at least a dozen couples who never were able to obtain a dinner reservation. Later, we found that the cruise line expects 600-800 passengers per night to eat in "The Galley". Almost all of our reservations were before 630PM. Every night we would sit in an almost empty restaurant. Yet the host station, would tell us the restaurant was fully booked that night. We ate at the bar, in Extra Virgin twice, seated at 545PM. That restaurant was completely empty until 730PM. That is totally ridiculous to not have those empty seats being used!!! The entertainment venues are too small. We waited in lines for every show, most times over an hour. The entertainment is very good, if you can get into the venue. But having a drag queen show is not a reason to sail on Virgin. Our cruise had poor sailing weather. So all 2550 pax were squashed into the very limited public areas that are inside the ship. The Lady ships are warm weather cruisers, best suited to flat oceans. The ships themselves are boring and poorly designed. The cabins are cramped with very tight bathrooms. The beds have 5" mattresses that are very hard. While no kids is great, the average age on our cruise was 51. VV even states their average guest age is 48. The VV app is ridiculously poor. Crashes constantly. Everything has to be done on the app. Which means that one is constantly on their smartphone while on vacation. A cruise vacation is supposed to be care-free. AND, if you complain, the staff marks your cabin # as being complainers. So then the service you receive is even worse! Virgin Voyages states that we do things differently, but saying that should not be an excuse for delivering a very sub-standard (for the industry) cruise product. Virgin Voyages has been habitually cancelling cruises, sometimes with very little notice. They cancelled our cruise with 6 months notice. I guess they thought guests should be thankful for that notice. But in the end, never again, will we sail on VV.

Loved the Celebrity Beyond, nothing compares. It was beyond amazing.

We loved this breakdown! Great job guys. We also agree…the gays are easy to spot on Virgin Voyages! 💅🏻

I am so glad you guys were honest about your review. I do agree with you that Celebrity is best if you’re a seasoned cruise traveler. If you travel using the gay cruise trips on celebrity, it is definitely a different experience, a lot of their normal services do get omitted. If partying is your thing then this is your thing, but if you’d like to enjoy a cruise for what they are, do the non-gay cruise which is half the price for the same itinerary and same cabins. Thank you again guys for this great video!! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Thanks for the great video! An open question to anyone: If you are on a general cruise that is not all gay such as Atlantis or Vacaya, would you say the gay people on board are mostly couples? I'm single and don't want to feel awkward but not sure I'm up for the hard core party atmosphere of the all gay cruises.

We just came back from a 4 day cruise on Valiant Lady. We are Celebrity cruisers. Although we enjoyed our sailing, we are not rushing to book another VV cruise. We much prefer Celebrity for the reasons you and other posters have said. I hated making lines everywhere; the pool was human soup; we felt cramped and missed atrium; everywhere was low ceiling; except for Pink Agave and Extra Virgin the food was meh; I did not like the galley and missed the variety and better quality of Oceanview Cafe (and I'm not a fan of buffets). We liked the entertainment and loved the crew. Amazing crew.

I think it all depends what type of cruiser you are. I thought that celebrity was great all and all. Amazing venues, and great entertainment. There were a lot of kids on the cruise I went on and I’m sorry that alone Virgin will always win for me. I don’t like drinking around children it bothers me. I also don’t cruise to be around children but that’s me lol. I found the people on Virgin to be more upbeat. More relaxed due to no kids being around. I wish they had actual drink packages but I’ll live lol. Overall, Celebrity is very nice but just like most cruise lines for me kids is my determining factor.

Great contrast review

my husband and i loved your review.....thanks and greetings from san diego

I am a ta with sixty cruises under my belt. I have been in Virgin but feel with all honesty that celebrity’s edge class shops are sailings finest hour and you can’t you are a true sailor without having sailed on one of them. We have three edge class trips coming up including a 22 day extravaganza around Australia New Zealand on the Edge.pure unabashed luxury.

Hmmm.....I've been on a number of Celebrity cruises, but they were all-gay cruises via VACAYA. So, they are even better than what you described here, i.e., no kids and over-the-top fabulous entertainment, not to mention the fab theme parties, etc. I have not tried Virgin, but I'm a little turned off by the negatives you described here. Maybe some day. Thanks for the fun video!

Hmmm....I've been on a number of Celebrity cruises----all-gay charter cruises via VACAYA. So, they're even better than what you described here, i.e, no kids and the entertainment is fabulously over the top, not to mention all the fab theme parties, etc. I have been wanting to try Virgin, but some of the things you observed here would be a real turnoff for me. Maybe some day. Many thanks for the fun video!

I didn't have a good feeling about Virgin , you cleared that for me . Celebrity Cruises all the way !

Doing the transatlantic in April 2025 on the Ascent. Looks very relaxing. Did yall get bored!

I’ve taken a 21-day back to back on Celebrity Edge in Australia and will be on the Ascent for a Greek Isles cruise in August. I’ve really liked Celebrity, but Virgin is tempting…

Its clear you guys are in the uptight crowd who enjoy classic cruising. I have done both and prefer Virgin but it's all personal preference. I enjoy not having to dress up for anything like on Virgin, where Celebrity wants you to dress business casual after 5pm. Also, why didn't you do a price comparison? Virgin would have clearly won that category as everything is included in the price where Celebrity nickel and dimes you to death. Personally I would not avoid a future cruise on Celebrity with Virgin is clearly my preference.

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