by Steve Griswold | Sep 29, 2026 | Planning Guide
The Insider is Virgin Voyages’ entry-level cabin — an interior room with no window or balcony, roughly 105–177 square feet, with the exact same Seabed, runway-style rainfall shower, mood lighting and bathroom you’ll find in the pricier cabins....
by Steve Griswold | Sep 29, 2026 | Planning Guide
The Sea View is Virgin Voyages’ window cabin — roughly 130–185 square feet with a porthole or picture window but no balcony, and the same Seabed, rainfall shower and bathroom as every cabin below the suites. It sits one rung above the windowless...
by Steve Griswold | Sep 29, 2026 | Planning Guide, Tips & Tricks
The best time to cruise the Caribbean on Virgin Voyages is December through April, when the islands are at their driest, the seas are calmest, and hurricane risk is at its lowest. For the lowest fares, book during Wave Season (January through March). Virgin’s...
by Steve Griswold | Sep 22, 2026 | Planning Guide
Every bar and lounge on a Virgin Voyages ship is open to all sailors — there are no drink packages, no cover charges, and no “suite-guests-only” rope at any bar except Richard’s Rooftop. Still and sparkling water, sodas, drip coffee, tea and...
by Steve Griswold | Sep 22, 2026 | Planning Guide, Tips & Tricks
No — Virgin Voyages does not have professional photographers or sell photo packages. There are no portrait studios, no formal-night photo stations, and nothing to buy at the end of your sailing. Unlike Royal Caribbean, Carnival, or Disney Cruise Line, every...
by Steve Griswold | Sep 17, 2026 | Planning Guide, Tips & Tricks
MSC Yacht Club and Virgin Voyages’ RockStar Suites are both “ship-within-a-ship” luxury tiers, but they suit very different sailors. MSC Yacht Club is a full private enclave — a butler, a private restaurant, a private pool deck, and a drink...
