critic2023 Posted January 27 #1 Share Posted January 27 Hi everyone! I'm a solo Celebrity cruiser who is starting to branch out after the launch of their discriminatory solo pricing this year. I've been interested in trying Virgin for a while, but this seems like the perfect excuse to leap out of the nest, so to speak. Here's my situation: I have roughly $500 in credit with Virgin from a cruise that I had previously booked with them but canceled due to other plans for that trip falling through. I have until June 2025 to use that $500 credit. Now, I'm more of a traveler than a vacationer. By that, I mean I like to use cruises as a way to see multiple new/exotic destinations in one trip, not to hang out on board and relax. For that reason, I've always steered away from Caribbean cruises. It's not that hanging out on a beach isn't great, I just prefer to use my vacation days to see the world. Virgin has a lot of itineraries that meet that criteria. Despite everything I just said, I'm desperately curious to try Virgin at this point and have been looking in to the 4 night Fire and Sunset Soirees itinerary for Summer 2024. It's not an itinerary I would ever pick normally, but it's a quick intro to Virgin and would be easy for me to travel to (and save time off work) as I'm in the US and it's only 4 nights. Alternatively, I can wait until 2025 or later and use that credit for an itinerary I like much better. Is this itinerary worth it as a quick intro to Virgin? Would love to hear your thoughts! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverendingcruising Posted January 27 #2 Share Posted January 27 We started our journey with Virgin this way, we are avid cruisers but swore to never do anything shorter than 7 days. Like many, we thought we would like it but weren't sure. We also only had the option of 4 or 5 nights back in 2021 so we broke our rule to test the waters. In our case we haven't looked back. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare CineGraphic Posted January 28 #3 Share Posted January 28 1 hour ago, critic2023 said: Is this itinerary worth it as a quick intro to Virgin? Would love to hear your thoughts! As seasoned cruisers, our intro was this exact itinerary, but we did it as part of a back-to-back with the 5 day Dominican Daze, for a total of 9 days. I don't remember which sailing was first, but we used turnaround day to book everything that we had missed on the first sailing before everyone else boarded. We've been hooked ever since. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-The-True-North- Posted January 28 #4 Share Posted January 28 38 minutes ago, CineGraphic said: As seasoned cruisers, our intro was this exact itinerary, but we did it as part of a back-to-back with the 5 day Dominican Daze, for a total of 9 days. I always wondered who would choose to do that cruise because it was so short. However, that's a great idea of putting it as a back to back. Now if only VV would give people a discount for doing back to backs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare CineGraphic Posted January 28 #5 Share Posted January 28 8 minutes ago, -The-True-North- said: Now if only VV would give people a discount for doing back to backs I don't think any lines give a discount to do b2b sailings. Why would they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travel-and-See Posted January 28 #6 Share Posted January 28 I did the same thing by wanting to test the waters and started with the 4-day. The only negative is this seemed to bring out more of a party crowd vs. the longer sailings I’ve done since. it wasn’t too much for me, but the longer cruises will feel more natural for a celebrity cruiser (I came from celebrity as well). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cantgetin Posted January 28 #7 Share Posted January 28 Shorter cruises are definitely more "party" cruises than longer ones. Personally. I'd hold off for a cruise that I was more interested in and was longer. I also use the logic that if I'm using the cash and the hassle of travel to get to and from the port, I may as well cruise for a while. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon81uk Posted January 28 #8 Share Posted January 28 9 hours ago, CineGraphic said: I don't think any lines give a discount to do b2b sailings. Why would they? In general I think longer cruises do work out a bit cheaper anyway on a per night basis, so in a way it would make sense if they did give a small discount for back to back as usually you would pay less for one eight night compared to two four night anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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