DrSch Posted September 15, 2023 #826 Share Posted September 15, 2023 3 hours ago, Wildcatllamas said: I just booked that one on Tuesday. I have never been outside of the Western Hemisphere or gone from home as long as this one will be, but have to take that jump at some point in life. I was complaining about airfare from airports in Colorado to Miami. Well never again after pricing to Europe, although there are many sources that feel airfare to Europe will be coming down over the next few months. I am going to plan on going into London about 4 days early to do some sightseeing. When I look back to the day I started this thread it has been a strange road we have all traveled on. And now that we all know "What Happened to Brilliant Lady?" do you think we could sell the movie rights? I am on that one as well.. Just got it arranged today. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3eaglesfam Posted September 15, 2023 #827 Share Posted September 15, 2023 Exactly one week after requesting the rebook I recieved the email today from Virgin with my new cabin and Extra Sailor loot. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gentscruising Posted September 15, 2023 #828 Share Posted September 15, 2023 (edited) I sent in my rebooking request last Saturday, so 6 days ago, and we got our new cruise confirmation today!!! We were originally booked on the San Juan Mermaiden and are now on Valient New Year's Ahoy 8 night cruise out of Miami. Since we rebooked by Oct 11 we also got $1000 Sailer Loot to go along with the $600 Sailor Loot and $600 Bar Tab from our initial booking. Different ports but still some new to us ports and it'll be much easier to fly to Miami so we're thrilled! Edited September 15, 2023 by gentscruising 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
def0715 Posted September 15, 2023 #829 Share Posted September 15, 2023 $1,000 plus $600? Nice! I thought it was just $600 for rebooking by Oct. 11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwokpot Posted September 15, 2023 #830 Share Posted September 15, 2023 Just now, def0715 said: $1,000 plus $600? Nice! I thought it was just $600 for rebooking by Oct. 11. I assume the $1,000 was from your original booking for some reason? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare CineGraphic Posted September 15, 2023 #831 Share Posted September 15, 2023 4 minutes ago, kwokpot said: I assume the $1,000 was from your original booking for some reason? They were offering $1K for those on the cancelled Mermaiden voyage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwokpot Posted September 15, 2023 #832 Share Posted September 15, 2023 1 minute ago, CineGraphic said: They were offering $1K for those on the cancelled Mermaiden voyage. Gotcha. What was special/different about that cruise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gentscruising Posted September 15, 2023 #833 Share Posted September 15, 2023 4 minutes ago, def0715 said: $1,000 plus $600? Nice! I thought it was just $600 for rebooking by Oct. 11. My original booking has $300 Sailor Loot for booking on our prior cruise and $300 Sailor Loot and $600 Bar Tab for the promo at that time. I got $500 Sailor Loot for rebooking the cancelled cruise and an additional $500 Sailor Loot for booking before Oct 11. I'm not sure what we're going to do with that much money, but we're going to have fun trying to spend it 😀. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
def0715 Posted September 15, 2023 #834 Share Posted September 15, 2023 Have fun with that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
librarylady19 Posted September 15, 2023 #835 Share Posted September 15, 2023 Woo hoo!! Got my confirmation for my rebooking (one week to the day). Very happy with the extra $600 sailor loot and the new cruise itinerary (Barcelona to Rome, 11/3/24). I'll be able to take lots of shore excursions with that. Thanks to everyone who has been on this thread for quite some time now. I would have really been in the dark without everyone sharing here. 😀 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon81uk Posted September 15, 2023 #836 Share Posted September 15, 2023 11 minutes ago, kwokpot said: Gotcha. What was special/different about that cruise? It was the maiden for Brilliant Lady and over Christmas. I’m guessing they felt cancelling a Christmas cruise deserves more compensation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilK2000 Posted September 15, 2023 #837 Share Posted September 15, 2023 Still struggling. Today I received an email from VV that they can't rebook me because there are no more RS on my requested Dubai to Singapore itinerary . However I have since Monday on hold such a suite in the same category I had on the cancelled April 20, 2024 TA. The person who is processing my cancellation obviously haven't seen the note that there is a cabin on hold. VV Sailor Services can't do anything beside to provide the info to the special department. My TA is taking care now the problem, my fear is just that the hold will be somehow released and then nothing can be done. I am so exhausted. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare CineGraphic Posted September 15, 2023 #838 Share Posted September 15, 2023 26 minutes ago, PhilK2000 said: my fear is just that the hold will be somehow released and then nothing can be done If they insist that your hold is going to expire, put a deposit down to. It can always be refunded. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilK2000 Posted September 15, 2023 #839 Share Posted September 15, 2023 21 minutes ago, CineGraphic said: If they insist that your hold is going to expire, put a deposit down to. It can always be refunded. I have only the option to do a full payment online . That would be over 5k . And then ? I would need to ask VV to return it to me once the rebooking is succeesfull. But you know how it is once money has been sent …. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare CineGraphic Posted September 15, 2023 #840 Share Posted September 15, 2023 18 minutes ago, PhilK2000 said: I have only the option to do a full payment online . That would be over 5k . And then ? I would need to ask VV to return it to me once the rebooking is succeesfull. But you know how it is once money has been sent …. Things may be different refund wise between countries, just inform your TA to not let the suite go. There must be a way for them to extend the hold considering the circumstances. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Kehote Posted September 16, 2023 #841 Share Posted September 16, 2023 Well, my experience has not been spectacular so far. I'm going to call in tomorrow as see if it's as bad as it looks, or if I'm just misreading. Got notification that we're set to go on a replacement, and yes, there's bonus sailor loot and bar tab, which is great. What is not great is that it appears that the $600 sailor loot that we originally had is now gone, as is $300 that we put down on board, and I don't really see the $300 discount either. Somehow, we are now on an itinerary that's shorter, does NOT go to Curacao (weep for me), and yet we owe more and have less than expected. I could be wrong, but if this is how it be, I'm absolutely rethinking this trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
librarylady19 Posted September 16, 2023 #842 Share Posted September 16, 2023 13 hours ago, Don Kehote said: Well, my experience has not been spectacular so far. I'm going to call in tomorrow as see if it's as bad as it looks, or if I'm just misreading. Got notification that we're set to go on a replacement, and yes, there's bonus sailor loot and bar tab, which is great. What is not great is that it appears that the $600 sailor loot that we originally had is now gone, as is $300 that we put down on board, and I don't really see the $300 discount either. Somehow, we are now on an itinerary that's shorter, does NOT go to Curacao (weep for me), and yet we owe more and have less than expected. I could be wrong, but if this is how it be, I'm absolutely rethinking this trip. Are you seeing this in the app or website version of your account? When I got my rebooking, the app had less perks listed in add-ons than either the rebooking confirmation email I received from Virgin or the web version of my account. I called Sailor Services, and they sent me a copy of my folio so I have plenty of proof printed out of my actual perks ! I had read here that the app was rather wonky so want to be prepared. Good luck! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Kehote Posted September 16, 2023 #843 Share Posted September 16, 2023 3 hours ago, librarylady19 said: Are you seeing this in the app or website version of your account? When I got my rebooking, the app had less perks listed in add-ons than either the rebooking confirmation email I received from Virgin or the web version of my account. I called Sailor Services, and they sent me a copy of my folio so I have plenty of proof printed out of my actual perks ! I had read here that the app was rather wonky so want to be prepared. Good luck! So this morning, with a clear head, I logged into the First Mates site, and did some peering. At this point, it looks like I've got $300 bar tab, and $1450 of Sailor Loot. So that does appear to be correct. What stinks is that this 6 day voyage is priced significantly higher than the 7 day better itinerary that was cancelled. Since it was a MNVV, I did find the $300 discount off the fare applied deep in the invoice, and I can also see the $478 payment I made toward it to secure the booking, but the initial $300 that we gave VV to get the MNVV in the first place isn't reflected anywhere. Guess I'm just frustrated. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsteinvik Posted November 1, 2023 #844 Share Posted November 1, 2023 There are 6 new calls that came this week in Bergens and Alesunds list for Valiant Lady on summer 2024. They start on early July until the end of August, mostly with 10-11 day intervals. Wondering what is going on, maybe Brilliant will take over the cruises out of Miami and Valiant heads to Northern Europe? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Wildcatllamas Posted November 2, 2023 Author #845 Share Posted November 2, 2023 22 hours ago, Ulsteinvik said: There are 6 new calls that came this week in Bergens and Alesunds list for Valiant Lady on summer 2024. They start on early July until the end of August, mostly with 10-11 day intervals. Wondering what is going on, maybe Brilliant will take over the cruises out of Miami and Valiant heads to Northern Europe? I keep watching for Iceland. But that may be for 2025. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heatherbelle Posted November 11, 2023 #846 Share Posted November 11, 2023 VV seem very slow compared to the other cruise lines in releasing summer 25. Can anyone see if they are in Greece in August 25. I was hoping for Santorini August 24, but that cruise got cancelled, due to the new ship not being ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon81uk Posted November 11, 2023 #847 Share Posted November 11, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, heatherbelle said: VV seem very slow compared to the other cruise lines in releasing summer 25. Can anyone see if they are in Greece in August 25. I was hoping for Santorini August 24, but that cruise got cancelled, due to the new ship not being ready. Don’t think cancellation for August 24 is not linked to Brilliant not being ready, I think they are just hoping that cruises from Portsmouth sell better than Athens. my guess on what they do for 2025 depends on what sells for 2024, they are still trying to work out what the popular itineraries are. Edited November 11, 2023 by jon81uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolkmit Posted November 12, 2023 #848 Share Posted November 12, 2023 (edited) 18 hours ago, heatherbelle said: VV seem very slow compared to the other cruise lines in releasing summer 25. Can anyone see if they are in Greece in August 25. I was hoping for Santorini August 24, but that cruise got cancelled, due to the new ship not being ready. With the disclaimer that we really don't know until Virgin announces and put things on sale, and it may change even after that: Virgin currently plans to have Resilient doing cruises out of Athens for all of summer 2025. She'll be doing one week cruises about half the time, and ten/eleven day cruises the other half of the time. I haven't looked into what ports, but educated guess is they will be similar to the ones for next summer. For August, looks like cruises starting the 3rd, 10th, 21st, and 31st. Her summer season there should be starting May 4th, and it looks like she'll start her re-positioning to the Caribbean October 19th; while Valiant takes her spot in Australia for winter of 2025 through spring of 2026. Edited November 12, 2023 by Tolkmit 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamespaton Posted December 3, 2023 #849 Share Posted December 3, 2023 It looks like some of the team are starting to arrive: https://instagram.com/stories/stephenthehype/3249096908785875005?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare CineGraphic Posted December 3, 2023 #850 Share Posted December 3, 2023 12 hours ago, Jamespaton said: It looks like some of the team are starting to arrive: https://instagram.com/stories/stephenthehype/3249096908785875005?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== They are apparently getting ready to move her to Palermo, to finish the interior. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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