WE WENT ON A MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE (virgin voyages review 2023)

In this episode, Michelle and Alex spend a week aboard the Valiant Lady, one of the newest ships on the adults only, millennial-friendly Virgin Voyages cruise line, sailing across the Mediterranean Sea.
If you're asking yourself "what is Virgin Voyages like?", come along this Virgin Voyages review, as they spa in the Thermal Spa, eat strange foods at The Test Kitchen, and get a nose piercing (lol). PLUS, there's a full room and ship tour included -- for free! -- just like soda and coffee on the ship. ;-)
Episode 60 · Filmed on May 9, 2023 · The Mediterranean Sea
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0:00 Introduction
0:43 What are we even doing here?
1:44 A very strange montage
2:02 Sea Terrace room tour
3:41 Valiant Lady full ship tour
8:52 Thermal Spa experience
9:59 Michelle getting her nose pierced
10:26 Dinner at The Test Kitchen (experimental chef's tasting menu)
12:53 Scarlet Night party!
13:35 Final impressions of Valiant Lady
14:56 Wrap up
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In 2020, we quit our jobs to travel the world, and... yeah, that didn't happen. So in 2022, we decided to make an even BIGGER change, packing up our lives (and our cats 🐈), moving from Austin, Texas, to Rotterdam, in the Netherlands. Subscribe for new videos like this every week!

[@laura_and_shanman]

Looks like a great cruise! I love that you had only 1/2 full - thanks for sharing!!!

[@jackvandersluis1723]

Great vlog! I have been on 1 cruise to Gotenburg in Sweden, that was nice! Great nose piercing! 👍

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

Looks so fun! We love cruises! Found you guys last month and are working our way through your videos. So cool that we have been to some of the same places! Keep it up! ❤❤❤

[@buncharted]

ahh we really have followed a very similar track! but y’all made it all the way to budapest 😄 let us know if you’re ever in rotterdam!

[@tiniselles]

The only trip I did on board of a comfortable ship was The Hurtigruten cruise from Bergen (Norway) to Kirkenes and back. Not much entertainment on board, but you don’t need it. The views from the windows are better than a National Geographic series. And the food, great, all Scandinavian. Certainly worth going. And only a limited number of passengers.

[@buncharted]

ahh - this sounds right up our alley! we also would rather just stare out the windows or chill on our balcony than see the shows (and eat, obviously!).

[@adschrijver]

love the piercing Michelle!

[@erikmulder2574]

I never did a cruise, doesn’t look like fun on your own. I would join you though 😂 Closest I got is a ferry from Hoek van Holland to Harwich in the UK. Strange that it is an adult only cruise, you did not even show the darkroom 😜 Curious what is next.

[@buncharted]

the ferry was surprisingly cruise-like!

[@vo4wb]

hope to see your Deventer report soon 😊

[@buncharted]

we’ve been spotted!!!!! 😅

[@antoinewesthoff4417]

I have done only one cruise, on the Senegal river on the beautifull Bou el Mogdad. It was something special!

[@buncharted]

WOW! that sounds amazing!

[@antoinewesthoff4417]

@@buncharted It was, and when you google Bou el Mogdad and watch the pictures, I am sure you you want to go as well! 😍

[@wimschiphorst8541]

I have also done many cruises in the past. Mediterranean Sea, Caribbean, Africa. It's nice to see you enjoying yourself. Although you did send me on the wrong path when seeing the text of the vlog. Other adult only cruises are also organized there 😅 I thought. Have I misjudged this couple? Or is one of the reasons to come and live in the Netherlands because they are a liberal couple.

[@buncharted]

hahaha! no, this was just a cruise without kids. not the other kind of “adults only” 😂😂😂

[@ElMariachi1337]

Never done a cruise, but I guess on this one if you were looking for me you'd find me in the arcade hall!

[@frankgeurts3912]

Old expats Tours❤

[@gmshowtruck]

Hi Michelle & Alex 🙂 Did you both hired that ship all for yourselfs ? 😉 Less people on that floating city wasn't it?

[@buncharted]

haha we wish we could afford such a luxury!

[@gmshowtruck]

@@buncharted I understand ☺

[@robertjag167]

Now I want to do a cruise! I'm actually curious.. where do you guys get the money and time to do all these adventures? 😂

[@buncharted]

we're freelancers, but we've also been saving up a lot of money for a while to travel. we planned a really big trip around the world in 2020 but it obviously didn't happen :)

[@robertjag167]

@@buncharted That's awesome! That's the direction I want to go in the future as well. Starting is hard!

[@jasmikko]

I had the same question in mind.

[@robstone8435]

by which company did you book this cruise?

[@buncharted]

virgin voyages!

[@gerrygrouwe70]

Up to your next destination wonder where that is

[@buncharted]

🤔🤔🤔

[@Paul_C]

Everywhere it is warm, which means certainly not NL... not yet a day with more than 25⁰C😂

[@Lilygirl283]

​@Paul_C don't speak to soon, when it does get really warm, the dutch will complain..😂 i should know because i am one, dutch that is..😉

[@Nicholas_V]

I've never been on a cruise but this cruise looks amazing. But because of the lack of people is does look a bit boring. I do think if there would be more people it would be more "gezellig". I wonder, are there a lot of young adults on the cruise (i'm a young adult and I would like to go on a cruise like this but I feel like there it's kind of an old people thing. No age shaming off course.

[@buncharted]

it was a mixed bag but it was definitely a younger crowd than most cruises. we highly recommend virgin voyages!

[@jstones9872]

uh why does the ship seem so empty?

[@buncharted]

because it was - it was less than half capacity. it was early in the season for europe and a new cruise line. they’re much fuller now, i believe!

[@jstones9872]

@@buncharted thanks

[@RealConstructor]

An adult only cruise?? That will raise some eyebrows amongst Americans, prudes like they are. I like this title, adult only. Like in adult (only) movies. Funny. Intended or not, that’s the question!

[@buncharted]

intended to take an adults only cruise? absolutely! no kids allowed on the ship. "adults only" in a back of the video store kind of way... not so much 😂

[@Paul_C]

The older people get, the more infantile their games get?

[@Paul_C]

Cruises. It isn't my thing, sure sailing is fine, as are jetski's. But somehow I detest the orgasanised vibe it gives. And honestly, I hate crowds with a passion. Nice for those who want it and can deal with it. Just not for me.

[@buncharted]

yeah, we aren't cruise people either, for those exact reasons. we did enjoy it though - it was nice seeing places we probably wouldn't see otherwise!

[@TheMntnG]

is “adults only” about sex and swinging?

[@buncharted]

lol no! there are just no kids allowed on the ship 😂😂😂

[@PbPomper]

@@buncharted Too bad. You need something to do while on open sea.