Quickly turning into generally known as a cruise line that pushes boundaries and provides distinctive experiences, Virgin Voyages has captured a enjoyable title with a brand new Guinness World Report.
On Friday, November 4, 2022, the cruise line set the world report for the “Largest Gathering of Individuals Dressed as Merpeople” – the right world report for a cruise line with devoted mermaids adorning every of its luxurious ships.
World Report Try Profitable
The “Largest Gathering of Individuals Dressed as Merpeople” is one in every of a variety of quirky world information, however is a enjoyable one for a cruise line so intimately related to mermaids.
As a part of Valiant Girl‘s “mermaiden” voyage from Miami – the primary crusing from what would be the ship’s new winter homeport – friends had been invited to take part on the earth report try, which befell whereas visiting Bimini, The Bahamas on the final day of the cruise.
For the try, 457 friends participated by dressing up in mermaid tails, shell tops, glittery make-up, colourful wigs, and different equipment as desired to turn into their excellent mermaid character. The “faculty” of merpeople gathered on the powdery white sands of the Virgin Voyages Seashore Membership for the official depend and photographs.
Different enjoyable festivities included full of life music, mermaid magnificence pageants, epic make-up, “shelfies,” just a few stadium-style waves and loads of smiles.
As soon as the earlier report – 378 merpeople in the UK set on June 2, 2022 – was introduced as formally damaged by the adjudicator, celebratory showers of champagne stored the merpeople correctly drenched for his or her fishy personas.
“What a unbelievable time,” mentioned Tom McAlpin, Virgin Voyages’ CEO. “Our Sailors actually confirmed up and supported this enjoyable and thrilling world report try that ties into this legendary model.”
All members will obtain a photograph and digital certificates marking the achievement.
The crusing had begun on Sunday, October 30, 2022, with a day at sea, ports of name in Roatan, Honduras and Cozumel, Mexico earlier than a day at sea and the go to to Bimini.
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Valiant Girl had been scheduled to go to Costa Maya quite than Cozumel, however the itinerary was modified resulting from Hurricane Lisa.
Virgin Voyages’ Mermaids
This quirky world report is “mer-mazingly” acceptable for Virgin Voyages, as every of the cruise line’s ships has a mermaid on the bow to signify luck on the seas.
“Every of our ships have a mermaid that guides our Sailors on their journeys, so what higher option to have fun one other model milestone than in sunny Bimini with so lots of our Sailors tapping into their mermaid personas,” mentioned McAlpin.
Valiant Girl‘s black mermaid, designed by artist Hilary Wilson, helps embody the range the cruise line represents, and nonetheless showcases the signature vibrant crimson tail that every Virgin Voyages’ mermaid has.
“With variety on the core of Virgin Voyages’ model ideology, it was a pure transfer to need to honor and signify completely different races and nationalities by telling these tales by way of the mermaids,” the cruise line mentioned when Valiant Girl‘s mermaid was introduced. “This platform permits worldwide artists to make waves and signify completely different backgrounds on an expansive, world canvas.”
Scarlet Girl, the road’s first ship, has a blonde-haired, Caucasian mermaid, whereas the third ship, Resilient Girl, will characteristic a Latina mermaid by oil painter and muralist Jodie Herrera when the vessel joins the fleet in Could 2023.
No mermaid has but been revealed for the cruise line’s fourth ship, Good Girl, which can also be at present below development on the Fincantieri shipyard in Italy and slated to debut in late 2023.
