Our Virgin Cruise - Day 1
We flew into Miami the day before our cruise. I booked us a room at the Hyatt Regency Miami (free on points). With the Chase Hyatt credit card, I get Discoverist status with Hyatt. It’s the lowest tier group of their program but it is still great for us. We get two free bottles of water a day and late checkout when available. This is perfect for a Virgin Cruise since they usually board later than the other cruise lines. Since I status matched my MSC status (last year)to Virgin this cruise we had deep blue extras. This got us an early boarding of 1:30. We went right after the Rockstars. We arrived at the dock a little after 1, found our lines, and were ushered in. They held us in an airconditioned lobby until we were ready to board. The whole process was super quick and easy.
We quickly headed to our room to drop off our luggage. We only had carry=ons so we just carried everything we needed on the ship. Our room steward Rhyan came by quickly and I told him I was traveling with my 18 year old son and asked him to separate the beds for us. He said no problem and asked when would be convenient. Since we were about to head out to explore the ship he said he would do it then.
I took Finn (my son) out to explore the ship. First up we headed to the dock to eat lunch. This is my favorite place to chill out on the boat. They have yummy food and great service. Finn had Octopus and Shrimp and I had Shrimp and Hangar steak. We both agreed it was fantastic. At this point, Finn wanted to explore the boat alone and I was fine just where I was so agreed to meet up in our room later to go to dinner together. We had reservations at Pink Agave that evening. It was the meal I was least excited about on my first Virgin Cruise and I was so wrong. It’s now one of my favorites and I always try to book it the first night to start off a great trip. Our meal this evening did not disappoint. Finn absolutely loved it. After dinner, I went back to the room and hang out in the hammock and Finn continued to explore (pretty sure just eating as he traveled around the boat).
