I went on the maiden voyage of Celebrity Xcel 🚢✨ and I was so ready to love it…
…but the whole time, I couldn’t stop comparing it to Virgin Voyages 👀
In this vlog, I’m taking you through everything—boarding, the room, the food, the vibes—and giving my honest, unfiltered thoughts on whether this brand new ship actually lives up to the hype.
Let’s just say… I didn’t love everything the way I expected to 😬
So the real question is:
Is Celebrity Xcel better than Virgin Voyages… or am I still choosing Virgin?
Watch to the end for my full opinion 👀
And tell me in the comments—
👉🏾Which would YOU pick?
0:00 Boarding Celebrity Xcel
0:25 Room Tour 🛏️
1:03 Exploring The Ship
1:46 Dinner at Cyprus
2:06 First Impressions
3:10 Day 2
3:49 Breakfast at Ocean View Cafe
4:30 Sea Day Activities
12:11 Day 3
13:18 My Thoughts on The Infinite Veranda
14:14 Fine Cut Steakhouse
15:25 Rock Concert With Captain Kirk
16:05 Thoughts of Today
19:32 Dinner at Cosmopolitan
20:05 Tribute to Whitney Houston
20:53 IYKYK
20:31 Day 4 Cozumel Mexico
23:06 Senior Frog's
25:21 Thoughts of Cozumel/Souvenirs
28:36 Tour/Dinner of Ocean View Cafe
36:50 Craft Social Bar/Ending the Night
37:42 Day 5 Meet the Captain Event
39:13 Plans for the Day
40:34 Spice
41:53 Model of the Ship
43:15 View From Our Room and Night Plans
44:21 Last Time on Magic Carpet
44:58 Sunset Bar
45:49 Final Thoughts
53:23 Last Show
54:19 Dinner at Tuscany
55:04 Time to Disembark
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