Alas, I was never able to secure, in advance, the necessary documentation -- or commitment from others to serve as witnesses -- to go forward with a record attempt (fastest marathon run on a ship at speed) aboard the cruise I just took. Shame, too, because conditions were favorable on the main day that I would have attempted it -- there was minimal rocking of the ship for all of the runs I did, both for days we were pulling into port and those days that we were fully "at sea." Maybe I can manage to secure this at some other point in the future - now that I know what all the requirements are, at least.
Nevertheless, the cruise was a very good time, and I would highly recommend people to go on Virgin Voyages cruises. Why? In no particular order: 1) The food in their restaurants -- and even in their galley area -- is very good. (The two of us had most of the appetizers and most of the desserts at every dinner.) 2) It is all-inclusive, so there's no concern for providing additional tips. 3) There are no children present. 4) VV doesn't sell unlimited drink plans, so you don't have drunken fools who are trying to get the value of their 15 drinks per day to make such a package "worth it." (We only came across one drunken idiot. While he was annoyingly awkward, thankfully he wasn't belligerent.) 5) If you're good at different types of puzzles and/or trivia, you can actually end up not paying for (m)any of your special drinks.
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