Scarlet Lady

Scarlet Lady cabins are adaptable, customizable, and extremely comfortable. Featuring some of the most dreamy mattresses at sea, guests can rest assured that after days and nights of parties on deck and in port, they will get the rest needed to wake up and do it all again. If passengers make friends on board, or if they just want more space to chill out in their room, the bed can be tucked away to allow for the space to serve as more of a living room. 

Mood lightning transforms the cabins with the touch of a button, and everything else inside is also controllable by the tablet docked on the desk or the Virgin app. Four sleek cabin types can be found on Scarlet Lady, ranging from a windowless Insider interior room; Sea View rooms containing a classic porthole to peek outside; Sea Terraces with the aforementioned handwoven red hammock chair for outdoor lounging, and RockStar Quarters suites (350 to 2,000+ square feet) that boast bathtubs, electric guitars, and private hot tubs. Over 85 percent of all cabins have a balcony and 93 percent come with a view of the sea. All have a 4K flat screen HDTV, mini bars, flexible wardrobes, and rain showers. Solo insider cabins that are designed for and priced exclusively for solo sailors are available.

Scarlet Lady offers accessible cabins across all classes, each adhering to ADA rulings with designs which have been reviewed by an ADA consultant. Entrance doorways are over 33 inches wide, bathrooms have flat-floor entrances, folding shower benches, and a generous turning radius of 1525mm, with grab rails and emergency pull cords. Accessible Sea Terrace rooms provide balcony access without any steps.

With all food included in the cost of the cruise, passengers on Scarlet Lady are able to enjoy fine dining at the Test Kitchen, elevated Mexican cuisine at Pink Agave, vegetarian fare at Razzle Dazzle (though plant-based meat alternatives can be found across venues) and traditional Korean BBQ dinner at Gunbae. The food hall gets points for its big-city-quality ramen, and 24-hour room service is also an option, making it easy to be a vegan or vegetarian on Scarlet Lady. Note: because every restaurant is available to every guest, it is important to make reservations early to guarantee access to all the dining destinations guest’s wish to try.

While waters, sodas, juices, teas and coffee are included in the price of a cruise on Scarlet Lady, experiencing the first-class beverage program on board will cost you. Partnering with talented mixologists, Virgin booze offerings (and every restaurant has unique offerings) are enticing and arguably well worth the extra spend—beers are priced between $5-6, basic cocktails at $9, and wine around $10 a glass, gratuity included.

Sailors will find an entirely different kind of entertainment onboard Scarlet Lady. There are no glitzy Broadway hand-me-downs on stage here, but rather, Virgin Voyages strives to be an incubator for experimental, immersive, and innovative productions from the world’s burgeoning choreographers, artists, and directors. The highlight of the stage shows is Duel Reality, a modern acrobatic retelling of Romeo and Juliet that is at first confusing but quietly becomes a moving, powerhouse of a performance. What guests will be buzzing about the most, however, is Never Sleep Alone, a theatrical sex therapy cabaret show that must be experienced to be believed.

All group exercise classes, including sun-rise yoga, spinning classes, meditation sessions, and HIIT workouts are complimentary in the fitness center, and around the ship. Boxing rings and punching bags are outside on the deck, guided hikes are offered in certain ports, and a deck 17 wellness space and jogging track show that well-being is at the core of the Virgin Voyages brand.

With so much included in the cost of the cruise, the spa is one of the few places on board where guests may find themselves spending money. A variety of classic spa treatments are available from massages to seaweed wraps, as well as a blowout bar, medi spa, sauna, mudroom, and more.