Resilient Lady

The Sun Club wraps around the main pool with daybeds in the sun and the shade, loungers, and red love seats that are first come, first served. The Sun Club Cafe serves poke bowls, bao buns and veggie dips, and the Sun Club Bar covers the whole deck. Binocular stations let Sailors watch the ports go by. After dark the pool becomes the party zone for Scarlet Night, with dancing all the way around.

Virgin built Resilient Lady's top decks around well-being. There's an outdoor boxing ring, a Training Camp with kettlebells, rowing machines and TRX, and outdoor park-style equipment for sit-ups and push-ups. Group fitness classes are complimentary. Further aft are seesaws, swings, a sport court and reservable cabanas. The Athletic Club itself has a big wraparound bar, daybeds and the catamaran net, where Sailors lie high above the ocean.

Richard's Rooftop is the key-card-only deck for guests in RockStar and Mega RockStar Quarters, named for Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson. It's a large space, with daybeds, catamaran-style beds, a hot tub on each side and big lounge areas. All the way forward there's a bar with round seating and light bites. The views over the bow and the sides of the ship are some of the best on board.

The Galley is Virgin's food hall, and everything is made to order and included. Counters include Well Bread for fresh pastries, the Burger Bar, the Diner for all-day breakfast, Bento Baby for sushi, a taco shop, Noodle Around for street-food noodles and Hot Off the Press for paninis. Sodas, drip coffee and tea are complimentary. Seating wraps all the way aft and out onto a terrace above the wake.

Gunbae is Resilient Lady's Korean barbecue, with a grill set into each table so the group cooks together. Danny calls it truly unique in the industry. Virgin built these grills specially for the line, and the Lady Ships are the only major cruise ships with a separate galley for every restaurant. Like all the restaurants on board, Gunbae is included in the fare. Suite guests get first access to reservations.

Danny calls Resilient Lady's Thermal Suite one of the best in the business. The circuit includes a thalassotherapy pool, hot and cold tubs, a cold plunge, a large ocean-view sauna, heated loungers, a mud room, a steam room and a salt room. It's included for Mega RockStar Quarters, and other Sailors can buy a day or voyage pass. Treatments, the Med Spa and The Tune Up for manicures and pedicures cost extra.

The Social Club is a games room with classics like Operation, Mouse Trap and Dungeons & Dragons, and on Resilient Lady it was expanded for trivia, games and singalongs. The Social Club Diner serves chicken wings, hot dogs, soft pretzels and popcorn. It flows into the Loose Cannon, a bar with Krakens, booths and a jukebox. Next door, the Vintage Arcade has Daytona, Tetris, Donkey Kong and Ms. Pac-Man, all complimentary.

The Dock House is a beach club-style space with a stage for live music, a full bar and Mediterranean-style small plates. Outside, The Dock spreads across the aft with tables, daybeds and high-tops facing the wake. Just below, The Wake is the included steakhouse, with steaks, seafood towers and a seafood bar at dinner, plus brunch on select days. An aged tomahawk is available as an upgrade.