I stayed in the CHEAPEST cabin on Virgin Voyages

Hello it's Steph from CruiseWithAmber and you're watching a short cabin tour of a solo insider cabin on Virgin Voyages Scarlet Lady. Whilst everybody else was living it up in their hammocks on their sea terraces or in their rockstar suites I opted to stay in a solo insider cabin just to see how small this cabin is. Was it too small? Well keep watching to find out what I think. If you're new to this channel I upload cruise related content to help you make the most of your time at sea. Please like, comment and share and hit that subscribe button so you don't miss out on any of my other future cruise videos. So my cabin was on deck 12 and it was cabin number 12246M. All the inside cabins end with the letter M. There are three grades of inside cabins on Virgin Voyages. I stayed in the smallest which is the solo insider. In terms of square footage it's the There are 40 of these solo insider cabins on Scarlet Lady located across six different decks and there are no accessible solo insider cabins on board ship. I've included all of the cabin numbers here for reference if you want to see how they are spread out on the different decks. So as you enter the cabin you can see it's very compact. Now there's not much floor space and as I said this is only 105 square foot in total. So it does feel like a little bolt hole but you have everything you need in this cabin and the cabin still packs in all of the tech and all of the amenities that you'll find in the other sea terrace and other insider cabins on board ship. It's just that it packs it into a much smaller area. Now if you have a big case there is a space to store this in the wardrobe. I stayed for three nights on board in this cabin but I still think I over packed and had the equivalent luggage for a week. So I think you could quite easily fit one case into the wardrobe and if you do have a second case there is a small ledge below the tv screen that you could quite easily store another smaller case if needed. So let's move into the bathroom area. Now the bathroom is identical in size to all the other insider and sea terrace cabins on board ship and you'll only find a bigger bathroom in the extra large sea terrace cabins or in the rockstar suites. So let me take you around a quick tour of this petite bathroom. You have a small vanity area with a small sink. There is a shelf underneath for storage but there are no cupboards. There are plenty of towels for a solo traveler. You get two large bath towels, two small hand towels and two makeup towels. There's the roomy rain shower which is indeed very roomy and probably bigger than any other showers I've experienced on other standard balcony cabins on ship. The shower has a fixed handset and overhead there's the rainfall shower. There's also a retractable washing line within the shower and of course you get the complementary organic and vegan red flower amenities including body wash, shampoo and conditioner. Moving back into the bed area, whilst there isn't space to store a case underneath the bed there is one single drawer and can we just take a moment to appreciate that soft close. Elsewhere you have the wardrobe for storage space. Now this is exactly the same size as the wardrobe storage you'll find in the other sea terrace cabins. You have seven shelves. One of the shelves is occupied by the safe and another top shelf has your life jacket but there's also a small shelf above the space in the wardrobe. There are five coat hangers in the wardrobe. You also have your light switches and there are another couple of buttons to let your cabin steward know if your cabin needs making up and there is also your do not disturb button. The safe is pretty big. I had a 12 inch ipad pro which fitted in quite easily to the safe and this desk is exactly the same size as the desk area you'll find in the other sea terrace cabins. One thing I liked was that it was an extra little ledge next to the bed with a usb socket, light switches and a usa plug socket. By the desk you'll find two usb sockets, two usa plug sockets and a european plug socket and for the UK summer soirees Virgin added a three pin UK adapter which I thought was a nice touch. I don't know whether this will be available on future cruises. Please let me know in the comments below if this is the case. On the desk you'll find a desk lamp, a tray with an ice bucket, a couple of glasses and two carafes of fresh still water which are replenished each day. So underneath the desk area there's another couple of shelves, two further glasses, you've got your footstool and also your mini fridge which is a standard size mini fridge you'll find in most cruise ship cabins. Virgin have also included some items you can purchase in your cabin including a bottle opener, a friendly octopus, a sleep kit and a pleasure pack. Now the sleep kit and pleasure pack retail at $30 each, the octopus is $12 and the bottle opener is $25. In the cabin you also find a hairdryer. Now it's not the most powerful hairdryer if you've got long thick hair but at least you've got one in the cabin which might save you packing yours. In terms of temperature control these are found on the wall nearest the entrance to the bathroom. Virgin voyagers also provide you with a blanket however I didn't need to use this as the cabin always felt really warm. Now even if this is the smallest inside cabin on ship it still benefits from all the tech that you will find in the other Sea Terrace cabins. Your tablet allows you to control the lights, the temperature of the room as well as the mood lighting and there are an array of complementary movies on offer. You can also use your tablet to order other services such as room service, ordering ice or asking for your cabin to be cleaned up amongst other things. Now on one of the channels you can also stream a view of the aft onto your TV screen as well as a view from the bridge. I think this is very helpful for an inside cabin although it doesn't really give you a good indication of what the weather is like outside but I think it's quite impressive that you get a view of the bridge as well as the aft so well done there Virgin. So what's my verdict on this cabin? Well I've always been team balcony but the reason I go on cruises is I love that connection with the sea however to get me on Scarlet Lady as a solo traveller I think this is a great option. If you're travelling with a friend and you don't mind changing in the same room then opt for a Sea Terrace it'll probably cost you around the same per person but if you are travelling with a friend and want your own space and bathroom on board then opting for two solo inside cabins next to each other might be a better option. So I think it's a great value cabin just to get you on ship if you like your own space you don't mind having an inside space and you're really going to make the most out of all the other amenities that there are on ship. So what do you think? Would this cabin be too small for you or is it a perfect option to get you on board Virgin Voyages if you're a solo traveller? I'd love to know your thoughts let me know in the comments below. So thanks for watching I hope you found this video useful please like, share and subscribe if you did and also I've put some suggested videos you might want to watch next on your screen now.