Brilliant Lady

Virgin Voyages · Lady Ship class · 2023

Brilliant Lady measures 108,232 gross tons, with room for 2,770 guests. Brilliant Lady sails 7-night cruises from Los Angeles and moves to Miami in Nov 2026.

Virgin Voyages ship Brilliant Lady at sea
BuiltYear built
2023
TonnageGross tonnage
108,232
Decks
17
Cabins
1,408
Guests
2,770
2,860 at full occupancy
Crew
1,160

Brilliant Lady cruise schedule

44 cruises in the next 12 months · open a cruise to see its itinerary · all times local

Showing 6 of 44 cruises

Where Brilliant Lady sails

Homeport and departures by month · Oct 2026 – Sep 2027

Most of its sailings are in the Bahamas, Caribbean, Bermuda, with more in the Alaska. Brilliant Lady sails from Los Angeles (Oct 2026 – Sep 2027), Miami (Nov 2026 – Mar 2027) and Vancouver (from May 2027).

Los AngelesMiamiVancouverSeattleNumber = cruises starting that month

Ports Brilliant Lady visits

32 ports of call in the next 12 months · homeports not counted

HomeportPort of callSize = ship calls

How Brilliant Lady sails

Sailings starting in the next 12 months · Oct 2026 – Sep 2027 · from published itineraries

Sailing mix

Upcoming sailings by length

44sailings

  • Up to 5 nights1023%
  • 7 nights1739%
  • 6, 8 or 9 nights614%
  • 10–14 nights920%
  • 15+ nights25%

Turnaround ports

Port intensity

Port days and sea days per cruise, between embarkation and return

Time in port
9 h
median · 6 – 30 h
Port days
54%
of days between embarkation and return
Overnight calls
2
staying past midnight
Late departures
2
after 20:00 · latest 22:00

Cruise patterns

  • 3 ports · 3 sea days7 nights12 cruises
  • 2 ports · 1 sea day4 nights6 cruises
  • 3 ports · 3 sea days7 nights5 cruises
  • 5 ports · 4 sea days10 nights4 cruises
  • 6 ports · 3 sea days10 nights4 cruises

Port daySea dayEmbarkation and return days not shown

Sea days are the days between embarkation and return with no port call. Hours in port run from arrival to departure; calls with unpublished times are left out. Late departure = leaving a port of call after 20:00, local time.

Brilliant Lady specifications

From the cruise line and ship registries · metric units

Ship

Cruise line
Virgin Voyages
Class
Lady Ship class
Year built
2023
Status
In service
IMO
9870654
MMSI
311001167

Size

Gross tonnage
108,232 GT
Length
278 m
Beam
38 m
Decks
17
Cruising speed
22 knots

Capacity

Guests, double occupancy
2,770
Guests, full occupancy
2,860
Cabins
1,408
Crew
1,160
Guests per crew member
2.4
Space per guest
39.1 GT

How it compares

131st largest of 350 ships in service, shared with Resilient Lady

Gross tonnage

  • Brilliant Lady108,232
  • Virgin Voyages average108,212
  • All ships in service91,156

Guests, double occupancy

  • Brilliant Lady2,770
  • Virgin Voyages average2,770
  • All ships in service2,189

Lady Ship class sister ships

Same design and size as Brilliant Lady

See the Virgin Voyages fleet

Also from Virgin Voyages: Scarlet Lady

About Brilliant Lady

Brilliant Lady is the fourth Lady ship of Virgin Voyages, floated out at Fincantieri's Sestri Ponente yard in Genoa in November 2022 and delivered in 2023. Her debut, first planned for December 2023, was postponed, and she began sailing on 5 September 2025 with a maiden voyage from New York. The 108,232 GT ship has 1,408 cabins.