Virgin Voyages Caps Cruise Capacity for Its First Sail

The Scarlet Lady is scheduled to make her maiden voyage this fall

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When Virgin Voyages first sets sail this October, it’ll be doing so with fewer people than originally anticipated—and that’s intentional.

Announced this morning, Richard Branson’s new wilder, adults-only cruise line will be capping its capacity for its “soft opening” to help ease travelers’ concerns amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Specific numbers weren’t shared, but the company said in a release that it would be “managing overall ship occupancy so that appropriate physical distancing is possible across all public spaces.”

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