Cruising for Catastrophe: 5 Goth-Coded Voyages for the Decadently Deranged

For those of us who lust for adventure but were never going to be “Royal Caribbean” girlies, we’ve found a selection of otherworldly cruises for the darkly inclined.

Forget the endless buffets and sunsoaked afternoons on the pool deck (goth hiss), you came for the foghorns, the violin quartets, the feeling of salt on your corset—and maybe the masked ball below deck.

These aren’t cruises for the mainstream. These are floating fever dreams: heavy metal sanctuaries, Viking rites and international vessels of mystery, indulgence and delightfully questionable choices.

Let the water take you where the night would’ve gone anyway.