Virgin Voyages Latest Ship to Set Sail in September 2025

Virgin Voyages will introduce its fourth ship subsequent 12 months on a tour of North America with stops in iconic locations from New York Metropolis to Los Angeles, Alaska, the Panama Canal, and past.

The cruise firm will first launch the Sensible Woman in September 2025 within the Large Apple with a collection of longer voyages of as much as two weeks, Virgin shared with Journey + Leisure. 

“Virgin Voyages began as a easy concept for me and has blossomed into the world’s high cruise line with a full fleet of ships,” Sir Richard Branson, the founding father of the Virgin Group, stated in a press release shared with T+L. “This ship goes to be good in each attainable means, and that features the unimaginable new locations we will journey to. Alaska, LA, New York – right here we come!”

The brand-new ship will first take off from the Manhattan Cruise Terminal within the Large Apple with voyages from 5 to 13 nights to standard East Coast locations, together with Maine, Charleston, Boston, and Halifax. The ship will then head all the way down to Miami in October for epic Caribbean holidays within the ABC islands of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao, Turks and Caicos, Grand Cayman, a brand new port of Ocho Rios in Jamaica, and extra.

In March 2026, the Sensible Woman will head throughout the Panama Canal throughout a 16 night time journey leaving from Miami and crusing to Los Angeles, after which it would sail 5- to 8-night itineraries alongside the West Coast and Mexico earlier than heading as much as Alaska that summer time.

When it launches, the Sensible Woman will characteristic the corporate’s signature purple balcony hammocks, greater than 20 eating spots, a mermaid-inspired spa, and extra. In contrast to the corporate’s different ships, nevertheless, Virgin stated this one could have an tailored body designed to sail by means of locations just like the Panama Canal and Alaska.

As a part of the launch, Virgin stated vacationers can put an early deposit on Alaska itineraries beginning Might 8 “to safe their precedence window to e book one of many restricted Alaskan itineraries earlier than they open to the general public.” The cruise line can also be celebrating with a “Sensible 4 You Move,” which comes with a keep in a RockStar Suite and one Shore Factor tour per voyage on every of the Sensible Woman’s maiden voyages.

Virgin Voyages first launched in 2021 with its debut ship, the Scarlet Woman. The corporate then expanded with its second ship, the Valiant Woman, earlier than including a 3rd ship, the Resilient Woman.