In a video announcement that debuted on the Virgin Voyages’ web site at midday on Could 1, Virgin Voyages teased numerous highlights for its latest ship, Good Woman. Debuting in September 2025, the brand new cruise ship will discover the 4 corners of North America, with journeys starting from 5 to 14 nights.
Launching from 4 homeports – New York Metropolis, Miami, Los Angeles, and Seattle – Virgin Voyages revealed two new vacation spot highlights. As a part of its new itineraries, Good Woman can be Virgin Voyage’s first ship to sail by the Panama Canal and the primary to journey in Alaska.
“We’re taking you on a real North American tour the best way solely Virgin Voyages can,” mentioned Natasha Salzedo, director, itineraries & locations. “It’s like the last word highway journey, solely by sea.”
Added Sir Richard Branson, Virgin’s founder, “This ship goes to be good in each doable approach, and that features the unimaginable new locations we are able to journey to. Alaska, L.A., New York – right here we come!”
The ship will launch in September 2025 in New York Metropolis, the place it can embark on 5 cruises both to the pink sand seashores of Bermuda and charming Charleston, South Carolina, or prime leaf peeping journeys in New England and Canada with calls in Boston, Maine, Halifax, New Brunswick, and Quebec Metropolis. Good Woman’s inaugural sail is slated for September 5, 2025.
Good Woman will then sail to Miami to winter within the Caribbean, crusing 17 7- to 12-night voyages to passenger favorites like Turks & Caicos, Antigua, and Grand Cayman. New to the cruise line can be a name in Ocho Rios, Jamaica.
The ship will then transition from Miami to Los Angeles on an epic 16-night voyage by the Panama Canal. Departing on March 21, 2026, Good Woman will go to Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Los Cabos, Mexico, earlier than spending April and Could in Southern California. 4 voyages will take passengers to Baja California and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, in addition to San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Catalina Island.
Lastly, Good Woman will head to Seattle in Could 2026 for a summer season season in Alaska, the primary for Virgin Voyages. The ship is scheduled to stay within the Pacific Northwest by September 2026.
Good Woman to Debut Enhanced Options as Virgin Voyages’ Remaining Woman Ship
The ultimate vessel within the Virgin Voyage fleet of Woman ships, Good Woman will accommodate as much as 2,762 passengers and weigh 110,000 gross tons. Frank Weber, senior vp, fleet operations, Virgin Voyages, mentioned first fleet-to-design parts can be revealed in coming months, however did announce a brand new class of Sea Terrace cabins will debut on Good Woman.
“She has been tailored in sure components to permit her to particularly sail by the world’s most well-known quick lower, the Panama Canal,” he mentioned, revealing the variation required extra “cosy” Sea Terraces cabins.
“To make it a bit of ‘additional,’ we’ve got added a second hammock to the balconies,” Weber touted.
The manager group continued to tease extra upgrades and adjustments to Good Woman, similar to new tastes to observe Virgin Voyages Eat and Drink Pageant, indicating the pageant will function an introduction to treats to come back.
Additionally vaguely revealed can be extra stay music, extra comedy, and extra reveals, all to be revealed in coming months.
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Bookings will open for the Alaskan sailings this summer season, with Virgin Voyages opening an “Alaska Entrance(ier) of the Line Cross” that permits Sailors to safe a spot in line forward of the openings. Placeholders, obtainable on Could 8, 2024, will begin at $500 for Sea Terraces.
A brand new “Good 4 You Cross” will quickly be obtainable to entry all 4 of Good Woman’s “MerMaiden” voyages. Sailors beforehand slated to sail on Good Woman can be given precedence entry to e book a MerMaiden voyage.
