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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 Girl in September 2025 within the Massive Apple with a sequence 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 prime cruise line with a full fleet of ships,” Sir Richard Branson, the founding father of the Virgin Group, stated in an announcement shared with T+L. “This ship goes to be sensible in each potential manner, and that features the unbelievable new locations we are able to 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 Massive Apple with voyages from 5 to 13 nights to well-liked East Coast locations, together with Maine, Charleston, Boston, and Halifax. The ship will then head right 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 Girl will head throughout the Panama Canal throughout a 16 night time journey leaving from Miami and crusing to Los Angeles, after which it should 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 Girl will characteristic the corporate’s signature purple balcony hammocks, greater than 20 eating spots, a mermaid-inspired spa, and extra. Not like the corporate’s different ships, nonetheless, Virgin stated this one can have an tailored body designed to sail by way 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 Go,” which comes with a keep in a RockStar Suite and one Shore Factor tour per voyage on every of the Sensible Girl’s maiden voyages.
Virgin Voyages first launched in 2021 with its debut ship, the Scarlet Girl. The corporate then expanded with its second ship, the Valiant Girl, earlier than including a 3rd ship, the Resilient Girl.
