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Departs from Auckland, New Zealand on March 15, 2024 returning March 27, 2024
Virgin Voyages - Resiliant Lady
Departing from Auckland, New Zealand. Visiting Wellington, Christchurch and Port Chalmers (Dunedin), New Zealand. Also visiting Hobart, Tasmania & Melbourne, Australia with 6-days at sea. Disembarking in Sydney, Australia.
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Ship's signature venues include:
DECK: 4-17
Athletic Club (training center) is an outdoor gym area with a boxing ring and gym club equipment) located top-deck aft. Part of the Sports Deck is also the raised jogging track (Runway track, red-white colored), sundeck with open-air lounge (furnished with double daybeds and semi-circular loungers), triple netting area (overlooking below decks), 10 private cabanas (cushioned bed, low table, 2 lounge chairs), beverage service (from the outdoor Sports Bar), foosball tables, swimming pool, showers.
Resiliant Lady restaurants and food bars.
DECK: 4-17
The Galley (main venue for casual dining and quick meals) is modeled on popular food halls. Here guests can taste food from various onboard restaurants via 8 shops and carts, including panini shop, bakery and pastry shop, taco shack, noodle bar, burger grill, a sushi bar with bento boxes, soup, and salad island, 24-hour American diner.
The Test Kitchen (laboratory-like eatery with metallic furniture, beakers, test tubes) offers "avant-garde cuisine". It is a part restaurant, part cooking school. Chef-driven menus are presented in the form of ingredient list to guests to discover how the chef combines the flavors throughout the course of each meal.
Wake (sized 5866 ft2 / 545 m2) is a steakhouse-seafood restaurant located aft and featuring views of the ship's wake. It serves "theatrical take" food inspired by The Grill-New York and The Wolseley-London.
Geonbae (Korean barbecue restaurant) is "hosted by the loudest servers at sea". Meals start with complimentary soju (distilled beverage) for the table with guests encouraged to take part in Korean drinking games.
Pink Agave (Mexican restaurant) provides shared plate experience with DJ music until late. It features porthole windows, metallic lighting fixtures, large tables, elongated curved area (intimate seating with 2-seat tables), separate bar (in the Lobby), private dining room (can be booked for parties and other private events).
Extra Virgin (trattoria restaurant) serves traditional Italian food specialties, including handmade fresh pasta.
Dock (beach club-inspired restaurant) offers Mediterranean cuisine with small plates, dips, mezze, salads.
The Pizza Place (beach club-inspired restaurant) offers complimentary oven-baked gourmet pizzas by the slice.
Razzle Dazzle is ship's vegan-vegetarian restaurant. Part of Razzle Dazzle Restaurant is the Red Bar - juice bar offering fresh-squeezed juices and tonics, as well as crafted cocktails from a menu that varies every night. In two days per cruise, at Razzle Dazzle is hosted Drag Brunch featuring live entertainment by "sassy drag queens".
Virgin cruise ship passengers are offered complimentary water (filtered and sparkling) at all onboard bars and dining venues. Throughout the ship, there are also complimentary water stations.
Shipboard entertainment options - Fun and Sport
DECK: 4-17
Each Virgin ship features 93% oceanview cabins and 86% balconied staterooms (called "sea terraces"), casino, several live entertainment venues (similar to traditional theater lounges).
Shipboard dining options - Food and Drinks
DECK: 4-17
Dining on Virgin Voyages ships is ticket price-inclusive - no extra charges are applied to any of the 20-plus onboard dining options. The cruise company doesn't believe in "paying more for great food", so it ditched traditional surcharges levied in specialty restaurants. All eateries on Scarlet Lady offer "exceptional made-to-order eats" - complimentary.
As part of the company's sustainable travel policy, Virgin Voyages banned single-use plastics and there is no buffet food on the ships. All shipboard food is made-to-order - to reduce waste and lower energy consumption and emissions. Savings are reinvested into fresh (locally sourced) top-quality products, exotic ingredients, highly trained staff, and clean technologies.
The company doesn't follow any traditional cruise dining concepts. Virgin ships don't have the main dining room, buffet restaurant, dress code (formal wear policy), assigned dining times or seating. All these concepts were replaced with intimate (boutique hotel-type) eateries offering 20+ dining options - all of which are included in cruise fares.
Attention Sea Blazers (Past Virgin Voyages Guests)- Ask for your Special Discounts and amenities!
Important Details
*Port charges Taxes and Fees are $348 per person additional. Singles ask for Solo Cabin Rates. Rates are subject to change without notice and We Reserve The Right To Correct Errors. Final payment is due 120 days prior to sailing.
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Bookings made 120+ days from sailing date, require a 20% deposit and can be refunded within 7 days if canceled. Once you the 7-day grace period is up, the deposit is non-refundable. If the Sailor can't go, they can change sailings without any penalty as long as it is done 45+ days prior to sailing. Once inside 45 days, the only change that can be made is name changes. Those can be done 2+ days prior. This is all based on not having out Voyage Protection (insurance). Guests must be 18+ To book. Full terms and conditions will be provided at time of booking. Final payment is due 150 days prior to sailing date. A $50 Booking Processing Fee will be charged by parent company CruiseCenter at the time of your initial cruise deposit. This amount becomes non refundable.
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