Norwegian Cruise Line unveiled its winter 2024/25 and summer time 2025 cruises crusing to Europe, Caribbean, and Alaska.
“When planning new itineraries, we listen to our guests and provide them with the ultimate cruise vacation,” mentioned Harry Sommer, president and chief govt officer of Norwegian Cruise Line. “Our itineraries are designed to provide longer port hours and less sea days to truly allow our guests the opportunity to dive into the cultures and destinations they are visiting. It’s a way to reconnect with the world around them, and with our promotion, we make it easy.”
Highlights from the brand new deployment embrace:
GREEK ISLES, ISRAEL AND EGYPT
The Norwegian Viva, the second vessel from the Prima Class of ships set to debut in August 2023, will provide choose roundtrip seven-day Greek Isles voyages from Athens (Piraeus), Greece, in addition to nine-to-11-day open jaw sailings between Haifa, Israel; Athens (Piraeus), Greece; and Istanbul, Turkey from May by way of November 2025. The voyages will name to ports resembling Santorini, Mykonos, Rhodes, and Iraklion, Greece; provide 15-hour lengthy port stays in Jerusalem (Ashdod), Israel; and name to Alexandria and Port Said, Egypt, permitting loads of time for visitors to go to the pyramids, one of many Seven Wonders of the World.
NORTHERN EUROPE
From May by way of September 2025, the Norwegian Prima will sail a sequence of 10-and-11-day open-jaw voyages from London (Southampton), England and Reykjavik, Iceland providing visitors dream itineraries calling to Geiranger, Norway, house to Geirangerfjord, a UNESCO World Heritage Site identified for its gorgeous blue waters, steeps cliffs and waterfalls. The varied itineraries will even name to Alesund, Flåm and Bergen, Norway; Brussels/Bruges (Zeebrugge), Belgium; Akureyri, Isafjordur, Iceland, and Amsterdam.
MEDITERRANEAN
Starting April 2025 by way of October 2025, the Norwegian Breakaway will provide a sequence of nine-and-10-day roundtrip Mediterranean voyages from Barcelona, Spain with an in a single day name to Florence/Pisa (Livorno), Italy offering cruisers a full two days to discover the vacation spot and immerse themselves within the historical past and tradition round them. The two itineraries will name to bucket-list locations resembling Ibiza, Spain; Cagliari, Naples and Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy; Cannes, France, and extra.
CARIBBEAN
Sailing roundtrip from New York City, the Norwegian Prima will provide 10-to-12-day Caribbean sailings starting November 2024 by way of March 2025 visiting Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Basseterre, St. Kitts; St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands; Tortola, British Virgin Islands; and Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda.
For the second 12 months, the Norwegian Viva will homeport in San Juan, Puerto Rico from December 2024 by way of April 2025 providing seven-day roundtrip Southern Caribbean sailings with zero sea days permitting cruisers to discover a brand new warm-weather vacation spot every day. The varied itineraries will embrace calls to Castries, St. Lucia, and Bridgetown, Barbados on the east, whereas choose itineraries will name to the ABC Islands: Oranjestad, Aruba; Kralendijk, Bonaire; Willemstad, Curaçao; and extra on the west facet of the Caribbean.
The Norwegian Escape will sail seven- and 14-day Caribbean sailings from December 2024 by way of March 2025 from Galveston, Texas. The vessel will provide seven-day Western Caribbean itineraries calling to Costa Maya, and Cozumel, Mexico; Roatan, Honduras; in addition to Harvest Caye, NCL’s resort-style vacation spot positioned in Southern Belize. For these looking for an prolonged trip and trying to break the norm from a conventional Western Caribbean itinerary, the ship’s 14-day Eastern Caribbean voyages will embrace visits to St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands; Castries, St. Lucia; George Town, Grand Cayman; Cozumel, Mexico; Great Stirrup Cay, NCL’s personal island within the Bahamas, and rather more.
ALASKA
During the Alaska season from late April by way of October 2025, Norwegian Joy, will make her return to The Last Frontier and provide nine-and-10-day roundtrip sailings from Seattle.
PANAMA CANAL
The Norwegian Encore will traverse the 40-mile Panama Canal throughout her distinctive 21-day Extraordinary Journey beginning Oct. 13, 2024 from Seattle and crusing down the West Coast to San Francisco and Los Angeles; Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta, Acapulco, Mexico; Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala; Panama City, Panama; Cartagena, Colombia; George Town, Grand Cayman and ending her voyage in Miami.