New Norwegian Cruise Ship Begins Sailings from Port Canaveral

The new Norwegian Prima cruise ship lastly arrives in Port Canaveral, Florida, the place the vessel can be homeported through the winter season. It comes because the ship accomplished a busy inaugural welcome touring the U.S. with sailings out of New York, Miami and Galveston.

Norwegian Prima Arrives in Port Canaveral

One of the preferred new cruise ships to start crusing in 2022 has reached its homeport for the winter season. Norwegian Prima arrived at Port Canaveral on December 11 for the very first time, marking the completion of the ship’s inaugural season, which included a collection of sailings in Europe, together with cruises out of different common U.S. homeports.

“We are thrilled to bring our newest ship, Norwegian Prima, to Port Canaveral with the opportunity to introduce her to the tens of millions of travelers that visit the Orlando area every year,” mentioned Harry Sommer, president and chief govt officer of Norwegian Cruise Line.

“The city offers the ultimate family vacation destination, given its accessibility to attractions, the cruise port and easy airlift from almost anywhere in the world. There is fun for everyone, making it one of the best pre-and-post cruise cities,” Sommer added.

Norwegian Prima is already crusing out of Port Canaveral with the December 11 departure. The first voyage out of Port Canaveral is a round-trip Caribbean itinerary, together with calls to Costa Maya on December 13 and Cozumel on December 14, earlier than returning residence to the second busiest cruise port on the earth, Port Canaveral.

The new-class Norwegian cruise ship will proceed to supply Caribbean voyages by way of March 2023. On March 28, the ship will return to New York City, providing cruises to Bermuda. In the summer season season, the ship will head again throughout the Atlantic with a return to Iceland and Southampton, UK.

“We are thrilled to welcome home Norwegian Prima to Port Canaveral, the first ship in an all-new class for Norwegian Cruise Line,” acknowledged Port CEO, Captain John Murray.

“We have a great partnership with NCLH and this important decision to homeport their newest, most innovative ship at our port underscores our commitment to support the expectations of our valued cruise partners,” Murray added.

With Port Canaveral being so common lately, it comes as no shock that additionally it is welcoming different NCL-operated ships this 12 months, together with Norwegian Joy, Norwegian Escape, Norwegian Getaway and Norwegian Gem.

Completion of Inaugural Season

Norwegian Prima has been busy since being delivered by Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri in July 2022. The ship began by turning into the primary to be christened in Reykjavik in Iceland, which additionally featured godmother and famous person Katy Perry. The vessel provided a collection of sailings out of Iceland, together with departures from Southampton, Copenhagen and Amsterdam earlier than heading for the U.S.

With the arrival of Norwegian Cruise Line’s new ship in New York in October 2022, it kickstarted the U.S. tour. Following some sailings out of the Big Apple, there have been additionally cruises out of Miami in Florida and Galveston in Texas.

The cruise line received to indicate off some spectacular new options for the U.S. company, together with the world’s first three-level racetrack, 9 new eating and beverage choices, the thrilling The Drop and Rush slides, and the cruise trade’s first sustainable cocktail bar. Port Canaveral is the ultimate U.S. homeport for Prima in 2022 and completes the ship’s busy inaugural season.

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Norwegian Prima is the primary in its class at 142,500 gross tons and with a passenger capability of over 3,000 at double occupancy. An an identical sister ship named Norwegian Viva, which remains to be beneath development, will debut in 2023.