THE NORWEGIAN EDGE™

Posted on 21 January, 2016 by Spacejunkie2

THE NORWEGIAN EDGE™

The Cavern Club

The Norwegian Edge introduces a new standard of excellence that encompasses the entire guest experience, from culinary program enhancements to exclusive destination developments. The program starts with a focus on the heart of Norwegian, our ships.

Extensive revitalizations have already begun to elevate them with the premium look and feel of the line’s newest and most spectacular ships. When the renovations are complete, our ships will look even better than when they first left the shipyard. We’re investing $400 million to make sure a Norwegian vacation is up to the high standards we’ve set for ourselves – and those that our guests expect from us.

So when you board one of our ships for the fifth time, but she looks as good as the first time you saw her, that’s The Norwegian Edge. When you savor an array of international tastes and gourmet dishes from our new enhanced menus, you’ve tasted The Norwegian Edge.

If you find yourself surrounded by natural beauty in Harvest Caye, our premier resort-style island in Belize, you’ve found The Norwegian Edge. And finally, when you’re sharing stories (and selfies) from your incredible vacation weeks after your cruise, you know you experienced The Norwegian Edge.

• Exciting new entertainment venue, The Cavern Club, inspired by the famous Liverpool nightclub of the same name where The Beatles got their big break
• A complete makeover of La Cucina to create a more authentic Italian atmosphere
• Upgraded The Haven Courtyard, Lounge and Restaurant to introduce a more modern and clean design
• Upgraded spaces for the whole family including Entourage, Splash Academy and the new SplashGolf in the Kids’ Aqua Park
• New library and card room for guests to enjoy while on board
• Refreshed décor, including new furniture and flooring in several restaurants, bars and lounges to elevate the ambiance as you sip, savor and cheers

HARVEST CAYE

In November, our newest cruise destination in southern Belize will be transformed into a 75-acre resort-style experience featuring an expansive pool, lagoon for water sports, private luxury cabanas and exclusive beach for our guests to discover.

GREAT STIRRUP CAY

We’re enhancing our eco-fun paradise in the Bahamas with more of what our guests love: more beaches, more activities, and more places to relax and indulge.

Norwegian Gem, Refurbished November 2015

• Renovated Bliss Ultra Lounge and introduced a new area for Casino games

• Brand new photo gallery set up with new computer displays, furniture and a more open layout

• Renovated The Haven Courtyard, Lounge and Restaurant to introduce a more modern and clean design

• Refreshed décor, including new furniture and flooring in several restaurants, bars and lounges to elevate the ambiance as you sip, savor and cheers

• Revamped The Haven Courtyard and Sundeck to include more shaded areas, cabanas and loungers

NCL~Dry Dock Schedule

Norwegian Ships	Dry Dock Schedule
Pride of America	Q1 2016
Norwegian Sun	Q2 2016
Norwegian Dawn	Q2 2016
Norwegian Spirit	Q1 2017
Norwegian Sky	Q1 2017
Norwegian Pearl	Q1 2017
Norwegian Jade	Q1 2017

Norwegian Cruise Line honoured

Posted on 12 January, 2016 by Spacejunkie2

Norwegian Cruise Line honoured once again as “World’s Leading Large Ship Cruise Line” by the World Travel Awards

Norwegian Escape

Norwegian is named “World’s Leading Large Ship Cruise Line” for the fourth consecutive year and recognized for “World’s Leading Cruise Line Website”

Wiesbaden, December 14, 2015 –Norwegian Cruise Line has once again been named the “World’s Leading Large Ship Cruise Line” by the World Travel Awards, marking the fourth consecutive year that the company has been honoured with this accolade. In addition, Norwegian won the award for the “World’s Leading Cruise Line Website.”

The awards were presented to Norwegian Cruise Line at the 22st annual World Travel Awards Grand Final Gala, held on December 12, 2015 in El Jadida, Morocco. The annual awards are voted on by thousands of travel and tourism professionals from across the globe and honour travel companies that provide outstanding products and customer service.

In addition to the award for top large ship cruise line worldwide, earlier this year Norwegian Cruise Line was also recognized by the World Travel Awards as “Europe’s Leading Cruise Line” for the eighth consecutive year as well as the “Caribbean’s Leading Cruise Line” for the third consecutive year.

“We are overjoyed to once again be honoured as a worldwide leader in the travel industry, and we thank all of the many travel partners, industry professionals and guests who voted for us,” said Andy Stuart, President and Chief Operating Officer of Norwegian Cruise Line. “We are very proud of this incredible achievement, which is a testament to our commitment to excellence across our fleet and our hard-working crew’s dedication to providing our guests with an outstanding holiday experience.”

Norwegian’s fourteen Freestyle Cruising vessels sail a variety of exciting itineraries, from the Caribbean to Panama Canal, South America and Mexican Riviera. The line’s newest ships, Norwegian Escape and Norwegian Getaway, cruise the Caribbean year-round from Miami. In addition, Norwegian has six vessels sailing the Caribbean and the Bahamas from convenient locations including New York, Tampa, Port Canaveral (Orlando), New Orleans and Houston. Norwegian Sun is currently sailing alternating 14-night itineraries in South America, while Norwegian Jewel is sailing 7-night itineraries to the Mexican Riviera, Norwegian Epic is sailing the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands from Barcelona this winter, and Pride of America sails weekly inter-island Hawai’i cruises that offer 100 hours of port time.

The World Travel Awards has been recognizing and acknowledging excellence amongst companies involved in the global travel and tourism industries since 1993, and has set high standards for all of their participants.

About Norwegian Cruise Line

Norwegian Cruise Line is an internationally operating cruise line headquartered in Miami, Florida with three offices in Wiesbaden, Malta and Southampton overseeing operations in Europe.

Norwegian Cruise Line is the innovator in cruise travel with a 49-year history of breaking the boundaries of traditional cruising, most notably with the introduction of Freestyle Cruising which revolutionized the industry by giving guests more freedom and flexibility. Today, Norwegian invites guests to explore the world on one of 14 purpose-built Freestyle Cruising ships, providing guests the opportunity to enjoy a relaxed, resort style cruise holiday on some of the newest and most contemporary ships at sea. In September 2015, the line was named “Europe’s Leading Cruise Line” for the eighth consecutive year, as well as in October 2015, for the third consecutive year, “Caribbean’s Leading Cruise Line” by the World Travel Awards. In addition the company has received the World Travel Award as “World’s Leading Large Ship Cruise Line” from 2012 to 2015.

The Company recently took delivery of its most innovative ship to date, the 4.200-passenger Norwegian Escape in October 2015 and has three further 4.200-passenger vessels on order at Meyer Werft with delivery in the spring of 2017, 2018 and autumn of 2019.

Newbuilds to be delivered in 2016

Posted on 8 January, 2016 by Spacejunkie2

Newbuilds to be delivered in 2016:

Finesse, AIDAprima, River Voyager, AmaViola, AmaStella, AmaDessa, America, Samatha, Princess Panhwar, Avalon Passion, Avalon Imagery II, Carnival Vista, Elbe Princesse, Origin, Emerald Belle, Koningsdam, Seven Seas Explorer , Ovation of the Seas, Harmony of the Seas, Scenic Amber, Scenic Spirit, Scenic Azure, Scenic Aura, Seabourn Encore, Dream Cruises’ unnamed ship , Grace, Joy, Mein Schiff 5, Ganges Voyager II, Amadeus Silver III, Viking Sea and Viking River Cruises’ six Longship class river cruise vessels.

AIDA Cruises

AIDAprima (3,250 – March 2016) Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (See image)
Unnamed new class ship (3,250 – Unknown: previously announced March 2016) Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
New ship design (6,600 – ) Meyer Werft
New ship design (6,600 – ) Meyer Werft

AMA Waterways
AmaViola (158 – 2016) (“Certo-class” ship) Vahali Shipyard
AmaStella (164 – 2016) (River cruises in Europe)
AmaDessa ( – 2016) (“Certo-class” ship) Gendt Shipyard
(March 2015: AmaWaterways’ Executive Vice President and Co-owner Kristin Karst has confirmed the line will build two more ships in 2017 for river cruises in Europe)

American Cruise Lines
America (185 – Early 2016) Chesapeake Shipbuilding Corp.
Queen of the Mississippi ( – 2017) Chesapeake Shipbuilding Corp.
Unnamed coastal cruise ship (170 – Spring 2017) Chesapeake Shipbuilding

APT, Travelmarvel and Maing Fong Company
Samatha (30 suites – January 2016) Shipyard in Yangon (River cruises on the Burma River in Myanmar)
Princess Panhwar (36 suite – January 2016) Shipyard in Yangon (River cruises on the Burma River in Myanmar)
Avalon Waterways
Avalon Passion (2016)
Avalon Imagery II (2016)
Avalon Myanmar (36 – September 2015)
Blue Star Line
Titanic II Project (2,435 – Delayed to 2018) CSC shipyard
Carnival Cruise Lines
Carnival Vista (3,954 – Spring 2016) Fincantieri
Unnamed Vista class ship (3,954 – March 2018) Fincantieri
Carnival Corp & Plc
March 2015: Carnival Corp & plc is ordering a total of nine cruise ships, five from Fincantieri and four from Meyer Werft. The new ships would be delivered over a four-year period between 2019 and 2022. Fincantieri will build five of the new vessels at its shipyards in Monfalcone and Marghera in Italy while Meyer Werft will construct the remaining four at both its German yard at Papenburg and its new and larger capacity Finnish yard at Turku. June 2015: it was announced that the two at Meyer Werft will be for AIDA Cruises. July 2015: the two at Meyer Turku will be for Costa Cruises.

Celebrity Cruises
Project Edge class ship (2,900 – Fall 2018) STX France (Letter of intent)
Project Edge class ship (2,900 – Early 2020) STX France (Letter of intent)
Costa Cruises Asia
Unnamed ship (4,200 – 2019) Fincantieri
Unnamed ship (4,200 – 2020) Fincantieri
Costa Cruises
New ship design (6,600 – 2019) Meyer Turku (See image below at right)
New ship design (6,600 – 2020) Meyer Turku

Croisieurope
Princesse Elbe (80 – Spring 2016) Saint-Nazaire shipyard (Paddlewheel river cruise ship)
Princesse Apsara (60 – ) (Cruises on the Mekong)
Daniele (24 – ) (Barge)
Deborah (24 – ) (Barge)
Crystal Cruises
New Crystal Exclusive class ship (1,000 – 2018) Lloyd Werft (Letter of Intent) (See image at left)
New Crystal Exclusive class ship (1,000 – ) Lloyd Werft (Letter of Intent)
New Crystal Exclusive class ship (1,000 – ) Lloyd Werft (Letter of Intent)
Crystal River Cruises
Crystal Bach (110 – March 2017) Lloyd Werft (See image at right)
Crystal Mahler (110 – March 2017) Lloyd Werft
Crystal Ravel (84 – March 2017) Lloyd Werft
Crystal Debussy (84 suites – March 2017) Lloyd Werft
Dream Cruises – Genting Hong Kong
(November 2015: Genting Hong Kong announced the launch of Dream Cruises with the two new ships under construction at Meyer Werft for Star Cruises)
Unnamed ship (3,364 – October 2016) Meyer Werft
Unnamed ship (1,682 cabins – Fall 2017) Meyer Werft
Ecoventura
Origin (20 – January 2016) Shipyard in Guayaquil, Ecuador
Emerald Waterways
Emerald Belle (182 – Early 2016) (Den Breejen Shipyard)
Unnamed sister ship (182 – 2017)
Unnamed sister ship (182 – 2017)
Unnamed sister ship (182 – 2017)
European Waterwayas
Finesse (8 – May 2016) Hotel barge

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
Four Seasons Ocean Residence (48,600 grt – ) Kvaerner Masa (Aker Yards) (Conditional contract)
General Maritime Transportation Company (GNMTC)
Unnamed ship (1,739 – December 2012) STX Europe St Nazaire
(June 2011: STX France has rescinded the contract and is looking for a new buyer. March 2012: sold to MSC Cruises)

Holland America Line
Koningsdam (“Pinnacle” class ship) (2,650 – March 2016) Fincantieri (See image)
Second “Pinnacle” class ship (2,650 – November 2018) Fincantieri
Knud E Hansen (Naval architects)
New green-design expedition ship (300 – )(See image)
Lindblad Expeditions
Unnamed coastal vessel (100 – Second quarter of 2017) Nichols Brothers Boat Builders
Unnamed coastal vessel (100 – Second quarter of 2018) Nichols Brothers Boat Builders
Lüftner Cruises – Amras Cruises – Amadeus Cruises
Amadeus Silver III (168 – 2016) De Hoop, Holland
MSC Cruises
MSC Meraviglia (4,500 – May 2017) (Vista project ship ) STX France
MSC Meraviglia sister ship (4,500 – 2019) (Vista project ship ) STX France (See image at right)
(MSC Cruises has options for two further Vista project ships to be delivered by 2022)
MSC Seaside (5,300 – November 2017) Fincantieri
Second Seaside class ship (5,300 – May 2018) Fincantieri
(See image below)

Norwegian Cruise Line
Norwegian Bliss (4,200 – Spring 2017) Meyer Werft
Breakaway-Plus class cruise ship (4,200 – Spring 2018) Meyer Werft
Breakaway-Plus class cruise ship (4,200 – Autumn 2019) Meyer Werft
OVDS – Hurtigruten – Norwegian Coastal Voyage
Fram’s sister ship (2008) Fincantieri (Option to be confirmed)
Peace Boat
New Ecoship (1,700 – 2020) (Subject to financing by donations or investors) (See image at right)
Pearl Seas Cruises
Unnamed sister ship of the Pearl Mist (214 -) (Originally the ship would be built at the Irving Shipbuilding, in Halifax, Nova Scotia but in March 2008 Pearl Seas decided to built the second ship in a different shipyard)
P&O Cruises Australia
Unnamed ship (2,400 – 2019/2020) Fincantieri
Polar Cruise Enterprises
Ursus Maritimus – Ice breaking cruise liner (240 – ) Rauma yard of STX Finland
Princess Cruises
Majestic Princess (3,560 – Summer 2017) Fincantieri
Fourth “Royal Princess” class vessel (3,560 – 2019 / 2020) Fincantieri
Residential Cruise Line Ltd.
Magellan (residential cruise ship) – Aker Yards (Memorandum of Understanding)
Riva Waterways – Evergreen Tours
Riva Royale (180 – April 2014) Shipyard De Hoop (River ship)
Riva Princess (180 – April 2014) Shipyard De Hoop (River ship)
Regent Seven Seas Cruises
Seven Seas Explorer (738 – Summer 2016) Fincantieri Sestri Ponente (See image at right)
Royal Caribbean International
Ovation of the Seas (4,100 – Mid 2016) Meyer Werf
Harmony of the Seas (5,400 – Mid 2016) STX France
Third ship of the Oasis class (5,400 – Mid 2018) STX France
Fourth Quantum-class ship (4,100 – Spring 2019) Meyer Werf
Fifth Quantum-class ship (4,100 – Fall 2020) Meyer Werf
Saga Shipping – Saga Cruises

Unnamed new class ship (540 suites and cabins – 2019) Meyer Werft (There is an option for a second ship with delivery in 2021) (See image at left)

Scenic – Luxury Cruises & Tours
Scenic Amber (169 – March 2016) River ‘Space-Ships’ class (Den Breejen shipyard)
Scenic Spirit (68 – January 2016) Cruises on the Mekong River in Asia
Scenic Azure (48 cabins – March / April 2016) (Portugal’s Douro River cruises)
Scenic Aura (24 balcony suites – September 2016) (Myanmar’s Irrawaddy River cruises)
Seabourn Cruises
Seabourn Encore (604 – Second half of 2016) Fincantieri (See image)
Seabourn Ovation (604 – Spring 2018) Fincantieri (See image)
Sea Cloud Cruises
Sea Cloud Hussar (136 – November 2010) Factoria Naval de Marin, Spain (She is a three-mast sailing vessel)
Silversea Cruises
Silver Muse (596 – April 2017) Fincantieri
Unnamed vessel (-) Fincantieri
Unnamed vessel (-) Fincantieri
(October 2014: Shanghai-based ICBC Leasing announced that it had signed with Monte Carlo-based Silversea Cruises for the financing of three cruise ships to be built by Fincantieri in Italy)

Star Clippers
New five-masted sailing vessel (300 – Late 2017) (Brodosplit shipyard in Split, Croatia) (See image at right)
Sunstone Ships
Project Unlimited (240 – ) (Expedition ship) Meyer Werft (Letter of intent)(See image)
Tauck – Scylla AG
Grace (Inspiration Class ship) (130 – 2016) (See image at left))
Joy (Inspiration Class ship) (130 – 2016)
TUI Cruises
Mein Schiff 5 (2500 – 2016) Meyer Turku(See image sister ship Mein Schiff 3)
Mein Schiff 6 (2500 – 2017) Meyer Turku
Mein Schiff 7 (2500 – 2018) Meyer Turku Oy
Mein Schiff 8 (2500 – 2019) Meyer Turku Oy
Uniworld River Cruises
Ganges Voyager II (56 – January 2016) (Ganges River Cruises. Haimark Travel is building the ship for Uniworld)
Unknown cruise operator
New Expedition Vessel for Extreme Conditions (60 – December 2014) Kleven Maritime AS (Norway)
Utopia Residences
Utopia – private residential vessel (105,000 ton – ) (June 2011: the letter of intent for the Utopia is expected to become a firm contract) Samsung Heavy Industries
Vantage Deluxe World Travel
River Voyager (176 – March 2016)
(Ship for European river cruises)

Victoria Cruises
Victoria Emperor (Over 200 – planning stage) (River cruises in China)
Viking Ocean Cruises
Viking Sky (944 – February 2017) Fincantieri (See image sister ship Viking Star – Photo Neven Jerkovic at Shipspotting.com)
Viking Sea (944 – Mid 2016) Fincantieri
New luxury ocean ship (944 – Early 2017) Fincantieri
New luxury ocean ship (944 – Mid 2018) Fincantieri
New luxury ocean ship (944 – End 2020) Fincantieri
Viking River Cruises
October 2014: Viking has placed an order for six Longship class river cruise vessels with Neptun Werft in Rostock. The now ordered ships will be delivered in the Spring of 2016.

Virgin Cruises
Unnamed new class ship (2,800 – 2020) Fincantieri
Unnamed new class ship (2,800 – 2021) Fincantieri
Unnamed new class ship (2,800 – 2022) Fincantieri

Xiamen International Cruise Co Ltd
China Xiamen (2,000 – planning for October 2018) Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry
(August 2015: Cruise Industry News has reported that Xiamen Shipbuilding has dropped plans to build the ship)