Norwegian Cruise Line now offers their new Priority Access pay-for-perks program available fleet-wide. After a summer of testing Priority Access on two ships, Norwegian Breakaway and Norwegian Sky and getting positive feedback, the cruise line decided to make it available on all of their ships. Priority Access must be purchased before your cruise begins. Similar […] Read more…
Norwegian Encore has successfully completed an always-tricky maneuver when it departed the shipyard in Germany and carefully sailed down the narrow Ems River, towards the North Sea. This transit to the sea is also a training cruise for new crew members. It gives them a chance to get acquainted and learn about Norwegian Encore before […] Read more…
Executives from Norwegian Cruise Line traveled to Hoonah and broke ground on a second cruise pier at Icy Strait Point. If you’re curious where all this is located, it’s on Chicagof Island on the Inside Passage. More about Hoonah, Alaska Hoonah is the largest Tlingit community in Alaska. Icy Strait Point is a cruise ship […] Read more…
When it comes to travel, nothing seems carved into stone. As least, not the way I travel. But I’ve never missed connections. Til now. Read more…
Whether or not to purchase a Norwegian Cruise Line drink package is almost a math project. How much can you actually drink in one week? Is Norwegian’s beverage package really worth the cost? Let’s break it all down to basics. To help you decide, I’ve also included the Premium and new Premium Plus beverage package […] Read more…
After a three-week dry dock in the Bahamas, Norwegian Sky returned to Miami fresh from refurbishment. It’s all part of Norwegian’s Norwegian Edge fleet-wide refurbishment program. From top to bottom, the 20-year old ship has been drastically updated. There are new restaurants and snack spaces, redesigned staterooms, even the pool area on deck 11 was refurbished. […] Read more…
Yes, it’s happening again. Norwegian Cruise Lines just announced it will raise daily gratuities this spring. It may seem like Norwegian raised its daily gratuities not too long ago. Oh wait! They did. You know the pattern. When one cruise line raises their daily gratuity, all the others seem to do the same. Carnival, Holland […] Read more…
Norwegian Cruise Line is known for bringing rousing Broadway musicals to the high seas. And the new Norwegian Joy entertainment productions will be no exception. Following a $50 million refurbishment and an Alaska debut, the award-winning musical, “Footloose” will be part of the live entertainment lineup beginning in May 2019. Norwegian Joy Live Entertainment Footloose tells the […] Read more…
If you’ve cruised on other cruise lines, or if this is your first Norwegian Cruise Line cruise, you should know that a cruise with Norwegian will be a totally different cruise experience. Especially when it comes to how to pack. Norwegian (or NCL as it was once called) created their Freestyle Cruising concept way back in […] Read more…
Norwegian Cruise Line fans take note – where to find your ship in 2020-2021. It looks like 2020 will be a busy year for Norwegian Cruise Line as it repositions four of their most popular ships to various ports around the USA. Plus a peek at other upcoming new cruise itineraries just ahead. Bahamas and […] Read more…
What goes around, comes around. So if you’ve been waiting since Spring for the Norwegian Cruise Line $1 Deposit offer to return, it’s here. And the booking window has been extended. Up until July 2, you can book your Norwegian cruise with only a $1 deposit. For those that either don’t have or don’t want […] Read more…
It was a big day in Bremerhaven, Germany when Norwegian Cruise Line took delivery of the 168,028-gross-ton Norwegian Bliss from Meyer Werft shipyard. In attendance for the hand-over ceremony were, of course, Norwegian Cruise Line execs, that included Andy Stuart and Captain of Norwegian Bliss, Karl Staffan Bengtsson. On April 21, Norwegian Bliss will depart from […] Read more…