NCL will be holding a press conference at Seatrade Cruise Global.
We just took our seat in the middle of the room.
A huge table covered in black cloth just entered the room. No idea what this is.
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And that concludes it from the event.
Stuart “Thank you for joining us. He’s inviting us to go experience a virtual walkthrough of the new facility.”
Stuart “It looks better than cake”….No it doesnt!
Stuart back on now
Boo… that wasn’t a cake 😉
The Commish is covering the importance of having NCL at Miami.
County Commissioner now up to talk.
It will launch in Fall of 2019 along with the arrival of Norwegian Encore.
EDITORS NOTE: Sorry some of the photos are showing up upside down.
Ajamil is going over his vision when he designed the terminal. “This is really the flagship terminal we envision.”
It’s going to be called the Pearl of Miami.
Luis Ajamil to the stage.
Hard to tell where, but it looks like it will be where their current two terminals are.
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Del Rio “It wont just be a place that we want to rush you through to the ship”
Del Rio “The port terminal itself will be large. 166,000sqft. Capable of handling ships of 5,000+pax”
Del Rio “NCLH will co-invest in it”
Del Rio “Pending final approval, we are launching a project to build a new terminal. Construction will being in May and target date to host a vessel will be Fall 2019”
Del Rio “Today we’re excited to announce a further commitment to Miami.”
Del Rio “My guess is that we will christen the Encore in Miami”
Del Rio “We helped establish Miami as the cruise capital of the world. We bring over one million pax a year to Miami.”
Del Rio “The concept of cruising was born in Miami.”
Del Rio “We just can’t keep building more and more ships and not look at the ports. And that’s what todays announcement is about.”
Del Rio “With all these ships coming we need to open the Eastern Med.”
Del Rio “We can build ships, but the world isn’t getting any bigger.”
Del Rio “Today we’re not going to just stalk about ships”
Del Rio “we might not be the biggest but we feel we are the best.”
Frank Del Rio now up.
Stuart “Norwegian Encore goes on sale today.”
Apparently that thing in the front is a cake….
Stuart “We’re bringing Jersey Boys to the ship. We are having the first full blown starbucks”
Stuart is covering the Bliss’ deployment and covering the “firsts”
Stuart “This ship is not called the Norwegian Wyland” *laughs*
Stuart “Bliss is just around the corner. April 19th they’ll take delivery”
Andy Stuart to lead it off
