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Cruise Lines Get Approval For Cuba

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It’s official, US Cruise lines can now sail US passengers to Cuba from US ports. The US Government just handed approval to a bunch of cruise lines today. Let’s take a look. Royal Caribbean Cruises received approval for Royal Caribbean…

NCL Reports Q3 2016 Earnings

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (Nasdaq:NCLH) (together with NCL Corporation Ltd., “Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings”, “Norwegian” or the “Company,”) today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2016, and provided guidance for the fourth quarter and full year 2016. Highlights…

Norwegian Bliss Updates

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NCL recently made two announcements about their newest flag ship, Norwegian Bliss. This is in addition to the announcement that she will sail Alaska when launched.   The first was that construction has finally begun. Representatives from NCL and Meyer…

Norwegian Bliss to be Purpose Built for Alaska

Norwegian Cruise Line’s 2018 new build, Norwegian Bliss, will be seasonally based in Seattle and sail Alaskan cruises, the line announced today. The ship will be a breakaway plus vessel and a sister to the Norwegian Escape. The press release(below)…

NCL Reports Q2 2016 Earnings

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Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2016, provided guidance for the third quarter and full year 2016 and updated expectations for previously stated financial targets. Highlights The Company generated GAAP net…

Take a Look at Norwegian Joy’s Hull Art

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NCL’s first dedicated Chinese newbuild will sport the above hull art what do you think? The Miami based cruise line hired Chinese artist Tan Ping to design the artwork. The design includes a phoenix which you can just make out on…

NCL Reports Q1 2016 Earnings

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Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (Nasdaq:NCLH) (together with NCL Corporation Ltd., “Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings”, “Norwegian” or the “Company,”) today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2016, as well as provided guidance for the second quarter…

Norwegian Joy to Receive Go Kart Track

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NCL today unveiled several onboard venues for their Shanghai & Tianjin based ship, Norwegian Joy. The highlight is easily the go kart track on the top deck. The full press release is at the bottom of this post. NCL seems…

Meet NCL’s Newest Ship, Norwegian Joy

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NCL just announced details on their mysterious ‘2017 newbuild’. I say mysterious because when it was announced, no one really knew where this ship would fit in Meyer Werft’s yard orderbook. The below official release has her in China in…

NCL Reports Q4 2015 Earnings

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Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (Nasdaq:NCLH) (together with NCL Corporation Ltd., “Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings”, “Norwegian” or the “Company,”) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2015, as well as provided guidance for…

NCL Reports Q3 2015 Earnings

Income is up, bookings are up, yields are up, but expenses are up. Keep in mind when comparing this to last year; this year includes revenues and costs associated to the Prestige acquisition so it’s a bit hard to compare here. via NCL:…

Norwegian Escape Liveblog

The Norwegian Escape Liveblog is here. You can use the link below or access it anytime from the menu above. Hope you can follow along with me as NCL’s latest flagship is launched.   Norwegian Escape Liveblog

[ARCHIVED] Norwegian Escape Live Blog

This is an archived post that originally appears on CruiseInd Oct 13, 2015 @ 09:59 Now that Norwegian Escape has arrived in her new home, I’m going to end this live blog. As always, thank’s for following. Hello and welcome to…

BREAKING: Norwegian Bliss Headed Direct to Asia

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NCL mentioned back in August that they were deploying the Norwegian Star to Asia. Now they are doubling down by placing a ‘new build’ direct from the yard to the Chinese market. An interesting note here, the presser below makes…

Norwegian Escape Completes River Transit

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NCL’s latest newbuild, Norwegian Escape, has successfully completed the Ems river transit. She’s now berthed in the fitting out pier in Eemshaven in the Netherlands. She’s on schedule to sail on her inaugural preview cruise on October 25th from Hamburg…

No Port Calls in Houston Beyond 2016

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As Cruise Industry News correctly points out this morning, neither Princess nor NCL have any plans on returning to Houston’s Bayport Terminal after this winter 2015-2016 season concludes. Houston has always had difficulty in attracting lines to call their terminal.…

NCL Reports Q2 2015 Earnings

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. together with NCL Corporation Ltd., “Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings”, “Norwegian” or the “Company”, reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 and provided guidance for the third quarter and full year 2015. Second…

NCL Announces Expansion to Asia

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Norwegian Cruise Line announced that they will expand to the Asian market. It was speculated that the Star would be the one going over there and now it’s confirmed. NCL is the latest line to join the ever expanding Asian…

[UPDATED]Norwegian Dawn Runs Aground in Bermuda

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Norwegian Dawn Webcam                            Norwegian Breakaway Webcam UPDATE Wednesday Noon: NCL’s latest statmenet and the last update on this: On Wednesday, May 20, a thorough assessment of Norwegian Dawn…

NCL Reports Q1 2015 Earnings

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Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd., reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 and provided guidance for the second quarter and full year 2015. First Quarter 2015 Highlights Improvement in Adjusted EPS of 17.4% to $0.27 on Adjusted…

Norwegian Star Out Of Service Until April 26

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The Norwegian Star recent completed a drydock and returned to service on March 17, 2015. It seems one of her azipods has been acting up ever since and NCL has been forced to return the ship to drydock to fix…

Drew Masden Resigns at NCL; Andy Stuart To Replace Him

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Kind of surprising news here. In October, it was announced that Drew Masden would take over as COO; as they started shedding some of soon-to-depart Kevin Sheehan’s responsibilities. Today, NCL announced that he resigned and long time favorite Andy Stuart…

NCL Reports Q4 and 2014 Earnings

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From NCLH: Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd., today reported financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2014, and provided guidance for the first quarter and full year 2015. Reported results for the quarter and year ended December…