NCL has just announced that they have agreed with Fincantieri to build a fifth and sixth Project Leonardo Class ship. These additional ones will be delivered in 2026 and 2027. The 140,000gt class of ships will be quite smaller than their current…
The Norwegian Bliss is currently enroute to the west coast and is transiting the Panama Canal today. Doing so has made her the largest cruise ship, and largest ship by GT, to transit the canal. The only other arguably larger…
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: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, 2018, as well as provided guidance for the second quarter…
Norwegian Cruise Line’s newest flagship has just set sail. In our series of First Looks, which replaces the Inaugural Liveblogs, lets take a look and see what sets her apart from her fleetmates. The Norwegian Bliss can trace its lineage…
I had the opportunity last month to board the Norwegian Getaway for a quick tour so I could document it for CruiseInd. This review will encompass the public areas and select cabins. It will consist of high-res photos and panoramas.…
Norwegian Cruise Line has just taken delivery of their newest flagship, Norwegian Bliss. The 168,028gt ship was just completed at Germany’s Meyer Werft yard in Papenburg, Germany. The ship took 18 months to build. She’ll now head to Southampton, England for…
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. Archived Live…
Big news here on a Friday…. Malaysian hospitality magnet Genting Group has agreed to sell off its 11.1% shares of Norwegian Cruise Lines (Star NCLC) for $543.6 million. They have been slowly divesting themselves of NCL/Star since August and stand…
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2018, as well as provided guidance for the second quarter and full year 2018. Highlights The Company generated GAAP net income of $103.2 million or EPS of $0.45 compared to $61.9…
NCL just announced that their newest ship will be named Norwegian Encore. This will be the fourth in the Breakaway-plus class vessels. She’ll join her sisters, Escape, Joy, and Bliss, but will more closely resemble the Bliss. The 164,600gt ship…
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, 2017, and provided guidance for the fourth quarter and full year 2017. Highlights…
NCL just announced further details on their upcoming 2018 newbuild, Norwegian Bliss. Based on the Norwegian Joy general arrangement, the Norwegian Bliss builds upon that. Most notably she will have the same racetrack as is found on the Joy. She’s…
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 second quarter ended June 30, 2017, and provided guidance for the third quarter and full year 2017. Highlights…
Norwegian Cruise Line just announced a change to their summer deployment next year. This may seem last minute but that’s the benefit of a smaller fleet of ships to manage. The biggest highlight is that the Norwegian Sun will reposition…
The Norwegian Joy was just christened in China so I thought it might be interesting to take a look at Norwegian Cruise Lines first purpose built ship for the Chinese market. Shes a slightly modified Breakaway-plus class vessel which closely…
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, 2017, and provided guidance for the second quarter and full year 2017. Highlights…
I had the opportunity last month to board the Norwegian Sky for a quick tour so I could document it for CruiseInd. This review will encompass the public areas and select cabins. It will consist of high-res photos and panoramas.…
Norwegian Cruise Line just announced the first details we have for their ambitious newbuild project. They will call it Project Leonardo. This first ship will be delivered in 2022 with future orders in 2023, 2024, and 2025. There’s also an…
Norwegian Cruise Line’s first purpose built ship for the Chinese market has just been floated out in Germany. This is our first time seeing what she’ll look like. While she may look like a modified version of the Breakaway-plus class,…
I had the opportunity last month to board the Norwegian Escape for a quick tour so I could document it for CruiseInd. This review will encompass the public areas and select cabins. It will consist of high-res panoramas and 360…
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, 2016, as well as provided guidance for the first quarter…
Norwegian Cruise Line announced that they have ordered four ships from Fincantieri. The new ships are scheduled for delivery in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, with an option for two additional ships in 2026 and 2027. Each ship will be 140,000gt…
NCL has announced that when not sailing Alaska out of her summer-homeport of Seattle, their newest and largest ship, Norwegian Bliss, will be winter-homeported in Miami. Commencing on November 17, 2018, Norwegian Bliss will sail 7-night Eastern Caribbean routes every Saturday. …
Former NCL CEO Kevin Sheehan is back in the cruise industry. After abruptly leaving NCL in January 2015, for personal reasons I’m told, Sheehan will helm the new management team that will operate Paradise Cruise Line. Paradise Cruise Line is the…
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…