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[ARCHIVED] Norwegian Getaway Inaugural Blog
This is an archived post that originally appeared on CruiseInd on Jan 11, 2014 @ 12:11 Inaugural Schedule Track the Getaway Live NCL Getaway Homepage Current Time onboard the Getaway The Latest: This Page will be updated throughout her first…
Norwegian Breakaway Larger Than Getaway
Its only a minor difference, but enough to make one ship bigger than the other. When launched last spring, the Norwegian Breakaway came in at 146,600gt. Her recently launched sister, the Norwegian Getaway, is measuring 145,655gt. According to a CruiseInd source, the…
Norwegian Getaway Delivered
Norwegian Cruise Line has officially taken delivery of the 114,000GT Norwegian Getaway. The 4,000pax ship is now officially Norwegian’s. She is currently on her way to Rotterdam for a quick stop. She’ll arrive tomorrow. Afterwards she’ll be making her way…
Norwegian Getaway Inaugural Schedule
Norwegian Getaway Nears Completion
She looks ready to sail to New York!
Norwegian Getaway Takes to the Sea
The Norwegian Getaway has just departed on her first Sea trial based out of Eemshaven. Over the weekend she transited the Ems river towards the North Sea as she left Meyer Weft for the last and final time. Here are…
Norwegian Cruise Line to Feature Wii U Onboard Its Ships
Norwegian Cruise Line and Nintendo of America announced that they are expanding their partnership to offer Wii U ™ video game systems and Wii U games fleetwide. As part of the partnership expansion, the line will feature Nintendo’s newest video…
Busy Day in Miami with 9 Ships
This morning 9 cruise ships sailed into and berthed at the Port of Miami. This will be the busiest day of the 2013-2014 season and one of the busiest days in a long time. Below is a collection of…
More Details on the Norwegian Getaway Super Bowl Charter
Back in August, Norwegian Cruise Line announced that they were going to be altering their newest ships Inaugural festivities. Today it was announced that Bud Light, more specifically Anheuser-Busch inBev, are the charterers of the ship. They will transform her into…
Norwegian Getaway Gets Her Hull Art
NCL’s latest ship is now sporting her hull art. What does everyone think?
Miami Dolphins Cheerleaders to Christen the Norwegian Getaway
I guess its fitting. She is going to debut in New York as a hotel ship for the super bowl this year. Anyways, NCL has announced that on February 7, 2014 all cheerleaders of the Miami Dolphins will christen their…
NCL Names Their Next 2 Vessels
Norwegian Cruise Lines has announced the names of their two Breakaway-plus vessels: Norwegian Bliss and Norwegian Escape. Due to launch out of Meyer Werft beginning in 2015, the 163,000grt ships will be similar to the current Breakaway class, but with…
Norwegian Getaway Inaugural Altered
The original itinerary of Rotterdam or Southampton to Miami has been replaced with Rotterdam/Southampton to New York. The reason; the Norwegian Getaway has been privately chartered from January 29, 2014 to February 5, 2014 for Super Bowl XLVIII. It will…
NCL to Build its Own Cruise Port
75 acres in Southern Belize will be converted into an eco-friendly cruise terminal. NCL will invest $50 million to turn Harvest Caye into their private port. This seems like it will be NCL’s version of Royal Caribbean’s Labadee in Haiti.…
Norwegian Jade and SNAV Toscana Chartered for Olympics
Russian port authorities have announced that they have time chartered NCL’s Norwegian Jade as well as the former Baltic, now Mediterranean, ferry SNAV Toscana for the winter Olympics. The ships will be used as accommodation vessels. This is pretty similar…
Cruise Line Quarterly Crime Stats Released
As they promised to do in the recent congressional hearing. Here are the voluntarily released crime statistics form the big three. Carnival Corp Norwegian Cruise Line Royal Caribbean
NCL Picks Up Option for Second Breakaway-plus
Norwegian Cruise Line confirmed that they have picked up the option for a second “Breakaway Plus.” Like her sister, she will be built at Germany’s Meyer Werft yard and is slated for a Spring 2017 delivery.
Norwegian Breakaway Suffers Minor Damage in Atlantic Storm
NCL is reporting that while on her way back from Bermuda to New York, strong winds ripped off a divider between two balconies in the forward part of the ship. Gusts were reportedly as high as 60 kts. Official statement…
Is Theming a Ship to a Specific Geographic Region a Bad Idea?
Chris Owen of Chriscruises & Gadling offers us the following case: New ships are something special to be sure. Packed with the best of what a cruise line has to offer, the hope is often for a ship to be…
Norwegian Breakaway in NYC
click for larger Photographer: Finn Tornquist Captured : May 07, 2013 Added: May 08, 2013 Location:
BREAKING: NCL Orders Another Ship
NCL CEO Kevin Sheehan announced that they have officially ordered a sister ship to the Breakaway Plus. She’s being called internally “Breakaway Plus II.” She will be the same 163000GRT and carry 4200 pax (double occupancy). She will be scheduled…
Want to see What The Breakaway Looks Like Inside?
Ship photographer Andreas Depping has posted hundreds of high res photos from his tour of the brand new Norwegian Breakaway. This gets CruiseInd’s highest recommendation. You can view the main gallery here: Norwegian Breakawy – Panorama views from Deck 8,…
NCL CEO Kevin Sheehan Walks The Plank
On Norwegian Breakaway that is. His facial expression is priceless. via @CruiseNorwegian UPDATE: Here’s more photos of NCL Executives testing out the water slides. CEO Kevin Sheehan via @SeatradeInsider Sales (L to R) Andy Stuart, Nick Wilkinson, Francis Riley via…
NCL Takes Delivery of Norwegian Breakaway
via NCL: Today we took delivery of our 146.600 GT cruise ship, Norwegian Breakaway from MEYER WERFT after a building period of only 18 months. Extensive tests and trials of all systems and intensive training of the crew kept everyone…