NCL NEWS - NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE ANNOUNCES DEPLOYMENT FOR 2005-06
MIAMI, FL, April 19, 2004.- Norwegian Cruise
Line (NCL) today announced its deployment for 2005-06 expanding
its presence in the company's key Homeland Cruising markets.
Next year, NCL will deploy three ships in Hawai`i sailing
7-, 10- and 11-day cruises out of Honolulu, put a fourth ship
in Alaska with three ships out of Seattle and one out of Vancouver,
continue its position as a leader in Bermuda with departures
from three eastern seaboard cities and differentiate its Caribbean
deployment with innovative itineraries from five Homeland
Cruising ports.
"Homeland Cruising is a core business strategy for
the company both today and as we plan for the future,"
said Colin Veitch, president and CEO of NCL. "Our aim
is to be the leader in popular cruise destinations as Hawai`i,
Alaska's Inside Passage and Bermuda, and to offer the widest
possible variety of innovative itineraries in the Caribbean."
Highlights of the deployment
include:
Alaska
- NCL will feature its largest Alaska deployment
ever with four Freestyle Cruising ships departing from two
Homeland Cruising ports - Seattle and Vancouver - and featuring
the industry's only roundtrip 10- and 11-day itinerary out
of Seattle and the only Alaska itinerary with Anchorage (Whittier
or Seward) as a port of call. The move represents an expansion
of NCL's Alaska program placing two of its biggest ships in
Alaska for a total of four ships sailing 7-, 10- and 11-day
cruises beginning May 2005. The line will place Norwegian
Star, Norwegian Spirit and Norwegian Dream out of Seattle
and Norwegian Sun out of Vancouver. Seven-day itineraries
are on sale now. The 10/11 day itineraries will go on sale
on April 26, 2004;
Bermuda
- NCL will feature a selection of 52 weekly sailings
from Boston, Philadelphia and New York, the only three-port
Bermuda itinerary and the only sailings to Bermuda from Boston.
On sale date is May 10, 2004;
Hawai`i
- NCL will deploy three ships in the Aloha state
- Pride of Aloha, which will continue 7-day roundtrip inter-island
cruises from Honolulu, Norwegian Wind, which will continue
her 10- and 11-day cruises from Honolulu featuring a call
in Fanning Island, and Pride of America. Pride of America's
new schedule will be announced in the near future. Pride of
Aloha and Norwegian Wind itineraries go on sale on May 10,
2004;
Caribbean
- NCL will feature its diverse and innovative Caribbean
deployment from five Homeland Cruising ports including Charleston,
Houston, Miami, New Orleans and New York, where NCL will again
place Norwegian Dawn for year round sailings. Caribbean itineraries
go on sale on May 24, 2004;
Mexican Riviera - NCL will deploy Norwegian Star
back to Los Angeles, where she will continue her 8-day exotic
itinerary featuring the industry's only weekly cruise out
of Los Angeles to include the Mexican Rivera's most famous
playground, Acapulco, with a full day and overnight stay.
The cruise also includes a call into Zihuatanejo and the traditional
favorites of Puerto Vallarta and Cabo San Lucas. Itineraries
go on sale on May 17, 2004.
South America - NCL will deploy Norwegian Crown in
South America sailing a series of 14-day Chilean Fjords/Strait
of Magellan cruises and two Panama Canal cruises. Itineraries
go on sale on May 17,2004.
As the company's success with Homeland Cruising drives its
rapid expansion in North American ports and key destinations,
NCL will not deploy a ship in Northern Europe for 2005. In
the future, that may change as the company expands its fleet.
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