Norwegian Cruise Line has launched its 2024 European season, that includes over 100 itineraries from 13 new and current homeports and showcasing the newest Prima Class ships. The season features a new summer time sequence from New York to Reykjavík.
New NCL Homeport Choices to Europe for Summer season Season
Marking the beginning of its 2024 European season, Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Epic set off on a 10-day journey by the Greek Isles and Italy on April 19. Launching from Civitavecchia (Rome), the cruise heralds a season of greater than 100 numerous European voyages for NCL.
NCL introduces three new homeport choices only for the summer time season, growing its complete to 13. These embody New York Metropolis, Le Havre (Paris), and Oslo, Norway. NCL is using eight ships within the area throughout the summer time season, together with its latest ships, Norwegian Prima and Norwegian Viva.
David J. Herrera, president of Norwegian Cruise Line, mentioned of the upcoming season, “As we return to Europe for this season, our purpose stays constant – curating unmatched and charming experiences for company to immerse in Europe’s most iconic and sought-after locations.”
The season options an array of 38 roundtrips and 63 sailings, calling at 140 ports throughout Northern Europe, the Mediterranean, the Greek Isles, and the Atlantic Coast. Passengers may have a mean of 10 hours in port to immerse themselves in native cultures and landscapes with distinctive shore excursions, starting from architectural excursions to connoisseur experiences and native customs.
Spotlight European NCL Sailings
The 2024 NCL season is full of numerous choices, together with first-ever sailings from New York Metropolis to Reykjavík, Iceland. These voyages, carried out by Norwegian Star, which is supplied for polar navigation, characteristic 12- to 14-day journeys with stops in Akureyri and Grundarfjord, Iceland; Qaqortoq, Greenland; and Canadian ports like St. John’s and Halifax.
Presently, on a transition cruise from Brazil to the Canary Islands in Spain, Norwegian Star will supply its first European cruise on April 27, departing from Lisbon, Portugal, en path to Southampton, England. Following a British Isles and Eire cruise from Could 8 by Could 19, Norwegian Star will make Reykjavík house and start its new polar journeys. It can full its Icelandic journey in September.
One other spotlight is Norwegian Getaway, anchoring in Athens, Greece, and embarking on 7- to 10-day voyages across the Greek Isles. The itineraries aboard the 145,655-gross-ton ship afford passengers over 24 hours in Istanbul, plus visits to famend places like Santorini and Mykonos, Greece.
The ship is transitioning from the Caribbean with a cruise ending in New York Metropolis on April 29. It can then make a transatlantic crossing to Southampton, arriving on Could 13. With a couple of calls in northern Europe till June, Norwegian Getaway will make its method to the Med on June 6, crusing to Barcelona. It can arrive in its new homeport on June 25 and keep in Athens till September 19.
Norwegian Viva, Norwegian’s latest ship that debuted in August 2023, may even spend its summer time transporting passengers to numerous cities alongside the Mediterranean with 9- to 11-day voyages.
Presently crossing the Atlantic from the Dominican Republic, the 142,500-gross-ton Norwegian Viva will arrive in Lisbon on April 26. It can go to standard calls alongside the Med, together with Gibraltar; Cadiz, Ibiza, and Barcelona, Spain; Marseille, France; Rome, Florence, and Naples, Italy; Athens, Mykonos, and Santorini, Greece; and Ephesus and Istanbul, Turkey.
In the meantime, Norwegian Escape, additionally now crossing the Atlantic, will host company on minimal sea-day itineraries all through the Western Mediterranean from homeports in Barcelona, Spain, and Rome and Venice, Italy. The 165,000-gross-ton ship arrives in Rome from New York on April 24, starting its season of 10- to 11-night adventures much like Norwegian Viva.
For Norwegian Prima, the ship will start its transatlantic voyage from New York on April 27. The 142,500-gross-ton Prima Class ship will spend a lot of its season in Northern Europe, calling on ports in Norway, Belgium, Holland, and Iceland.
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On April 25, Norwegian Pearl may even cross the Atlantic from New York, arriving in Southampton on Could 9. From there, the 93,530-gross-ton ship will transition to Venice and start its Med season, crusing between Italy and Greece by early November.
Norwegian Daybreak, the smallest of the fleet crusing in Europe this summer time at 92,250 gross tons, may even spend its summer time in Northern Europe. It can end its present Mediterranean season with a 10-night cruise from Rome on April 26, transitioning to Barcelona and La Havre. There, it kicks off a summer time within the Baltic on Could 24.
Already within the Mediterranean, the 155,873-gross-ton Norwegian Epic will proceed to sail between Greece and Italy.
