Norwegian
announces select Autumn/Winter 2017/18 itineraries, including a full
season in Australia and New Zealand for Norwegian Jewel; San Juan as a
seasonal homeport for Norwegian Dawn; Norwegian
Pearl sailing from New Orleans to the Western Caribbean; and a new
Western Caribbean itinerary from NYC on Norwegian Breakaway
Wiesbaden,
June 16, 2016 –
Norwegian
Cruise Line has announced several itineraries for the company’s
autumn/winter 2017/2018 deployment, featuring a wide array of
itineraries that include exciting new Australia & New
Zealand itineraries from Sydney and Auckland, all offering Norwegian’s
signature freedom and flexibility cruise experience.
New for 2017/18,
Norwegian Jewel will be based in the Asia Pacific with departures to and from Australia beginning November 2017;
San Juan, Puerto Rico returns as a seasonal homeport, with Norwegian Dawn sailing from the Caribbean port, as well as Tampa, Florida; along with a new 14-night Western Caribbean sailing from New York on Norwegian Breakaway. The new itineraries
go on sale on 28 June 2016 for Latitudes Rewards guests and travel partners and on 29 June 2016 for all reservations.
“As
the Norwegian Cruise Line brand continues to grow internationally, we
are incredibly excited to offer new and more exotic itineraries for our
guests,
including a full season of cruises from Australia and New Zealand in
Fall/Winter 2017/2018,” said Andy Stuart, president and chief operating
officer for Norwegian Cruise Line. “We also continue to offer a wide
variety of engaging and interesting itineraries
for our guests sailing from the U.S., including favorite destinations
like the Caribbean and the Bahamas.”
Christian
Boell, Managing Director EMEA, Norwegian Cruise Line, said: “2017 is an
exciting year for Norwegian Cruise Line. Not only will we have five
ships
in Europe for the first time, offering new routes and destination ports
such as Southampton and Hamburg, but we are also now offering customers
the opportunity to explore some of the world’s top travel hotspots
whilst enjoying the freedom and flexibility of
a Norwegian cruise.”
Beginning
on 3 October 2017, Norwegian Jewel’s inaugural Australasian itineraries
will bring guests to some of the region’s most incredible ports, with
a variety of Hawaii, French Polynesia and South Pacific cruises, as the
ship sails from Vancouver to Sydney. Highlights of Norwegian Jewel’s
inaugural season in Australia include seven Sydney round-trip cruises
featuring a five-night Sydney-Tasmania-Sydney
cruise departing on 12 November, 2017, as well as a nine-night voyage
visiting many burgeoning regional destinations including Eden, Kangaroo
Island and Tasmania’s Burnie, departing 14 December 2017. Norwegian
Jewel’s ten to 16-night Australia and New Zealand
itineraries depart between November 2017 and February 2018, with
highlights including cruising through New Zealand’s striking Milford
Sound and the spectacular Bay of Islands. Norwegian Jewel will make her
way from Sydney to Singapore on an 18-night adventure
departing 20 February 2018 where guests can enjoy the best of Far North
Queensland, Darwin, and enjoy a visit to the enchanting Komodo Island.
In a nod to Norwegian Jewel’s new homeport, guests will be treated to
the finest local Australian cuisine including
regional beef, lamb, seafood, fine wines and ales on her voyages, along
with award-winning entertainment featuring the epic home-grown ballroom
spectacular Burn the Floor while she’s in Australia.
Following
her Australian season, Norwegian Jewel will undertake a range of exotic
Asian itineraries visiting Vietnam, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, China,
Korea and more, offering Australian travellers the opportunity to
explore some of the best Asia has to offer.
Guests
sailing from Tampa and New Orleans in the southern U.S. will have
different ships to choose from next autumn: Norwegian Dawn, sailing
seasonally
from Tampa and San Juan, and Norwegian Pearl, sailing from New Orleans.
Norwegian Dawn will homeport in San Juan, Puerto Rico from 12 November
2017 – 7 January 2018, sailing seven-, ten- and 11-night Southern
Caribbean itineraries during the holiday season.
Ports of call will include Bridgetown, Barbados; Fort-de-France,
Martinique; Basseterre, St. Kitts; Philipsburg, St. Maarten; and St.
Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, with varying calls on longer itineraries.
From 17 January - 7 February 2018, Norwegian Dawn will
sail from Tampa for a series of two 11-night Eastern Caribbean and one
ten-night Western Caribbean cruises, and then sail a series of
seven-night Western Caribbean cruises departing from Tampa between18
February– 1 April 2018 that will include a port of call
at the Caribbean’s premier resort-style destination, Harvest Caye,
Belize, currently being developed by Norwegian.
New
for 2017/2018, Norwegian Pearl will sail seven-, eight- and nine-night
Western Caribbean cruises from New Orleans, from 22 October 2017 to 1
April
2018. Her ports of call from the Crescent City will include Cozumel,
Mexico; Roatán, Bay Islands, Honduras; Harvest Caye, Belize; and Costa
Maya, Mexico, with varying ports for longer itineraries that can include
George Town, Grand Cayman and Santo Tomas de
Castilla, Guatemala.
Guests
who wish to cruise to the Caribbean from the Big Apple can set sail on
board Norwegian Breakaway, the ship that brings the best
of NYC to sea, to either the Bahamas and Florida or the Southern,
Eastern and – new for 2018 – Western Caribbean in autumn and winter
2017/2018. Norwegian Breakaway will sail seven-night Bahamas &
Florida cruises from New York from 1 October 2017 to 29 April
2018 with calls in Port Canaveral, Great Stirrup Cay - Norwegian’s
private Bahamian island destination that’s currently undergoing a
multi-million dollar enhancement, and Nassau. Guests looking for a more
relaxing, longer getaway can cruise to the Southern
Caribbean on one of Norwegian Breakaway’s two 14-night Southern
Caribbean itineraries on 5 January and 2 February 2018 that explore the
heart of the Caribbean in the US Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands,
St. Maarten, Dominica and more, or sail away on
a sun-drenched 12-night Eastern Caribbean cruise on 3 December 2017,
with calls in St. Kitts, Antigua, Tortola and more. New for 2018, is a
14-night Western Caribbean cruise from NYC, that will let guests explore
the wonders of the Caribbean’s deep blue waters,
lush tropical mountains and spectacular beaches, featuring calls at two
of Norwegian’s destination experiences – the private island Great
Stirrup Cay, and newest resort-style port of call, Harvest Caye, Belize,
along with Ocho Rios, Jamaica; George Town, Grand
Cayman; Roatan, Honduras; and Cozumel, Mexico.
For more information on Norwegian Cruise Line and to book a cruise on one of these exciting new itineraries, visit
www.ncl.eu.
