NCL summer 2017?

[simon2831]

The cruise line will offer a series of 11 Western Europe and three Norwegian Fjords sailings between May 12 and June 20 and August 7 and October 16, 2017. Also available will be two shorter taster cruises.

 

Norwegian Jade (pictured) will arrive in Europe after a two-and-a-half-week dry-dock. Ports of call featured on its itineraries include Hamburg, Amsterdam, Zeebrugge, Le Havre, Alesund, Geiranger, and Bergen.

 

The line’s 2017 programme includes a total of five ships sailing in Europe, the line’s biggest ever European deployment.

 

Norwegian Getaway, which launched in 2014, will return to Europe to sail on eight or nine-night Baltic Capitals cruises to and from Copenhagen.

 

Norwegian Epic will sail in the Western Mediterranean; Norwegian Spirit will offer 10 and 11-night voyages between Barcelona and Venice and Norwegian Star will sail between Venice and the Greek Isles.

 

Norwegian’s managing director for EMEA, Christian Boell, said: “We’re clearly demonstrating our commitment to our European customers, especially cruisers in the UK, with these exciting summer itineraries.

 

“Not only are we offering the possibility to embark in Southampton but we are also bringing one of our newest and most innovative ships back to Europe.

 

“We’re convinced that this will encourage continued growth in the UK market, where we have just seen record breaking guest numbers in 2015.”

 

Northern Europe general manager, Nick Wilkinson, added: “I’m sure these exciting Southampton sailings will be music to our travel partners’ ears.”

 

New ship Norwegian Escape, which launched in October 2015, will spend summer 2017 sailing alternating seven-night Eastern and Western Caribbean cruises from Miami on May 6.

[FreestyleNovice]

http://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/13772-norwegian-building-up-europe-in-2017-getaway-to-warnemunde.html says;

 

"The Norwegian Jade will sail summer 2017 from Hamburg, as well as Amsterdam and Southampton, on a varied program to Western Europe, Norway, Iceland and Scotland."

 

That's the first time I saw something about Iceland on the 2017 Jade news!

[KeithJenner]

There is a press release on the NCL EU site which gives some more details.

 

http://www.ncl.eu/news/articles/

 

The Iceland trip seems to be a 14 night from Hamburg on the 16th of July.

[FreestyleNovice]

There is a press release on the NCL EU site which gives some more details.

 

http://www.ncl.eu/news/articles/

 

The Iceland trip seems to be a 14 night from Hamburg on the 16th of July.

 

Nice!

 

Warnemunde embarkation for everyone :)

[FreestyleNovice]

Some copy paste and filtering;

 

.. Getaway .. Jade.. Europe etc..

 

Three further ships will sail European waters in 2017, including the recently refurbished Norwegian Epic with her popular 7-night Western Mediterranean itinerary departing from Barcelona, Civitavecchia (Rome) or Marseille; Norwegian Spirit sailing alternating 11- and 10-night Grand Mediterranean cruises between Barcelona and Venice and Norwegian Star, which after her return from Australia will spend the summer cruising from Venice to the Greek Isles as well as the Adriatic, Greece & Turkey. The new itineraries go on sale in mid-February 2016 for all bookings.

 

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Norwegian Jade will arrive in Europe looking resplendent after a 2,5-week dry dock and begin her regular cruises from Hamburg on May 14, 2017 with a series of 7-night Western Europe itineraries visiting Amsterdam, Zeebrugge (Brussels/Bruges), Le Havre (Paris) and Southampton (London), offered from May 14 to 28 and from August 19 to September 23, 2017. A longer Western Europe itinerary of 9 nights is offered on September 30 and October 9, 2017 with additional stops in St. Malo and Brest. In addition there will be two 9-night cruises to the Norwegian Fjords on June 4 and 13, 2017 with stops in Ålesund, Hellesylt, Geiranger, Flåm and Bergen as well as Southampton (London), along with two 10-night Norwegian Fjords cruises on July 30 and August 9, 2017 which will also include a visit to the Orkney Islands. On June 22 and July 4, 2017, Norwegian Jade departs Hamburg for two 12-night cruises to the North Cape including numerous highlights along Norway’s West Coast and on July 16, 2017 guests can experience a 14-night cruise visiting Bergen, Ålesund, the Shetland Islands, Akureyri and Reykjavik (overnight) in Iceland, the Orkney Islands as well as Invergordon (Inverness) and Newhaven (Edinburgh) in Scotland.

 

Norwegian Getaway will return to Europe and sail a 9-night Baltic Capitals cruise from Copenhagen from May 16 to September 28, 2017 with stops in Warnemünde (Berlin), Tallinn, St. Petersburg, Helsinki and Stockholm, including an overnight stay in St. Petersburg, giving guests the opportunity to see all the splendour of the imperial capital of Russia in two days and add in a ballet performance or folklore show at night. On October 7 an 8-night cruise is offered without overnight in St. Petersburg. For the Baltic Capitals cruises, guests will also have the possibility to embark in Warnemünde, with the first sailing departing the city on May 17.

 

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The recently refurbished Norwegian Epic will arrive in Barcelona on April 14, 2017, beginning her Europe season with a 9-night Canary Islands & Morocco cruise before resuming her popular 7-night Western Mediterranean cruises with stops in Naples (Pompeii), Civitavecchia (Rome), Livorno (Florence/Pisa), Cannes and Marseille. In addition to Barcelona, guests can opt to embark in Civitavecchia or Marseille. From Barcelona the cruise is offered every Sunday from April 23 to October 1, 2017. From October 8 to 29, 2017 Norwegian Epic sets sail for two alternative 7-night cruises between Barcelona and Civitavecchia which can be combined to a 14-night cruise visiting Palma, Mallorca; Sete; Marseille; Cannes; Livorno (Florence/Pisa); Civitavecchia (Rome); Naples (Pompeii); Cagliari; Granada (Málaga); Cartagena and Valencia.

 

Norwegian Spirit follows up her 2016/17 European winter cruises with alternating 11- and 10-night summer cruises in the Mediterranean between Venice and Barcelona. The 10-night cruises from Barcelona to Venice visit Monte Carlo, Livorno (Florence/Pisa), Civitavecchia (Rome), Santorini, Kusadasi (Ephesus), Piraeus (Athens) and Split and start on May 4, 2017, whereas calls on the 11-night cruises from Venice to Barcelona which start on May 28, 2017 are Dubrovnik, Piraeus (Athens), Kusadasi (Ephesus), Santorini, Civitavecchia (Rome), Livorno (Florence/Pisa) and Marseille. On May 14, 2017 Norwegian Spirit visits the Holy Land on a 14-night cruise from/to Venice which includes an overnight stay in Haifa as well as stops in Zadar, Kotor, Heraklion, Limassol, Alanya, Piraeus (Athens) and Split.

 

From April 16 to October 22, 2017 Norwegian Star will call Venice her home for the summer after her return from her long journey to Australia, and will set sail on alternating 7-night cruises to the Greek Isles and the Adriatic, Greece & Turkey, stopping in Corfu, Santorini, Mykonos and Ravenna (Greek Isles cruise) and Dubrovnik, Piraeus (Athens), Kusadasi (Ephesus) and Katakolon (Olympia) (Adriatic, Greece & Turkey cruise). On 9 July Norwegian Star visits Corfu, Santorini, Kusadasi (Ephesus), Piraeus (Athens) and Split on an 8-night cruise, followed by a 6-night cruise on July 17 calling at Dubrovnik, Kotor, Corfu and Ravenna. On October 29, 2017, guests can look forward to a 10-night cruise from Venice to Istanbul including stops in Split, Kotor, Corfu, Messina, Valletta, Santorini and Kusadasi (Ephesus).

[KeithJenner]

As I said on another thread, it's notable that the 2017 itineraries posted there include Zusadasi and Alanya.

 

It will be interesting to see how that goes. They have just removed Alanya from our Easter 2017 cruise.

[FreestyleNovice]

As I said on another thread, it's notable that the 2017 itineraries posted there include Zusadasi and Alanya.

 

It will be interesting to see how that goes. They have just removed Alanya from our Easter 2017 cruise.

 

Interesting conflict indeed, FDR said "We're hopeful by 2017 we will once again have the confidence to return to Turkey." so I guess spring/summer 2017 is the tentative turning point..

For now that might be easier to handle than any given week somewhere mid anything (in terms of PCC/agents/etc)?

[sugarpink]

The cruise line will offer a series of 11 Western Europe and three Norwegian Fjords sailings between May 12 and June 20 and August 7 and October 16, 2017. Also available will be two shorter taster cruises.

 

Norwegian Jade (pictured) will arrive in Europe after a two-and-a-half-week dry-dock. Ports of call featured on its itineraries include Hamburg, Amsterdam, Zeebrugge, Le Havre, Alesund, Geiranger, and Bergen.

 

The line’s 2017 programme includes a total of five ships sailing in Europe, the line’s biggest ever European deployment.

 

Norwegian Getaway, which launched in 2014, will return to Europe to sail on eight or nine-night Baltic Capitals cruises to and from Copenhagen.

 

Norwegian Epic will sail in the Western Mediterranean; Norwegian Spirit will offer 10 and 11-night voyages between Barcelona and Venice and Norwegian Star will sail between Venice and the Greek Isles.

 

Norwegian’s managing director for EMEA, Christian Boell, said: “We’re clearly demonstrating our commitment to our European customers, especially cruisers in the UK, with these exciting summer itineraries.

 

“Not only are we offering the possibility to embark in Southampton but we are also bringing one of our newest and most innovative ships back to Europe.

 

“We’re convinced that this will encourage continued growth in the UK market, where we have just seen record breaking guest numbers in 2015.”

 

Northern Europe general manager, Nick Wilkinson, added: “I’m sure these exciting Southampton sailings will be music to our travel partners’ ears.”

 

New ship Norwegian Escape, which launched in October 2015, will spend summer 2017 sailing alternating seven-night Eastern and Western Caribbean cruises from Miami on May 6.

This is not available in the US, apparently. Does anyone know when we can book from there for Europe 2017??

Thanks!

[dub237]

Sete , Brest , st malo Wow What happend To ncl they changed people in charge of the itinerary [emoji14]

[FreestyleNovice]

This is not available in the US, apparently. Does anyone know when we can book from there for Europe 2017??

Thanks!

 

Feb 9th for Lat members or 10th OR mid Feb.

[zqvol]

I will be in Europe in June 2017, and I am looking for an NCL cruise. Does anyone know when they will be published? For now, all I see is Hawaii and Alaska, and a few others.

 

Thank you

 

 

Looks like they will be out soon. NCL will have 5 ships in Europe in 2017

 

http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/2016/01/26/norwegian-cruise-line-expand-europe/79341172/

[KeithJenner]

Looks like they will be out soon. NCL will have 5 ships in Europe in 2017

 

http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/2016/01/26/norwegian-cruise-line-expand-europe/79341172/

 

 

The details are already out. Look at the posts above yours.

[estebofarr]

[quote

 

Norwegian Jade will arrive in Europe looking resplendent after a 2,5-week dry dock and begin her regular cruises from Hamburg on May 14, 2017 with a series of 7-night Western Europe itineraries visiting Amsterdam, Zeebrugge (Brussels/Bruges), Le Havre (Paris) and Southampton (London), offered from May 14 to 28 and from August 19 to September 23, 2017. A longer Western Europe itinerary of 9 nights is offered on September 30 and October 9, 2017 with additional stops in St. Malo and Brest. In addition there will be two 9-night cruises to the Norwegian Fjords on June 4 and 13, 2017 with stops in Ålesund, Hellesylt, Geiranger, Flåm and Bergen as well as Southampton (London), along with two 10-night Norwegian Fjords cruises on July 30 and August 9, 2017 which will also include a visit to the Orkney Islands. On June 22 and July 4, 2017, Norwegian Jade departs Hamburg for two 12-night cruises to the North Cape including numerous highlights along Norway’s West Coast and on July 16, 2017 guests can experience a 14-night cruise visiting Bergen, Ålesund, the Shetland Islands, Akureyri and Reykjavik (overnight) in Iceland, the Orkney Islands as well as Invergordon (Inverness) and Newhaven (Edinburgh) in Scotland

 

I am very excited about these new itineraries. How to choose?

[PatJim]

[quote

 

Norwegian Jade will arrive in Europe looking resplendent after a 2,5-week dry dock and begin her regular cruises from Hamburg on May 14, 2017 with a series of 7-night Western Europe itineraries visiting Amsterdam, Zeebrugge (Brussels/Bruges), Le Havre (Paris) and Southampton (London), offered from May 14 to 28 and from August 19 to September 23, 2017. A longer Western Europe itinerary of 9 nights is offered on September 30 and October 9, 2017 with additional stops in St. Malo and Brest. In addition there will be two 9-night cruises to the Norwegian Fjords on June 4 and 13, 2017 with stops in Ålesund, Hellesylt, Geiranger, Flåm and Bergen as well as Southampton (London), along with two 10-night Norwegian Fjords cruises on July 30 and August 9, 2017 which will also include a visit to the Orkney Islands. On June 22 and July 4, 2017, Norwegian Jade departs Hamburg for two 12-night cruises to the North Cape including numerous highlights along Norway’s West Coast and on July 16, 2017 guests can experience a 14-night cruise visiting Bergen, Ålesund, the Shetland Islands, Akureyri and Reykjavik (overnight) in Iceland, the Orkney Islands as well as Invergordon (Inverness) and Newhaven (Edinburgh) in Scotland

 

Where did you find the above quote? I can't find it on the NCL site, and want to verify the sail date for the 14-day cruise.

Many thanks!:)

[All-ready2cruise]

Where did you find the above quote? I can't find it on the NCL site, and want to verify the sail date for the 14-day cruise.

Many thanks!:)

 

Here is a site which has this exact post:

 

http://www.chaniapost.eu/2016/01/27/greek-islands-in-norwegian-cruise-lines-new-summer-2017-itineraries/

 

There are other news sites which also have it posted and I believe they are mostly European websites.

[KeithJenner]

I think that quote is actually from the press release on NCL.eu

[All-ready2cruise]

I think that quote is actually from the press release on NCL.eu

 

LOL, figures, thanks for confirming it. I couldn't access the eu site this morning and don't like to share wrong info.

[PatJim]

Thank you! I did access NCL's German site, found their press release, and had Google translate it! It confirmed the 14-night cruise to Norway, Scotland & Iceland has been moved from September to July, leaving from Hamburg on the Jade. Also found on another CC post, dated 2 days ago, that passengers in Europe are getting emails from NCL to pre-register for the European 2017 cruises. Makes sense that NCL is reaching out to Europeans first, to build up that market.

[FreestyleNovice]

http://www.ncl.eu/summer-2017-europe/

 

Found some conflicting info on a shorter 2017 cruise;

 

Text says "Norwegian Getaway Mini Cruise from/to Southampton"

 

Lower left route says:

 

"NORWEGIAN JADE

4-night Mini Cruise"

 

I assume it's a typo and Getaway will make her way right from to Copenhagen?

[estebofarr]

Nice!

 

Warnemunde embarkation for everyone :)

 

I don't understand. Does Hamburg mean Warnemunde embarkation?

[KeithJenner]

I don't understand. Does Hamburg mean Warnemunde embarkation?

 

 

No, they are separate.

 

The Jade goes via Hamburg, whilst the Getaway is visiting Warnemunde. They are two separate places.

[old nutter]

Not sure about Hamburg/Warnemunde (since they seem to use both on different cruises so probably not as Keith said), but so that some of our cousins from across the pond can get an idea about the width of the NCL definition of "Capitals of Europe", the following is a list of shortest distances from the ports:

 

Germany - Berlin 180 Miles from Hamburg, 150 miles from Warnemunde

UK - London 80 miles from Southampton

France - Paris 122 miles from Rouen(Le Harve)

Belgium - Brussels 70 miles from Zeebrugge

Netherlands (Holland) Amsterdam 30 miles from Ijmuiden (most likely port for Amsterdam)

 

If you have a look at the excursions on the .uk site, most are in the 10-14 hours bracket because of the distances traveled. Mind you that is nothing to the distances you would end up travelling if you wanted to book one of the NCL excursions from Portland(UK) because they all involve travelling a day and 2 hrs by air at least to get to Hawaii - I think they have got some of the geography wrong with that list of tours!;)

 

Bearing in mind traffic considerations that make European distances seem around 2 or 3 times longer than in the US, those road distances give you a good idea of why I can't see the logic of having the 8 "Capitals of Europe" cruises, but who knows, maybe NCL have a really cunning plan in mind.

 

One other thing while I am here, I had an email from NCL yesterday telling me about the wonderful cruises they are now taking bookings "from Southampton to the beautiful Norwegian Fjords" and then showing everything else but that option futher down the email. Not only that, there is still no such cruise on the .uk web site. I know we are now used to the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing, but I would like to think that the right fingers would know what the other right fingers know. Maybe that is just a step to far these days.:rolleyes:

Edited February 19, 2016 by old nutter
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