FreestyleNovice Posted September 9, 2021 #1 Share Posted September 9, 2021 (edited) Currently under construction at the Fincantieri shipyard in Italy, the second hull of the Prima class which was previously known as Project Leonardo. Leonardo 2, Leo 2, Prima 2, etc. She's scheduled for a 2023 delivery. My guess is that will be March-May: Prima's megablock was floated in at the end of October 2020, with Covid and being a first in class her building pace might be slower than her successor. Currently Prima is set for a a June 2022 delivery and there's no mention of delay at this moment. So that makes some 19 months building time from the moment the megablock entered the Fincantieri Marghera dry dock in Venice. Leo 2 entered the dock in the first week of September 2021 plus some 19 months, March, April, May 2023..? Onetime I ran across specific delivery months for each Leonardo ship but giving the constantly changing world and it was just one website mentioning them I kind of disregarded them, without itineraries out there's nothing to book so we will go by one at a time! Rumored names were posted in the Everything.. Prima thread and there was also mention of a Prima Plus/Prima+ class in the future for the ships on order. Similar to the Breakaway class which evolved into the Breakaway Plus class. My biggest curiosity is if the ships will be any different from each other, which is to be expected with the long delivery timeline of a new ship each year up to 2027! And that's good news for us, hopefully we will have some different Everything.. threads along the way instead of cookie cutter ones! Well, let's get to the point.. My friends and fellow enthusiasts, I hereby declare this thread opened! (Oh and I only had to because mixing the two ships in one thread would be messy, not because NCL wants or pays me to do.. Probably rather the opposite, makes sense not getting any free chocolate strawberries. But we did not even got our hands on the full deck plans this time? Okay, we had the track, the slides.. ) Edited January 19, 2022 by CC Help Jenn title per member 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreestyleNovice Posted September 9, 2021 Author #2 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Some old pics: Here is the megablock of Leo 2 passing Istanbul, being built off site in Romania, on her way to Italy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreestyleNovice Posted September 9, 2021 Author #3 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Arrival in the Venice lagoon: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreestyleNovice Posted September 9, 2021 Author #4 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Entering the dry dock at Fincantieri Marghera, Venice: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreestyleNovice Posted September 9, 2021 Author #5 Share Posted September 9, 2021 And today: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drews_Cruise Posted September 9, 2021 #6 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Thanks for doing this. It's exciting to see another one get started. Lots to explore and surmise about what is yet unknown. 😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sand and Seas Posted September 9, 2021 #7 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Yes, thanks Freestyle! We are so excited for the start of another 'Everything....' thread😎 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldgoat61 Posted September 10, 2021 #8 Share Posted September 10, 2021 That's a ditto for starting this new thread!🤓 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreestyleNovice Posted September 16, 2021 Author #9 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Old pic: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Karaboudjan Posted September 16, 2021 #11 Share Posted September 16, 2021 This is probably trivial, but it is interesting that the middle 2 or 3 decks of this megablock arrived painted white but they were red on the Prima megablock. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steff79 Posted September 23, 2021 #12 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Leo2 disappeared at the Port List of Cannes, but still at Madeira at Nov. 18th, 2023 we will see if there is a change for the 2023 seasion. there are some other ships with changes for 2023, so maybe they change something? we will see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Single Cruiser Posted September 23, 2021 #13 Share Posted September 23, 2021 (edited) Probably Bella (beautiful) or Vela (sailing) Edited September 23, 2021 by Single Cruiser Spelling 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SummmerInKefalonia Posted September 23, 2021 #14 Share Posted September 23, 2021 (edited) NORWEGIAN AQUA 2019-10-17 NORWEGIAN VIVA 2019-10-17 NORWEGIAN BELLA 2019-10-17 NORWEGIAN ULTIMA 2019-10-17 NORWEGIAN VELA 2019-10-17 NORWEGIAN LUNA 2019-10-17 NORWEGIAN OMBRA 2019-10-18 If they want originality they can go with Aqua, Ombra, Vela, Viva & Ultima. If they want again to copy Aida they will go with Bella & Luna. https://uspto.report/company/Ncl-Corp-L-T-D Edited September 23, 2021 by SummmerInKefalonia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peg013 Posted September 23, 2021 #15 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Can't wait to see what changes they make from Prima! I got distracted by Covid and almost missed booking Prima in the first few days...won't let that happen again! 🙃 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreestyleNovice Posted September 26, 2021 Author #16 Share Posted September 26, 2021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SummmerInKefalonia Posted September 27, 2021 #17 Share Posted September 27, 2021 Today, Leonardo II was registered in Piraeus, Athens for 12/7, 13/9 & 28/10 2023 dates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtlantaCruiser72 Posted September 27, 2021 #18 Share Posted September 27, 2021 On 9/23/2021 at 5:19 PM, peg013 said: Can't wait to see what changes they make from Prima! I got distracted by Covid and almost missed booking Prima in the first few days...won't let that happen again! 🙃 be careful what you wish for .... buh-bye could go a free access top deck pool of any kind! I shudder to think what else they could eliminate in favour of extra fees as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtlantaCruiser72 Posted October 17, 2021 #19 Share Posted October 17, 2021 (edited) I have an unofficial confirmation that Prima class #2 will be called the "Norwegian VIVA" The ship name has been added to their travel agent booking system in the drop down list of ships when beginning a new booking Edited October 17, 2021 by AtlantaCruiser72 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Sailing12Away Posted October 17, 2021 #20 Share Posted October 17, 2021 It's always fascinating to me to see how these mega ships are built and how they somehow float on the sea. Hooray for engineering and science! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steff79 Posted October 17, 2021 #21 Share Posted October 17, 2021 On 9/23/2021 at 8:40 PM, Steff79 said: Leo2 disappeared at the Port List of Cannes, but still at Madeira at Nov. 18th, 2023 we will see if there is a change for the 2023 seasion. there are some other ships with changes for 2023, so maybe they change something? we will see Leo 2 is now back at the Cannes port homepage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steff79 Posted October 17, 2021 #22 Share Posted October 17, 2021 and a little strange but: 10/08/2023 TBC NORWEGIAN LEONARDO 2 at ZeeBrugge and at LeHavre is NCL Prima at 05. and 11. August 2023 . But the Prima is at these dates not there. Maybe they mean Leo2 and the ship ist coming short to North Europe and then going back to the Med?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drews_Cruise Posted October 17, 2021 #23 Share Posted October 17, 2021 21 hours ago, AtlantaCruiser72 said: I have an unofficial confirmation that Prima class #2 will be called the "Norwegian VIVA" The ship name has been added to their travel agent booking system in the drop down list of ships when beginning a new booking Good catch. You are probably right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yesimapirate Posted October 18, 2021 #24 Share Posted October 18, 2021 I bet the Aqua Viva ships will smell great 😁 Sorry, I know I added nothing meaningful 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreestyleNovice Posted November 21, 2021 Author #25 Share Posted November 21, 2021 A snippet... (sorry for the filter, not mine!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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