Norwegian Joy question

[Traveller20074]

is there a thermal spa with heated tile beds, etc? it is Bliss's sister ship,  so I'm guessing yes?

[njhorseman]

4 minutes ago, Traveller20074 said:

is there a thermal spa with heated tile beds, etc? it is Bliss's sister ship,  so I'm guessing yes?

No, there is not. The ship was built for the Chinese market and apparently a thermal suite is not something that would be popular for that passenger demographic.

[Traveller20074]

hmm.    that's strange.  it's cruising out of New York, evidently lots of Asians do this cruise. 

[njhorseman]

32 minutes ago, Traveller20074 said:

hmm.    that's strange.  it's cruising out of New York, evidently lots of Asians do this cruise. 

The ship was built specifically to sail from ports in China but eventually pulled from China and put into service in the USA when it apparently became clear it would not be a profitable operation homeporting the ship in China. 

We're talking about it being built for Chinese passengers, not Chinese American passengers.  But, if we were to assume that the thermal spa would also not be popular among Americans of Chinese heritage  (and I have no idea whether that is true or not) then would it not be logical to homeport the ship in a city with a large population of people of Chinese heritage?