NCL_Cruiser Posted February 10, 2009 #1 Share Posted February 10, 2009 NCL TO SAIL FROM PORT CANAVERAL TO THE CARIBBEAN IN 2010-2011 Caribbean sailings from Port Canaveral & Miami; Bahamas cruises from Miami; Canada & New England and Getaway sailings on sale Feb. 12, 2009 as part of 2010-2011 deployment MIAMI – February 10, 2009 – Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) today announced that for the first time in more than 11 years, the company will homeport a ship seasonally at Port Canaveral, Florida beginning October 2010. The 1,936-passenger Norwegian Sun, purpose-built for Freestyle Cruising, will sail alternating seven-day Eastern and Western Caribbean cruises from Port Canaveral, departing every Saturday from October 9, 2010 through April 16, 2011. “As part of our homeland cruising initiative, we are always looking for attractive ports in which to base our ships,” said Kevin Sheehan, NCL’s president and CEO. “By bringing Norwegian Sun to Port Canaveral, we are offering cruisers in Central Florida and to those vacationing in Orlando quick and easy access to Freestyle Cruising. In addition, Port Canaveral offers our guests a wide range of pre- and post-cruise packages with the ability to visit a number of family attractions.” Norwegian Sun’s seven-day Eastern Caribbean cruise will stop in Nassau, Bahamas; St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands; and Philipsburg, St. Maarten. The ship’s seven-day Western Caribbean will call in Cozumel, Mexico; Santo Tomás de Castilla, Guatemala; Belize City, Belize and Key West, Florida. Since there is no port repetition between the two itineraries, they can be easily combined to create a port-rich 14-day Caribbean tour. NCL will also offer seven-day Eastern and Western Caribbean sailings from Miami on Norwegian Pearl from October 10, 2010 through April 10, 2011. Ports of call on the Western Caribbean itinerary include: Roatán, Bay Islands, Honduras; Belize City, Belize; Costa Maya, Mexico; and Key West, Florida. Norwegian Pearl’s Eastern Caribbean itinerary includes stops in: Samaná, Dominican Republic; St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands; Tortola, British Virgin Islands; and Great Stirrup Cay, NCL’s private island in the Bahamas. For guests seeking a full Caribbean escape, these two Norwegian Pearl itineraries can be combined into a 14-day Eastern and Western Caribbean cruise. Norwegian Dawn will sail alternating five-day Western Caribbean and nine-day Southern Caribbean cruises from November 14, 2010 through April 22, 2011. Ports of call on the Western Caribbean sailing include: George Town, Grand Cayman and Cozumel, Mexico. Norwegian Dawn’s Southern Caribbean itinerary includes: Samaná, Dominican Republic; Tortola, British Virgin Islands; St. John’s, Antigua; Bridgetown, Barbados; and Basseterre, St. Kitts. Norwegian Dawn’s five- and nine-day sailings can be combined to create a 14-day Caribbean cruise with no port repetition. Also from Miami, NCL has extended Norwegian Sky’s three and four day cruises to the Bahamas through April 18, 2011. The 2,002-passenger Norwegian Sky sails four-day Bahamas cruises on Mondays with full-day stops in Grand Bahama Island, Nassau and Great Stirrup Cay, NCL’s private island in the Bahamas. On Fridays, the ship sails a weekend getaway, three-day Bahamas itinerary, departing Miami at 5 p.m. with all-day stops in Nassau and Great Stirrup Cay, returning to Miami at 7 a.m. on Monday mornings. For foliage seekers, NCL will offer a variety of Canada & New England sailings from New York and Boston. In the fall of 2010, Norwegian Dawn will sail four seven-day Canada & New England cruises from New York, along with Norwegian Jewel sailing three 10-day Canada & New England cruises from New York. Norwegian Dawn’s ports of call include Halifax, Nova Scotia; Saint John, Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick; Bar Harbor, Maine; Boston, Massachusetts; and Newport, Rhode Island. Norwegian Jewel’s 10-day Canada & New England itinerary includes: Newport, Rhode Island; Halifax, Nova Scotia; Quebec City, Quebec; Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island; and Sydney, Nova Scotia. From Boston, Norwegian Spirit will sail a series of four seven-day Canada & New England itineraries from September 25, 2010 through October 16, 2010, with alternating departures from Boston and Quebec. Ports of call from Boston include: Bar Harbor, Maine; Saint John, Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick; Halifax and Sydney, Nova Scotia; and Corner Brook, Newfoundland. Ports of call from Quebec include: Sept-Iles, Quebec; Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island; Halifax, Nova Scotia; and Portland, Maine, along with a cruise of the Saguenay Fjord. These sailings can also be combined into a port-rich 14-day cruise for the ultimate fall foliage experience. Guests looking for a taste of Freestyle Cruising can sample one of NCL’s one-, two-, or three-night getaways in 2010-2011 on Norwegian Gem, Norwegian Pearl, Norwegian Jewel and Norwegian Spirit from London, New York, Miami and Boston. These cruises go on sale Feb. 12, 2009. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old sole Posted February 10, 2009 #2 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Great news ! I guess this means a 14-day Panama Canal transit repositioning cruise on the Sun from Vancouver to Port Canaveral on Sep 26, 2010 ? I'll be checking first thing on Feb 12 when they open up the new itineraries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ohioNCLcruiser Posted February 10, 2009 #3 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Not a surprise considering Royal Caribbean pulled their South America ship for next year. Air fare prices down there was going to kill it. I'm glad I did the 19 day repo down there in Nov. Great news though I'm sure they will be popular cruises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbisson Posted February 10, 2009 #4 Share Posted February 10, 2009 For our family---this is way cool news! We won't have to fight going back & forth to Miami when we want to cruise AND use our Orlando timeshare on one trip!!! And having cruised the Sun twice previously, we know the ship! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retiredonthesea Posted February 10, 2009 #5 Share Posted February 10, 2009 This sounds like great itineraries for doing a BTB. We graduated to a 12 day last fall, now up to 14 days for SA. So I'am thinking a 14 day Caribbean would be wonderful. Even better flying in & out of Orlando. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Rare CC Help Michell Posted February 10, 2009 Administrators #6 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Awesome! That's a driving distance port for us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karen327 Posted February 10, 2009 #7 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Does this mean that if I don't schedule an around the horn south america cruise in 09/10, I won't get one? I was hoping to do that route in 10/11. RC pulled out too? i wonder who I will have to cruise with, I was looking forward to doing that one in a couple years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scchasgal Posted February 10, 2009 #8 Share Posted February 10, 2009 I don't want to be mean or greedy but I am disappointed. NCL has said that the only reason they can't replace the Majesty in Charleston is because they don't have a ship to deploy to that port. Now all of a sudden one is available and being moved to Port Canaveral which already has many ships and another huge one (Carnival Dream) to be arriving shortly. I know none of them are NCL but there are still many choices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCL_Cruiser Posted February 10, 2009 Author #9 Share Posted February 10, 2009 I don't want to be mean or greedy but I am disappointed. NCL has said that the only reason they can't replace the Majesty in Charleston is because they don't have a ship to deploy to that port. Now all of a sudden one is available and being moved to Port Canaveral which already has many ships and another huge one (Carnival Dream) to be arriving shortly. I know none of them are NCL but there are still many choices. Who at NCL told you that the reason for no ship in Charleston is there weren't enough ships? The Charleston market is particularly price sensitive, meaning that if the rate goes up $40/person, sales stop...it's not a very lucrative market for a cruise line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scchasgal Posted February 10, 2009 #10 Share Posted February 10, 2009 The NCL rep stopped by the travel agency and said that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silkhair1 Posted February 11, 2009 #11 Share Posted February 11, 2009 We are looking into a a cruise after Disney and we were going to drive to Miami. Now it is better!!!!!!!! OK, next question, when can we book it????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCL_Cruiser Posted February 11, 2009 Author #12 Share Posted February 11, 2009 We are looking into a a cruise after Disney and we were going to drive to Miami. Now it is better!!!!!!!! OK, next question, when can we book it????? February 12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silkhair1 Posted February 11, 2009 #13 Share Posted February 11, 2009 We have to wait until Feb 12th???? Can we research it anywhere yet?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbisson Posted February 11, 2009 #14 Share Posted February 11, 2009 We have to wait until Feb 12th???? Can we research it anywhere yet?? Well, the press release says when the sailings start, it says where they go. There is plenty of info available about the ship. And the 12th is only 2 days away. I'll contain my excitement for a while ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silkhair1 Posted February 11, 2009 #15 Share Posted February 11, 2009 lol!!!!!;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbisson Posted February 11, 2009 #16 Share Posted February 11, 2009 lol!!!!!;) BTW-I love your avatar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silkhair1 Posted February 11, 2009 #17 Share Posted February 11, 2009 BTW-I love your avatar! Thanks, those are my boys and they LOVE cruising. The next generation in the making to keep cruises going! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisbd1 Posted February 11, 2009 #18 Share Posted February 11, 2009 I'm excited. I'd love to add the NCL Sun to the list of NCL ships I've sailed on. I'm REALLY excited about Key West :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbisson Posted February 11, 2009 #19 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Thanks, those are my boys and they LOVE cruising. The next generation in the making to keep cruises going! Great. It's a good thing they love cruising, because I bet they hate Orlando. Nothing there for kids ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms belp Posted February 11, 2009 #20 Share Posted February 11, 2009 It says February 12th, Thursday. Can someone tell me how far it is from Orlando to Port C? Is it closer than what we've been doing, FLL to Miami? We're excited too. I've never been to Key West! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiggerfan616 Posted February 11, 2009 #21 Share Posted February 11, 2009 NCL TO SAIL FROM PORT CANAVERAL TO THE CARIBBEAN IN 2010-2011 Caribbean sailings from Port Canaveral & Miami; Bahamas cruises from Miami; Canada & New England and Getaway sailings on sale Feb. 12, 2009 as part of 2010-2011 deployment MIAMI – February 10, 2009 – Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) today announced that for the first time in more than 11 years, the company will homeport a ship seasonally at Port Canaveral, Florida beginning October 2010. The 1,936-passenger Norwegian Sun, purpose-built for Freestyle Cruising, will sail alternating seven-day Eastern and Western Caribbean cruises from Port Canaveral, departing every Saturday from October 9, 2010 through April 16, 2011. “As part of our homeland cruising initiative, we are always looking for attractive ports in which to base our ships,” said Kevin Sheehan, NCL’s president and CEO. “By bringing Norwegian Sun to Port Canaveral, we are offering cruisers in Central Florida and to those vacationing in Orlando quick and easy access to Freestyle Cruising. In addition, Port Canaveral offers our guests a wide range of pre- and post-cruise packages with the ability to visit a number of family attractions.” Norwegian Sun’s seven-day Eastern Caribbean cruise will stop in Nassau, Bahamas; St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands; and Philipsburg, St. Maarten. The ship’s seven-day Western Caribbean will call in Cozumel, Mexico; Santo Tomás de Castilla, Guatemala; Belize City, Belize and Key West, Florida. Since there is no port repetition between the two itineraries, they can be easily combined to create a port-rich 14-day Caribbean tour. NCL will also offer seven-day Eastern and Western Caribbean sailings from Miami on Norwegian Pearl from October 10, 2010 through April 10, 2011. Ports of call on the Western Caribbean itinerary include: Roatán, Bay Islands, Honduras; Belize City, Belize; Costa Maya, Mexico; and Key West, Florida. Norwegian Pearl’s Eastern Caribbean itinerary includes stops in: Samaná, Dominican Republic; St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands; Tortola, British Virgin Islands; and Great Stirrup Cay, NCL’s private island in the Bahamas. For guests seeking a full Caribbean escape, these two Norwegian Pearl itineraries can be combined into a 14-day Eastern and Western Caribbean cruise. Norwegian Dawn will sail alternating five-day Western Caribbean and nine-day Southern Caribbean cruises from November 14, 2010 through April 22, 2011. Ports of call on the Western Caribbean sailing include: George Town, Grand Cayman and Cozumel, Mexico. Norwegian Dawn’s Southern Caribbean itinerary includes: Samaná, Dominican Republic; Tortola, British Virgin Islands; St. John’s, Antigua; Bridgetown, Barbados; and Basseterre, St. Kitts. Norwegian Dawn’s five- and nine-day sailings can be combined to create a 14-day Caribbean cruise with no port repetition. Also from Miami, NCL has extended Norwegian Sky’s three and four day cruises to the Bahamas through April 18, 2011. The 2,002-passenger Norwegian Sky sails four-day Bahamas cruises on Mondays with full-day stops in Grand Bahama Island, Nassau and Great Stirrup Cay, NCL’s private island in the Bahamas. On Fridays, the ship sails a weekend getaway, three-day Bahamas itinerary, departing Miami at 5 p.m. with all-day stops in Nassau and Great Stirrup Cay, returning to Miami at 7 a.m. on Monday mornings. For foliage seekers, NCL will offer a variety of Canada & New England sailings from New York and Boston. In the fall of 2010, Norwegian Dawn will sail four seven-day Canada & New England cruises from New York, along with Norwegian Jewel sailing three 10-day Canada & New England cruises from New York. Norwegian Dawn’s ports of call include Halifax, Nova Scotia; Saint John, Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick; Bar Harbor, Maine; Boston, Massachusetts; and Newport, Rhode Island. Norwegian Jewel’s 10-day Canada & New England itinerary includes: Newport, Rhode Island; Halifax, Nova Scotia; Quebec City, Quebec; Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island; and Sydney, Nova Scotia. From Boston, Norwegian Spirit will sail a series of four seven-day Canada & New England itineraries from September 25, 2010 through October 16, 2010, with alternating departures from Boston and Quebec. Ports of call from Boston include: Bar Harbor, Maine; Saint John, Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick; Halifax and Sydney, Nova Scotia; and Corner Brook, Newfoundland. Ports of call from Quebec include: Sept-Iles, Quebec; Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island; Halifax, Nova Scotia; and Portland, Maine, along with a cruise of the Saguenay Fjord. These sailings can also be combined into a port-rich 14-day cruise for the ultimate fall foliage experience. Guests looking for a taste of Freestyle Cruising can sample one of NCL’s one-, two-, or three-night getaways in 2010-2011 on Norwegian Gem, Norwegian Pearl, Norwegian Jewel and Norwegian Spirit from London, New York, Miami and Boston. These cruises go on sale Feb. 12, 2009. I'm liking this, wonder if it has anything to do with all the trouble they are having at the Port of Miami, 1st pull our the Jewel now this, hmmmmm. Guess my PCC will be getting a call again soon!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coaster Posted February 11, 2009 #22 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Port Canaveral is not a surprise to me at all. It has been a long time coming. Port Canaveral is a great port to depart from. Nothing like the congestion in Miami! The folks that work at the port are far more friendlier than Miami based on our Disney and Royal Caribbean departures from there. The part that surprises me is I almost bet a case of beer that the Norwegian Dream would be the ship for these sailings. She has been sitting empty just off of Freeport for months now. Not far from Port Canaveral. Guess she will continue to be in limbo for now. NCL, ever heard of Tampa? Bring the Dream to us now that the wonderful port of Port Canaveral has an NCL ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG_Steve Posted February 11, 2009 #23 Share Posted February 11, 2009 We are looking into a a cruise after Disney and we were going to drive to Miami. Now it is better!!!!!!!! OK, next question, when can we book it????? Also, there are lots of affordable shuttles from Orlando to the Port. You'll have it made! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coaster Posted February 11, 2009 #24 Share Posted February 11, 2009 I can't emphasis enough the advantages of departures from Port Canaveral. Hotels are very reasonable in nearby Cocoa Beach compared to Miami. We were also able to get free parking for a week at our hotel in Cocoa Beach when we stayed the night before our Royal Caribbean cruise. Try that in Miami... NCL has made a great decision! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eeyoregon Posted February 11, 2009 #25 Share Posted February 11, 2009 The timing could not be better!! I turn 40 in October 2010 and am thrilled that I can combine my Disney fix with a birthday cruise on NCL!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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