Norwegian Cruise Line Unveils Winter 2024-2025 and Summer 2025 Sailings in Europe, the Caribbean and Alaska
More stopover time and fewer days at sea for this new season. For the first time, through its “Greatest Deal Ever” promotional campaign, NCL is offering a 50% discount on all its cruises offered worldwide
Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL), the pioneering international cruise company, unveils the cruises it will offer in winter 2024-2025 and summer 2025 to unmissable destinations in Europe, the Caribbean and Alaska.
The company launches its promotional campaign just before the Christmas holidays called “Greatest Deal Ever”. This is the first time that it has offered a 50% reduction on all of its cruises. This exceptional offer allows cruise passengers to save up to $3,450 on their booking when combined with the “Free at Sea” offer. The latter is the favorite of cruise passengers traveling with NCL. It allows them to take advantage of the advantages of the 5 FAS packages (premium drink, specialized meals, discount on shore excursions, Wi-Fi and reduced rates for friends and family of cruise passengers) as well as up to 300 € reduction on airline tickets per person on select cruises.
Harry Sommer, President and Chief Executive Officer of NCL, said: “We listen very carefully to our customers to plan our new itineraries and offer them an ever more ultimate cruise experience. Our itineraries are designed to provide more stopover time and fewer days at sea, allowing our customers to fully immerse themselves in the cultures and destinations they visit. It’s a way to reconnect with the world around them. We have designed our “Greatest Deal Ever” promotional offer to facilitate this process. »
Sailing to nearly 400 destinations worldwide, cruise passengers can choose from a wide range of tropical Caribbean itineraries, as well as voyages from the company’s immersive ‘Extraordinary Voyages’ collection to unique destinations, such as the great pyramids of Egypt.
GREEK ISLANDS, ISRAEL AND EGYPT
• Norwegian Viva, the second ship in the Prima class of ships set to debut in August 2023, will offer select 7-day round trips to the Greek islands from Athens (Piraeus) in Greece, as well as 9-11 day cruises sailing between Haifa in Israel, Athens (Piraeus) in Greece and Istanbul in Turkey, from May to November 2025. Cruise passengers will call at popular ports such as Santorini, Mykonos, Rhodes and Heraklion in Greece; 15-hour stops in Jerusalem (Ashdod) in Israel, Alexandria and Port Said in Egypt, leaving plenty of time for travelers to visit the Pyramids, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
EUROPE DU NORTH
• From May to September 2025, Norwegian Prima will operate a series of 10- and 11-day voyages from London (Southampton) in England and Reykjavik in Iceland, offering passengers dream itineraries to Geiranger in Norway, which is home to the Geirangerfjord, a UNESCO World Heritage Site known for its beautiful blue waters, steep cliffs and waterfalls. The various routes will also call at Alesund, Flåm and Bergen in Norway, Brussels/Bruges (Zeebrugge) in Belgium, Akureyri and Isafjordur in Iceland and Amsterdam.
MEDITERRANEAN
• From April to October 2025, Norwegian Breakaway will offer a series of 9- and 10-day round-trip Mediterranean cruises departing from Barcelona, with an overnight stop in Florence/Pisa (Livorno) in Italy, offering cruise passengers 2 full days to explore the destination and immerse yourself in the history and culture that surrounds them. Both routes will stop at must-see destinations such as Ibiza, Cagliari, Naples, Rome (Civitavecchia) or Cannes.
CARIBBEAN
• From New York, Norwegian Prima will offer round-trip Caribbean cruises of 10 to 12 days from November 2024 to March 2025 visiting Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic, San Juan in Puerto Rico, Basseterre in St. Kitts, St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands, Tortola in the British Virgin Islands and Royal Naval Dockyard in Bermuda.
• For the second year, Norwegian Viva will be homeported in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from December 2024 to April 2025, offering 7-day sailings in the Southern Caribbean with zero days at sea, allowing cruise passengers to explore a new destination every day. The various routes will include Castries, Saint Lucia and Bridgetown to the east of Barbados, while some routes will call at the ABC Islands: Oranjestad in Aruba, Kralendijk in Bonaire, Willemstad in Curacao and more on the western side of the Caribbean.
• The Norwegian Escape will operate 7- and 14-day Caribbean sailings from December 2024 through March 2025 from Galveston, Texas. The ship will offer 7-day itineraries in the Western Caribbean with stops in Costa Maya and Cozumel in Mexico, Roatan in Honduras as well as Harvest Caye, NCL’s destination in southern Belize. For those looking for an extended vacation away from the norm of a traditional Western Caribbean itinerary, the 14-day Eastern Caribbean trips will include visits to St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands, Castries in St. Lucia, George Town in Grand Cayman, Cozumel in Mexico, Great Stirrup Cay on NCL’s private island in the Bahamas, and much more.
ALASKA
• From late April through October 2025, Norwegian Joy will return to The Last Frontier in 2019 and offer 9- and 10-day round-trip sailings from Seattle to allow for a longer, more immersive experience. These trips will include scenic crossings to Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the Hubbard Glacier, the largest in North America. Select cruises will also call at Icy Strait Point and Ketchikan in Alaska, where Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. makes significant investments to improve the customer experience and support local communities.
PANAMA CANAL
• The Norwegian Encore will cross the 82 km Panama Canal during its extraordinary 21-day journey starting October 13, 2024 from Seattle. She will sail along the west coast to San Francisco, Los Angeles in the USA, Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlán, Puerto Vallarta, Acapulco in Mexico, Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala, Panama City in Panama, Cartagena in Colombia, George Town in Grand Cayman and will end its trip in Miami.
