Buried deep in NCL’s latest presser about their Summer 2013/14 Deployment, I found this interesting tidbit: Guests will also have the opportunity to sail round-trip from Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy or Marseille, France giving them the flexibility to choose the homeport that is more convenient for them. I’ve always wondered when lines would start doing this. [...]
In an interview with uber-cruise-site Cruise Critic, NCL CEO Kevin Sheehan stated: We thought [the courtyard complex] through in the Project Breakaway planning, and so it’ll be more integrated into the structure this time around. What must have happened [on Epic] was that somebody said, "Let’s put another level on it," and it made the [...]
NCL announced its largest European deployment ever for the 2012/2013 season. They will send 4 ships over with 2 remaining year round, hence the 2013 part. The 2.018 pax Norwegian Spirit and the 2,224 pax. Norwegian Jade will both sail year round out of Barcelona, Spain. The Spirit will do 12-day Grand Mediterranean voyages in [...]
Norwegian Cruise Line and CBS announced today that NCL CEO Kevin Sheehan will star on an episode of "Undercover Boss." The show in a nutshell is the big boss of a large company, goes undercover as an ordinary worker for that company. Past companies have included Waste Managment, Hooters and Subway. For this episode, Sheehan [...]
On Tuesday, the three flag ships and largest ships in their rival lines all met in St. Maarten. I am of course referring to the Carnival Dream, Norwegian Epic and the Oasis of the Seas. This unique meet-up was courtesy of Hurricane Igor which rerouted the Dream and Oasis. The totals for that day: 13,000 [...]
4:48pm: And that concludes the Norwegian Epic Live blog. Over 2 weeks of posts about the ship. Following her from France to the Netherlands to England to New York and finally to Miami. Thank you all for following. It’s been a blast. Non-NCL fans will be happy to know that soon this post will no [...]
This post will be updated as I come across good quality photos of her arriving in Rotterdam, Southampton, and New York during the inaugural weeks. Check Back! UPDATE Sunday 7:29am:Last Epic update for a while. I promise! I’ll leave you with two great cruise photographers, Ernie Roller and Barry Vaudrin. Their work can be found [...]
The Norwegian Epic departed Rotterdam this morning and is currently on her way to Southampton, England where she was scheduled to arrive at 1000 but that has been rescheduled to 1730(5:30 pm) local time. NCL is reporting that the ship developed a problem with the propeller shaft. This is the part that connects the brass [...]
Even more photos can be found on the Norwegian Epic tab here in CruiseInd.
