Vessels will sail in the Bahamas, Caribbean, Hawaii, Canada and New England, and the Canary Islands
By
Rebecca Gibson |
Norwegian Cruise Line’s ships are to sail in the Bahamas, Caribbean, Hawaii, Canada and New England, and the Canary Islands in autumn and winter 2017-2018.
Norwegian’s newest and largest ship, Norwegian Escape, will continue to sail seven-day Eastern Caribbean sailings from Miami year-round, taking guests to St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, Tortola, British Virgin Islands and Nassau, Bahamas.
Norwegian Getaway, which will reposition from the Baltic to Miami, US in October 2017, will offer seven-day Western Caribbean itineraries until 22 April 2018. Ports of call will include Roatán, Bay Islands, Honduras; Norwegian’s newest and most spectacular destination Harvest Caye, Belize; Costa Maya, Mexico; and Cozumel, Mexico.
Miami will also serve as a year-round homeport for Norwegian Sky, which will sail three- and four-day itineraries to the Caribbean.
Also returning to the US is Norwegian Epic, which will offer alternating seven-day Eastern and Western Caribbean cruises from Port Canaveral between 5 November 2017 and 21 March 2018. Guests sailing in the Eastern Caribbean will visit Tortola, British Virgin Islands; St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands; and Norwegian’s private island Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas. Those on the Western Caribbean itinerary will call in Cozumel, Mexico; George Town, Grand Cayman; Ocho Rios, Jamaica; and Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas. Following this, Norwegian Epic will offer a series of three- and four-day Bahamas itineraries with stops in Nassau and Great Stirrup Cay.
Guests looking for a longer escape can opt for a 10- or 11-day voyages on Norwegian Gem between 21 October 2017 and 17 April 2018. Sailing from New York, the ship will visit San Juan, Puerto Rico; St. Thomas; Philipsburg, St. Maarten; and Tortola. Eleven-day cruises also feature a call in Basseterre, St. Kitts.
Meanwhile, the recently refurbished Pride of America will continue to sail seven-day itineraries from Honolulu, Hawaii until April 2018. The ship will call at Hilo and Kona in Hawaii, and overnight in Kahului, Maui and Nãwiliwili, Kauai.
Elsewhere, Norwegian Gem will sail seven-day Canada & New England roundtrips from New York City in Autumn, as well as an exclusive ten-day Eastern Canada and Quebec cruise from the city. This will include calls in Halifax, Nova Scotia; an overnight in Quebec City; Corner Brook, Newfoundland; and Sydney, Nova Scotia.
Norwegian Spirit, which undergo significant enhancements in early 2017, will remain in Europe, sailing Canary Islands cruises from Barcelona, Spain. Offered from 23 November to 24 April, the ten-day voyages will take guests to Casablanca, Morocco; Las Palmas and Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands; Funchal, Madeira; and Malaga and Alicante, Spain.