NCL AMENDS CARIBBEAN ITINERARIES
FOR NORWEGIAN SUN, NORWEGIAN SPIRIT AND NORWEGIAN MAJESTY
Changes as a result of recent hurricane
damage to Grand Cayman
Miami – Monday, October 11, 2004, 2004 -- Norwegian
Cruise Line (NCL) today amended Caribbean itineraries for
Norwegian Sun’s seven-day Western Caribbean cruises
and Norwegian Spirit’s Western Caribbean five-day cruises
out of Miami and Norwegian Majesty’s seven-day Western
Caribbean cruises out of Charleston because of damage to Grand
Cayman from the recent hurricanes. The company has been working
closely with officials from the island and wishes to express
its deepest sympathy to the people of Grand Cayman.
The company has arranged a contingency plan
for the ships through Norwegian Sun’s and Norwegian
Majesty’s November 27th cruises and Norwegian Spirit’s
November 14th cruise. It may be that the ships can call into
Grand Cayman earlier but in the meantime the company has created
attractive contingency calls into either Costa Maya or Guatemala
for Norwegian Sun, Cancun for Norwegian Majesty, and Belize
or Roatan for Norwegian Spirit.
Norwegian Sun contingency itineraries departing
from Miami will call in Costa Maya except for the Nov. 13
cruise, when the ship will call in Guatemala. Norwegian Majesty’s
contingency itineraries departing from Charleston will call
into Cancun.
Costa Maya is an unspoiled coastal paradise
in the Yucatan and sprawls off the beaten path from the Mayan
ruins of Tulum to the Belizean border. Brilliant butterflies,
exotic tropical birds, deer, monkeys even jaguars are said
to roam the remote parts of this pristine jungle. While not
far from shore, guests will find mile after mile of historic
shipwrecks and coral formations, much of them virtually unexplored.
Guatemala’s Puerto Izabal is a natural
paradise offering breathtaking scenery of mountains, lakes,
volcanoes and flora and fauna. Guatemala offers the recourses
of a mainland port with some of the most spectacular archaeological
sites of the Mayan world including Tikal, Quirigua & Copan.
Norwegian Spirit’s five-day cruises departing
Miami on October 17 and October 31 will visit Belize City,
Belize, and the ship’s November 14 cruise will visit
Roatan, Honduras.
Norwegian Spirit and Norwegian Dawn
to call in Grenada
Based on input from Grenada’s tourism department, Norwegian
Spirit’s 9-day Exotic Southern Caribbean cruises from
Miami and Norwegian Dawn’s 11-day Exotic Southern Caribbean
voyages from New York are planned to remain unchanged. The
company is working with officials from the island who advise
they are optimistic that the port will be available at the
end of October/the beginning of November. The company’s
thoughts and wishes are with the people of Grenada as they
continue their recovery efforts.
NCL will be sending a team to evaluate the
island prior to the ships’ first calls. In the meantime,
the company has developed a contingency plan calling into
St. Vincent & the Grenadines if necessary.
“Our goal is to maximize our guests’
experiences while supporting our partners in the Caribbean
islands who were affected by the devastating hurricanes,”
said Andy Stuart, NCL’s executive vice president of
marketing, sales and passenger services.
NCL Corporation is an innovative cruise company
headquartered in Miami, Florida. With a fleet of 14 ships
in service and under construction, the corporation oversees
the operations of NCL, NCL America and Orient Lines. On July
4, 2004, NCL made U.S. maritime history when it introduced
the reflagged Pride of Aloha, the first modern U.S.-flagged
cruise ship in nearly 50 years. The 2,002 passenger ship is
100% U.S.-crewed, with most seafarers hailing from Hawai`i.
The company is currently building three ships – Pride
of America (delivery on June 6, 2005), Norwegian Jewel (delivery
in August 2005) and Pride of Hawai`i (delivery in April 2006).
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