In an effort to promote cruise lines equally and pass on the news today's blog entry is about Norwegian Cruise Line. Recently NCL announced that its 144,000 grt ship, the Norwegian Breakaway, scheduled for delivery in May 2013 will be 'home-ported' in New York City! NCL will sail this ship on cruises to Bermuda from May to October 2013 with itineraries after October to be determined. NCL guaranteed a minimum of 88 cruises from New York. What does 'home-porting' mean? Well, to the city of embarkation this means the potential of lots of revenue from the guests starting or ending their cruise from this port. Many cruise guests, especially those coming from distant cities, will book either a pre-cruise or post-cruise stay of a few nights in this city. This means hotel rooms are filled and money is spent on meals, shopping or in the case of NYC - perhaps the theatre and museums. NCL and New York will need to enhance the current terminal at the pier to accommodate a ship of this size. Currently the NCL ship sailing to Bermuda from New York carries 2400 guests while the NCL Breakaway will carry 4400 guests.
NCL is known for Freestyle Cruising. If you and your party want your evening meal at 5:00 p.m. at restaurant A fine - no reservations are required. Maybe tomorrow you want to have a meal at restaurant B at 8:00 p.m. - this is OK too. You will want to remember that some restaurants may not seat a huge number of people at one time and that some times will be prime time so you may have a wait to be seated. I also believe that due to Freestyle Cruising you must pre-pay your gratuities.
Are you ready to book your 2013 Bermuda cruise on the NCL Breakaway? Then check out my NCL video on YouTube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAnULlEfznE. This video is 1 minute long and shows why you and your family deserve to go on an NCL Cruise Vacation. Please contact me when you are ready to book your cruise at phelan_susan@yahoo.com or 860-582-0372 and I will be happy to assist you in the reservation process. Thanks for reading!
Sue
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