Norwegian Cruise Line Floats Out the Norwegian Prima
Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL), the innovator in global cruise travel with a 54-year history of breaking boundaries, announced that its game-changing new ship, Norwegian Prima was floated out from her drydock at Fincantieri shipyard in Marghera (Venice), Italy, marking a major construction milestone and the first time the new vessel touches water.
Norwegian Prima will be the first of six vessels of Norwegian Cruise Line’s new Prima Class. With voyages beginning in summer 2022, Norwegian Prima will offer guests exciting itineraries, more wide-open spaces, thoughtful and stunning design and a variety of new experiences.
In keeping with maritime tradition, Norwegian Cruise Line hosts a commemorative coin ceremony to celebrate the float out construction milestone for its game-changing new ship Norwegian Prima.
Norwegian Prima is the first of six ships in NCL's highly anticipated Prima Class, the Brand's first new class of vessels in nearly 10 years. At 965 feet long, 142,500 gross tons and with capacity for 3,215 guests at double occupancy, the vessel is designed to put guests first. Norwegian Prima boasts wide-open spaces, thoughtful and stunning design, and a variety of new experiences for the Brand.
Commencing summer 2022, Norwegian Prima will offer bucket-list itineraries in Northern Europe with voyages from Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Copenhagen, Denmark giving guests the opportunity to explore the stunning Norwegian Fjords and Baltic Sea. She will then sail a 12-day transatlantic voyage from Southampton to New York via Scotland's Shetland Islands, Halifax in Nova Scotia and an extended overnight stay in Reykjavik, Iceland.
Through the fall and winter, Norwegian Prima will offer a variety of port-rich Bermuda and Caribbean cruises from New York; Galveston, Texas; Miami and Orlando (Port Canaveral), Fla., including calls to Harvest Caye, the Company's private resort destination in Belize as well as the Company's private island, Great Stirrup Cay, in the Bahamas
