Norwegian Cruise Line Announces 2004/05 Bermuda
Itineraries
Program features four Homeland Cruising Ports and Freestyle
Dining Ashore
Miami - April 23, 2003 - Norwegian Cruise Line
(NCL) today announced an expanded slate of 52 weekly Bermuda
departures from four Homeland Cruising ports with its 2004/05
Bermuda program. The program includes sailings from the eastern
seaboard cities of Baltimore, Boston, New York and Philadelphia
and is the company's most varied Bermuda departure schedule
ever.
Additionally, NCL's Bermuda program offers guests
the flexibility of Freestyle Dining Ashore and a full-time
Bermuda concierge onboard the ships to provide information
about the destination.
"NCL's Bermuda program redefines the cruise
experience with our dining ashore program, Bermuda concierge
and wide ranging departure points," said Colin Veitch,
NCL's president and CEO. "NCL is the only line offering
weekly departures from four eastern seaboard cities, giving
a significant percentage of our guests the option of driving
to their ship. We've also expanded our Freestyle Dining Ashore
program by adding a shore side element that will provide guests
even more flexibility."
Norwegian Crown is the only ship to offer regularly
scheduled cruises to Bermuda from Philadelphia, New York and
Baltimore and features the only itinerary that calls on three
ports in Bermuda, including St. George's, Hamilton and King's
Wharf. Per person prices for each itinerary start from $749
from Philadelphia, $699 from New York and $629 from Baltimore.
Beginning April 18, 2004, NCL's 1,104-passenger
Norwegian Crown will offer seven-day, round-trip Bermuda cruises
departing Sundays from Philadelphia through May 30, 2004.
After a repositioning cruise, Norwegian Crown will launch
another seven-day Bermuda series departing Sundays from New
York from June 6 to Sept. 5, 2004. Norwegian Crown's Bermuda
season concludes with a weekly series departing again on Sundays
from Baltimore from Oct. 17 to Nov. 14, 2004.
NCL's 1,462-passenger Norwegian Majesty will
return to Boston in 2004 to resume its popular series of weekly
Bermuda sailings departing Sundays from the Black Falcon Terminal
in Boston. Norwegian Majesty will offer seven-day cruises
calling on St. George's from May 2 to Oct. 24, 2004, making
NCL the only line offering weekly Bermuda voyages from four
large northeastern cities within driving distance of scores
of regional communities. Prices start from $649 per person.
Freestyle Dining Ashore
Norwegian Crown and Norwegian Majesty will also
offer NCL's innovative Freestyle Dining Ashore program on
all Bermuda departures. An exciting extension of NCL's Freestyle
Dining program, Freestyle Dining Ashore lets guests choose
from a selection of 30 to 50 of Bermuda's top restaurants.
NCL provides guests with one $25 lunch voucher to use at popular
Bermuda restaurants, and a $5 per person charge will be added
to each guest's account for the lunch voucher, and for just
$5 more, the voucher can be upgraded to one $50 dinner voucher.
Like the onboard program, Freestyle Dining Ashore in Bermuda
offers guests the flexibility of selecting the type of cuisine
they want, including American, Italian, French, Asian, Caribbean,
Tex-Mex and Indian.
Bermuda Concierge
The Bermuda program also features a full-time Bermuda
concierge on each ship to host one-on-one sessions and lectures
where guests can learn about Bermuda's history and cultural
heritage. Bermuda concierges will also assist with restaurant
reservations and provide up-to-date information, maximizing
guests' enjoyment during their stay on the island.
"Our breakthrough Freestyle Dining Ashore program and
Bermuda concierge program both exemplify our company's commitment
to fresh, innovative ideas that challenge the traditional
cruise model," Veitch said.
Miami-based Norwegian Cruise Line is an international
cruise company and industry innovator. NCL is the leader in
round-trip seven-day cruising from U.S. and Canadian ports,
offering its popular Homeland Cruising program seasonally
from Baltimore, Boston, Charleston, New Orleans, Philadelphia,
Orlando (Port Canaveral), San Juan, Seattle and Vancouver,
and year round from New York, Miami, Houston and Honolulu.
For further information on NCL, agents in the US and Canada
may contact NCL at (800) 327-7030; visit NCL's website at
www.ncl.com or on AOL at
keyword: NCL; or to download high-resolution photography visit
www.ncl.com/hires.
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