Dynamic young performers can win a chance to be a featured entertainer on an NCL cruise

Miami, July 14, 2003 -Norwegian Cruise Line's (NCL) hot new talent show is already transforming its most talented adult guests into overnight stars. Now it's the kids' turn: NCL has launched a "Junior Star Seeker" program for NCL guests ages 5 to 17 years old, and like their adult counterparts, will have the chance to perform on an NCL ship as part of a professional variety show.

"The adult version of the program has been a huge success and our guests have been clamoring to let their kids take center stage," said Keith Cox, vice president of entertainment and onboard programming for NCL. "Some of our country's most talented performers are also some of our youngest and we're pleased to give America's future stars a chance to exhibit their untapped talent aboard our ships."

NCL's Junior Star Seeker program is offered as part of NCL's Kids' Crew program. The onboard Kids' Crew youth coordinator will arrange Junior Star Seeker auditions, and if chosen, contestants will have a chance to wow their fellow passengers with a performance in one of their ship's showrooms.

Junior Star Seekers will perform a three-minute routine showcasing their talent before a panel of judges consisting of the ship's hotel and cruise directors, plus a musician and a guest performer from the ship's entertainment staff. The judges will select winners based on each performer's entertainment value and the audience's reaction.

Individual winners will receive a specially designed Junior Star Seeker trophy, and a videotape of their performance will be sent to NCL's shore side headquarters for review by the entertainment department. NCL will then select one winner to perform a "special spot" as a featured entertainer aboard a future NCL cruise.

Miami-based Norwegian Cruise Line is an international cruise company and industry innovator. NCL is the leader in roundtrip seven-day cruising from U.S. and Canadian ports, offering its popular Homeland Cruising program seasonally from Baltimore, Boston, Charleston, Los Angeles, 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 Norwegian Cruise Line, contact a travel agent or NCL in the U.S. and Canada at (800) 327-7030; in Miami-Dade County, Fla., (305) 436-0866; visit NCL’s website www.ncl.com or on AOL at keyword: NCL; or to download high-resolution photography visit www.ncl.com/hires.

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