BRACELETS COMMEMORATE PRIDE OF AMERICA FESTIVITIES Project supports Pearl Harbor Memorial Fund

HONOLULU, August 18, 2005 - NCL America has given away thousands of red, white and blue wristbands to commemorate the Pride of America's inaugural voyage in Hawai`i. The ship is the largest U.S.-flagged ship ever built and the first in half a century. As part of the giveaway, NCL America donated $5,000 to support the Pearl Harbor Memorial Fund.

"Being part of the community means giving back to the community," said Robert Kritzman, NCL's executive vice president and managing director of Hawai`i operations. "This is part of our continuing effort to partner with statewide charitable organizations and participate in civic and political affairs."

The Pearl Harbor Memorial Fund is a campaign undertaken by the Arizona Memorial Museum Association (AMMA), the National Park Service (NPS) and Pearl Harbor survivors to raise funds to construct a new Pearl Harbor Memorial Museum and Visitor Center shore side of the USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

"We are delighted by NCL's contribution," said Mathew R. Sgan, senior vice president of the Pearl Harbor Memorial Fund and the Arizona Memorial Museum Association. "We've received tremendous support all across the nation and we look forward to our partnership with NCL."

NCL America celebrated the christening of Pride of America in New York City on June 17. During the week of June 20, the ship was home to the popular morning talk show "Live with Regis and Kelly." The show became the first nationally syndicated program to broadcast a full week of shows from aboard a cruise ship.

After a series of coastal sailings, she arrived in Hilo, Hawaii, on July 18, 2005. Pride of America began her inaugural seven-day interisland Hawaii cruise on July 23, 2005, with scheduled calls in Maui, Kauai and the Big Island offering passengers 100 hours in port. She is the second U.S.-flagged passenger ship in NCL America's Hawai`i fleet and joins Pride of Aloha, which began sailing seven-day interisland Hawai`i cruises last July.

NCL took delivery of its newest Freestyle Cruising vessel, the 93,502-ton Norwegian Jewel on August 4, 2005. The company is currently building three ships, including one more for the NCL America brand in Hawai`i - Pride of Hawai`i (delivery in April 2006) and two further Norwegian Jewel class ships, which are scheduled for delivery in 2007.

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