NORWEGIAN DAWN TO PREMIERE IN
DECEMBER
Sister ship to Norwegian Star to also
feature 10 restaurants and two Garden Villas
MIAMI (August 19, 2002) -Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) is proud
to announce that its new up and coming star, Norwegian Dawn,
the sister-ship to Norwegian Star and the third ship purpose-built
for Freestyle Cruising, is on schedule to be delivered to
NCL on Thursday, December 5th, 2002.
The 91,740-ton Norwegian Dawn, now under construction at
the Meyer Werft Shipyard in Germany, will sail from Southampton,
England on December 7th arriving in New York City on December
14, 2002. From there, NCL will roll out the red carpet for
its inaugural festivities in New York and Miami before the
ship begins her regularly scheduled sailings to the Eastern
and Western Caribbean from the port of Miami on December 21,
2002.
"Norwegian Star has generated a lot of buzz in the industry
with its revolutionary 10 restaurants, largest suites afloat,
vibrant public rooms and groundbreaking itinerary in Hawaii,"
said Colin Veitch, president and CEO of Norwegian Cruise Line.
"Norwegian Dawn will feature all of those great attributes
and more except she will be home ported in the East Coast,
where it will be a quick drive or flight to enjoy and experience.
Like her sister-ship, Norwegian Dawn will offer a revolutionary
itinerary, using her great speed to offer seven-day roundtrip
cruises out of New York calling on four ports in the Bahamas
and Florida: Nassau, NCL's private island Great Stirrup Cay
in the Bahamas, Miami and Port Canaveral, Florida."
From Miami, Norwegian Dawn will rotate an Eastern and Western
Caribbean itinerary through May 3, 2003. The Eastern Caribbean
itinerary calls at San Juan, Puerto Rico; St. Thomas, USVI;
Tortola, BVI and Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas. The Western Caribbean
itinerary calls at either Montego Bay or Ocho Rios, Jamaica;
George Town, Grand Cayman; Costa Maya and Cozumel, Mexico.
Rates for either itinerary start from $799 per person.
On May 3, 2003 Norwegian Dawn repositions to New York on
a 14-day cruise from Miami to Montego Bay, Jamaica; Oranjestad,
Aruba; Willemstad, Curacao; St. Georges, Grenada; Roseau,
Dominica; St. Thomas, USVI; Tortola, BVI; Newport, Rhode Island
and Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts before arriving in Manhattan.
The ship begins her innovative summer season from New York
on May 18, 2003 to begin a series of seven-day sailings to
the Bahamas and Florida.
Ports of call on this innovative itinerary include Nassau,
Great Stirrup Cay, Miami and Port Canaveral, Florida, and
guests have the additional option of embarking in Port Canaveral
as well.
The Star of the East
Norwegian Dawn will be NCL's largest ship, accommodating
2,224 passengers and 1,112 crew, and is being built at the
maximum size to fit through the Panama Canal. The ship will
be fitted with pod drives, which substantially improve maneuverability,
and like Norwegian Star, will cruise at a maximum speed of
25 knots.
Norwegian Dawn will also feature NCL's new standards in cabins,
with rich cherry wood finishing, refrigerators, tea and coffee
makers in every room, and a much larger bathroom unit than
other ships, containing separate WC, shower, and washstand
compartments separated by sliding doors. Seventy percent of
cabins are outside staterooms and over 70 percent of these
have balconies.
Thirty-four suites, 366 standard staterooms with balconies,
and an entire deck of 107 mini-suites with balconies are among
the spacious and well-appointed accommodations located on
the 15-deck ship. There also will be 20 cabins of various
categories designed for passengers with disabilities.
Most cabins will include a sofa-bed or pop-up trundle bed
giving a third lower bed and many will have a fourth, pull-down
berth. The ship also will offer a large number of cabins (including
suites and mini-suites) that can interconnect to create a
two, three, four or five bedroom area suitable for small or
large families. Norwegian Dawn's Garden Villas - Fit For A
Star
Norwegian Dawn offers the ultimate opportunity to cruise
in style with the spectacular Garden Villa suites.
At a cost of $26,000 per week, each of Norwegian Dawn's two
Garden Villa suites offer an unprecedented 5,350 square feet
of living space at sea. Positioned high atop the vessel in
a private area aft of the main sundeck, each Garden Villa
features sweeping views of the ocean and an impressive assortment
of amenities usually found only at five-star land based resorts.
Inside, the villas offers a large dining room, living room
with a state-of-the-art Bang & Olufsen entertainment center,
three bedrooms each featuring floor to ceiling windows and
luxurious baths with a whirlpool tub and a separate shower.
Outside, the suites feature private rooftop terraces, Jacuzzis,
outdoor dining, gardens and secluded relaxation areas.
Garden Villas are ideal for guests who enjoy entertaining.
Each dining room includes a polished teak table seating eight
and a private butler - another featured amenity - to serve
meals in courses. Garden Villa guests can select from any
shipboard menu they choose or have a special menu prepared
upon request.
The luxuries extend to the outer deck, where guests will
find lush private gardens and terraces finished in glass and
steel. From here, suite occupants and their guests can enjoy
open-air dining, a Jacuzzi designed to hold up to six people,
two couple's steam rooms (each accommodating two people) and
completely private areas for sunbathing and relaxing designed
to entertain up to 100 people.
A Stellar Line-Up of Culinary Options
Like Norwegian Star, this ship offers more dining
options than any other ship in the world, with the flexibility
of 10 different restaurants and 11 different menus every night.
Guests can choose from three main restaurants and an array
of seven alternative restaurants, including:
•Venetian - an ornate main restaurant offering the traditional
six-course dining experience;
•Aqua - a modern main restaurant featuring a lighter,
more contemporary menu;
•Impressions - a 1900s Grand French restaurant featuring
wall-to-wall impressionist artwork, the ship's third main
restaurant;
•The Orient - a Japanese/Thai/Chinese restaurant complex
featuring an à la carte menu, a sushi and tempura bar
and a teppanyaki room;
•The Steak House - Featuring an array of Prime USDA cuts
of beef, including filet mignon, prime rib and New York strip
steaks as well as a selection of lamb, poultry and seafood
entrees;
•Le Bistro - NCL's signature restaurant featuring the
line's trademark menu of nouvelle cuisine and French classics;
•Salsas - a modern South American restaurant and bar
with a full selection of hot and cold Tapas dishes and authentic
entertainment;
•La Trattoria - an Italian-styled restaurant featuring
red and white checkered tablecloths, Chianti bottles and a
menu offering pasta, pizza and other popular Italian fare;
•Garden Café/Kids Café - an indoor/outdoor
buffet restaurant extending over a third of a deck that features
action stations with prepared-to-order omelets, waffles, fruit,
soups, ethnic specialties and pasta in addition to extensive
and varied selections arranged along 130 yards of buffet serving
counters. Kids Café features pint-sized tables, chairs
and buffet counter serving pizza, hot dogs, hamburgers and
French fries;
•Blue Lagoon - a food court-styled casual eatery featuring
hamburgers, fish & chips, potpies and wok fast dishes.
In addition, Norwegian Dawn will offer an array of casual
snacking and café outlets, including an on-deck grill,
an ice cream bar, a coffee shop and 24-hour hot and cold room
service.
Amenities Enhance Guest Experience
Norwegian Dawn will also offer plenty of opportunities
for those passengers who wish to work off any unwanted pounds.
The Sports Deck will contain a basketball, volleyball and
soccer court, while a two-deck fitness and spa center will
boast state-of-the-art cardiovascular workout equipment, aerobic
and yoga area with a sprung wooden floor, steam and sauna
rooms, a jet-current exercise pool, an indoor lap pool, whirlpool
and hydrotherapy pool.
Hawaiian-based Mandara Spa, the world's leading operator
of landside resort spas, will pamper NCL guests with an exotic
menu of spa and beauty treatments combing the best of East
and West.
The ship will be particularly family-friendly with a huge
children's center complete with a playroom, outdoor pool,
Jacuzzi, movie theater, computer rooms, teen center, video
arcade, a nursery and toddlers' nap room. There will even
be a special children's area in the buffet restaurant with
their own low-level serving counter and kid-sized tables and
chairs.
In addition, one of the ship's most distinctive attractions
will be the Stardust Theater, reaching up three decks and
seating an audience of 1,150 in a traditional European opera
house ambiance.
For further information on NCL, 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 web site 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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