Sex and The City Star Kim Cattrall to Play
A Different Role - Godmother of Norwegian Dawn
NCL's newest ship to call New York
home
Miami, December 5, 2002 - Only one sexy
New York icon could truly welcome the Big Apple's new
leading lady to the city that never sleeps: Kim Cattrall
of HBO's hit series Sex and the City! Norwegian Cruise
Line (NCL) today named Kim Cattrall as Godmother of Norwegian
Dawn, its newest Freestyle Cruising ship, set to call
New York home. She will christen Norwegian Dawn in a ceremony
aboard the ship in New York on December 16, 2002 at 4:30
p.m.
According to Colin Veitch, NCL's president
and chief executive officer, "Kim embodies the spirit
of New York and the distinctive style of Freestyle Cruising.
Kim's allure is quite tantalizing, she is the new symbol
of New York City and the perfect Godmother for our newest,
most innovative vessel, Norwegian Dawn."
Kim Cattrall is a Golden Globe® and
Emmy® -nominated actress who has received worldwide
critical acclaim for her portrayal of femme fatale Samantha
Jones on Sex and the City.
The actresses' diverse career has spanned
film, stage and television. Cattrall starred opposite
Jack Lemmon in his Academy Award nominated performance
in "Tribute" and she received a Lead Actress
Genie nomination (Canadian Oscars) for her performance
in "Ticket to Heaven."
She also starred in a host of blockbuster
films, including "Police Academy 1," "Porky's,"
"Mannequin," "Masquerade," "Star
Trek 6: the Undiscovered Country," John Carpenter's
"Big Trouble in Little China," and with Tom
Hanks in Brian De Palma's "Bonfire of the Vanities."
In addition, Cattrall and her husband,
Mark Levinson, recently co-authored the best selling book,
Satisfaction currently on sale at bookstores nationwide.
The 92,250-ton Norwegian Dawn is NCL's
third ship purpose-built for the groundbreaking Freestyle
Cruising concept, which has taken the travel industry
by storm.
NCL will roll out the red carpet for Norwegian
Dawn's inaugural festivities in Southampton, New York
and Miami before the ship begins her regularly scheduled
sailings to the Eastern Caribbean from the port of Miami
on December 21, 2002.
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; Georgetown,
Grand Cayman; Costa Maya and Cozumel, Mexico.
The ship begins her summer season from
New York on May 18, 2003 with an unprecedented 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.
Norwegian Dawn will feature several groundbreaking
aspects including one of the industry's largest multi-million
dollar art collections featuring four original works by
19th and 20th Century masters Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Henri
Matisse, Vincent Van Gogh and Claude Monet in its signature
Le Bistro restaurant. Elsewhere on the ship, guests will
enjoy a collection of original Pop Art featuring signed
works by Andy Warhol.
Guests will also experience a taste of
the hottest trend from the Miami club scene with "Fuácata!"
parties during the ship's weekly Bahamas and Florida cruises
from New York. "Fuácata!" is a Spanish
word meaning "to be hit by the unexpected."
The term perfectly describes the anything-but-ordinary
mixture of hot Latin rhythms, special food and drinks,
and all-night revelry that Norwegian Dawn guests will
experience from Miami to Orlando.
Miami-based Norwegian Cruise Line is an
international cruise company and industry innovator that
currently operates a fleet of nine ships sailing to more
than 200 ports around the world.
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, Florida, (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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