Norwegian Cruise Line to Offer
Live Webcast of Norwegian Dawn Christening
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the Inaugural Webcast from New York on 12/16/02
Sex and the City Star Kim Catrall to
Christen New Ship in New York City
Miami, December 13, 2002 - Travel Agents and consumers nationwide
will have the rare and fun opportunity to get an insider's
view of Norwegian Dawn's christening ceremony during a live
Web cast on Monday, December 16.
Those who log onto NCL's website, www.ncl.com beginning at
4:30 p.m. EST can see one of New York's sexiest women christen
the city's newest leading lady. Kim Cattrall of HBO's hit
series Sex and the City! will serve as Godmother of Norwegian
Dawn, NCL's newest Freestyle Cruising ship, set to call New
York home. She will christen Norwegian Dawn in a ceremony
aboard the ship in New York.
Web users will need to have access to the latest version
of RealPlayer on their computer in order to link to the ceremony.
RealPlayer may be downloaded free in advance through RealNetworks
at www.real.com/player.
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 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 sail on 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 (Orlando), Florida, and guests have the additional
option of embarking in Port Canaveral (Orlando) 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 signed original prints by Andy Warhol.
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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