NCL Inaugurates The Cruise Industry’s
First Internet Café During Maiden Voyage Of The M/S Norwegian
Sky
Guests can go on-line in the Internet
Café or from their own stateroom
MIAMI, Fla., August 10, 1999 -- In conjunction with the maiden
voyage of the M/S Norwegian Sky, Norwegian Cruise Line has
inaugurated service of the cruise industry’s first Internet
Café, for those guests wishing to go on-line while at sea.
Located within the ship’s Coffee Bar, the Internet Café
is equipped with nine computer terminals, available for use
on a 24 hour-a-day basis. Guests can send and receive e-mail
messages, check the stock market, get news updates, play computer
games, and more. Additionally, Norwegian Sky becomes the first
NCL ship to offer in-stateroom connections to the Internet.
"We recognize that in this age of advanced communications
technology, many people desire the ability to go on-line daily,
even while on vacation," said Art Sbarsky, Executive
Vice President of NCL. "The Norwegian Sky offers two
choices to our guests--via the Internet Café or using a laptop
computer in the privacy of their own stateroom. We believe
this feature will be instantly and immensely popular."
Other key features offered include a 30-second video e-mail
message, computer games, computerized photographic imaging,
MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint applications and printing.
Guests may purchase a lasting, high tech souvenir of their
cruise--a Norwegian Sky customized screen saver. By mid-September,
NCL will also offer laptop rentals aboard the Sky.
Providing the satellite connection and internet services
for the Internet Café aboard the Norwegian Sky, is Maritime
Telecommunications Network (MTN), a subsidiary of ICG Satellite
Services, Inc., and Digital Seas International, Inc. (DSI).
NCL has signed a multi-year contract with these two companies
that provides for the outfitting of the NCL fleet. Work has
already begun aboard NCL’s S/S Norway to install an Internet
Café.
Space hero Buzz Aldrin to lecture on maiden voyage
The Norwegian Sky departed yesterday, August 9, on its maiden
voyage from the Port of Dover, England. This 10-day inaugural
voyage offers guests the unique viewing opportunity of a total
solar eclipse—the last of the 20th Century.
Former NASA Astronaut Dr. Buzz Aldrin is aboard as a guest
lecturer. The distinguished hero of the American space program
will describe his historic Apollo XI journey in which he and
Neil Armstrong became the first two humans to walk on the
moon 30 years ago on July 20, 1969.
The Norwegian Sky is the also the first NCL vessel to be
equipped with a "Bridge Cam," a camera mounted on
the ship’s bridge which offers a daylight view of the
bow and beyond. The image, updated every 15 minutes, is broadcast
on the Norwegian Sky section of the NCL’s web site.
Among the Norwegian Sky’s many features are a glass-domed,
mid-ship atrium, eight decks high; a two-story main show lounge
with a proscenium stage, and a cabaret lounge equipped with
the longest bar at sea. Several intimate gathering spots include
a wine bar, champagne bar, coffee bar, Sports Bar, Le Bistro
restaurant, cigar club, schooner bar, and an observation lounge.
The Norwegian Sky will make her U.S. debut with a series
of 10-day Canada/New England cruises from Boston, beginning
September 18, 1999. Following a repositioning to Miami, the
Sky will begin a winter season of alternating seven-day, Eastern/Western
Caribbean sailings on November 14, 1999.
For reservations or information, contact a travel agent or
call NCL in the U.S. and Canada at (800) 327-7030; in Dade
County, Fla. at (305) 436-0866.
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