On September 15th, Norwegian’s second ship in the upcoming Breakaway Plus class officially began her career at sea. Joined by fellow executives from Norwegian Cruise Line and Meyer Werft Shipyards, Andy Stuart, Norwegian’s President, pushed the button to start the steel cutting for the line’s upcoming ship. The steel cutting is a significant milestone for […]
Norwegian’s Norwegian Breakaway, which is celebrating its first birthday this week, experienced a minor delay this morning following a maintenance issue with one of the ship’s propulsion units. The ship, which began to experience the propulsion issues after entering New York Harbor, had contacted the United States Coast Guard for tug assistance early this morning. […]
Norwegian Cruise Line has announced that their soon to debut Breakaway Plus ships will be named Norwegian Bliss and Norwegian Escape. Guests and fans of Norwegian were encouraged to vote for their favorite names during an online contest held on Norwegian’s Facebook page. Escape and Bliss received the largest number of votes out of 5 pre-selected […]
According to a report by the Bermuda Sun, a passenger sailing aboard the Norwegian Breakaway fell two decks from her exterior balcony prior to arriving in Bermuda on Tuesday. According to the report, a woman fell two decks and suffered fractured ribs. Norwegian Cruise Line has confirmed to Cruise Currents that the woman fell two decks […]
Well, it’s finally ready – my video tour of the Norwegian Breakaway. This video tour is a bit different from past video tours, as I used video footage from the ship throughout the entire video versus using just photos in the past. Click play above to check out the Norwegian Breakaway’s new spaces, restaurants, bars, lounges, and many more […]
Yesterday afternoon, the Norwegian Breakaway officially became the 12th ship in the Norwegian fleet as she was christened in her homeport – New York City. Yesterday’s christening featured many speakers and theatrical groups. Speakers included Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who blessed the Norwegian Breakaway; Craig Cannonier, the Premier of Bermuda, who spoke on the importance of the Breakaway’s visits to Bermuda; Perry […]
Early this morning, the brand new Norwegian Breakaway slowly made her way under the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and entered New York Harbor for the first time. The Norwegian Breakaway will be debarking her first guests today, whom were sailing on a special transatlantic voyage that departed Southampton earlier last week. The Norwegian Breakaway will be christened tomorrow afternoon in New York by her […]
Earlier today, Norwegian Cruise Line’s CEO Kevin Sheehan announced that Norwegian Cruise Linenintends to excersize its option to build a second Breakaway Plus cruise ship. Breakaway Plus II, as it is being temporarily named, is expected to enter service sometime in 2017. The Breakaway Plus II would be a sister to the already ordered Breakaway […]
Norwegian Cruise Line has announced that Nickelodeon will offer the Nickelodeon at sea experience aboard the line’s soon to be newest ship, the Norwegian Getaway. Guests sailing on Norwegian Getaway will have the opportunity to cruise with SpongeBob SquarePants, Patrick Star, Dora the Explorer and Diego, among other favorite Nickelodeon characters; as well as participate in a […]
Norwegian Breakaway, the largest ship ever constructed in Germany, was floated out of MEYER WERFT’s covered building dock II this morning in Papenburg, Germany where the 146,600-ton ship has been under construction since September 2011. Beginning at approximately 7 am (Germany time), the massive 4,000 passenger ship with her signature hull artwork designed by pop […]
As the Norwegian Breakaway continues to move closer to her inaugural cruise, she is beginning to receive her finishing touches. One of these finishing touches is her hull art, which was recently applied to her formerly white hull. Teams at Meyer Werft recently finished the process of applying Peter Max’s colorful hull art work design to the Breakaway’s […]
Check out this awesome new video, recently released by Norwegian Cruise Line, detailing all the innovative spaces and amenities the Norwegian Breakaway will soon be offering. Make sure to check out what’s at 2:14 of the video. It is insane, but awesome! The 4,000 passenger Norwegian Breakaway will arrive in her year-round homeport of New York City in early […]