![]() ![]() ![]() It’s the first time NCL has offered dry-slide options, similar to what travelers find on Royal’s Oasis-class vessels.įor NCL, though, there’s one on each side of the ship dropping 10 decks, each twisting in a tight corkscrew drop that takes just seconds. The rest of the options on board do set Prima apart from the line’s older ships. The line also offers an unlimited track package for $199, which Murray said has been popular with some of the younger customers. The rides cost $15 each, but a new $20 offering lets riders try and test their speed solo on the track for three laps and compete for a trophy and cash prize by the end of the week. He also noted they could shoot lasers at the go-karts to give them an extra boost of speed. ![]() “Let’s say you know, granny and granddad may not want to race in the go kart tracks - well they do as well, but if they wanted to watch their children and grandchildren, we created a viewing platform on Deck 20 that puts you right in the middle of the track,” Murray said. It makes the fourth time it has gone all in on a go-kart track, this one spanning three decks with room for 15 cars to race at one time, and amenities that set it apart. Norwegian Prima has not let go completely of the cruise line’s identity. It’s a different structure and build of the ship.” You’re still trying to work out what she likes, and she’s working out what I like,” he said. You know when you start dating someone, you get to know them. The 142,500-gross-ton ship has a 3,100-passenger capacity based on double occupancy compared to its last ship Encore’s 169,116 gross tons and 3,998-passenger capacity.Ī pat of that is switching shipbuilders from German yard Meyer Werft to Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri, which NCL’s Simon Murray, in charge of guest experience and innovation, said he was still getting the feel of. Smaller than the last several ships for the line, it’s a combination of familiar touches found on vessels like the Norwegian Escape, Bliss and Encore, but a breakaway from others, particularly in design. ![]() Prima kicks off with one five-night sailing before shifting to mostly seven-night Western Caribbean itineraries with stops in Cozumel, Mexico George Town, Grand Cayman Ocho Rio, Jamaica and its private island Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas through March 26. We hope to be able to have two ships there every winter forever. “So this is really about where are the opportunities existing. Prima will be joining Norwegian Escape marking the first time the line has home ported two ships in Central Florida. “I would call Port Canaveral an underserved market, because usually we only have one ship there in the winter,” Sommer said. It will start Caribbean voyages over the winter season beginning Dec. The line has been showing off the ship among several ports since its August debut making stops in New York, Galveston and most recently Miami, but its first extended homeport will be Port Canaveral. “We set out to to create something that didn’t look like every other cruise ship out there,” said NCL President and CEO Harry Sommer during a media cruise out of Miami in November, saying the goal was to create almost a “boutique-hotel feel” with “lots of smaller, more intimate space, lots of beautiful design.” The Norwegian Prima is the first of what has been known for years as the Leonardo class of ships, six vessels planned to debut in the next six years that all look to redefine what NCL offers to its customers. SOMEWHERE IN THE ATLANTIC - Since ships are often referred to with feminine pronouns, it’s fitting Norwegian Cruise Line gave its newest vessel in its newest class the feminine version of the Italian name for “first.” ![]()
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