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Norwegian Cruise Line puts record four ships in Europe in 2012-2013

Norwegian Cruise Line will have its largest ever presence in Europe in 2012/13, with four ships including two based year-round in the Mediterranean.

Norwegian Spirit will be making her European debut and will partner Norwegian Jade sailing year-round from April 2012.

During summer and autumn, Norwegian Spirit will then sail 12-day Grand Mediterranean voyages, while for the winter and spring she will offer nine-day Canary Islands cruises.

Norwegian Jade: She will be cruising around the Greek Isles and in Greece and Turkey

NCL’s largest and most innovative ship, Norwegian Epic, and Norwegian Sun will continue cruising seasonally from Barcelona and Copenhagen respectively.

Norwegian Epic will return to Barcelona to sail 25 seven-day Western Mediterranean cruises from April to October, taking in Nice and Provence for the very first time. 

“Europe is one of the world’s fastest growing cruise markets and we felt it was the right time to deploy four ships, including two year-round in Europe marking our largest European deployment in the company’s history,” said Kevin Sheehan, chief executive officer.

“Guests now have the flexibility of embarking from four homeports in Europe to sail to some of the most exciting destinations in the world.”

Michael Zengerle, Norwegian Cruise Line’s general manager Europe said, “We are very excited to have four Freestyle Cruising ships in Europe in the 2012/13 season. This will set the basis for further continued growth in the European markets”.

Norwegian Spirit

The 12-day Grand Mediterranean sailings run from April 28, 2012,  to October 25 and begin in either Barcelona or Venice. The cruise calls at Provence (Toulon), France; Florence/Pisa (Livorno), Rome (Civitavecchia) and Naples, Italy; Mykonos and Athens (Piraeus), Greece; and Istanbul and Ephesus (Izmir), Turkey.
The nine-day Canary Islands cruisefrom Barcelona will sail from November 6 to April 8, 2013, and will call at Funchal, Madeira; Santa Cruz de Tenerife; and Arrecife, Lanzarote, Canary Islands; and Granada (Málaga), Spain.
Norwegian Spirit will also sail an 11-day Grand Mediterranean cruise from Barcelona to Venice on July 9 and a 13-day Grand Mediterranean from Venice to Barcelona on July 20.

Norwegian Spirit: She will be making her debut in Europe in 2012

Norwegian Jade

Her popular alternating seven-day Greek Isles and Greece and Turkey cruises depart on Saturdays from Venice from April 28 to October 6.  The Greek Isles cruises call on Corfu, Santorini, Mykonos and Olympia (Katakolon), Greece. The Greece and Turkey sailings call on Dubrovnik and Split, Croatia; Athens (Piraeus), Greece; and Ephesus (Izmir), Turkey.  Since there is no port repetition between the two itineraries, they can be easily combined to create a port-rich 14-day European tour.
Norwegian Jade will sail a six-day Croatia and Greece cruise on July 14; and an eight-day Greek Isles and Turkey cruise on July 20, as well as a seven-day Adriatic and Italy cruise on October 13 with disembarkation in Rome (Civitavecchia).
From Rome, Norwegian Jade will sail alternating 11-day Mediterranean & the Holy Land cruises departing on Saturdays and ten-day Eastern Mediterranean cruises departing on Wednesdays from October 20 to April 17, 2013.
TheMediterranean & Holy Land cruises call on Alanya, Turkey; Limassol, Cyprus; Haifa and Ashdod, Israel; and Port Said and Alexandria, Egypt.  The Eastern Mediterranean cruises call on Olympia (Katakolon) and Athens (Piraeus), Greece; Ephesus (Izmir), Turkey; and an overnight stay in Alexandria, Egypt.

Norwegian Epic

Norwegian Epic will return to Barcelona sailing a series of 25 seven-day Western Mediterranean cruises from April 29 to October 14. The ship will call at Naples, Rome (Civitavecchia), and Florence/Pisa (Livorno), Italy; and Nice (Villefranche) and Provence (Marseille), France.
Norwegian Epic will sail one four-day Western Mediterranean cruise on April 25.

Norwegian Sun

Norwegian Sun will continue sailing her nine-day Baltic Capital cruises from Copenhagen, Denmark from May 4 to September 7 calling at Berlin (Warnemünde), Germany; Tallinn, Estonia; an overnight stay in St. Petersburg, Russia; Helsinki, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden.
She will also sail one 14-day Norway, Iceland & Faroe Islands cruise on September 16 calling on Bergen, and Alesund, Norway; Lerwick, Shetland Islands; Thorshavn, Faroe Islands; Reykjavik, Iceland; Glasgow (Greenock), Scotland and Dublin, Ireland.

Transatlantic

There are five opportunities for guests to have an experience of a lifetime crossing the Atlantic with Norwegian Cruise Line’s Transatlantic cruises. Norwegian Epic offers two options: an 11-day Transatlantic from Miami to Barcelona on April 14 and a 13-day Transatlantic from Barcelona to Miami on October 21.
Norwegian Spirit offers a 13-day Transatlantic from New Orleans to Barcelona on April 15.
Norwegian Sun crosses the Atlantic on April 21 from Orlando (Port Canaveral) to Copenhagen and back to Miami from Copenhagen on September 30.