Norwegian Cruise Line today announced that Norwegian Spirit is undergoing a multi-million dollar refurbishment focused on enhancing the total guest experience. The 2,376 passenger Freestyle Cruising ship is receiving a total renovation to its public areas, staterooms and suites. These refurbishments are in addition to the enhancements already made as part of Freestyle 2.0, the company’s fleet-wide initiative to further improve the guest experience across all guest touch points from food and beverage to staterooms.
Norwegian Spirit’s total refurbishment includes:
- 11 new staterooms are being added, eight of which are balconies;
- one diesel engine is being replaced;
- the Stardust Theater, with a capacity of approximately 700, is receiving all new seating and chairs;
- seating throughout the ship is being reupholstered;
- more than 21,000 sq meters of carpet is being replaced in public areas, stairwells, suites and staterooms;
- new wallpaper is being installed in suites, corridors and public areas;
- new curtains are being added to all suites;
- tile in 300 bathrooms throughout the ship is being replaced;
- all open decks including the main pool, kid’s pool and four hot tubs are undergoing refurbishment;
- the Roman Spa & Fitness Center is being upgraded with new doors, panels and seats;
- more than 60 windows are being replaced;
- the onboard phone system is being upgraded to a state of the art wireless system.
Following the completion of the refurbishment, Norwegian Spirit will re-enter service on November 23, 2008 and begin a series of 21 seven-day Exotic Western Caribbean cruises from New Orleans, her homeport for the winter season, with calls in Costa Maya and Cozumel, Mexico; Santo Tomas De Castilla, Guatemala; and Belize City, Belize.
(0) Comments (Leave a Comment)Filed under: Cruise Planners Weekly Specials Posted by Michael on 11/03/08
Just a quick news show this week. After the long show we did last week we decided to put a quick show out this week.
This past few weeks we’ve had the final Oasis of The Seas reveal, and some itinerary shifts from Carnival. NCL has joined the crowd dropping fuel supplements, and Ambassador’s International says that they haven’t had a serious buyer for Majestic America Line.
MSC is looking for a long term agreement with Port Everglades and Celebrity Solstice arrived in Port Evergaldes this morning.
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Filed under: Carnival Cruise Lines, Celebrity Cruises, Cunard Cruise Lines, MSC Cruises, Majestic America Line, Norwegian Cruise Line, Podcast, Royal Caribbean International Posted by Michael on 10/30/08
Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) announced today that the company’s current fuel supplement will no longer apply to bookings made on or after November 10, 2008 for sailings that depart on or after January 1, 2010.
For guests booked prior to November 10, 2008 for sailings that depart on or after January 1, 2010, the company has established the following guidelines for the refund of fuel supplements paid:
- The criteria for refund will be determined on a quarterly basis. Should the closing price on the NYMEX (New York Mercantile Exchange) of West Texas Intermediate fuel be below $65 per barrel two weeks prior to the beginning of the calendar quarter (dates specified below), the company will refund fuel supplements paid in the form of an on-board credit.
For guests booked on sailings that depart in 2009 (on or after January 1, 2009 and that depart on or before December 31, 2009), regardless of booking date, the company has established the following guidelines for the refund of fuel supplements paid:
- The criteria for refund will be determined on a quarterly basis. Should the closing price on the NYMEX (New York Mercantile Exchange) of West Texas Intermediate fuel be below $65 per barrel two weeks prior to the beginning of the calendar quarter (dates specified below), the company will refund fuel supplements paid in the form of an on-board credit.
The dates on which the price of West Texas Intermediate fuel will be measured and the quarters during which refunds could apply are:
| Fuel Price Determination Date | Quarter of Possible Fuel Supplement Refunds | |
| December 18, 2008 | First Quarter 2009 | |
| March 18, 2009 | Second Quarter 2009 | |
| June 17, 2009 | Third Quarter 2009 | |
| September 17, 2009 | Fourth Quarter 2009 | |
| December 18, 2009 | First Quarter 2010 | |
| March 18, 2010 | Second Quarter 2010 | |
| June 17, 2010 | Third Quarter 2010 | |
| September 17, 2010 | Fourth Quarter 2010 | |
| December 17, 2010 | First Quarter 2011 |
Determination of what quarter a sailing is in will be based solely on the sailing date. The entire cruise will be considered to be part of the quarter that the sailing date originates in.
These new fuel supplement policies apply to guests booked through all NCL offices around the world.
The company is implementing these changes in response to the recent decrease in global fuel prices. NCL will continue to closely monitor global fuel prices to assess whether a reinstatement of the fuel supplement will be necessary.
1 comment so farFiled under: NCL America, Norwegian Cruise Line Posted by Michael on 10/27/08
Carnival Cruise Lines has announced that its Miami-based Carnival Liberty, which was originally scheduled to reposition to Europe in May 2009, will instead remain in Miami to operate year-round Caribbean cruises.
Prior to its Baltimore deployment, Carnival Pride will operate its previously scheduled Panama Canal cruise from Long Beach, Calif., to Miami March 22-April 5, 2009, as well as a six-day cruise departing April 5 and two seven-day Caribbean cruises departing April 11 and 18, 2009, all operating from Miami.Filed under: Carnival Cruise Lines Posted by Michael on 10/25/08
The Long Show- This episode we wrap up the trip, we run long as a result but not too long.
The majority of this show was talk about Liverpool, Belfast, Greenock/Belfast, South Queensferry/Edinburgh, and Newcastle. The reception we had at every port was simply amazing with thousands turning out at several ports to greet the ship as we arrived and see us off as we left.
If you haven’t spotted it yet, the Photo Gallery is broken again. We’re still trying to figure out the best way to fix it but in the mean time you can find the pictures on Flickr. Not all the pictures are up yet, but so far here are pictures from Liverpool, Cobh, and South Queensferry. We’ll be adding more pictures over the next few days, as a bonus almost all of the pictures we’re putting on Flickr are Geotagged which means you can look at a map and see where we took most of the pictures.
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