NCL - Norwegian Cruise Line

NCL makes its mark with its always-casual, open-seating dining, and with one some of the newest ships on the market its truly a pleaser.

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Travel to unforgettable destinations, aboard spectacular ships. Where in the world would you like to go? Bermuda? Alaska? The Caribbean? Perhaps you've always wanted to cruise to the bottom of the world? Cruise the Hawaiian Islands? Or revel in the riotous colors of fall foliage along the New England and Canadian coast NCL takes you there.

Rediscover the Americas with the Homeland Cruising program and choose from 13 convenient departure ports in the US and Canada. NCL has dozens of destinations in North and Central America as exotic and exciting as any on Earth.

Get more of Hawaii with NCL's new U.S. Flag brand - NCL America. Offering exclusive inter-island cruises aboard the brand-new Pride of Hawaii, as well as the spectacular Pride of Aloha and the new Pride of America. Sail for seven days to four Hawaii Islands and choose to stay extra days at luxurious resorts on Oahu or Maui with NCL America. For a longer trip, consider Norwegian Wind's popular 10- & 11-day cruises throughout Hawaii and pristine Fanning Island.

This is an exciting time for NCL, a line that's struggled in the past to create a clear and solid identity. The company is now in a major expansion mode, launching four new ships in the span of about three years, and it continues to roll out exciting innovations, especially in the dining department. The 2,000-passenger Norwegian Sky, 1,960-passenger Norwegian Sun, and 2,244-passenger Norwegian Star represent the new, higher-quality NCL, while the line's four other mid-sized vintage-1980s vessels, carrying about 1,500 passengers each, stand for its more budget-conscious, catch-as-catch-can past. There's no doubt NCL is remaking itself, and quite impressively too. The line has quietly phased out its sports and music theme cruises, and in May 2000 it launched its "Freestyle Cruising" concept, a revolutionary ultra-flexible dining program that appeals to people who don't like the regimentation and formality of traditional cruise dining. Now offered fleetwide, Freestyle means all restaurants on the ships operate with a casual dress code and have open seating between about 5:30 and midnight every evening.

Flexible dining. NCL's dining policy lets you dine when you want and dress how you want.

Restaurants galore. Not only is dining flexible, there are so many places to have dinner that you won't know where to turn. The Sky has six restaurants, the Sun has nine, and each of the other ships has five.

No balconies on Majesty and Sea.