Norwegian Dawn to Premiere in December!
Ray Goldenberg
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Norwegian Dawn to Premiere in December
Sister Ship to Norwegian Star to Also Feature 10 Restaurants and Two
Garden Villas
MIAMI, Aug. 19
Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) is proud to announce that its new up and
coming star, Norwegian Dawn, the sister-ship to Norwegian Star and the
third ship purpose-built for Freestyle Cruising, is on schedule to be
delivered to NCL on Thursday, December 5, 2002.
The 91,740-ton Norwegian Dawn, now under construction at the Meyer
Werft Shipyard in Germany, will sail from Southampton, England on
December 7th arriving in New York City on December 14, 2002. From
there, NCL will roll out the red carpet for its inaugural festivities
in New York and Miami before the ship begins her regularly scheduled
sailings to the Eastern and Western Caribbean from the port of Miami
on December 21, 2002.
"Norwegian Star has generated a lot of buzz in the industry with its
revolutionary 10 restaurants, largest suites afloat, vibrant public
rooms and groundbreaking itinerary in Hawaii," said Colin Veitch,
president and CEO of Norwegian Cruise Line. "Norwegian Dawn will
feature all of those great attributes and more except she will be home
ported in the East Coast, where it will be a quick drive or flight to
enjoy and experience. Like her sister- ship, Norwegian Dawn will offer
a revolutionary itinerary, using her great speed to offer seven-day
roundtrip cruises out of New York calling on four ports in the Bahamas
and Florida: Nassau, NCL's private island Great Stirrup Cay in the
Bahamas, Miami and Port Canaveral, Florida."
From Miami, Norwegian Dawn will rotate an Eastern and Western
Caribbean itinerary through May 3, 2003. The Eastern Caribbean
itinerary calls at San Juan, Puerto Rico; St. Thomas, USVI; Tortola,
BVI and Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas. The Western Caribbean itinerary
calls at either Montego Bay or Ocho Rios, Jamaica; George Town, Grand
Cayman; Costa Maya and Cozumel, Mexico. Rates for either itinerary
start from $799 per person.
On May 3, 2003 Norwegian Dawn repositions to New York on a 14-day
cruise from Miami to Montego Bay, Jamaica; Oranjestad, Aruba;
Willemstad, Curacao; St. Georges, Grenada; Roseau, Dominica; St.
Thomas, USVI; Tortola, BVI; Newport, Rhode Island and Martha's
Vineyard, Massachusetts before arriving in Manhattan.
The ship begins her innovative summer season from New York on May 18,
2003 to begin a series of seven-day sailings to the Bahamas and
Florida.
Ports of call on this innovative itinerary include Nassau, Great
Stirrup Cay, Miami and Port Canaveral, Florida, and guests have the
additional option of embarking in Port Canaveral as well.
The Star of the East
Norwegian Dawn will be NCL's largest ship, accommodating 2,224
passengers and 1,112 crew, and is being built at the maximum size to
fit through the Panama Canal. The ship will be fitted with pod drives,
which substantially improve maneuverability, and like Norwegian Star,
will cruise at a maximum speed of 25 knots.
Norwegian Dawn will also feature NCL's new standards in cabins, with
rich cherry wood finishing, refrigerators, tea and coffee makers in
every room, and a much larger bathroom unit than other ships,
containing separate WC, shower, and washstand compartments separated
by sliding doors. Seventy percent of cabins are outside staterooms and
over 70 percent of these have balconies.
Thirty-four suites, 366 standard staterooms with balconies, and an
entire deck of 107 mini-suites with balconies are among the spacious
and well- appointed accommodations located on the 15-deck ship. There
also will be 20 cabins of various categories designed for passengers
with disabilities.
Most cabins will include a sofa-bed or pop-up trundle bed giving a
third lower bed and many will have a fourth, pull-down berth. The ship
also will offer a large number of cabins (including suites and
mini-suites) that can interconnect to create a two, three, four or
five bedroom area suitable for small or large families.
Norwegian Dawn's Garden Villas - Fit For A Star
Norwegian Dawn offers the ultimate opportunity to cruise in style with
the spectacular Garden Villa suites.
At a cost of $26,000 per week, each of Norwegian Dawn's two Garden
Villa suites offer an unprecedented 5,350 square feet of living space
at sea. Positioned high atop the vessel in a private area aft of the
main sundeck, each Garden Villa features sweeping views of the ocean
and an impressive assortment of amenities usually found only at
five-star land-based resorts.
Inside, the villa offers a large dining room, living room with a
state-of-the-art Bang & Olufsen entertainment center, three bedrooms
each featuring floor to ceiling windows and luxurious baths with a
whirlpool tub and a separate shower. Outside, the suites feature
private rooftop terraces, Jacuzzis, outdoor dining, gardens and
secluded relaxation areas.
Garden Villas are ideal for guests who enjoy entertaining. Each dining
room includes a polished teak table seating eight and a private butler
-- another featured amenity -- to serve meals in courses. Garden Villa
guests can select from any shipboard menu they choose or have a
special menu prepared upon request.
The luxuries extend to the outer deck, where guests will find lush
private gardens and terraces finished in glass and steel. From here,
suite occupants and their guests can enjoy open-air dining, a Jacuzzi
designed to hold up to six people, two couple's steam rooms (each
accommodating two people) and completely private areas for sunbathing
and relaxing designed to entertain up to 100 people.
A Stellar Line-Up of Culinary Options
Like Norwegian Star, this ship offers more dining options than any
other ship in the world, with the flexibility of 10 different
restaurants and 11 different menus every night. Guests can choose from
three main restaurants and an array of seven alternative restaurants,
including:
Venetian -- an ornate main restaurant offering the traditional
six-course dining experience;
Aqua -- a modern main restaurant featuring a lighter, more
contemporary menu;
Impressions -- a 1900s Grand French restaurant featuring wall-to-wall
impressionist artwork, the ship's third main restaurant;
The Orient -- a Japanese/Thai/Chinese restaurant complex featuring an
a la carte menu, a sushi and tempura bar and a teppanyaki room;
The Steak House -- Featuring an array of Prime USDA cuts of beef,
including filet mignon, prime rib and New York strip steaks as well as
a selection of lamb, poultry and seafood entrees;
Le Bistro -- NCL's signature restaurant featuring the line's trademark
menu of nouvelle cuisine and French classics;
Salsas -- a modern South American restaurant and bar with a full
selection of hot and cold Tapas dishes and authentic entertainment;
La Trattoria -- an Italian-styled restaurant featuring red and white
checkered tablecloths, Chianti bottles and a menu offering pasta,
pizza and other popular Italian fare;
Garden Cafe/Kids Cafe -- an indoor/outdoor buffet restaurant extending
over a third of a deck that features action stations with prepared-to-
order omelets, waffles, fruit, soups, ethnic specialties and pasta in
addition to extensive and varied selections arranged along 130 yards
of buffet serving counters. Kids Cafe features pint-sized tables,
chairs and buffet counter serving pizza, hot dogs, hamburgers and
French fries;
Blue Lagoon -- a food court-styled casual eatery featuring hamburgers,
fish & chips, potpies and wok fast dishes.
In addition, Norwegian Dawn will offer an array of casual snacking and
cafe outlets, including an on-deck grill, an ice cream bar, a coffee
shop and 24-hour hot and cold room service.
Amenities Enhance Guest Experience
Norwegian Dawn will also offer plenty of opportunities for those
passengers who wish to work off any unwanted pounds. The Sports Deck
will contain a basketball, volleyball and soccer court, while a
two-deck fitness and spa center will boast state-of-the-art
cardiovascular workout equipment, aerobic and yoga area with a sprung
wooden floor, steam and sauna rooms, a jet-current exercise pool, an
indoor lap pool, whirlpool and hydrotherapy pool.
Hawaiian-based Mandara Spa, the world's leading operator of landside
resort spas, will pamper NCL guests with an exotic menu of spa and
beauty treatments combing the best of East and West.
The ship will be particularly family-friendly with a huge children's
center complete with a playroom, outdoor pool, Jacuzzi, movie theater,
computer rooms, teen center, video arcade, a nursery and toddlers' nap
room. There will even be a special children's area in the buffet
restaurant with their own low-level serving counter and kid-sized
tables and chairs.
In addition, one of the ship's most distinctive attractions will be
the Stardust Theater, reaching up three decks and seating an audience
of 1,150 in a traditional European opera house ambiance.
Michael Marcelletti
r...@lighthousetravel.com wrote on 8/19/02 5:30 PM:
For those Garden Villas, is that 26k per person or per cabin???
Thanks.
Mike