50+ Cruises Canceled by Norwegian Cruise Line as Ships Are Redeployed

Should you had been planning to cruise with Norwegian Cruise Line in late 2026 or early 2027, chances are you’ll wish to double-check your reserving and electronic mail. The cruise line has simply introduced to journey brokers and affected cruisers that it will likely be canceling greater than 50 sailings as a part of a serious shuffle of ships and homeports.

The modifications affect the next 4 cruise ships: Norwegian Gem, Norwegian Daybreak, Norwegian Getaway, and Norwegian Pleasure.  Whereas some itineraries are being scraped altogether, some ships are being moved to totally different homeports.  

The largest change includes a homeport swap and itinerary modifications for 2 of its ships:  Norwegian Gem and Norwegian Daybreak.

The Key Adjustments

Norwegian Gem and Norwegian Daybreak will swap homeports beginning in November 2026 by means of March 2027, ensuing within the cancelation of all unique sailings for each ships throughout these dates.

• Norwegian Gem will transfer to Tampa, the place it’s set to sail 4- to 11-night itineraries to the Caribbean and The Bahamas.
• Norwegian Daybreak will transfer to Jacksonville, working brief Bahamas sailings.

Due to this swap, a number of cruises are not occurring. All sailings onboard Norwegian Gem between November 1, 2026, and April 4, 2027, have been canceled, in addition to all Norwegian Daybreak cruises scheduled between November 1, 2026, and March 28, 2027.

Brief Cruise Cancelations: Norwegian Getaway and Pleasure

Two different ships are additionally dealing with modifications. As a consequence of port availability, each Norwegian Getaway and Norwegian Pleasure will not sail a number of brief Bahamas sailings from Florida.

• Norwegian Getaway (Port Canaveral): Canceled sailings on November 16, November 20, November 25, December 14, and December 18, 2026.
• Norwegian Pleasure (PortMiami): Canceled sailings on December 18, December 21, December 24, and December 28, 2026.

New Itineraries on the Method

Whereas some cruisers might want to alter their journey plans, Norwegian says new itineraries will quickly open for reserving. These are more likely to be longer and extra immersive voyages to the Caribbean and The Bahamas.

Based on the cruise line, the redeployment will carry “a greater variety of choices” for these crusing from Florida ports in late 2026 and early 2027.