NCL to Improve Venues Throughout Ship’s Transatlantic Cruise

Norwegian Cruise Line is reaching out to company booked on one in all its upcoming transatlantic repositioning voyages with updates and modifications to a number of onboard actions and providers.
The cruise, on Norwegian Viva, will sail from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Lisbon, Portugal, because the Prima-class ship prepares for her summer time season within the Mediterranean.
A number of Public Areas Will Shut Aboard Norwegian Viva
In a discover to cruisers only a week earlier than their transatlantic cruise departs San Juan, Puerto Rico, Norwegian Cruise Line knowledgeable company that a number of in style areas aboard Norwegian Viva will obtain enhancements and won’t be accessible throughout their voyage.
The three,100-guest ship, which joined the Norwegian fleet after her November 2023 christening ceremony in Miami, is about to depart on a 19-day transatlantic repositioning cruise on April 7, 2024.
Through the crossing, Norwegian Viva’s Speedway Bar might be transformed into Entourage, a devoted house for children ages 13 to 17 that a number of of the cruise line’s different ships supply. Presently, Norwegian Viva has no devoted house providing age-appropriate actions for teenagers.
Additionally, closed areas will embrace a part of the ship’s Galaxy Pavilion, a digital actuality recreation house; the Tee-Time mini-golf course; The Bull’s Eye, a recreation house that includes digital darts; The Stadium gaming house; and The Wave, a preferred water slide.
The cruise line’s discover included an apology to company for the modifications, however offered no particulars concerning the deliberate enhancements. Within the case of Entourage, the allocation of house may probably be resulting from a better than common variety of youngsters booked on the voyage.
“As a part of our dedication to repeatedly supply extraordinary trip experiences for our company all over the world, and to uphold a constant world-class product throughout our fleet, Norwegian Viva might be present process some enhancements throughout your cruise,” the discover states.
The cruise line suggested that, if any of the areas might be reopened in the course of the voyage, there might be bulletins to company. In the meantime, Norwegian Cruise Line identified that many different actions and leisure might be accessible on the crossing.
“Relaxation assured, there’ll nonetheless be loads of actions accessible to entertain you throughout your days at sea, together with the Speedway, The Drop, The Rush, the Aqua Park and a lot extra,” the discover added.
Norwegian Viva has been working a sequence of 7-night Caribbean cruises from San Juan since shortly after her christening. Port calls included the Virgin Islands, Antigua, and Barbados. Following her summer time within the Mediterranean, the ship will return to San Juan within the fall of 2024.
Transatlantic Crossing Affords 5 Sea Days
The ship’s upcoming transatlantic crusing calls at a number of Caribbean locations, together with St. Thomas, USVI; Punta Cana, Dominican Republic; St. Maarten; St. Lucia; and Barbados, earlier than spending 4 days at sea.
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The ship will name at Cape Verde for 2 days after which have one other sea day earlier than reaching the Canary Islands. Different ports of name will embrace Agadir and Casablanca, Morocco, and Cadiz Seville, Spain, earlier than concluding in Lisbon on April 26.
After her arrival within the Mediterranean, Norwegian Viva will sail a big selection of cruises of various lengths. In Could the ship will sail 10-day voyages from Athens and Rome, calling on the Greek Islands and at ports within the French and Italian Rivieras. A number of voyages supply 1- and 2-night post-cruise land excursions in locations equivalent to Athens and Rome.
10-day sailings in June and August from Lisbon and Rome will function locations in Spain, Italy, Croatia, Slovenia, Sicily, and Malta.