As any home-owner is aware of, renovations usually take longer than anticipated. And that appears to be the case for cruise ships too, or at the very least for Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Encore.
The 169,116-gross-ton ship is getting some important modifications when it goes into dry dock from November 18 to December 2, 2024, as beforehand reported in August. Nonetheless, new particulars have revealed closures that may have an effect on passengers in the course of the vessel’s return to sea on December 3, 2024.
At present repositioning from a season in Alaska on a 21-night voyage between Seattle, Washington, and Miami, Florida, Norwegian Encore is lastly getting an adult-only out of doors space, Spice H2O, which is a well-liked characteristic of Norwegian Cruise Line’s Breakaway, Epic, and Escape vessels.
“These new enhancements will fantastically complement the ship’s current family-friendly choices, such because the 1,110-foot-long Norwegian Encore Speedway, the Aqua Park with two multi-story waterslides, and the Galaxy Pavilion, NCL’s immersive digital actuality complicated,” the cruise line acknowledged.
Sadly, the brand new addition is not going to be able to debut throughout its post-dry-dock, 12-night transatlantic journey from Southampton, England, again to Miami, leaving passengers void of an adult-only spot.
Spice H2O additionally appears to require more room than initially deliberate and the cruise line introduced it’s completely closing the ship’s Laser Tag area to offer it the house it deserves.
“Relaxation assured, there’ll nonetheless be all kinds of actions together with digital video games on the Galaxy Pavilion, thrilling rides on the Speedway, the Aqua Park, and distinctive eating at venues resembling Ocean Blue, Onda by Scarpetta, Cagney’s Steakhouse, Los Lobos, Le Bistro, and extra,” Norwegian Cruise Line continued.
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Talking of eating, the dry dock consists of the growth of Cagney’s Steakhouse and Teppanyaki. It was initially reported that the 2 eating places have been relocating to areas occupied by Los Cabos and Coco’s, and that the previous eating areas would not be part of the eating lineup.
Appears to be like like Los Cabos will stay, however the two-week dry dock received’t be sufficient time to finish the work on Teppanyaki’s growth. The restaurant will stay closed for the primary 4 days of its transatlantic cruise, reopening on December 8, 2024.
The unique dry dock plans additionally highlighted the ship’s Ocean Blue seafood eating space could be reworked into the Mediterranean-inspired seafood eating Palomar, discovered on Norwegian Viva and Norwegian Prima.
With this newest announcement, it seems Ocean Blue will stay as is.
Extra updates initially launched look to be on the right track, together with new seems to be for the unique Haven suites, and the addition of 24 new balcony staterooms, using house from Norwegian Encore’s Remark Lounge.
The brand new staterooms improve the vessel’s passenger capability from 4,004 to 4,052 at double occupancy.
Norwegian Encore Crossing Atlantic Twice Earlier than Caribbean Season
As soon as Norwegian Encore finishes her present journey on November 3, 2024, she’s going to set off on a final pre-dry-dock voyage to Portugal, Spain, Belgium, and France, arriving in Southampton on November 17.
After passengers disembark, the ship will start its dry dock in an unspecified space earlier than welcoming passengers again onboard on December 3, 2024. On December 15, 2024, the vessel will start a winter season within the Caribbean by March 30, 2025.
It’s anticipated that Spice H2O will likely be open in time for these sailings, which supply 7-night roundtrip itineraries from PortMiami to Nice Stirrup Cay, Bahamas; St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands; Tortola, British Virgin Islands; and Puerto Plata/Amber Cowl, Dominican Republic.
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