Two of Norwegian Cruise Line’s Latest Ships to Homeport in Puerto Rico on the Identical Time

Crusing out of San Juan, Puerto Rico presents an enormous benefit for cruisers desirous to get a extra immersive expertise.  The important thing distinction?  You get to expertise extra ports of name and extra unique places by beginning out within the Caribbean.

Norwegian Cruise Line simply introduced that two of their latest ships can be homeporting in San Juan on the similar time, each providing 7-day cruises to completely different locations.

Prima Class in Puerto Rico

From November 2027 by way of April 2028, each Norwegian Prima and Norwegian Viva will name San Juan dwelling. That is the primary time NCL has homeported two of its latest, most fashionable ships in Puerto Rico on the similar time.

By beginning your cruise additional south in San Juan, the ships can attain deep Caribbean ports a lot sooner than in the event that they sailed from Florida. This implies fewer days at sea and extra days exploring:

• Norwegian Prima will sail on Saturdays, visiting Tortola, St. Maarten, Barbados, St. Lucia, and St. Kitts.
• Norwegian Viva will sail on Sundays, providing a unique southern route that features the favored “ABC Islands” of Aruba and Curaçao.

Norwegian Prima is at present scheduled to already provide cruises out of San Juan beginning in November 2026 by way of April 2027.  So, after a number of months in Europe the ship will return to San Juan to affix Norwegian Viva.

Throughout its complete winter season, Norwegian Cruise Line’s ships will common 9.5 hours in port. By beginning in San Juan, these ships minimize down on journey time, permitting for the late-night departures and longer stays that offer you extra time to discover the islands.

These are additionally among the latest ships within the NCL fleet with Prima getting into service in 2022 and Viva in 2023.  Solely Norwegian Aqua is newer having been constructed simply this 12 months.

Seven Ships Crusing from Florida

Whereas Puerto Rico presents a extra itinerary-packed place to begin, Florida stays the go-to embarkation spot for many Caribbean and Bahamas sailings for the 2027/28 season.

NCL may have seven ships crusing out of the Sunshine State, offering a large number of choices for individuals who want to depart from Miami, Port Canaveral, or Jacksonville.

• Miami: Norwegian Pleasure, Norwegian Jewel, and the brand new Norwegian Luna (coming in 2026) will provide the whole lot from 3-day Bahamas weekenders to 11-day Panama Canal cruises.
• Port Canaveral: Norwegian Aqua, Norwegian Breakaway, and Norwegian Epic will cowl the Japanese and Western Caribbean.
• Jacksonville: Norwegian Daybreak returns to JAXPORT for its second season of 4- and 5-day Bahamas cruises.

Many of those Florida-based itineraries will cease at Nice Stirrup Cay, NCL’s non-public island. By the point these sailings start, the island will characteristic a number of main upgrades, together with a brand-new pier that permits ships to dock immediately, a big, heated pool, and the brand new Nice Tides Waterpark.