Fancy A Norwegian Break Away............... From New York?

You could be forgiven for reading the above and assuming that a Cruise Line has plans to travel from New York to the Fjords in the coming future. Unfortunately for all you No Fly New Yorkers you would be wrong. Norwegian Cruise Line have announced that their new state of the art ship will have its home port as New York. What is the name of this ship I hear you say, it is the Norwegian Breakaway of course. See what I did there?


As we all know New York is famous for its huge buildings and exciting attractions so it makes perfect sense that one of the world's biggest ships will sail year round from the big apple. This 144,000 ton, 4000 passenger cruise ship is due to launch in April 2013 and is number one of two in NCL's Project Breakaway cruise ships. Thankfully this new class of ship does not have the massive forehead like the NCL Epic, it looks more like a more 'Traditional' Super liner but, that does not mean NCL have gone light on the 'extras'.

Although full details are shrowded in mystery, the main talking point about this class of ship seems to be the Haven, (not to be confused with the British seaside caravan holiday). The Haven (see above) is an area hidden at the top of NCL Breakaway that offers guests a world of luxury and privacy at sea, it is designed with beautiful décor and has the personalized service of NCL's butlers. There are even Haven private suites.

The NCL Breakaway is the largest ship ever to home port in NYC and will replace the NCL Star. It will embark at least 88 cruises though the Manhattan Cruise Terminal until March 2015. From what we know, it is looking increasingly likely that like Epic before her, the Norwegian Breakaway will be another cruise industry game changer. The Epic attracted passengers who never thought they'd set foot on a cruise ship due to sophisticated line-up of entertainment ranging from Blue Man Group to Second City Comedy. So with the Breakaway on the Horizon, and its full facilities not revealed, I’m thinking that NCL could well be onto a winner. Like the Epic the Breakaway will have single staterooms in the form of Studio's. There is not much more that I can tell you I'm afraid but, with stiff competition from Royal Caribbean and going by NCl's previous ships, I'm sure this will be a game changer indeed.



As I find out more I will let you know.