We set an internal goal that we want to be about half full for this introductory season. I think people realize that if they want to go, they gotta go, where some of these other markets opening up now, we sail all winter long. You know, they're a little bit ahead again of Europe on that. Harry Sommer: Of the six ships now, that's probably been the one that's gotten the most interest because, let's face it, it's still a little complicated for Americans to travel to Europe and Americans are - by far - the largest source market to come back to cruising. Norwegian Encore seems to have been doing well in Alaska. So we're excited to be on the forefront, at least in this market.ĬC: I wanted to ask you a little bit about how the different markets are doing. And also the first major cruise line to be sending inbound tourisms to Bermuda - there were a few people doing around-Bermuda cruises, but we're the first cruise line that's going to be visiting there as a port of call. We are the first cruise line to be operating from New York City. So three ships running there, and now we have three ships running in the U.S. and approving things out of Athens and Rome and then Barcelona. We started first in Europe because they were a little bit ahead of the U.S. We have a big emphasis up there and it was critical for us when we restarted that we tried to pick the places that we move lots of customers from, because, we want to give guests confidence that cruising is back. Harry Sommer: You know, it, it really does. That must mean something, on a symbolic level. To mark the occasion, Cruise Critic caught up with Norwegian Cruise Line President Harry Sommer who spoke about getting ships back in the water, Norwegian's vaccine requirements - and when we can expect things to get back to normal.Ĭruise Critic: You must be pretty excited about Breakaway coming back to New York. While Oasis of the Seas has been sailing out of Bayonne across the river for a month and other cruise ships have pulled into New York, Norwegian Breakaway is the first mainstream ship to return with an NYC homeport. EDT) - The return to service milestones continue to pile up, as more cruise ships return into service in different ports around the U.S.īeginning September 26, Norwegian Breakaway comes back to the Manhattan Terminal in New York City for its fall season of cruises to Bermuda.
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