NCL Shakes Up Itineraries on Norwegian Dawn

Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) changed up the itinerary of its New York-based ship, the Norwegian Dawn, so that it will call in Bermuda during its 2006-2007 seasons.

The ship, which in 2003 pioneered a seven-day year-round cruise from New York that included two ports in Florida and two in the Bahamas, will begin a new itinerary in May that calls in Bermuda; Great Stirrup Cay, NCL´s private Bahamian island; and an overnight in Nassau, Bahamas.

The new seven-day itinerary will leave New York on Saturdays beginning May 13 and run through Aug. 26. The vessel will then sail a previously-announced series of Canada/New England cruises that call in Martha´s Vineyard and Boston, Mass.; Newport, R.I.; Bar Harbor, Maine; and Halifax, Nova Scotia.

The Dawn also will cancel some of its October and November 10- and 11-day Caribbean cruises to sail another new itinerary from New York: seven-day sailings between Oct. 15 and Nov. 26 that call in Port Canaveral, Fla.; and on to Grand Bahama and Great Stirrup Cay in the Bahamas with an overnight in Nassau.

Bookings for the Dawn´s previously-published seven-day Florida/Bahamas itinerary will automatically be moved to the Bermuda/Bahamas route, although NCL said passengers can switch to the six-day Florida/Bahamas itinerary on NCL´s other New York-based vessel, the Norwegian Spirit, and receive a three-category upgrade or a $50 onboard credit.

Passengers booked on the Dawn´s October and November 10- and 11-day Caribbean itineraries that want to move to the October and November Florida/Bahamas seven-day itinerary will receive the seven-day rate and up to a three-category upgrade or a $50 onboard credit.