On August 17th, 2019, Norwegian Encore successfully completed a major construction milestone, when it emerged for the first time from the Meyer Werft ship building dock in Papenburg, Germany.
Norwegian Encore will be at the shipyard port for the final phase of construction, before its conveyance up the Ems River and towards the North Sea at the end of September.
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At approximately 1,100 feet long, featuring a gross tonnage of almost 170,000 and a guest capacity of 3,998, the vessel will be delivered to the cruise line on October 30, 2019. It will be christened in Miami on November 21, 2019 and will begin seven-day voyages to the Caribbean on November 24, 2019.
Norwegian Encore will feature the world’s longest race track at sea at 1,100 feet with four high-speed curves expanding up to 13 feet over the side of the ship.
Launching this fall, Norwegian Encore will provide:
- 7-day voyages to the Eastern Caribbean from Miami, starting November 24, 2019:
- Bermuda, and Canada and New England itineraries from New York City beginning April 22, 2020;
- Voyages to the Western Caribbean from Miami beginning December 12, 2020;
- In the spring of 2021 it will make its West Coast debut and sail to Alaska from Seattle.
