Norwegian Cruise Line Unveils Designs For New Builds

Project Breakaway to incorporate best of the best of Norwegian's fleet

Miami: Norwegian Cruise Line ("Norwegian") today unveiled the first look at its new balcony and mini-suite stateroom designs for Project Breakaway, the project name for the company's two new next generation Freestyle Cruising ships scheduled for delivery in April 2013 and April 2014. Each of the 144,017 gross ton vessels will have approximately 4,000 passenger berths. Kevin Sheehan, Norwegian's chief executive officer, presented the designs to more than 1,000 travel partners attending Vacation.com's annual conference in Las Vegas.

"The overall design theme for Project Breakaway's staterooms is 'modern boutique hotel meets the sea.' We strongly considered the overall needs of our guests when designing these staterooms and wanted them to be greeted with an ambiance that is warm and inviting and has a very contemporary feel with clean, modern lines," said Sheehan. "We also wanted to maximize the use of space within the staterooms, so that our guests are as comfortable as possible and storage space is well planned throughout.

Ultimately, our goal is to achieve a really good balance of form and function - well designed, beautiful, comfortable and sensible living space."

Project Breakaway ships represent an opportunity for the Norwegian guest to "break away" from the routine of work, school, and daily stress, and find a true respite at sea. These new ships will take the best of the best from all of Norwegian's existing ships drawing on the line's experience of having launched 10 ships in the past 10 years - starting with Norwegian Star and Sun in 2001 and culminating with the launch of Norwegian Epic in 2010.

The mini-suites are a roomier version of the balcony stateroom with a larger, more luxurious bathroom that incorporates a large, modern double sink with two faucets complete with a mosaic glass tile back splash. There are open and enclosed storage spaces under the sink. The bathroom also features an over sized spa-like shower with a rain shower head and multiple body spray jets, along with a separate handheld shower head.

Norwegian will reveal additional stateroom category designs on its Facebook page (www.ncl.com/facebook) in July. More exciting announcements will happen throughout the summer, fall and beyond with the first ship scheduled to open for reservations this October.

 Information on Project Breakaway can be found at:

www.ncl.com/breakaway.