Norwegian Cruise Line Announces New Ship Class Called Prima with Six New Vessels

Norwegian Cruise Line, despite its pandemic pause over the last year or so, is full steam ahead on some major expansion plans.

Norwegian today announced that it is launching a brand new class of ships called Prima class that will include six 3,215-passenger ships. The class will debut first with the Norwegian Prima, the namesake of the class, in August of 2022 and then will be followed by five more ships.  

According to Norwegian’s announcement on Tuesday morning, Prima, which means “first” in Italian” will have the most outdoor space of any ship in the Norwegian fleet and will be “the first of a new class of ships designed to elevate every expectation.”

Norwegian expects more to come about Prima and the ship class later this week.

However, the cruise line on Tuesday did announce that Prima will initially launch from Northern Europe on Aug. 17, 2022, sailing 10-day itineraries from Amsterdam and Copenhagen to Northern Europe, Norwegian fjords, and the Baltic. The ship will continue to sail in the region until Sept. 13.

Prima will then head to North America, offering some one-off sailings out of New York to Bermuda; from Galveston, Texas; and then a month of Caribbean sailings out of Miami.

Then, starting in December, the ship will homeport in Port Canaveral, sailing five-, seven, and nine-day itineraries to the Western Caribbean through March 2023. Those sailings will include stops in Cozumel, George Town, Ocho Rios, and Great Stirrup Cay, Norwegian’s private island.

Following that, Prima will head to New York City, sailing 5- and 7-day cruises out of the Big Apple to Bermuda through May 2023 before heading back to Northern Europe.

All sailings will go on sale on May 12.