On December 6, 2022, Norwegian Cruise Line announced the increase of daily services charges, which provide gratuities to key onboard crew members. In a letter sent to guests and travel agents the company said that starting January 1, 2023, will be making a nominal adjustment to the daily service charges.
Norwegian Cruise Lines is undertaking changes related to staff benefits on board its cruise ships that will be affecting greatly on decision making moving forward to many staff, the company and guests in retrospect. The recent changes will affect most staff members and officers who carry less than 2 stripes on their uniform, while some reduction of benefits will affect all staff across the board.
After Royal Caribbean and Hurtigruten, Norwegian Cruise Line could be the third cruise company to ink a deal with Elon Musk’s SpaceX's Starlink Satellite Internet. According to several websites focusing on SpaceX, and ventures affiliated with Elon Musk, NCL has already installed 11 Starlink dishes aboard the cruise ship Norwegian Breakaway.
As the health situation related to COVID-19 continues to improve across the world, most cruise lines have started to relax the mask policy for the crew. Crew Center has talked to crew members working on several major cruise lines to find out what are the latest crew mask policies. Surprisingly most of them said that masks are now optional and not a requirement in all crew and guest areas.
Norwegian Cruise Line announced updates of its global health and safety protocols removing all requirements for testing, masking and vaccination for COVID-19 as of October 4, 2022.
In light of significant, positive developments in the public health environment, Cruise Line has updated its health and safety guidelines, which are now more aligned with other global travel organizations.
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Massachusetts State Police boarded the cruise ship Norwegian Breakaway on Tuesday night after a reported assault occurred on board the vessel. The Norwegian Breakaway departure from Boston was delayed for more than five hours due to the police investigation.
A spokesperson from MSP said that the police boarded the ship to conduct the investigation at 9:55 p.m.
Norwegian Cruise Line christened its newest ship Norwegian Prima, which made history as the first major cruise ship to be christened in Reykjavik, Iceland.
The first of six ships of the revolutionary Prima class, Norwegian Prima, debuted to more than 2,500 guests who enjoyed an immersive experience in the beautiful Icelandic capital and a christening celebration like no other.
Norwegian Cruise Line is the latest cruise company to be affected by supply chain issues of its newly built ship Norwegian Viva.
A former Tampa Bay area travel agent who pleaded guilty to defrauding hundreds of people out of more than half a million dollars for cruises aboard Norwegian Cruise Line ships is heading to federal prison.
Judge orders Diana Hopkins to spend three years behind bars and pay $432,000 in restitution to her victims
