Norwegian Cruise Line releases first images of 'Epic' ship coming in 2010
Norwegian Cruise Line today unveiled the first images of the Norwegian Epic -- the 4,200-passenger mega-vessel it's building in France.
The artist's renderings, shown to the left and right, depict the exterior of the 1,068-foot-long, 133-foot-wide collosus as it will look when it debuts in May 2010.
The 153,000-ton vessel -- already under construction in Europe (click HERE for exclusive construction photos) -- is scheduled to sail in the Caribbean year-round out of Miami.
As has been previously reported, the Epic -- until recently code-named F3 -- will break new ground for the line in both size and features. The ship will be around 60% larger than NCL's biggest ships today and boast innovations such as curved-wall cabins and an ice bar.
NCL originally ordered two Epic-sized ships for delivery in 2010, but in January the line announced it had canceled one of the two orders with the shipyard, STX Europe. Epic now is the only NCL ship on order.
The Epic's Western Caribbean voyages will call in Costa Maya, Mexico; Roatán, Bay Islands, Honduras; and Cozumel, Mexico. Eastern Caribbean voyages will stop in Philipsburg, St. Maarten; St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands and Nassau, Bahamas.
NCL will open Norwegian Epic’s sailings for group block bookings exclusively to travel agents later this month. The ship will go on sale to the general public later this spring.
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