2007-2008 Catalogue / Gem Itineraries

[linsue1231]

Just rec'd my 2007-2008 catalogue and as for the Gems itineraries it states...

 

Nov-Dec 2007 ... 7 Day Bahamas & Florida ( Nov. 3, 10, 17, 24, Dec. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29)

 

Jan 2008 ... 10 & 11 Day Exotic Southern Caribbean ( Jan. 5, 16, 26 depating on Wednesdays)

 

Feb 2008 ... 7 Day Bahamas & Florida ( Feb. 16, 23 )

 

Feb 2008 ...10 Exotic Southern Caribbean ( Feb. 6 Departing Wednesdays)

 

Mar - Apr 2008... 7 Day Bahamas & Florida ( Mar. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Apr. 5, 12, 19, 26 )

 

7 Day Bahamas & Florida

New york......Departs 4PM

At sea..........................

Orlando.....10AM-9PM

GSC..........9AM-4PM

Key West...9AM-6PM

At Sea.........................

At Sea.........................

New York......Arrives 10AM

 

10 Day Exotic Southern Caribbean

New York........Deaparts 4PM

At Sea.............................

At Sea.............................

St Thomas USVI......11AM-6PM

St. Johns, Antigua....8AM-5PM

Bridgetown, Barbados...9AM-4PM

Philipsburg, St Maarten...11AM-6PM

Tortola, BVI.................6AM-1PM

At Sea....................................

At Sea...................................

New York.........Arrives 8AM

 

11 Day Exotic Southern Caribbean

New York.............Deaparts 4PM

At Sea..................................

At Sea.................................

St Thomas USVI......11AM-6PM

St. Johns, Antigua....8AM-5PM

Bridgetown, Barbados...9AM-6PM

St. George's, Grenada....8AM-6PM

Roseau, Dominica..........8AM-5PM

Tortola, BVI.................8AM-1PM

At Sea....................................

At Sea...................................

New York.........Arrives 8AM

 

Well I am sure most know this already, but thought just in case I would post the dates.

 

What do you think of these Itineraries? I was really looking forward to doing an 11 day Western Caribbean on the Gem :( .

 

Linda

[ute_fan]

What Western caribbean itineraries does it list? The only one I've seen info on so far is for the Spirit (I think) leaving out of NO. Is that the only one?

[shoreguy]

Looks like the first winter the Dawn was in NYC with some change to the 7 day. Fewer 10/11 day cruises to maximize the revenue from the ship. I would expect more 10/11 in 2008-2009.

 

I have no desire to cruise to FL again especially in Dec and Feb.

[electricron]

What Western Caribbean itineraries does it list? The only one I've seen info on so far is for the Spirit (I think) leaving out of NO. Is that the only one?

It appears NCL will have three ships sailing from Miami that winter.Both the Pearl and Jewel have alternating 5 day itineraries to the Western Caribbean and 9 day itiineraries to the Southern Caribbean. The Dawn will have 7 day Eastern Caribbean itinerary.The Majesty sailing from Charleston and the Sprit sailing from New Orleans will have 7 day Western Caribbean cruises. It appears there will be no Texacaribbean cruises sailing from Houston that winter. This is going to make many Texans angry....

[linsue1231]

UteFan,

 

Well as for Western Carib. you have...

 

Out of Miami - 5 Day... Jewel & Pearl

 

Jewel - 2007 Nov. 4, 18, Dec. 2, 16, 30, 2008 Jan. 13, 27, Feb. 10, 24, Mar. 9, 23, Apr. 6

 

Pearl - 2007 Jan. 12, 28, Feb. 11, 25, Mar. 11, 25, Apr. 8, Oct. 14, 28, Nov. 11, 25, Dec. 9, 23, 2008 Jan. 6, 20, Feb. 3, 17, Mar. 2, 16, 30, Apr. 13.

 

Out of NY - 11 Day....Dawn

 

Dawn - 2007 Jan. 7, 28, Mar. 11, Apr. 12.

 

Out of Charleston - 7 Day...Majesty

 

Majesty - 2007 Jan. 6, 13, 20, 27, Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24, Mar. 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, Apr. 7, 14, Nov. 17, 24, Dec. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 2008 Jan. 5, 12, 19, 26, Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23, Mar. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Apr. 5, 12.

 

Out of New Orleans 7 Day...Spirit & Sun

 

Spirit - 2007 Nov 18, 25, Dec. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, 2008 Jan. 6, 13, 20, 27, Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24, Mar. 2, 9, 16, 23.

 

Sun - 2007 Jan. 28, Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25, Mar. 4, 11, 18, 25, Apr. 1, 8.

 

Out of New Orleans 5 Day...Sun

 

Sun - 2007 Jan 23.

 

Out of Houston 7 Day....Dream

 

Dream - 2007 Jan. 6, 13, 20, 27, Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24, Mar. 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, Apr. 7.

 

If you want to know the stops they make let me know which one, as they sometimes change up.

 

ShoreGuy, I as well have no desire to head to Fla....hoping they make some kind of change.

 

Linda

[shoreguy]

Linda

 

The Sun will not be in NOLA with the Spirit

 

10-Day Hawaii, Honolulu round-trip

Norwegian Sun

2007: Oct 10, 31; Nov 21; Dec 12

2008: Jan 2, 23; Feb 13; Mar 5, 26; Apr 16

11-Day Hawaii, Honolulu round-trip

Norwegian Sun

2007: Sep 29; Oct 20; Nov 10, Dec 1, 22

2008: Jan 12; Feb 2, 23; Mar 15; Apr 5

13-Day Hawaiian Escape, Vancouver to Honolulu

Norwegian Sun

2007: Sep 16

[familyof4cruising]

I am disappointed I would have liked to sail out of NYC for February Break or Spring break - but the 7 day itinerary does not excite me. I wish they would have offered a 10 or 11 night for those sailings. I guess I will not be traveling out of NYC in 2008.

[linsue1231]

ShoreGuy,

 

Norwegian Sun 10 day Hawaii

2007: Oct 10, 31; Nov 21; Dec 12...

These dates have the little plus sign next to them which states "+ these sailing are on the Norwegian Wind. Remaining dates are on the Sun." As far as the book states the Sun will be in New Orleans.

2008: Jan 2, 23; Feb 13; Mar 5, 26; Apr 16

These match up with the book. I see no 2008 dates for New Orleans but for Hawaii. They do not conflict with the dates I stated from the book

Norwegian Sun 11 Day Hawaii

2007: Sep 29; Oct 20; Nov 10, Dec 1, 22

2008: Jan 12; Feb 2, 23; Mar 15; Apr 5

These are also correct as said in book. I see no 2008 dates for New Orleans. They do not conflict with the dates I stated from the book.

 

Norwegian Sun 13 day

2007: Sep 16

 

This is also correct as said in book. It does not conflict with dates I stated from book.

But as we all know they do make changes so maybe they made changes after the printed.;)

Linda

 

 

 

[ute_fan]

It's really too bad about the Texaribbean ones. We enjoyed that itinerary, and flying into Houston from SLC was an easy flight (even if not always cheap). For us, it doesn't make money sense to fly into Miami for a 5 day cruise, and neither of our work schedules will allow us a 10 or 11 day cruise right now. I guess if we want to get back to the Western Caribbean we'll be looking into New Orleans.

 

Personally, I think NCL is headed the wrong direction with these itineraries. I'm sure we're not the only ones who can't get more than a week off at a time, and less than a week just isn't appealing. I can understand their wanting rotating schedules so folks who can cruise for 2 weeks can do a B2B with different ports, but I question the wisdom of having both the Pearl and the Jewel based out of Miami doing that. Maybe their market research proves otherwise, but I would have thought the majority of cruisers preferred a 7 day schedule.

 

As much as I hate to admit it, we may have to start looking into other cruiselines to meet our schedules :( .

[electricron]

Look closely at the dates posted previously:

Out of New Orleans 7 Day...Spirit & Sun

Spirit - 2007 Nov 18, 25, Dec. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, 2008 Jan. 6, 13, 20, 27, Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24, Mar. 2, 9, 16, 23.

Sun - 2007 Jan. 28, Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25, Mar. 4, 11, 18, 25, Apr. 1, 8.

[Dolphins]

While the itinerary has now been posted, NCL advises that these cruises are not yet available for booking.

[linsue1231]

Electricon,

 

I looked again am I missing something...I looked at all the little **, +, etc....lol. :eek: The only thing I see is what I told shoreguy about the + signs on the hawaii trips, which he may have missed or they may have made changes to.

 

Linda

[shoreguy]

Look closely at the dates posted previously:

Out of New Orleans 7 Day...Spirit & Sun

Spirit - 2007 Nov 18, 25, Dec. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, 2008 Jan. 6, 13, 20, 27, Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24, Mar. 2, 9, 16, 23.

Sun - 2007 Jan. 28, Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25, Mar. 4, 11, 18, 25, Apr. 1, 8.

 

Got it - no overlap - thinking 2008 already melts my brain. The sun is not in NOLA fall 2007 and will be doing the HI sailings.

 

Checked the itineraries - No Wind and just Sun in HI in Fall of 2007

 

Last cruise for the Wind looks like April 14 2007

 

11-Day Hawaii Honolulu round-trip

2006: Jan 7, 28; Feb 18; Mar 11; Oct 7, 28; Nov 18; Dec 9, 30

2007: Jan 20; Feb 10; Mar 3, 24; Apr 14

[Dolphins]

I am disappointed I would have liked to sail out of NYC for February Break or Spring break - but the 7 day itinerary does not excite me. I wish they would have offered a 10 or 11 night for those sailings. I guess I will not be traveling out of NYC in 2008.

 

The reason NCL schedules 7 day cruises during the school break periods is because most families can only take 7 day cruises. Longer cruises would require them to take the children out of school and would be more expensive for a family. In addition, Orlando (Disney World, Space Center etc.) are very popular destinations for children.

[electricron]

The Norwegian Wind's last NCL cruise starts on April 14, 2007.

Norwegiian Wind Hawaii Cruise Itineraries:

10-Day Hawaii Honolulu round-trip

2006: Jan 18; Feb 8; Mar 1, 22; Sep 27; Oct 18; Nov 29; Dec 20

2007: Jan 10, 31; Feb 21; Mar 14; Apr 4

11-Day Hawaii Honolulu round-trip

2006: Jan 7, 28; Feb 18; Mar 11; Oct 7, 28; Nov 18; Dec 9, 30

2007: Jan 20; Feb 10; Mar 3, 24; Apr 14

If it's not in the NCL fleet for the summer 2007, why would it be around the following winter? Brochures are sent to the printers months in advance of distribution. Schedules can change during the interim.

[linsue1231]

Dophins,

 

I dont know if I am to sad about that...really I hope it is because they are making some changes on Itineraries, mostly for out of NYC.

 

UTE,

 

I know what you mean about taking two weeks off, but DH only used 6 work days an I only used 5 for our 10 days on the dawn. I guess we were lucky as we both work in the city and DH works only like 5 blocks from the pier. We both worked on the thursday the ship left, only working until about 12;30 and walked over to the ship. My office was clossed that friday for verterns day so I just had to use 5days, DH took off that friday and only ended up using 6 days vacation.

 

I think it also helps what day the ship leaves as to how many vacation days you have to use. Just another reason why I love leaving out of NYC.

 

But I am not to happy where they have us going, so I also may have to look into using another line out on NY/NJ. :(

 

Linda

[shoreguy]

Dophins,

 

I dont know if I am to sad about that...really I hope it is because they are making some changes on Itineraries, mostly for out of NYC.

 

UTE,

 

I know what you mean about taking two weeks off, but DH only used 6 work days an I only used 5 for our 10 days on the dawn.

 

Linda

 

They ruined that too. When the 10 day departed on Thru. I could work in the morning, take final calls from the ship in the afternoon and worse case take 6 vacation days for a 10 day cruise.

 

They moved the day to Weds.:o

[ute_fan]

I'd love to be close enough to the port to not have to factor in travel days, but they haven't found a way to sail a ship from Utah yet :eek: . For us, the 7 day ones are ideal, as we like to fly in the night before the cruise. The flight to Houston was only 3 hours or so, so we could sneak out a little early on Friday for a late afternoon flight to Houston. For our upcoming trip to Miami, it will literally take us most of the day on Saturday to get there so we can spend Saturday night before boarding the ship on Sunday. Our flight leaves around 9:30 on Saturday morning, has a 2 hour layover in Dallas, and gets into Miami at 7 p.m.

 

Looking at these itineraries and factoring in travel time, we're going to be pretty limited for choices. I guess it's time to start looking at the Mexican Riviera, or possibily a return trip to Alaska :D .

[flyingpirate]

Well, I'm going to cross the Gem off of my list.....

 

It looks like the long itineraries are the same as the Dawn, and we will have done them both by the time Gem comes online.

 

As the suite finish will be nowhere near as nice as the Dawn, I can't see paying the same (or more) for the same voyages again, especially having to fly cross country first.

 

So, we Fools will most likely be doing the Star for Halloween 2007, instead of the Gem Inaugural as planned, I'm already booked.

 

Also really disappointed about Houston, it was closer to L.A. and we'd planned to try it........

[dongordon]

Too bad that NCL does not have next summer's itineraries out of NYC.

 

I am cruising in July and like to book next summer's cruise vacation while onboard.

 

Don

[electricron]

Too bad that NCL does not have next summer's itineraries out of NYC. I am cruising in July and like to book next summer's cruise vacation while onboard. Don

 

But the New York summer 2007 itineraries are up!

7-Day Bermuda & Bahamas - Norwegian Dawn

2007: May 5, 12, 19, 26; Jun 2, 9, 16, 23, 30; Jul 7, 14, 21, 28; Aug 4, 11, 18, 25

Sat. New York, New York - - 4:00pm

Sun. At sea - - - -

Mon. Nassau, Bahamas 1:00pm Overnight

Tue. Nassau, Bahamas - - 2:00am

Tue. Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas 7:00am 4:00pm

Wed. At sea - - - -

Thu. Kings Wharf, Bermuda 8:00am 6:00pm

Fri. At sea - - - -

Sat. New York, New York 10:00am

 

8-Day Bermuda & Eastern Caribbean - Norwegian Spirit

2007: Apr 21; May 5, 19; Jun 2, 23; Jul 7, 21; Aug 4, 18

Day1 New York, New York - - 4:00pm

Day 2 At sea - - - -

Day 3 King's Wharf, Bermuda 8:00am 5:00pm

Day 4 At sea - - - -

Day 5 Tortola, British Virgin Islands 11:00am 7:00pm

Day 6 St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands 7:00am 4:00pm

Day 7 At sea - - - -

Day 8 At sea - - - -

Day 9 New York City 10:00am

 

1-Day Dinner & Dance, New York round-trip - Norwegian Spirit

2007: Jun 16; Sep 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; Oct 6, 13, 20, 27

 

6-Day Canada & New England, New York round-trip - Norwegian Spirit

2007: Sep 2, 9, 16, 23, 30; Oct 7, 14, 21, 28

[electricron]

Sorry, double post.

[shoreguy]

Sorry, double post.

 

 

Those one nighters must be profitable

 

1-Day Dinner & Dance, New York round-trip

Norwegian Spirit

2007: Sep 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; Oct 6, 13, 20, 27

[electricron]

Well, I'm going to cross the Gem off of my list.....

It looks like the long itineraries are the same as the Dawn, and we will have done them both by the time Gem comes online.

As the suite finish will be nowhere near as nice as the Dawn, I can't see paying the same (or more) for the same voyages again, especially having to fly cross country first.

So, we Fools will most likely be doing the Star for Halloween 2007, instead of the Gem Inaugural as planned, I'm already booked.

Also really disappointed about Houston, it was closer to L.A. and we'd planned to try it........

 

Why do you believe the suite finish will be worse than the Dawn?

They are just starting to build the Gem, and we all know it will be headed for New York City. Therefore, in a round about way, I believe the suite finish will be nicer than on the Dawn....NCL will outfit it to meet the expectations of most of it's passengers. Now, I agree the Pearl may not be as nice.

[dongordon]

But the New York summer 2007 itineraries are up!

7-Day Bermuda & Bahamas - Norwegian Dawn

2007: May 5, 12, 19, 26; Jun 2, 9, 16, 23, 30; Jul 7, 14, 21, 28; Aug 4, 11, 18, 25

Sat. New York, New York - - 4:00pm

Sun. At sea - - - -

Mon. Nassau, Bahamas 1:00pm Overnight

Tue. Nassau, Bahamas - - 2:00am

Tue. Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas 7:00am 4:00pm

Wed. At sea - - - -

Thu. Kings Wharf, Bermuda 8:00am 6:00pm

Fri. At sea - - - -

Sat. New York, New York 10:00am

 

8-Day Bermuda & Eastern Caribbean - Norwegian Spirit

2007: Apr 21; May 5, 19; Jun 2, 23; Jul 7, 21; Aug 4, 18

Day1 New York, New York - - 4:00pm

Day 2 At sea - - - -

Day 3 King's Wharf, Bermuda 8:00am 5:00pm

Day 4 At sea - - - -

Day 5 Tortola, British Virgin Islands 11:00am 7:00pm

Day 6 St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands 7:00am 4:00pm

Day 7 At sea - - - -

Day 8 At sea - - - -

Day 9 New York City 10:00am

 

1-Day Dinner & Dance, New York round-trip - Norwegian Spirit

2007: Jun 16; Sep 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; Oct 6, 13, 20, 27

 

6-Day Canada & New England, New York round-trip - Norwegian Spirit

2007: Sep 2, 9, 16, 23, 30; Oct 7, 14, 21, 28

 

Electricron:

 

I am confused!

 

I thought the Spirit was moving to New Orleans and the Dawn to Miami next year with the Gem coming to NYC.

 

Where is the itineraries for the Gem?

 

Don