Prepare to Embark upon the Remarkable Norwegian Epic

It all began with Freestyle Cruising – where NCL reinvented the way people cruise by giving them the freedom to do whatever. Now why not try out Norwegian Epic: NCL's incredible new ship that reinvents cruising once again. Be one of the first to experience the many exciting, new entertainment options and amazing nightlife, including the first true ice bar at sea.

Norwegian Epic also has some of the most innovative and flexible accommodations ever – from the new Studios with a hip urban feel and exclusive access to The Living Room to their private Villas. Add 20 different dining options and you'll see why NCL say this is Freestyle Cruising on a truly grand scale.

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Launching in summer 2010, Norwegian Epic makes her maiden Transatlantic sailing connecting London and New York before heading south to start her year round itineraries out of Miami.

Norwegian Epic will make her inaugural transatlantic seven-day cruise on June 24, 2010, departing from Southampton. The 4,200 passenger Freestyle Cruising ship will arrive in New York, her first port of call in the United States, on July 1, 2010. Norwegian Epic will make the non-stop crossing from the U.K. to New York in just one week and this seven-day voyage will give guests the opportunity to be the first to immerse themselves in all of the innovative and varied activities, world-class dining and spectacular entertainment that will be offered on Norwegian Epic.

Norwegian Epic's new seven-day Eastern Caribbean cruise will stop in Philipsburg, St. Maarten; St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands; and Nassau, Bahamas. And she will alternate Eastern and Western Caribbean itineraries, available as seven-day individual sailings or 14-day combined sailings until April 2011.

Norwegian Epic is changing the face of cruise line entertainment. In an industry first, Blue Man Group will perform in the ship's 685-seat Epic Theater. Blue Man Group is best known for their wildly popular theatrical shows and concerts which combine music, comedy and multimedia theatrics to produce a totally unique form of entertainment. The blissful party atmosphere created at their live events has become the trademark of a Blue Man Group experience and beginning next summer will be seen for the first time ever at sea only on Norwegian Epic during a 90-minute show customized specifically for Norwegian Epic.

Norwegian Epic Cruises will have multiple, specially-designed entertainment venues throughout the ship so that guests can choose from a wide variety of entertainment each evening of their cruise. No longer will entertainment be focused on two nightly shows in one large main theater. Norwegian Epic will offer a number of entertainment options in specially-designed venues, some offered for the first time ever at sea, with choices to appeal to a broad audience.

On this ship, guests will find the only "big top" at sea. In this intimate 265-seat theater-in-the-round, famed producer/director Neil Goldberg will present Cirque Dreams^® and Dinner. This one of a kind interactive theatrical dining experience will be performed in the air, while juggling dinner courses, with music, mayhem and acrobatic imagination. During this two-hour show, guests will marvel in amazement and become part of a celebration of spectacle and fantasy. The entire experience will be unlike anything else at sea.

Norwegian Epic Cruises will offer the next generation of Freestyle Dining with 20 dining choices and 20 bars and lounges. The ship also boasts unique nightlife options with the first Ice Bar at sea, Spice H20 and Posh, exclusive open-air hotspots; an expansive Aqua Park with the only tube slide and largest bowl slide at sea - The Epic Plunge; seven decks of Freestyle Family Fun with highlights including a 33-foot high, 64-foot wide extreme rock climbing wall and the first ever rappelling wall at sea; the most bowling lanes at sea with six in two venues; a mixed-use sports deck with the ability for guests to engage in eight different athletic activities; as well as three separate kids' and teen activity areas and the first squash court at sea.

Norwegian Epic also incorporates several new types of accommodations – the modern, curved New Wave staterooms where all outside staterooms have balconies; the largest Villas complex at sea, comprising 60 suites and villas on two private decks at the top of the ship; a new category of inside staterooms, The Studios with exclusive access to the Living Room; and spa and family-friendly accommodations.