Cruise ships just get grander! The Norwegian Viva looks amazing! The highly anticipated new ship, VIVA, and second of the Prima Class, has embarked on its maiden voyage from Venice (Trieste), Italy.

Trieste is near to the ship builders as you will see if you look at Trieste in the Port menu and see the blogs. Look at the marvellous ship they have built. Ships just keep getting bigger and better, more efficient, and greener.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Before home-porting in San Juan, Puerto Rico in December for a season in the Caribbean, its first spectacular nine-day journey through the Mediterranean. It will then run a repositioning cruise to get home for December… talk of Christmas and other seasonal activities already. Here is our film of San Juan.

Mirroring the design of the award-winning sister ship Norwegian Prima, Norwegian Viva features standout onboard experiences including the Viva Speedway-the three-level racetrack; Indulge Food Hall, an upscale food market exhibiting 11 unique eateries; the fastest slides at sea, The Drop and Rush; and NCL’s industry-exclusive sustainable cocktail bar, the Metropolitan Bar.

Norwegian Viva’s upscale and spacious design is elevated by an expansive array of artwork across the ship, including The Concourse, a multi-million-dollar outdoor sculpture garden, and a dynamic, interactive 52-foot-wide art piece by contemporary British digital artist Dominic Harris. Exclusively created for Norwegian Viva, Harris’ “Every Wing Has a Silver Lining” digital art piece is on display at Metropolitan Bar and dynamically responds throughout the day to passing movement, creating engagement with the viewer.  Norwegian Viva also features a world-class entertainment lineup, headlined by the side-splitting Tony Award^®-nominated comedy “Beetlejuice The Musical” and the iconic game show “Press Your Luck LIVE,” an immersive experience where the audience participates to win incredible grand prizes.

Ships not only strive for greatness, style, and amazing features, but they employ great entertainers and interesting guests from sportspeople to authors and more. Our own Stuart St Paul joins Cunard next year in their Up Close INSIGHTS program. He will be on the new Queen Anne.