The first new ship of the New Year is almost ready to sail. A week from now, the Norwegian Getaway sails a 1-day mini-inaugural cruise to Southampton followed by a 2-day cruise in British waters, before heading across the ocean on its "real" inaugural to make its permanent home in North America.
Launch date: January 15
Capacity: 4,028
Sister ships: Breakaway
Maiden Voyage: Southampton
Home Port: Miami
Ships now in Norwegian fleet: 13
Interesting: This is the second ship in the Breakaway Class and, like the one-year-old flagship Breakaway, it will feature Geoffrey Zakarian restaurants and an indoor/outdoor dining hub and atrium called The Waterfront (as it is on Breakaway) and 678 Ocean Place (decks 6, 7 and 8). Unlike its stablemate, the Getaway's entertainment focus is the Grammy Experience, with performances by ex-Grammy winners, plus a venue devoted to magic and illusion, called the Illusionarium. The ship will spend Super Bowl weekend in New York as a floating hotel before heading south to Miami.
Ocean Princess
11 nights
January 29, 2014
Honolulu, Nawiliwili, Lahaina, Hilo, Bora Bora, Moorea, Papeete
Inside: $799
Cost per day: $72
www.princess.com