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5 unusual facts about Norwegian Cruise Line


Maritime Telecommunications Network

MTN provides connectivity services to major cruise lines, including Carnival Corporation, Royal Caribbean International, Norwegian Cruise Lines and many others around the world as well as other large maritime entities including luxury yachts, oil rigs, government and military vessels, and commercial vessels.

Norwegian Cruise Line

Kevin Sheehan, Norwegian 's CEO, was featured on the January 2, 2011 episode of Undercover Boss.

Ogden Point

In 2009 Ogden Point saw the arrival of 228 cruise ships from a variety of cruise lines including Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, Celebrity Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line, Crystal Cruises as well as ResidenSea.

Passenger Vessel Services Act of 1886

Norwegian Cruise Line created a subsidiary, NCL America, and introduced three new US-flagged vessels: Pride of Aloha in 2004, Pride of America in 2005, and Pride of Hawaii in 2006.

Spector v. Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd.

They sued Norwegian Cruise Line under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act after traveling aboard cruise ships (the Norwegian Sea and the Norwegian Star) registered in the Bahamas.


Norwegian Epic

On 13 April 2010 NCL CEO Kevin Sheehan along with Macy's, Inc CEO Terry J. Lundgren and NBC CEO Jeff Zucker announced that the Macy's 34th Annual 4 July Fireworks would take place on the Norwegian Epic (The fireworks were off on another Ship) The NBC One-Hour Telecast of the Event was broadcast from the Norwegian Epic.

SS Michelangelo

Several buyers (including Knut Kloster of Norwegian Cruise Line) inspected the ships but did not wish to buy them due to the costs required to modernise them to cruise ship standard.


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Norwegian Spirit

A petition recently gained victory against Norwegian Cruise Line to bring the Spirit into the Port of Los Angeles in December 2015 to sail year round cruises to Mexico, Hawaii, and the California Coast.