Nightlife aboard Royal Princess

When Royal Princess sets sail this summer, there will be things to do around the clock. This video highlights the ship's nightlife activities.

Norwegian Breakaway Leaves Yard

Norwegian Breakaway left Meyer Werft at Papenburg (Germany) Wednesday morning (March 13, 2013) navigating slowly backward down the Ems River to the sea. The passage will take until Thursday morning as it maneuvers among the narrow passages, some with only a couple of feet of clearance. The ship is shown here just after passing through the barrier in the yard's lagoon and into the river.

Norwegian Breakaway just past the barrier at Meyer Werft and entering the River Ems

Norwegian Breakaway passing the bridge at Weener

The complete story appeared in the March 13 edition of Cruise News Daily


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AIDAstella Handed Over

Meyer Werft handed over AIDAstella to Carnival's AIDA brand today at Emden. The 71,300-ton ship is the seventh and last in the class.

AIDAstella at sea

The Wellness Oasis aboard AIDAstella

The Chill Lounge aboard AIDAstella

AIDAstella sailed to Hamburg this afternoon. It will be christened in Rostock on March 16, and enter service the next day.

The complete story appeared in the March 11, 2013 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Photos courtesy of Meyer Werft.

Norwegian Breakaway Undocked at Meyer Werft

Norwegian Breakaway began making her first public appearance this morning just after 7:00am in Germany as the giant door to Meyer Werft's covered building dock was opened and the 146,600-ton ship was towed out into the lagoon.

Regular readers will note that the ship is coming out bow first. While Meyer's ships usually make their appearance stern first, this isn't unprecedented, as last spring AIDAmar also came out bow first.

Norwegian Breakaway is the largest ship produced to date by Meyer, but it will be eclipsed by Quantum of the Seas when it is delivered a year and a half from now.

With its Peter Max hull art, Norwegian Breakaway is one of the most colorful ships Meyer has ever delivered.

The next event for Norwegian Breakaway is its river conveyance, which is tentatively set for March 10. Delivery is scheduled for April 25.

The complete story appeared in the February 26, 2013 edition of Cruise News Daily.
Photos and video courtesy of Meyer Werft

Ready for Her Debut

Meyer Werft has set Tuesday (February 26, 2012) as the date Norwegian Breakaway will be undocked and towed out of the covered building dock at their Papenburg yard. After tests in the lagoon, the ship will remain at the finishing dock until its conveyance down the Ems River to the sea in early March.

Norwegian Breakaway is shown here in the covered drydock this week looking like she's ready for her debut.

Photo courtesy of Meyer Werft