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Thursday, July 16, 2009
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Norwegian Epic Reveals: Blue Man Group, Epic Casino and a Big Top at Sea
Norwegian Cruise Line continues to "break the mold" of the onboard cruise experience.
At its latest, and final, announcement here regarding its upcoming Norwegian Epic cruise ship, the cruise line announced the line-up of onboard entertainment options, which will include a full-length Blue Man Group show, an interactive Cirque Dreams and Dinner show, and more.
"The face of Norwegian entertainment is obviously blue," said Andy Stuart, executive vice president of global sales and passenger services for Norwegian, explaining the process the line took when looking for the right partner to represent the face of Norwegian Cruise Line's entertainment.
According to Stuart, Norwegian Cruise Line's executives looked at entertainment offerings in New York City's Broadway, the Las Vegas Strip and London's West End, all revealed one thing -- Blue Man Group, no matter where its staged, is one of the most popular show productions out there. Furthermore, Stuart said, the Blue Man theater company and Norwegian are aligned in "our idea of breaking the mold" of traditional cruise ship entertainment.
"They're all about innovation and we're all about innovation... it was a meeting of the minds," he said.
Kevin Sheehan, Norwegian Cruise Line's CEO, added: "Having a world class creative organization like Blue Man Group headline the entertainment on Norwegian Epic will provide our guests with a sensory experience unlike any other at sea."
The Blue Man Group, which incorporates music, comedy and multimedia theatrics, will perform eight full-scale productions a week in the ship's 685-seat Epic Theater. According to Phil Stanton, one of the three founding members of Blue Man Group, each Blue Man production is site specific, so parts of the Norwegian Epic's show will involve being on a ship.
'Big Top' at Sea
In yet another first for the cruise line, Norwegian Epic will be the first ship to feature a Spiegel Tent, or "big top" at sea. Housing a 265-seat theater-in-the-round, the big top will feature Cirque Dreams and Dinner.
The two-hour, one-of-a-kind interactive, theatrical, dining experience will offer aerialists, acrobats and contortionists performing in mid-air and juggling of dinner courses, among other feats.
According to Neil Goldberg, producer/director of Cirque Dreams, contortionists will be cocktail waitresses bending over backwards to pick up a guest's napkins and aerialists will drop from the sky to fill their water glasses.
The Second City, Norwegian's popular comedy act that currently plays limited shows on every sailing, will be given a dedicated home onboard the Epic -- the Headliners Comedy Club. The 280-seat comedy club will enable The Second City to perform their improvisational comedy act every night.
Fat Cats, a 200-seat jazz club, will feature nightly live blues and jazz performances. The venue is designed to be as laid back as jazz, with a hint of Memphis in its décor.
Not quite as laid back will be the Epic Casino, Norwegian Cruise Line's largest casino.
The Epic Casino will span more than 13,000-square feet, feature a Monte Carlo-inspired theme and offer 340 slot machines, as well as numerous table games. The Casino will be open to Taste, the Atrium restaurant below it, and open to Bar Central above it.
Open for Bookings
Norwegian Epic's 2010 inaugural sailings are now open for individual bookings, with cruise fares starting at $699 per person. The first Eastern Caribbean sailing from Miami (its year-round homeport) is scheduled for July 17, 2010, and the ship's alternating Eastern and Western Caribbean itineraries are available through April 2011.
At its latest, and final, announcement here regarding its upcoming Norwegian Epic cruise ship, the cruise line announced the line-up of onboard entertainment options, which will include a full-length Blue Man Group show, an interactive Cirque Dreams and Dinner show, and more.
"The face of Norwegian entertainment is obviously blue," said Andy Stuart, executive vice president of global sales and passenger services for Norwegian, explaining the process the line took when looking for the right partner to represent the face of Norwegian Cruise Line's entertainment.
According to Stuart, Norwegian Cruise Line's executives looked at entertainment offerings in New York City's Broadway, the Las Vegas Strip and London's West End, all revealed one thing -- Blue Man Group, no matter where its staged, is one of the most popular show productions out there. Furthermore, Stuart said, the Blue Man theater company and Norwegian are aligned in "our idea of breaking the mold" of traditional cruise ship entertainment.
"They're all about innovation and we're all about innovation... it was a meeting of the minds," he said.
Kevin Sheehan, Norwegian Cruise Line's CEO, added: "Having a world class creative organization like Blue Man Group headline the entertainment on Norwegian Epic will provide our guests with a sensory experience unlike any other at sea."
The Blue Man Group, which incorporates music, comedy and multimedia theatrics, will perform eight full-scale productions a week in the ship's 685-seat Epic Theater. According to Phil Stanton, one of the three founding members of Blue Man Group, each Blue Man production is site specific, so parts of the Norwegian Epic's show will involve being on a ship.
'Big Top' at Sea
In yet another first for the cruise line, Norwegian Epic will be the first ship to feature a Spiegel Tent, or "big top" at sea. Housing a 265-seat theater-in-the-round, the big top will feature Cirque Dreams and Dinner.
The two-hour, one-of-a-kind interactive, theatrical, dining experience will offer aerialists, acrobats and contortionists performing in mid-air and juggling of dinner courses, among other feats.
According to Neil Goldberg, producer/director of Cirque Dreams, contortionists will be cocktail waitresses bending over backwards to pick up a guest's napkins and aerialists will drop from the sky to fill their water glasses.
The Second City, Norwegian's popular comedy act that currently plays limited shows on every sailing, will be given a dedicated home onboard the Epic -- the Headliners Comedy Club. The 280-seat comedy club will enable The Second City to perform their improvisational comedy act every night.
Fat Cats, a 200-seat jazz club, will feature nightly live blues and jazz performances. The venue is designed to be as laid back as jazz, with a hint of Memphis in its décor.
Not quite as laid back will be the Epic Casino, Norwegian Cruise Line's largest casino.
The Epic Casino will span more than 13,000-square feet, feature a Monte Carlo-inspired theme and offer 340 slot machines, as well as numerous table games. The Casino will be open to Taste, the Atrium restaurant below it, and open to Bar Central above it.
Open for Bookings
Norwegian Epic's 2010 inaugural sailings are now open for individual bookings, with cruise fares starting at $699 per person. The first Eastern Caribbean sailing from Miami (its year-round homeport) is scheduled for July 17, 2010, and the ship's alternating Eastern and Western Caribbean itineraries are available through April 2011.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Next Norwegian Cruise Line ship will have massive water park, rappelling wall
They're calling it epic, and now we know why.
Norwegian Cruise Line is taking a page from the Royal Caribbean playbook with its next cruise ship, the Norwegian Epic, by loading it with unusual and at times groundbreaking decktop amusements such as a massive water park, a rappelling wall and a 33-foot-high 'extreme' rock climbing wall.
The industry's perennial underdog, which is announcing the decktop areas today in an online news conference, long has promised the massive vessel would break new ground for the line in both size and features. The line already has announced the 4,200-passenger ship, scheduled to debut in May 2010, will boast such innovations as curve-walled cabins and an ice bar.
At 150,000 tons, the Epic will be 60% larger than the largest NCL ship now at sea, and the Aqua Park the line is announcing is a sprawling affair with three major water slides among other features.
In an unusual twist, one of the Aqua Park's water slides, designed specifically for children, will zip straight through the ship's rock climbing wall. A more adventurous slide will twist and turn down three stories, and the biggest slide, dubbed the Epic Plunge, is billed as the only tube slide at sea of its kind. Passengers on the Epic Plunge will ride inner tubes down a 200-foot long tube into a bowl where centrifugal forces will spin them high on the wall for several turns before they splash down.
The Aqua Park also will include two main pools with arching water effects that illuminate at night; five whirlpools; a wading pool and a children’s Splash and Play Zone that features a kid's pool, whimsical sculptures, water sprays and effects, along with a kiddie slide.
The repelling wall NCL plans for the ship is an industry first, and the rock climbing wall -- a concept pioneered by Royal Caribbean -- will be one of the biggest at sea and accessible from two levels.
NCL also is announcing the Epic will have bowling alleys -- something the line pioneered in the industry several years ago and now offers on two ships. The line is expanding on the idea, offering bowling in two lounge venues on the Epic.
The line also is announcing the Epic will have 14 eateries -- the most of any ship at sea.
Currently under construction in Europe (click HERE for exclusive construction photos), the Epic is scheduled to sail in the Caribbean year-round after it debuts in the summer of 2010.
NCL originally ordered two Epic-sized ships for delivery in 2010, but earlier this year the line announced it had canceled one of the two orders with the shipyard, STX Europe. Epic now is the only NCL ship on order.
NCL says the ship will open for sale to the general public on May 20, when further details about its entertainment areas will be revealed.
For more information and brochures call 866-782-9838
Also check out www.supremeclientele.net
Norwegian Cruise Line is taking a page from the Royal Caribbean playbook with its next cruise ship, the Norwegian Epic, by loading it with unusual and at times groundbreaking decktop amusements such as a massive water park, a rappelling wall and a 33-foot-high 'extreme' rock climbing wall.
The industry's perennial underdog, which is announcing the decktop areas today in an online news conference, long has promised the massive vessel would break new ground for the line in both size and features. The line already has announced the 4,200-passenger ship, scheduled to debut in May 2010, will boast such innovations as curve-walled cabins and an ice bar.
At 150,000 tons, the Epic will be 60% larger than the largest NCL ship now at sea, and the Aqua Park the line is announcing is a sprawling affair with three major water slides among other features.
In an unusual twist, one of the Aqua Park's water slides, designed specifically for children, will zip straight through the ship's rock climbing wall. A more adventurous slide will twist and turn down three stories, and the biggest slide, dubbed the Epic Plunge, is billed as the only tube slide at sea of its kind. Passengers on the Epic Plunge will ride inner tubes down a 200-foot long tube into a bowl where centrifugal forces will spin them high on the wall for several turns before they splash down.
The Aqua Park also will include two main pools with arching water effects that illuminate at night; five whirlpools; a wading pool and a children’s Splash and Play Zone that features a kid's pool, whimsical sculptures, water sprays and effects, along with a kiddie slide.
The repelling wall NCL plans for the ship is an industry first, and the rock climbing wall -- a concept pioneered by Royal Caribbean -- will be one of the biggest at sea and accessible from two levels.
NCL also is announcing the Epic will have bowling alleys -- something the line pioneered in the industry several years ago and now offers on two ships. The line is expanding on the idea, offering bowling in two lounge venues on the Epic.
The line also is announcing the Epic will have 14 eateries -- the most of any ship at sea.
Currently under construction in Europe (click HERE for exclusive construction photos), the Epic is scheduled to sail in the Caribbean year-round after it debuts in the summer of 2010.
NCL originally ordered two Epic-sized ships for delivery in 2010, but earlier this year the line announced it had canceled one of the two orders with the shipyard, STX Europe. Epic now is the only NCL ship on order.
NCL says the ship will open for sale to the general public on May 20, when further details about its entertainment areas will be revealed.
For more information and brochures call 866-782-9838
Also check out www.supremeclientele.net
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