May 10, 2010 archive

Disney Dream Shipyard Picture

Norwegian Cruise Line hopes stand out with Epic ship

BY MARTHA BRANNIGAN mbrannigan@MiamiHerald.com When the new Norwegian Epic hosts Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks in New York this summer, NBC-TV will broadcast the show live on prime-time national television. It’s a fitting U.S. debut for the 4,100-passenger Epic, which will be Norwegian Cruise Line’s biggest and most expensive ship ever. NCL Corp., the cruise …

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Cruise lines making waves at South Florida’s ports

The past year has been one of monumental change for the South Florida cruise industry. With the arrival of Royal Caribbean International’s 5,400 passenger Oasis of the Seas — the world’s largest cruise ship — at Port Everglades last fall and sailings beginning this December of its equally large sister ship, Allure of the Seas, …

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