Five New Mediterranean Itineraries Added to Norwegian Gem 2007 Deployment

Miami - November 09, 2006 --- After delivery of the ship in early October, Norwegian Gem will sail five new Mediterranean itineraries. The ship will reposition from Dover to Barcelona on October 8 and visit Vigo, Spain; Lisbon, Portugal; Gibraltar; Naples; Civitavecchia (Rome); Livorno (Florence/Pisa), Italy; and Nice, France. On October 21, the ship sails a seven-day cruise roundtrip from Barcelona calling into Messina (Sicily); Civitavecchia (Rome); Naples; Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy; and Villefranche (Nice), France.

On October 28, November 9 and 21, the ship will sail three 12-day cruises roundtrip from Barcelona calling in Malaga (Grenada), Spain; Casablanca and Agadir, Morocco; Arrecife and Las Palmas in the Canary Islands; Lisbon, Portugal; Cadiz (Sevilla), Spain, Gibraltar; and Palma, Majorca, Spain. The ship will sail a transatlantic cruise from Barcelona to Boston on December 3.

Following a series of inaugural events on the east coast, Norwegian Gem will be home ported year-round in New York featuring a seven-day Bahamas & Florida itinerary in December 2007, February, March and April 2008.In January and February 2008, she will sail a series of 10- and 11-day Exotic Southern Caribbean itineraries roundtrip from New York.

In addition, NCL plans to build up to three new third generation Freestyle Cruising ships for delivery between 2009 and 2011. NCL is on target to have the youngest fleet in the industry by 2010, providing guests the opportunity to enjoy the flexibility of Freestyle Cruising on the newest, most contemporary ships on the seas.