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Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) has unveiled its new fall and winter 2025/2026 voyages, featuring several ships making their debuts in new destinations.

Guests have an endless number of sailings to choose from, with NCL sailing to 450 destinations across the globe. As part of the new season, Norwegian Sun will visit new ports in Asia for the first time, including Kyoto (Kobe), Japan, while the all-new Norwegian Viva will homeport for the first time in Galveston, Texas for a series of Caribbean voyages.

News of the season comes on the heels of strong November sales, says David J. Herrera, president of NCL.

Asia 

Norwegian Sun’s season in Asia will kick off in Japan on November 3, 2025 with an 11-day open-jaw sailing starting from Tokyo to Incheon, South Korea and calling in Jeju, South Korea and Kyoto, Japan, both first-time visits for the ship. On November 14, 2025, the ship will depart from Incheon for the first time for another 11-day open-jaw voyage on its return to Tokyo, with a similar itinerary that features a call to Hiroshima, Japan. From December 2025 through March 2026, Norwegian Sun will offer a selection of cruises between 11 and 15 days sailing through Southeast Asia, with several embarkation ports including Singapore, Laem Chabang (Thailand) and Keelung (Taiwan).

Australia & New Zealand

Norwegian Spirit’s open-jaw sailings to/from Sydney, Australia and Auckland, New Zealand will run between December 2025 and March 2026. The ship will offer 11- to 14-day voyages, with most itineraries calling in guest-favourite ports like Melbourne, Australia, and Napier and Dunedin in New Zealand. Select sailings will cruise by New Zealand’s fjords like the Doubtful Sound, Milford Sound and Dusky Sound.

Africa

NCL has curated a selection of exotic and port-intensive Africa sailings for Norwegian Dawn starting November 2025 through March 2026 featuring multiple embarkation ports including: Cape Town, South Africa; Port Louis, Mauritius; and Doha, Qatar. The season kicks off on November 2, 2025 with a 21-day repositioning cruise from Barcelona, Spain to Cape Town, South Africa, calling in Santa Maria, Cape Verde; Casablanca, Morocco; and Agadir, Morocco. 

Due to popular demand for more open-jaw voyages that start and end in Cape Town and Port Louis, Mauritius, NCL will offer 12-day sailings calling in popular ports like Antsiranana and Nosy Be, Madagascar, as well as an overnight stay in Richard’s Bay, South Africa where guests can opt to explore the local wildlife with a safari tour or relax on Aklantstrand Beach.

The Caribbean

NCL’s newest ship, Norwegian Viva, will homeport in Galveston, Texas for the first time from December 2025 through April 2026. During its winter season, the ship will offer seven-day roundtrip Western Caribbean itineraries to Cozumel and Costa Maya, Mexico; Roatan, Honduras; and Harvest Caye, NCL’s resort-style destination in Southern Belize. 

On January 10 and January 24, 2026, Norwegian Viva will sail a 14-day Eastern Caribbean itinerary that includes a visit to George Town, Cayman Islands (a first-time visit for the ship) and a call to NCL’s private island, Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas. Other highlights include Road Town (Tortola), British Virgin Islands; St. John’s, Antigua; Philipsburg, St. Maarten; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic; and Cozumel, Mexico.

Between November 2025 and April 2026, Norwegian Escape will homeport in New Orleans, the first Breakaway-Plus class ship to homeport in the city. It will offer a series of seven-day roundtrip Western Caribbean voyages, plus two 14-day Southern Caribbean cruises on Feb. 1 and February 22, 2026 where it will visit for the first time Puerto Limon, Costa Rica; Colon, Panama; and Cartagena, Colombia.

Homeporting for a second season in La Romana, Dominican Republic, Norwegian Sky will offer 7-, 9- and 12-day roundtrip Southern Caribbean itineraries from December 2025 through April 2026, calling in Oranjestad, Aruba; Kralendijk, Bonaire; Willemstad, Curaçao, and more. During the January 5, 2026 nine-day sailing, the ship will cruise to the southwestern coast of the Dominican Republic to make its debut in Cabo Rojo.

South America

South America itineraries will begin with the transatlantic crossing from Lisbon, Portugal to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on November 20, 2025, visiting Portugal, Cape Verde and several cities in Brazil. Norwegian Star will then embark on a 17-day cruise from Rio de Janeiro on December 4, 2025, calling in Argentina, Uruguay and Chile before making its way to the South Pole. From December 21, 2025 through February 15, 2026, guests can also embark on 14-day roundtrip sailings from Buenos Aires, Argentina to enjoy the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to cruise by Paradise Bay and Elephant Island in Antarctica. These sailings will also call in Montevideo, Uruguay; Puerto Madryn and Ushuaia, Argentina; Punta Arenas, Chile; and Stanley, Falkland Islands.

Panama Canal

From October 2025 through April 2026, Norwegian Jade will offer 11- to 17-day cruises traversing the Panama Canal. Itineraries will offer a variety of embarkation and disembarkation ports including Miami, New York City, Tampa and, for the ship’s first time, Callao, Peru. The 17-day open-jaw Panama Canal voyage on Norwegian Jade sailing from Callao on March 11, 2026 will make its way up the west coast of South America and Central America, calling in Acajutla, El Salvador, and Huatulco and Manzanillo, Mexico. The voyage will also mark the ship’s return to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, the first time it’s been back since 2008. After 12 port visits and four days at sea, the voyage will disembark in San Diego.

Source: Travelweek