Well it's official the newest ship to join Norwegian's fleet in October 2015, the Norwegian Escape, will be the third ship of Norwegian's Breakaway Class and will be sister ship to the Norwegian Bliss. She will be a grand total of 163,000 gross tons and be able to house 4,200 passengers. Both ships will be larger than both the Getaway and Breakaway.
The Escape will be built at Meyer Werft GMBH shipyard in Germany where the Breakaway and Getaway were also built. Details about the onboard accommodation so is that there will be an expanded Haven with 55 suites, an outdoor terrace, a private restaurant, courtyard with retractable roof and pool, two whirlpools, a sauna, spa treatment rooms and a sundeck - sounds pretty fantastic to me! Adding to this they are going to expand its Studio area, for solo travellers, from the 59 on board the Breakaway & Getaway to 82 cabins again with its own key card access only lounge area.
As is custom aboard Norwegian ships families will continue to have many category cabin options, consisting of 40 mini-suites located near Splash Academy, 172 family balconies near the children's facilities, 48 oceanview staterooms that can accommodate up to five, and numerous interior staterooms with additional Pullman beds.
Norwegian let their fans name the two newest ships to join the fleet in a online contest, Bliss & Escape were chosen as the best names.
The Escape will homeport in Miami starting in November 2015, it has been announced that the hulls artwork will be done by acclaimed conservationist and artist Guy Harvey. The main feature of the hull artwork will be a large sailfish, flowing through the rest of the ship will be turtles, stingrays, whale sharks & frigate birds. On the stern of the Escape will be depictions of reef fish & coral reefs. This design has been designed to compliment the homeport of Miami & the Eastern Caribbean itinerary she will be sailing, highlighting the numerous array of fantastic creatures that make this area their home.
Onboard the Escape items featuring Harvey's recognisable artwork will be available to buy, fees from this will go toward the continued conservational research and education of the Caribbean.
It can safely be said that The Norwegian Escape will blow the Breakaway & Getaway out of the water. She sounds like a fantastic ship in the making, I cannot wait until the launch as I'm sure you can't either!
Stay tuned for updates, thanks for reading :)
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