Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) will complete refurbishments on Norwegian Epic and Pride of America ahead of the 2025 summer travel season, adding new features and upgraded facilities.
Norwegian Epic will complete a three-week dry dock on May 8, 2025, with updates including a new hot tub on deck 18, a redesigned Kids’ Aqua Park, and an expanded adults-only Vibe Beach Club featuring extra seating, a second hot tub, and private cabanas. Eight new staterooms – balcony and ocean view – will also be added.
The ship will also offer nine- to 11-day cruises from Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy, visiting ports in the Mediterranean and Greek Isles, including Santorini, Mykonos, Valletta, Naples, Catania, and Florence/Pisa. Later in the year, she returns to San Juan, Puerto Rico, for seven-day Southern Caribbean cruises to ports including Antigua, Barbados, St Lucia, and St Thomas.
Pride of America will undergo upgrades from May 3 to 31, 2025, including a new Starbucks on deck five and the addition of pickleball to the sports court. She will also gain 12 club balcony suites and three inside staterooms on deck 12. Youth spaces will move to deck six, along with a new Library and Card Room.
Following dry dock, Pride of America will resume her seven-day inter-island Hawaii cruises from Honolulu on May 31, 2025, operating year-round with port calls across four islands and overnights in Maui and Kauai.
“Delivering the best vacation experience for our guests, where they have the freedom and flexibility to do more of what they love is and will always continue to be our goal,” said David J Herrera, president of NCL.
“By listening to guests’ feedback, we are excited to provide them with more to do on board starting this summer as Norwegian Epic sets sail for Europe and Pride of America continues to offer the world’s only seven-day inter-island Hawaii voyages departing from Honolulu 52 weeks out of the year.”
