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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact communities around the globe, and given the travel and port restrictions in various parts of the world, Norwegian Cruise Line has decided to further suspend voyages as follows:

• All voyages with embarkation dates from August 1 through August 31, 2020
• All voyages with embarkation dates from September 1 through September 30, 2020; except for Seattle-based Alaska sailings on Norwegian Bliss and Norwegian Joy which continue to be scheduled to operate
  • ​​​​​​Note: We are hopeful that through the support of the Alaska delegation and openness of mayors in Alaska port towns, we have the potential to resume voyages in September.  For this reason, we have excluded the September voyages aboard Bliss and Joy.
• All voyages in October 2020 to Canada/New England and cruises embarking in Vancouver, including:
  • Norwegian Bliss: October 12, 2020
  • Norwegian Joy: October 4, 2020
  • Norwegian Breakaway: October 4, 2020 and October 11, 2020
  • Norwegian Gem: October 2, 2020 and October 9, 2020 

NCL states “We remain optimistic and expect to relaunch cruise operation in the near future.  Given the fluid and evolving nature of the circumstances, we are making decisions as quickly and thoughtfully as possible and, as always, we are keeping our guests’ and travel partners’ best interests at heart”.

All guests with current and active bookings during this current suspension period will automatically receive their refund in the form of a future cruise credit (FCC) valued at 125% of the fare paid.  These FCC’s will be issued no later than Thursday, June 25, 2020, and can be applied anytime within one year of issue date and toward any Norwegian Cruise Line voyage through December 31, 2022.
 
A lesser value refund is also available for guests who elect not to retain the bonus FCCs provided.  These guests can elect to receive a 100% refund of the fare paid to be reimbursed to the original form of payment 90 days after the request for a refund has been submitted.  All refund requests for this current suspension period must be received via the web form, which will be made available starting at 9:00 am EST on July 6, 2020, up until 11:59 pm EST on July 17, 2020.