Norwegian Jade
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Norwegian Jade
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Norwegian Jade is a Norwegian Cruise Line ship offering cruises in the Mediterranean, Northern Europe, Alaska, and transatlantic crossings. The content describes a modern cruise product with all-inclusive-style packages suitable for both families and adults. The ship features multiple cabin categories, varied dining options, onboard entertainment, and activities. Itineraries include vacation cruises and ocean crossings with organized shore excursions at ports of call. The content targets searches related to Norwegian Cruise Line cruises, global ocean travel, and accessible cruise vacations.
Itineraries of the Norwegian Jade
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decks plans
Deck - 15
Deck - 14
Deck - 13
Deck - 12
Deck - 11
Deck - 10
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Ship's attributes
Services And Amenities
- Elevators
- Self-service laundry room
- Casino
- Jacuzzi
- Pool
- Beauty salon
- Spa & body care
Specific needs
- Wheelchair accessible staterooms
Technical specifications
- Classe: Jewel Class
- Tonnage: 93558
- Speed: 25.0 knots
- Passengers: 2402
- Decks: 15
- Length: 294 m
- Width: 38 m
History
- 2006: Année de construction
- 2022: Année de Rénovation
Frequently Asked Questions
Jade measures about 93,558 gross tons over 294 metres, with 15 decks, 8 of them holding her 1,201 cabins. She carries roughly 2,402 guests at double occupancy and 1,037 crew. Meyer Werft built her in Papenburg and delivered her in 2006 as the second of the four Jewel-class sisters. She is the heaviest of the four on paper, a fifty-ton margin traceable to the structural work required by her original US-flag construction.
Yes, and it is the most unusual backstory in the NCL fleet. She was built as Pride of Hawaii for NCL America, registered in the United States, christened on 22 May 2006 at San Pedro near Los Angeles, and was at that point the largest and most expensive US-flagged passenger ship ever built. She ran weekly inter-island cruises between Maui, Oahu, Kauai and the Big Island with no foreign call, a pattern the Passenger Vessel Services Act reserves for American-flag ships. NCL announced its withdrawal from Hawaii on 11 April 2007 after heavy losses, the ship left Honolulu for the last time on 4 February 2008, and she was reflagged to the Bahamas and renamed Norwegian Jade for Europe.
Beyond the American past, Jade kept her Hawaiian décor, King Kamehameha statuary included, until the March 2017 Norwegian Edge refit erased the theme and added O'Sheehan's, the Sugarcane Mojito Bar, Los Lobos Cantina and a relocated Moderno Churrascaria behind floor-to-ceiling glass. Her 20 April to 4 May 2026 drydock in Victoria, British Columbia, made her the only one of the four with a Starbucks, on top of the Deck 14 Vibe Beach Club and an enlarged thermal suite with experiential showers and a plunge pool. She also served as a floating hotel during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. She is the only one of the four running both Alaska and Asia, which makes her the most widely travelled of the group.
Jade came out of drydock in Victoria on 4 May 2026 and has since run an Alaska season of 7-night open-jaw voyages between Vancouver and Whittier, with scenic cruising at Hubbard Glacier or in Glacier Bay. On 21 September 2026 she leaves Vancouver on a 16-night transpacific crossing to Tokyo. She then opens a seven-month Asia season announced from 7 October 2026 to 10 April 2027, with 16 open-jaw voyages and 2 Tokyo round trips running 9 to 14 days. Homeports are Tokyo, Incheon for Seoul, Hong Kong and Singapore, with maiden calls in Brunei, Taiwan and the Philippines.
Jade returns to Alaska from 10 May to 20 September 2027 on the same 7-day open-jaw pattern between Vancouver and Whittier, then heads back to Asia from October 2027 to April 2028 out of Tokyo, Yokohama, Incheon, Hong Kong and Singapore. Vancouver is a nonstop of about five and a half hours from Montréal on Air Canada, WestJet or Porter, and Canada Place sits fifteen minutes from the airport. Whittier is harder. No nonstop links Montréal to Anchorage, so plan a connection through Toronto, Vancouver or Seattle, then roughly two hours by coach or rail to the port through the single-lane Anton Anderson tunnel shared with the railway. For Asia, Air Canada flies Montréal to Tokyo Narita nonstop, while Seoul, Hong Kong and Singapore all require a connection in Toronto or Vancouver.
In Alaska a balcony genuinely earns its keep, and Deck 9 and 10 cabins on the port side northbound from Vancouver face the coast through the Inside Passage. Club Balcony Suites on Deck 11, around 21 square metres, buy the extra room you want when it rains three days running. Oceanview cabins on Decks 4 and 5, about 15 square metres, are the smart buy for Asia, where you spend most days ashore. Jade's Haven suites run from the roughly 41-square-metre Courtyard Penthouse to the 216-square-metre 3-Bedroom Garden Villa on Deck 14, but read the Haven answer before you commit.
The two included dining rooms are Alizar and Grand Pacific, supported by the Garden Café, the Great Outdoors, Topsiders, round-the-clock O'Sheehan's on Deck 8 and Jasmine Garden for Asian cooking. Cover-charge venues include Cagney's and Moderno Churrascaria on Deck 13, La Cucina on Deck 12, Le Bistro, the Teppanyaki Room and the sushi counter. Bars run from the Sugarcane Mojito Bar and The Cellars wine bar to Spinnaker Lounge on Deck 13, Bliss Ultra Lounge on Deck 7 and the poolside Pit Stop. The 2026 additions are Starbucks, the adults-only Vibe Beach Club on Deck 14 and an enlarged thermal suite with a salt room, an ice room and a charcoal sauna.
Cabins show their age despite the 2017 refit, with tired furniture and carpet and an original-era bathroom. The Garden Café buffet is smaller than on newer ships and repeats the same stations, which reads as thin choice on a two-week Asia sailing. Included restaurants need booking ahead because seating capacity is short, and peak-hour waits get serious. The Haven on this generation of hull has no Haven restaurant and no Haven lounge. Haven guests take breakfast at Moderno and lunch at Cagney's, crossing public decks to get there, which bears little resemblance to the Haven on Norwegian Prima.
The fare covers the cabin, meals at Alizar and Grand Pacific, the Garden Café, Jasmine Garden, O'Sheehan's and Topsiders, Stardust Theater shows, the pools and the kids' clubs. Free at Sea adds, depending on the booking, a beverage package for adults in the cabin, cover-charge dining meals, a Wi-Fi allowance and a credit applied to shore excursions. Excluded are daily service charges, Cagney's, Le Bistro, Moderno, La Cucina, Teppanyaki, Starbucks, the spa, the Vibe Beach Club pass and shore excursions in Skagway or Nagasaki. The Montréal-Vancouver or Montréal-Tokyo flight is booked separately, and Whittier sailings also need a land transfer from Anchorage.
A daily service charge per person posts automatically to the onboard account, at a reduced rate for guests under 21, covering cabin service and the included dining rooms. Beverage and dining packages carry their own gratuity charge, separate from the service charge. On a 14-day Asia sailing between Hong Kong and Singapore those charges accumulate over a long run, so build them into the budget at booking. Free at Sea Plus, when offered, includes prepaid service charges.
The package covers drinks by the glass at the Sugarcane Mojito Bar, The Cellars, Spinnaker Lounge, Bliss Ultra Lounge and the pool bars, for guests 21 and over in the cabin. It excludes full bottles, certain premium labels and drinks at the Starbucks added in 2026, which fall under the upgraded option. In Alaska, long cold excursion days naturally cut onboard consumption, while the Asia season brings more evenings aboard and overnight sailings. On the 16-night transpacific to Tokyo, where sea days dominate, the arithmetic clearly favours the package.
Jade runs Starlink, and the base Free at Sea inclusion is a minute allowance rather than open access, with the upgraded option replacing the counter with continuous service. In Alaska, coverage degrades in narrow fjords and at glacier faces where rock walls block the signal, which catches out guests used to the Caribbean. In Asia, some coastal zones and territorial waters bring regulatory cut-offs, notably around mainland China. Bring a Japanese SIM or a pocket router if you are travelling on business during the Asia season.
Splash Academy and Entourage sit on Deck 12 and operate in both seasons, but Alaska and Asia draw far fewer children than the Caribbean, so age groups sometimes merge for lack of numbers. Family inside and oceanview cabins sleep four, and the roughly 46-square-metre 2-Bedroom Family Villas on Deck 14 or forward Deck 11 handle five or six. Jade has no aqua park and no ropes course, so teen entertainment rests on the arcade and Entourage. For a Québec family, the May to September 2027 Alaska season lines up with school holidays in a way the Asia season never will.
The seven tiers run Bronze to Ambassador with thresholds at 20, 45, 75, 150, 350 and 700 points, and the tangible benefits begin at Silver and broaden at Platinum. On Jade the members' reception is held at the Deck 13 Spinnaker Lounge, and priority boarding matters most in Vancouver, where Canada Place processes several ships in one morning and US preclearance adds another queue. Asia-season voyages of 9 to 14 days bank points faster than Caribbean weeks. The 16-night transpacific in September 2026 is one of the fleet's best single-sailing shortcuts to the next tier.
In Alaska the Inside Passage is sheltered and usually calm, but the Gulf of Alaska between Icy Strait and Whittier is open water and can roll for a full night. The September 2026 transpacific and Asian sailings during typhoon season, August through October, call for more caution. Book midship on Decks 8 to 10, avoid forward cabins on Deck 11, and take the antiemetic before symptoms start rather than after. The Great Outdoors on Deck 12 gives you a clear horizon and fresh air, which helps more than any tablet.
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