Norwegian Spirit
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Norwegian Spirit
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The Norwegian Spirit is a Norwegian Cruise Line ship offering cruise itineraries in the Mediterranean, Greece, Asia, and across transatlantic routes. It provides a modern cruise experience with all-inclusive style options suited to both families and adults. The ship features multiple cabin categories, varied dining options, onboard entertainment, and a range of activities. Its itineraries include vacation cruises in Europe and Asia as well as ocean crossings, with organized shore excursions at ports of call. This ship is well suited for travelers seeking a versatile cruise experience focused on multiple regions, cultural discovery, and a complete onboard offering.
Itineraries of the Norwegian Spirit
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decks plans
Deck - 13
Deck - 12
Deck - 11
Deck - 10
Deck - 9
Deck - 8
Deck - 7
Deck - 6
Deck - 5
Deck - 4
Deck - 3
Deck - 2
Deck - 1
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: Spirit Class
- Tonnage: 75338
- Speed: 24.0 knots
- Passengers: 2032
- Decks: 13
- Length: 269 m
- Width: 32 m
History
- 1998: Année de construction
- 24 septembre 1998: Date d'inauguration
- 2022: Année de rénovation
Frequently Asked Questions
The registry lists 75,904 gross tons, 268.6 metres long and 32.3 metres wide, spread over 13 decks, 10 of them open to guests. It is the smallest large ship still sailing for Norwegian and carries barely half the tonnage of Norwegian Epic. That scale opens ports a 145,000-ton hull cannot reach, including Raiatea, Mystery Island and Icy Strait Point. The ship has 1,006 cabins, of which only 382 have a balcony.
Norwegian publishes 1,972 at double occupancy, CruiseMapper counts 2,018, and the figure climbs to 2,414 once every upper berth and family cabin fills. That gap of roughly 400 people shows up during school breaks and the Australian December holidays. Because the ship was designed for Star Cruises' Asian market, its public rooms are generous relative to the berth count. On a 12-day South Pacific run, the Windows dining room never feels crushed.
None, and the reason is historical. She was delivered in 1998 as SuperStar Leo for Star Cruises, the Asian owner that then controlled Norwegian, and transferred to the American fleet in 2004. Her sister SuperStar Virgo stayed in Asia and left Norwegian's orbit. We file her alongside Pride of America not because of any shared engineering, but because these two are the only ships in the fleet that belong to no class at all.
She shuttles between Alaska and Hawaii through the summer, running four 16-day crossings between Vancouver and Honolulu starting 15 July 2026, the last one leaving Vancouver on 1 September. A single sailing strings together Ketchikan, Juneau, Icy Strait Point and Sitka, then Maui, Kauai, Kona and Hilo. In autumn she drops into the South Pacific on 12- and 13-day loops linking Honolulu, Papeete and Lautoka in Fiji. On 30 November 2026 she leaves Lautoka for Sydney in 12 days, calling at Brisbane and Newcastle.
She spends the southern summer in Australia and New Zealand out of Sydney, with 11- to 18-day loops from mid-December 2026 and 4-night Tasmania runs in January. From April to December 2027 she returns to the South Pacific from Sydney, Lautoka and Papeete on 11- to 13-day voyages to New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Samoa, the Cook Islands and French Polynesia. That geography drives the airfare, because none of those three turnaround ports has a nonstop link to Montréal. Sydney means connecting through Vancouver; Lautoka is served by Nadi airport, where Fiji Airways flies nonstop from Vancouver in 12 h 20 three times a week; Papeete usually means a connection through Los Angeles.
A midship BA or BB balcony at roughly 18.7 square metres is the best balance. Be aware that the IA, IB and IF inside cabins run about 13.8 square metres, which is tight even for a 1998 hull, and that the ship's mere 382 balconies sell out early on 12-day itineraries. There is no Haven complex and no studio block here, but Norwegian does sell genuine solo categories priced for one person: BT with balcony, OT oceanview, IT inside. At the top end, the aft-facing SB Owner's Suite on deck 9 measures about 56 square metres.
Two included dining rooms, Windows and Taste, plus the Garden Café buffet and The Local, open around the clock. Extra-cost venues are Onda by Scarpetta, Cagney's, Le Bistro, Teppanyaki and the Asian restaurant Silk. For drinks there is Magnum's Champagne & Wine Bar, the forward-facing Spinnaker Lounge, Henry's Pub, the Bier Garten, the Humidor Cigar Lounge and the adults-only Spice H2O deck with its hot tubs. Shows play at the Stardust Theater, and the Mandara spa, doubled in size in 2020, includes a thermal suite.
The 2020 refit cost more than a hundred million US dollars and rebuilt fourteen public spaces, yet it left the fundamentals of the hull alone. Inside cabins remain cramped, the balcony ratio stays low, and the ship has no Waterfront promenade, no water slides, no Haven complex and no studio block with a private lounge. Add that her exotic itineraries mean a long, expensive flight from Montréal, often with two connections. Guests also report uneven cabin finishes, a sign that part of the inventory was only refreshed rather than rebuilt.
Meals at Windows, Taste, the Garden Café and The Local are included with no set time or assigned table, along with drip coffee, tea, breakfast juice, shows at the Stardust Theater, the pool and the Pulse fitness centre. Extra charges apply at Onda by Scarpetta, Cagney's, Le Bistro, Teppanyaki and Silk, plus alcohol, specialty coffee, the Mandara thermal suite, laundry, shore excursions, Wi-Fi and the daily service charges. On South Pacific itineraries, budget for the fact that Bora Bora and Mystery Island are tender ports, which makes excursions dearer than an alongside berth. Have an advisor work out the real total at 1-866-628-6241.
They are not. Norwegian posts a daily per-person service charge to your onboard account, at a higher rate if you are in an SB, SC, SE, SF or SH suite. It applies from age three and can be settled before departure. Separate service charges are added to every drink at Magnum's or the Bier Garten, every meal at Cagney's or Silk, and every treatment at the Mandara spa.
The open bar arrives with the Free at Sea promotion, but it carries a mandatory daily service charge for every guest aged 21 and over named on the booking. Two adults sharing a BA balcony each pay their own, for the full length of the cruise. Premium pours above a set value, bottles of wine and the minibar are still billed separately. On long South Pacific crossings the arithmetic deserves a look up front, since a Papeete-to-Lautoka loop runs thirteen days.
Yes. The connection is satellite-based and the fleet has moved to Starlink, which improved speeds considerably. A limited allotment of minutes usually comes with the current promotion; beyond that you buy a package, and only the top tier supports streaming. Expect slowdowns across the South Pacific between Papeete and Lautoka, where coverage is thinner than in the Caribbean. Plan on one device at a time unless you add the multi-device option.
It suits independent teenagers and families who travel for the destination rather than the vessel. Splash Academy covers ages 3 to 12 and Entourage ages 13 to 17, but the ship has no water slide, no ropes course and no go-kart track. On a 12-day loop between Honolulu and Papeete, an eight-year-old will feel the sea days. Family cabins in the I4 and O4 categories sleep four, which is unusual on a hull this size.
Yes. Every night aboard earns one Latitudes point, and nights in a suite earn double. Seven tiers run from Bronze to Ambassador. The perks worth having start at Gold and Platinum: priority embarkation, a laundry bag, a specialty dinner with wine and earlier dining reservations. On a 16-day Vancouver-to-Honolulu crossing, one voyage moves your point count faster than a Caribbean week ever will.
The risk is more real here than on the fleet's larger hulls, because 75,904 tons absorb a swell less comfortably than 145,000. The Vancouver-to-Honolulu crossing includes several open-ocean days in the North Pacific, and the Papeete-to-Lautoka legs cross long trade-wind swells. If you are sensitive, take a midship cabin on deck 5 or 6 rather than a forward penthouse on deck 10. Bring tablets or patches from home, since the onboard shop does not always stock what you need.
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