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Norwegian Prima embarks from new Port Canaveral home

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Norwegian Prima at Port Canaveral on Sunday
Norwegian Prima on Sunday embarked its first passengers from Port Canaveral, its new home until March.

This follows an inaugural season that began with the ship's August naming in Reykjavik, Iceland, and continued with sailings from from New York, Galveston and Miami.

The ship will sail to destinations in Mexico, Jamaica and Honduras, as well as Norwegian Cruise Line's Harvest Caye in Belize and Great Stirrup Cay in the Bahamas.

President and CEO Harry Sommer said NCL looks forward to introducing Norwegian Prima to th etens of millions of travelers that visit the Orlando area every year.

'The city offers the ultimate family vacation destination, given its accessibility to attractions, the cruise port and easy airlift from almost anywhere in the world. There is fun for everyone, making it one of the best pre- and post-cruise cities,' he added.

Five NCL ships

This year, Port Canaveral will welcome more NCL ships than ever before including Norwegian Escape, Norwegian Getaway, Norwegian Joy and Norwegian Gem. Norwegian Prima becomes the newest ship to sail from the port.

'We have a great partnership with NCLH and this important decision to homeport their newest, most innovative ship at our port underscores our commitment to support the expectations of our valued cruise partners,' said port CEO Capt. John Murray.