Norwegian Cruise Line’s recently announced plans for the 2026 spring and summer in North America include nine ships in the region.

Cruise Industry News looks at the highlights of the deployment, which will mark the company’s return to Philadelphia.

Return to Philadelphia
Ship: Norwegian Jewel
Homeport: Philadelphia (United States)
Highlighted Ports of Call: King’s Wharf (Bermuda) and Charleston (United States)

One of the highlights of Norwegian’s deployment for 2026 is a return to Philadelphia. As the first cruise line to sail from the port in over 15 years, the company will offer cruises to Bermuda onboard the Norwegian Jewel.

The season runs between mid-April and late August, with the vessel visiting King’s Wharf and Charleston as part of a series of seven- to nine-night itineraries.

U.S. East Coast, Canada and Bermuda
Ship: Norwegian Aqua, Norwegian Breakaway and Norwegian Jewel
Homeports: New York City, Boston and Philadelphia (United States)
Highlighted Ports of Call: King’s Wharf (Bermuda), Bar Habor (United States), Saguenay and Halifax (Canada)

After completing its Bermuda deployment in August, the Norwegian Jewel scheduled to offer cruises to Canada and New England, alternating embarkation ports between Philadelphia and Québec City.

Norwegian is also deploying the Norwegian Aqua and the Norwegian Breakaway on the East Coast. While the new Aqua is scheduled to offer five- to seven-day cruises to Bermuda from New York City, the Breakaway will sail from Boston.

As the largest ship ever to sail from the port for Norwegian, the vessel will offer itineraries to Bermuda and Canada and New England.

Bahamas and Caribbean
Ship: Norwegian Prima and Norwegian Getaway
Homeports: Miami and Port Canaveral (United States)
Highlighted Ports of Call: Great Stirrup Cay (Bahamas), Montego Bay (Jamaica) and Puerto Plata (Dominican Republic)

Norwegian is notably expanding its short cruise program with nearly 40 voyages onboard the Norwegian Getaway.

Sailing from Miami, the vessel will offer regular three- and four-night cruises that feature visits to Norwegian’s private island destination Great Stirrup Cay, which will debut a new multi-ship pier in late 2025.

The Norwegian Prima is also expanding its operations out of Port Canaveral, offering a series of seven-night cruises to the Western and Eastern Caribbean departing from its Central Florida homeport.

Alaska
Ship: Norwegian Encore, Norwegian Bliss, Norwegian Joy and Norwegian Jade
Homeports: Vancouver (Canada), Seattle and Whittier (United States)
Highlighted Ports of Call: Victoria (Canada), Ketchikan, Skagway and Juneau (United States)

According to Norwegian, its fleet will be the youngest in Alaska in 2026 with the Norwegian Jade joining the Norwegian Encore, the Norwegian Bliss and the Norwegian Joy.

Three vessels: the Encore, the Bliss and the Joy, will sail from Seattle for seven- to ten-night cruises to destinations such as Ketchikan, Icy Strait Point and Victoria.

Debuting in a new homeport for the company, the Norwegian Jade will offer seven-night itineraries that sail between Vancouver and Whittier.