JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 The Norwegian Gem arrived in Jacksonville overnight Thursday. The cruise liners arrival at JAXPORT marks the first time The Norwegian Gem homeports here.<\/p>\n
City leaders hope the ship enhances Jacksonville\u2019s appeal as a cruise destination, providing new vacation options for residents and visitors.<\/p>\n
The Jacksonville Port Authority Board of Directors in February 2024 unanimously approved a four-year agreement with Norwegian Cruise Line to homeport the Norwegian Gem at JAXPORT.<\/p>\n
Click here for Norwegian Gem bookings.<\/a><\/p>\n The Norwegian Gem, with a capacity of 2,394 guests, will operate seasonal cruises from Jacksonville to The Bahamas and Eastern Caribbean from November to April each year through 2028, according to JAXPORT.<\/p>\n Norwegian Gem will offer three 12-day and two 11-day roundtrip Eastern Caribbean sailings from Jacksonville, calling at destinations such as Great Stirrup Cay, NCL\u2019s private island in the Bahamas; Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic; St. Thomas and St. John\u2019s, U.S. Virgin Islands; Antigua; Basseterre, St. Kitts; and San Juan, Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n The ship will also provide a series of four- and five-day cruises to The Bahamas, visiting Great Stirrup Cay, Freeport, and Nassau.<\/p>\n Norwegian Gem boasts amenities including a spa, pool with panoramic views, award-winning specialty restaurants and bars, world-class entertainment, an arcade and casino, and Splash Academy, NCL\u2019s complimentary youth program.<\/p>\n >>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/a><\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here<\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here<\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/p>\n Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 The Norwegian Gem arrived in Jacksonville overnight Thursday. The cruise liners arrival at JAXPORT marks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27763,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117,634],"class_list":["post-27762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}