NORWEGIAN Cruise Line last week celebrated Norwegian Escape coming to homeport from New York next year with the ship’s godfather and international music star, Pitbull.
The event was held at PHD Rooftop Lounge at Dream Downdown New York, where guests were able to “walk the plank” in a virtual reality segment involving the largest ropes course at sea and pose for photos with “Mr. Worldwide”.
Attendees also sampled bites from Norwegian Escape’s culinary outposts and sipped on cocktails from Pitbull’s vodka, Voli.
One of the vessel’s Broadway-style shows, For the Record: The Brat Pack gave guests a little taster with a performance
When Norwegian Escape arrives in Manhatten next year, she will be the largest ship to homeport from New York City, at 164,600 gross tonnes and 4,266 guests.
Norwegian Escape will operate seven-day cruises to Bermuda during northern summer and seven-day cruises to Canada & New England and the Bahamas & Florida as well as a selection of longer cruises to the Western and Southern Caribbean during autumn/winter in 2018/2019.
Pitbull is pictured with Andy Stuart, president and chief executive officer of Norwegian Cruise Line .
