50+ Cruises Canceled by Norwegian Cruise Line as Ships Are Redeployed

Should you had been planning to cruise with Norwegian Cruise Line in late 2026 or early 2027, you might wish to double-check your reserving and electronic mail. The cruise line has simply introduced to journey brokers and affected cruisers that will probably be canceling greater than 50 sailings as a part of a significant shuffle of ships and homeports.

The adjustments impression the next 4 cruise ships: Norwegian Gem, Norwegian Daybreak, Norwegian Getaway, and Norwegian Pleasure.  Whereas some itineraries are being scraped altogether, some ships are being moved to totally different homeports.  

The largest change includes a homeport swap and itinerary adjustments for 2 of its ships:  Norwegian Gem and Norwegian Daybreak.

The Key Modifications

Norwegian Gem and Norwegian Daybreak will swap homeports beginning in November 2026 via March 2027, ensuing within the cancelation of all unique sailings for each ships throughout these dates.

Norwegian Gem will transfer to Tampa, the place it’s set to sail 4- to 11-night itineraries to the Caribbean and The Bahamas.
Norwegian Daybreak will transfer to Jacksonville, working quick Bahamas sailings.

Due to this swap, a number of cruises are not taking place. All sailings onboard Norwegian Gem between November 1, 2026, and April 4, 2027, have been canceled, in addition to all Norwegian Daybreak cruises scheduled between November 1, 2026, and March 28, 2027.

Brief Cruise Cancelations: Norwegian Getaway and Pleasure

Two different ships are additionally going through adjustments. Because of port availability, each Norwegian Getaway and Norwegian Pleasure will not sail a couple of quick Bahamas sailings from Florida.

Norwegian Getaway (Port Canaveral): Canceled sailings on November 16, November 20, November 25, December 14, and December 18, 2026.
Norwegian Pleasure (PortMiami): Canceled sailings on December 18, December 21, December 24, and December 28, 2026.

New Itineraries on the Method

Whereas some cruisers might want to regulate their journey plans, Norwegian says new itineraries will quickly open for reserving. These are more likely to be longer and extra immersive voyages to the Caribbean and The Bahamas.

In accordance with the cruise line, the redeployment will carry “a greater variety of choices” for these crusing from Florida ports in late 2026 and early 2027.