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I doubt the Boston-Bermuda run will end. It's quite popular -- in fact, NCL picked it up from Majesty Cruises after buying the Royal Majesty and renaming her Norwegian Majesty. The port of Boston is also making a concerted effort to bring in more ships, so I doubt it will want to see a popular route go away.

As the NCL ships are going to leave the fleet one at a time, at least one of the other early-'90s ships will be around should N. Majesty depart within the next couple of years. N. Dream and N. Wind can both fit through the existing St. George's cut -- I know this as I cruised to Bermuda on Dreamward years ago. (Her subsequent stretching has no effect.) Actually, I believe these would be good ships for Bermuda as they are larger (50K GRT), have some balconied cabins, larger cabins, and a lot of open deck space. (The sloping aft decks are the prettiest I've ever seen.)

As Don said, the Cut will very likely be widened in the coming years, yet at least NCL has a few ships that can navigate it in the meantime.

All this is JMHO.

<blockquote data-quote="Lisa63" data-source="post: 896465">I doubt the Boston-Bermuda run will end. It's quite popular -- in fact, NCL picked it up from Majesty Cruises after buying the Royal Majesty and renaming her Norwegian Majesty. The port of Boston is also making a concerted effort to bring in more ships, so I doubt it will want to see a popular route go away. As the NCL ships are going to leave the fleet one at a time, at least one of the other early-'90s ships will be around should N. Majesty depart within the next couple of years. N. Dream and N. Wind can both fit through the existing St. George's cut -- I know this as I cruised to Bermuda on Dreamward years ago. (Her subsequent stretching has no effect.) Actually, I believe these would be good ships for Bermuda as they are larger (50K GRT), have some balconied cabins, larger cabins, and a lot of open deck space. (The sloping aft decks are the prettiest I've ever seen.) As Don said, the Cut will very likely be widened in the coming years, yet at least NCL has a few ships that can navigate it in the meantime.All this is JMHO. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lisa63, post: 896465"] I doubt the Boston-Bermuda run will end. It's quite popular -- in fact, NCL picked it up from Majesty Cruises after buying the Royal Majesty and renaming her Norwegian Majesty. The port of Boston is also making a concerted effort to bring in more ships, so I doubt it will want to see a popular route go away. As the NCL ships are going to leave the fleet one at a time, at least one of the other early-'90s ships will be around should N. Majesty depart within the next couple of years. N. Dream and N. Wind can both fit through the existing St. George's cut -- I know this as I cruised to Bermuda on Dreamward years ago. (Her subsequent stretching has no effect.) Actually, I believe these would be good ships for Bermuda as they are larger (50K GRT), have some balconied cabins, larger cabins, and a lot of open deck space. (The sloping aft decks are the prettiest I've ever seen.) As Don said, the Cut will very likely be widened in the coming years, yet at least NCL has a few ships that can navigate it in the meantime. All this is JMHO. :) [/QUOTE]