NCL Freestyle Cruising is offering customers the chance to celebrate the festive season in style with 19 sailings over Christmas and the New Year.

With seasonal itineraries in Europe, the Caribbean, Hawaii, the Bahamas and the Mexican Riviera, agents can offer customers a range of warming winter escapes to banish the post summer blues.

NCL goes all out for Christmas with festive decorations, interactive holiday shows, on-board carols and Christmas Eve services - and on Christmas day itself, guests get to indulge in a lavish holiday-themed menu.

The captain brings in the New Year with a special countdown from the bridge, and following a decadent dinner of foie gras and Blue Point oysters in the main dining rooms, guests can kick start 2009 with some of the coolest parties at sea, including NCL’s White Hot Party and Monte Carlo Night.

Families looking to cruise over the festive season can take advantage of NCL’s inter-connecting staterooms which offer a greater and more flexible space. Childcare facilities are also available on board meaning parents can relax knowing their kids are having just as much fun as they are, and with a choice of up to 13 dining options, Vegas and Broadway-style shows, bowling, Nintendo Wii and so much more, there is something to keep everyone occupied.

Stephen Park, General Manager NCL UK says, “As the nights draw in, this is a great opportunity for agents to sell some sun at the end of the year. Freestyle Cruising is a unique experience, and coupled with the chance to spend Christmas at sea, agents can offer their customers a package that is really special. At NCL we go out of our way to ensure the smallest detail is perfect to make sure that our guests have a merry Christmas and a very jolly New Year.”

NCL’s Festive Season itineraries include:

• For the first time Norwegian Jade will be operating out of Europe this winter, offering a 14 night Winter Mediterranean fly-cruise, departing Barcelona on December 21, 2008 and travelling to Civitavecchia (Rome), Naples, Alexandria (overnight), Rhodes, Izmir (Ephesus), Piraeus (Athens) and Valletta. Prices start from £1399* pp.

• A 10 night New York Skyline & Bahamian Sunshine includes a 2 night stay in New York and flies from the UK on December 25, 2008, travelling to Port Canaveral (Orlando), Great Stirrup Cay (NCL’s private Island), Nassau and Grand Bahama Island onboard Norwegian Gem is priced from £1699*pp.

• Flying from the UK to Miami on 25 December 2008, Norwegian Jewel sets sail on a Southern Caribbean cruise to Samana, Tortola, Antigua, Barbados and St Lucia. 11 nights from £1769pp*.

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