The large cruise ship Norwegian Pearl sails on deep blue water under a clear sky. The white vessel features vibrant, multicolored pearl and ribbon artwork on its hull, orange lifeboats, and a dark blue funnel with the NCL logo emitting a steady trail of gray smoke.

Norwegian Cruise Line

8-Day Caribbean Round-trip Philadelphia: Great Stirrup Cay & Jacksonville

Bahamas

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Norwegian Pearl

A Panamax ship of 2006 that has spent twenty years hosting other people's music festivals

Aboard

  • Delivered by Meyer Werft in November 2006 and christened in Miami by Rosie O'Donnell that December
  • Panamax by design, 106 feet across the beam, narrow enough for the original canal locks
  • A four-lane ten-pin bowling alley on deck seven, inside the Bliss Ultra Lounge
  • The fleet's regular charter ship, Cayamo, the Kiss Kruise, Parahoy and Star Trek voyages
  • A November 2025 drydock at Marseille that added the adults-only Vibe Beach Club on deck fourteen
  • Homeported at Philadelphia, a port Norwegian returned to in 2026 after fifteen years away

Ashore

Where You Stop

Orlando (Port Canaveral)

Great Stirrup Cay

Bahamas

The Bahamas

The short cruise done properly, a long weekend, a private island, and water so clear the shadow of the ship sits on the sea floor.

Best Time to Go
Year-round; November to April is driest
Typical Length
3 to 5 nights
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February 18, 2028
March 17, 2028This sailing