Canada & New England - New York
New York City · 7n · $154/n · Sep 19, 2026
From $1,081 inside · Balcony $2,131
Live · sailing at 0 kn · Portland ME
Norwegian Cruise Line · NCL BREAKAWAY PLUS
Norwegian Escape
Guests
4,266 – 5,218
Crew
1,733
Cabins
2,174
Length
333 m
Space ratio
32
Homeport pattern
Miami
Where she is right now
En route · Portland ME· 9/16/2026, 9:42:21 PM· Course 269°
Position
42.34°N, 71.03°W
Heading
269° · COG 269°
Speed
0 kn
Destination
Portland ME
Our take · opinion
Breakaway Plus Freestyle volume
We experience Norwegian Escape as the first Breakaway Plus ship: Freestyle dining, an expanded The Haven, and Aqua Park energy for families who want a big-ship week without fixed seating. She’s for Miami Caribbean shoppers who treat the ship as half the vacation.
Day to day, Escape feels like Freestyle at full volume. 678 Ocean Place, Broadway shows in the Escape Theater, and the three-deck Aqua Park keep the midship pulse high, while Spice H2O and Vibe Beach Club give adults quieter pockets when the slides get loud. We’d book her for groups who want options every hour, not a hush yacht schedule.
Cabins are where we protect the trip. Most inventory sits in standard balconies around the classic Breakaway footprint, but we steer solos toward the Studio corridor with lounge access and push suite guests into The Haven when privacy and the courtyard pool matter. Connecting family rooms help multi-gen groups; ask us about banks under the Aqua Park or near late atrium energy before you lock a category, especially with light sleepers.
Dining is the Freestyle pitch done right: complimentary rooms like Savor, Taste, and the aft Manhattan Room, plus specialties such as Cagney’s, Le Bistro, Food Republic, and Bayamo. Versus Joy, Bliss, and Encore she is the class pioneer, not the newest toy, but she still delivers the Breakaway Plus playbook without feeling dated. Confirm Miami Caribbean weeks on this page with us when dates and ports matter more than the class name.
She's for
- Families who want Aqua Park and Freestyle flexibility
- Friend groups treating a Caribbean week like a resort
- Solo travelers who value Studio cabins and lounge access
- Guests willing to pay up for The Haven ship-within-a-ship
She's not for
- Travellers chasing quiet white-tablecloth calm
- Anyone stressed by megaship crowds and lines
- Shoppers who only want the newest Prima-class novelty
Honest caveat
At full load, peak Aqua Park hours and elevator banks need patience. We’ll steer you toward quieter cabin pockets and off-peak dining so you skip the worst bottlenecks.
The record · ship backgroundNorwegian Escape, on paper
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The record · ship background
Norwegian Escape, on paper
Show ship backgroundHide ship backgroundNorwegian Escape is the lead Breakaway Plus-class ship for Norwegian Cruise Line, built in Germany and delivered in 2015 ahead of sisters Joy, Bliss, and Encore. She is roughly 7,000 GT larger than Epic-era NCL vessels and was christened in Miami with godfather Pitbull after an October 2015 Southampton-to-Miami inaugural crossing.
Versus Breakaway-class sisters, Escape added a passenger deck, grew The Haven suite count, expanded courtyard spaces, and increased Studio inventory for solos. She launched with large marine scrubber systems and Guy Harvey hull art chosen through a fan naming contest that followed the same process used for Breakaway and Getaway.
Deployment today commonly returns to Miami-based Eastern Caribbean and Bahamas roundtrips; past seasons also used Midtown Manhattan for Bermuda and Florida–Bahamas programs when she briefly became one of the largest ships homeported in New York. Confirm this sailing’s homeport and itinerary on the page before you lock flights. Specs and upcoming inventory sit in the fact sheet and sailings table below.
Build record
- Keel to delivery
- 2013 – 2015
- Inaugural
- Oct 2015, Miami
- Fuel
- Marine diesel / scrubbers
- Sisters
- Norwegian Bliss, Norwegian Encore, Norwegian Joy
Commerce
Upcoming sailings
21 itineraries · 128 sail dates on Norwegian Escape. Fares are live and change daily.
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From $679 inside · Balcony $929
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From $1,693 inside · Balcony $1,953
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From $559 inside · Balcony $769
| Sailing | Date | Depart | Nights | $/n | Inside | Balcony | Suite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada & New England - New YorkNew York City, Ny | Newport, Ri | Boston, Ma | Sydney Cape Breton Island Ns, Canada | Halifax, Canada | New York City, Ny | Sep 19, 2026 | New York City | 7 | $154 | $1,081 | $2,131 | $2,191 |
| Repo - TransatlanticNew York City, Ny | Halifax, Canada | Sydney Cape Breton Island Ns, Canada | Ponta Delgada, Portugal | Funchal, Portugal | Gibraltar | Motril, Spain | Melilla, Spain | Ibiza, Spain | Palma Majorca, Spain | Barcelona, Spain | Sep 26, 2026 | New York City | 16 | $130 | $2,081 | $2,231 | $2,711 |
| Repo - TransatlanticBarcelona, Spain | Provence Marseille, France | Palma Majorca, Spain | Cartagena Spain | Motril, Spain | Cadiz Seville, Spain | Tangier, Morocco | Las Palmas Gran Canaria, Spain | Orlando-Beaches-Port Canaveral, Fl | Oct 28, 2026 | Barcelona | 16 | $82 | $1,319 | $1,669 | $1,869 |
| Eastern Caribbean - Port CanaveralOrlando-Beaches-Port Canaveral, Fl | Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic | St Thomas, Vi | Tortola, British Virgin Islands | Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas | Orlando-Beaches-Port Canaveral, Fl · 20 dates | Nov 13, 2026 | Orlando (Port Canaveral) | 7 | $97 | $679 | $929 | $1,059 |
| 10-Day Space Discovery CruisetourAt Hotel | At Hotel | Orlando-Beaches-Port Canaveral, Fl | Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic | St Thomas, Vi | Tortola, British Virgin Islands | Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas | Orlando-Beaches-Port Canaveral, Fl · 4 dates | Dec 4, 2026 | Orlando (Port Canaveral) | 9 | $188 | $1,693 | $1,953 | $2,173 |
| Western Caribbean - Port CanaveralOrlando-Beaches-Port Canaveral, Fl | Cozumel, Mexico | Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas | Orlando-Beaches-Port Canaveral, Fl | Dec 18, 2026 | Orlando (Port Canaveral) | 5 | $112 | $559 | $769 | $869 |
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