It involves making travel plans to Europe in a bit of a
hurry but this last mean cruise deal is well worth it. Nine nights on board the
Norwegian Spirit on a Western Europe cruise out of Barcelona, Spain can now be
had for as low as $28 per night. Spirit embarks from Barcelona at 7pm on
Sunday, December 1, 2013. If that’s too rushed, the same itinerary embarking on
December 10 starts from just $50 more.
The Cruise
This nine night Western Europe cruise embarks from
Barcelona, Spain on December 1, 2013, leaving the Mediterranean and heading to
the Atlantic Ocean to visit Morocco and the Canary Islands off the African
coast.
The Norwegian Spirit stops on Tuesday, December 3 at
Casablanca, Morocco. Visitors will get plenty of time to explore this historic
African city with the boat docked from 8am to 11pm.
After a day at sea, the ship then visits Santa Cruz de
Tenerife in the Spanish Canary Islands. Tenerife is the largest of this group
of islands. The following day, she moves to Lanzarote, the easternmost island
of the Canaries.
On the return trip to Barcelona, Norwegian Spirit makes one
Mediterranean port call at Malaga on the southern coast of Spain. After one
more day at sea, Spirit arrives back at Barcelona at 5am on Tuesday, December
10, 2013.
Pricing
Pricing for this cruise currently starts at just $249 per
person for an interior stateroom. An Ocean View stateroom is well worth the
additional $20 per person at $269. A suite on board the Norwegian Spirit is
still a little pricy at $1,249. An additional $116 per person is tagged on in
the form of government fees and taxes.
The Ship
The Norwegian Spirit was launched as the SuperStar Leo of
Star Cruises in 1998. NCL and Star are under the same parent company. The ship
was then acquired by Norwegian in 2004 and has been in the fleet since.
This is a Leo Class ship and the only one with Norwegian
Cruise Lines. The only other Leo Class vessel is the SuperStar Virgo in the
Star Cruises fleet. The Virgin is identical to the Spirit and has been in
service since 1999.
Spirit is medium sized ship at best with a gross tonnage of
75,388. She is 879 feet or 268 metres long. Passenger capacity is around 1,996
with 965 crew members needed to make the ship run smooth. There are ten decks
accessible to passengers.
The Small Print
·Because of the nature of last minute deals, the pricing printed here is fleeting and could change at any time.
·Prices are in Canadian dollars.
·Most meals are included in a typical cruise price but DRINKS ARE NOT!
·Also not included are gratuities.
·Cruise pricing does not include air fare, ground transfers and hotel accommodations before and after the cruise.
