Norwegian Sky
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Norwegian Sky at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, September 2023 · Photo: Gordon Leggett, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Norwegian Sky no longer sails for Norwegian Cruise Line: she left Norwegian Cruise Line's fleet in September 2026. Norwegian Cruise Line's fleet today · Retired and departing ships
About Norwegian Sky
Norwegian Sky is a former Norwegian Cruise Line cruise ship of the Victoria class, which sailed 1999 to 2026. She measured 77,104 gross tons and carried 1,928 guests with a crew of 766. She sailed Northern Europe, Mediterranean itineraries.
Norwegian Sky sailed for Norwegian from 1999 to 2026. Her hull was begun in Germany as Costa Olympia for Costa Cruises and left unfinished when the Bremer Vulkan yard ran into financial trouble; Norwegian bought it, Lloyd Werft in Bremerhaven completed her, and she was the ship that introduced the line's Freestyle Cruising. From 2004 to 2008 she sailed in Hawaii as Pride of Aloha for NCL America before taking back her original name. Under a long-term charter announced in April 2025, she finished her last Norwegian cruise, a Mediterranean voyage ending in Piraeus, on September 9, 2026, and passed to India's Cordelia Cruises, which renamed her Cordelia Sky.
Ship facts
- Gross tons
- 77,104
- Guests
- 1,928
- Crew 766 · 1:2.5
- Space ratio
- 40.0
- Comfortable
- Sailed
- 1999–2026
- Left the fleet September 2026
- Length
- 254 m
- Decks
- 12
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Norwegian Sky at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, September 2023Photo: Gordon Leggett, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Where she sailed
Quick answers
Which cruise line operates Norwegian Sky?
Norwegian Sky sailed for Norwegian Cruise Line and belongs to its Victoria class.
Is Norwegian Sky still sailing for Norwegian Cruise Line?
Norwegian Sky no longer sails for Norwegian Cruise Line: she left Norwegian Cruise Line's fleet in September 2026.
How big is Norwegian Sky?
Norwegian Sky measures 77,104 gross tons and 254 metres in length, with 12 decks.
How crowded does Norwegian Sky feel?
Norwegian Sky has a passenger space ratio of 40.0: 77,104 gross tons for 1,928 guests. Ratios over 50 feel spacious and under 30 busy, so Norwegian Sky feels comfortable for her size.
How many passengers does Norwegian Sky carry?
Norwegian Sky carried 1,928 guests at double occupancy, with a crew of 766 (about 2.5 guests per crew member).
When did Norwegian Sky enter service?
Norwegian Sky entered service in 1999.
Where does Norwegian Sky sail?
Norwegian Sky sailed Northern Europe and Mediterranean itineraries.
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🌏 Taipei, Taiwan 🗓️ 2025 January Quick recap before I continue on... I had a great 10-day #cruise in parts of Asia on the Norwegian Sky in January - loved the ports we visited but not the ship nor the food on it. Picking up from there, I disembarked from NCL Sky and went on an NCL tour of Taipei.
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