October 6, 2007 - Norwegian Gem is up and running on her first cruise after inaugural celebrations in Dover in which she well and truly sparkled.

The fourth and final ship in NCL's Jewel-class serieshad berthed at 3 o'clock Friday morning after a short hop from Rotterdam ahead of her opening two-day taster to Amsterdam.

After a series of seven day Western Mediterranean itineraries, the ship will make her US debut in Boston on December 12 followed by a christening ceremony in New York City on December 18.

Norwegian Gem, pictured leaving Dover, will spend spring 2008 on seven day Bahamas and Florida itineraries and on 10 and 11-day Exotic Southern Caribbean itineraries out of New York. She'll then summer in Europe on seven-day Western Mediterranean itineraries from Barcelona.

he ship will also offer a 15-day transatlantic sailing in April 2008 and a 13-day transatlantic sailing in November 2008.