{{Short description|Cruise ship owned by Norwegian Cruise Line}} {{Use American English|date=November 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2025}} {{Infobox ship | display_title = ital |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image = Norwegian Aqua southampton.JPG | image_caption = ''Norwegian Aqua'' in Southampton }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = | country = Bahamas | flag = {{shipboxflag|Bahamas|civil}} | name = ''Norwegian Aqua'' | owner = Norwegian Cruise Line | operator = | registry = Nassau, {{flagu|Bahamas|civil}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Norwegian Aqua (48614) |url=https://vesselregister.dnv.com/vesselregister/details/48614 |publisher=Vessel Register for DNV |access-date=4 May 2026}}</ref> | route = | ordered = | builder = Fincantieri,<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Norwegian Aqua Completes Maiden Voyage in Southampton|url=https://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/2025/03/norwegian-aqua-completes-maiden-voyage-in-southampton/|website=Cruise Industry News|access-date=2025-11-30|language=en|date=2025-03-28}}</ref> Marghera<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fincantieri.com/en/newsroom/news-e-comunicati-stampa/2024/norwegian-cruise-line-and-fincantieri-celebrate-float-out-of-all-new-norwegian-aqua-tm|title=Norwegian Cruise Line and Fincantieri celebrate float out of all-new Norwegian Aqua TM|date=2024-04-23|accessdate=2025-12-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ncl.com/de/de/newsroom/de/norwegian-cruise-line-and-fincantieri-feiern-gemeinsam-das-ausdocken-der-neuen-norwegian-aqua|title=Norwegian Cruise Line and Fincantieri feiern gemeinsam das Ausdocken der neuen Norwegian Aqua|date=2024-04-24|accessdate=2025-12-20|language=german}}</ref> | original_cost = | yard_number = | way_number = | laid_down = | launched = | completed = | christened = April&nbsp;14, 2025<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2025-04-14 |title=Norwegian Aqua Christened in Miami |url=https://www.cruisecritic.com/news/ncl-christens-norwegian-aqua-in-miami/ |access-date=2025-11-30 |website=Cruise Critic |language=en}}</ref> | sponsor = Eric Stonestreet | acquired = | maiden_voyage = | in_service = 2025–present | out_of_service = | identification = | fate = | status = In service | notes = }}

|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = | class = {{sclass|Prima|cruise ship}} | tonnage = {{GT|156300}}<ref name=":0" /> | displacement = | length = {{cvt|1,056|ft|m}}<ref name=":0" /> | beam = 41 m | height = | draught = | depth = | decks = | deck_clearance = | ramps = | ice_class = | power = | propulsion = | speed = | capacity = 3,571<ref name=":0" /> | crew = 1597 | notes = }} }}

'''''Norwegian Aqua''''' is a cruise ship operated by Norwegian Cruise Line of the ''Prima'' Plus class, the debut ship of its subclass.

== History == In 2017, Norwegian Cruise Line ordered four ships of a novel class, scheduled for delivery from 2022 to 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-02-16 |title=Norwegian Orders Four Ships from Fincantieri |url=https://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/2017/02/norwegian-orders-four-ships-from-fincantieri/ |access-date=2025-12-24 |website=Cruise Industry News |language=en-US}}</ref> ''Norwegian Aqua''{{'}}s maiden voyage was from the Fincantieri shipyard to Southampton.<ref name=":3" /> The ship's first sail across the Atlantic was originally intended to be from Southampton to Boston, but was diverted to New York City due to inclement weather.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Weather Forces Debark Change for Norwegian Aqua's Maiden Crossing|url=https://www.cruisehive.com/weather-forces-debark-change-for-norwegian-aquas-maiden-crossing/167017|website=Cruise Hive|date=2025-03-28|access-date=2025-11-30|language=en-US|first=Donna|last=Tunney}}</ref>

Eric Stonestreet christened ''Norwegian Aqua'' on April&nbsp;13, 2025, at Miami.<ref name=":0" />

=== Service history === For the 2026 season, ''Norwegian Aqua'' is scheduled for 28 visits of Bermuda.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-11-17 |title=2026 CRUISE SHIP SCHEDULE |url=https://www.gotobermuda.com/sites/default/files/2025-11/2026%20pdf%20Cruise%20Ship%20Schedule.pdf |access-date=2025-12-11 |website=Go To Bermuda |publisher=Department of Marine and Ports Services}}</ref>

== Design == ''Norwegian Aqua'' is 10% larger than other ships of the ''Prima'' class,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2025-10-08 |title=Norwegian Aqua Arrives in Miami for Next Caribbean Season |url=https://www.travelmarketreport.com/cruises/articles/norwegian-aqua-arrives-in-miami-for-next-caribbean-season |access-date=2025-11-30 |website=Travel Market Report}}</ref> being the first of the ''Prima'' Plus subclass.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Rubio |first=Paul |date=2025-07-24 |title=All Aboard the New Norwegian Aqua |url=https://www.palmbeachillustrated.com/all-aboard-the-new-norwegian-aqua/ |access-date=2025-11-30 |website=Palm Beach Illustrated |language=en-US}}</ref> In addition to ''Prima''-class features, ''Norwegian Aqua'' also has a slidecoaster (a hybrid between a water slide and roller coaster<ref name=":2" />), digital sport complex, arcade, and an adults-only club.<ref name=":1" /> Riders on the slidecoaster can reach around {{Convert|50|km/h|mph|abbr=on|order=flip}} and experience 0.8 g of force.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Neumeier |first=Franz |date=2025-03-23 |title=Die Wasserrutschen-Achterbahn „Aqua Slidecoaster“ der Norwegian Aqua |url=https://www.cruisetricks.de/die-wasserrutschen-achterbahn-aqua-slidecoaster-der-norwegian-aqua/ |access-date=2026-02-14 |website=Cruisetricks.de Kreuzfahrt-Ratgeber |language=de}}</ref> There are seventeen restaurants and eighteen bars on ''Norwegian Aqua''.<ref name=":2" /> The external art of the ship was designed by Allison Hueman.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-02 |title=Norwegian Cruise Line stellt die neue Norwegian Aqua vor, das erste Schiff der erweiterten Prima-Plus-Klasse |url=https://www.ncl.com/de/de/newsroom/de/norwegian-cruise-line-stellt-die-neue-norwegian-aqua-vor-das-erste-schiff-der-erweiterten-prima-plus-klasse/ |access-date=2025-12-24 |website=Norwegian Cruise Line |language=de}}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * [https://www.ncl.com/cruise-ships/norwegian-aqua Norwegian Cruise Line page]

{{Norwegian Cruise Line}}

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