NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE UNVEILS NORWEGIAN PEARL’S
HULL ARTWORK

MIAMI - March 15, 2006 – Today at the Seatrade Cruise Shipping Conference in Miami, NCL Corporation (“NCL”) unveiled the colorful hull artwork for its newest build, Norwegian Pearl, now scheduled for early delivery in November 2006.

Norwegian Pearl’s decorative hull artwork will be splashed along both sides of the hull featuring dramatic strands of colorful pearls and streamers running from the bow of the ship almost to the middle of the ship. Pearls naturally come in a wide variety of colors, ranging from creams and roses to greens and golds. The hues on Norwegian Pearl’s hull will showcase a colorful palate including green, plum, cranberry and sapphire blue.

“Each of our ship’s hull artwork expresses the vessel’s individual personality,” said Colin Veitch, NCL’s president and CEO. “With the Norwegian Pearl artwork, we wanted to embody the colorful palette of the ship’s dynamic public rooms and bring it to the outside of the ship.”

As the eighth big, new ship to join the NCL fleet since modernization began in 2000, Norwegian Pearl will feature all the attributes of NCL’s dynamic modern Freestyle Cruising fleet. She features multiple restaurants, vibrant public rooms, versatile, family-friendly accommodations; and NCL’s popular new style of accommodations, Courtyard Villas, which along with each ship’s two Garden Villas, make up the biggest, most luxurious, most innovative suite complexes at sea.

For high resolution, downloadable renderings of the hull graphics, please log onto NCL’s website at www.ncl.com/hires. For further information on NCL Corporation or NCL America, contact a travel agent or NCL in the U.S. and Canada at (800) 327-7030.

NCL Corporation ("NCL") is an innovative cruise company headquartered in Miami, Florida, with a fleet of 15 ships in service and under construction. The corporation oversees the operations of Norwegian Cruise Line, NCL America, and Orient Lines. The company is currently building three ships, including one more for the NCL America brand in Hawai`i - Pride of Hawai`i (delivery in April 2006), Norwegian Pearl (delivery in November 2006) and Norwegian Gem (delivery in 2007).