Cruise Line ProgramsDining whenever and wherever your guests feel like it, Broadway productions at sea, and a private island day in the Bahamas.
Norwegian made its name by taking the rigid parts of cruising — fixed dining times, assigned tables, formal nights — and letting guests decide instead.
For a corporate program that flexibility is a real asset. Your attendees eat when they want, where they want, with whoever they want. Some will be at a steakhouse at six and a comedy club at nine; others will still be on deck at midnight. A week structured this loosely tends to feel less like an itinerary and more like a holiday, which is usually the point.
The newest ships carry the most ambitious hardware Norwegian has built — go-kart tracks on the top deck, sprawling multi-level complexes of bars and restaurants, and an enormous amount of open-air space. Add a private island in the Bahamas and a fleet that covers the Caribbean, Europe, Alaska and Hawaii, and there is usually a strong answer here whatever the brief. See the at-sea overview for the rest of the brands we represent.
Dining is the centre of the Norwegian experience. French, steak, sushi, Italian, churrascaria, teppanyaki and a long list of casual options, all bookable when your guests feel like it rather than at a time someone assigned them. For a program of any size, a private buyout of one of these restaurants makes for an evening that feels entirely yours.
Norwegian licenses full Broadway titles and stages them properly, and the comedy, live music and late-night programming run every night of the week. Award nights and general sessions in rooms built for professional theatre do not feel like meetings in a function room.
The newest ships carry multi-level go-kart tracks, open-air laser tag, virtual reality complexes and some of the largest water features at sea. It is the kind of thing that ends up in the group photo and in the stories people tell when they get home.
The Haven is a keycard-access ship-within-a-ship — private restaurant, private lounge, private sundeck and pool, and concierge and butler service throughout. It is an unusually clean way to recognise your top performers or house your executive team without separating them from the program.
Great Stirrup Cay in the Bahamas gives you a full beach day with cabanas, watersports, food and drink already handled. For a program looking for one easy, high-impact day that needs almost no planning, it is hard to beat.
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Norwegian sails the Caribbean and the Bahamas year round from Miami, Port Canaveral, New York, New Orleans and Galveston. Europe runs spring through autumn, with the Mediterranean out of Barcelona, Rome and Venice and Northern Europe out of Copenhagen, Amsterdam and Southampton. Alaska operates from Seattle and Vancouver each summer, and Norwegian is the only line offering year-round inter-island sailings in Hawaii.
That Hawaii option is worth knowing about — it is a domestic flight for most US-based attendees and delivers four islands in a week with no repositioning days. Tell us where your people are and we will tell you what is available.
Buy the Sea has been placing corporate groups and full ship charters with Norwegian for twenty-six years. We know the fleet, we know the people, and we know what to ask for and when to ask for it so that your program gets the ship, the spaces and the dates it needs. That is the part we handle.
Bring us a headcount, a budget and a range of dates. We will come back with real options across the Norwegian fleet — and across every other line, because we represent all of them and we are paid by the cruise line, never by you. There is no fee, no markup and no obligation. Here is why that matters.
Yes, across the whole fleet. Norwegian is often the first call we make on a full ship charter, and we have run programs from sixteen people up past twelve thousand. Some clients charter even when their group does not fill the ship, simply because they want it to themselves.
More than most planners expect — signage, screens, key cards, venue naming and private events. What is possible comes together at negotiation, and we will walk you through it.
Nothing. We are compensated by the cruise line, never by you. More in the FAQ.