Like Tampa, the Norwegian Star has a warm, welcoming feel to it. You d never know she s been in ser

The Port of Tampa received a new visitor this week: the popular 2001-built Norwegian Star , which will be based at the Florida port through April of 2012, marking the first time both the ship and Norwegian Cruise Line have sailed from the Gulf Coast city.
Sailing a weeklong Western Caribbean itinerary with calls to Roatan, Belize City, Costa Maya and Cozumel departing each Sunday, the Norwegian car trailer hauler for rent Star is also one of the largest ships to regularly call at Tampa.  In order to reach the ocean, ships must first clear the massive Sunshine Skyway Bridge that connects nearby St. Petersburg to Terra Ceia.  With an ocean-to-deck clearance car trailer hauler for rent of just 193 feet, the Norwegian Star can  squeak under.  If you re looking for an impressive photograph, you ll want to be up on deck to watch this memorable sight.
The Port of Tampa is an enviable departure point for a number of reasons.  With less ships coming and going, the city s cruise terminals don t suffer from the jumble of passengers and luggage that can occur in both Miami and Fort Lauderdale. Sailaway also tends to be more scenic; rather than sailing out of port and into the open ocean, departure from Tampa takes a few hours to wind down the cut, under the Skyway Bridge, and out into the Gulf.
When I visited Tampa on a cruise a few years back, it instantly made an impression on me, and remains one of my favorite cities in the United car trailer hauler for rent States to visit. car trailer hauler for rent Tampa International Airport is a mere fifteen to twenty minutes from the cruise terminals, and a number of convenient downtown hotels are so close to the pier that you can actually walk over to your ship (I did!).
car trailer hauler for rent Like Tampa, the Norwegian Star has a warm, welcoming feel to it.  You d never know she s been in service for almost ten years now; Norwegian Cruise Line has put extra care into ensuring one of the founding ships of Freestlyle Cruising still sparkles like new.  A recent refit saw the refurbishment of a number of public spaces and the addition of some exciting new staterooms to the ship s upper decks; a refit so successful that her 2002-built sister-ship Norwegian Dawn recently underwent a similar procedure, emerging refreshed and ready for another decade of cruising.
For more information about Norwegian Cruise Line and their exciting new maiden Tampa-based itineraries, be sure to pay a visit to their website !  To see the changes Norwegian Star underwent, check out our deck-by-deck Photo Tour !
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