Norwegian Cruise Line Ship to Spend First Night of Cruise Docked in Miami
If you're booked on Norwegian Getaway's August 24, 2026 sailing from PortMiami, arrive at your assigned check-in time as usual, but expect only one gangway open at Terminal B. Once you board, you won't be able to leave the ship that evening — you'll stay onboard overnight before the 3 a.m. departure on August 25. Your port calls at Nassau (August 26) and Great Stirrup Cay (August 27) remain unchanged.
This is a scheduling footnote dressed up as sustainability news, and the numbers back that read: PortMiami is testing shore power capability at five berths, following Carnival Conquest's first Miami plug-in back in June 2024, so NCL is playing catch-up here rather than leading. The 3 a.m. departure lands on a day that was already a sea day, which is why Nassau's August 26 arrival and Great Stirrup Cay's August 27 stop survive untouched — smart scheduling on NCL's part, or just luck of the itinerary. The real friction is the single working gangway at Terminal B for up to 3,903 guests, which could mean longer lines at boarding even if NCL says check-in times hold. My read: this costs NCL nothing operationally and buys some sustainability-story goodwill. If I were sailing that day, I'd pad my embarkation window and not plan any last dinner off the ship.