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Norwegian Joy vs Norwegian Luna

The verdict

Which should you choose?

Norwegian Joy is a large Norwegian Cruise Line ship carrying 3,900 passengers, in service since 2017. Norwegian Luna is a large Norwegian Cruise Line ship carrying 3,565 passengers. Norwegian Luna has no Bliss scores or specs yet, so the verdict rests on the figures we do hold.

Choose Norwegian Joy if you want a lower starting fare or more cruises to choose from: its cruises start from $219 (vs $389) and it has 51 cruises on sale (vs 12).

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Specifications

marks the better figure where more, or less, is plainly better.

Norwegian JoyNorwegian Luna
Cruise line Norwegian Cruise Line Norwegian Cruise Line
Ship size Large Large
Maiden voyagenewer highlighted 2017 —
Gross tonnage 163,000 —
Passengers 3,900 3,565
Crew 1,730 —
Passengers per crew memberfewer is better 2.3 —
Space per passengergross tons per passenger; more is roomier 41.8 —
Decks 18 —
Length 1,069 ft —
Beam 136 ft —
Speed 26 mph —
Cruiseable ratingout of 10 9 / 10 —
Cruises on sale 51 12
Upcoming sailings 102 106
Cruise lengths 3 to 17 nights 2 to 10 nights
Fares fromlower highlighted $219 (better) $389

Bliss scores

How they rate, out of 10

Cruiseable rates ships out of 10 on ten parts of a cruise holiday.

Norwegian Luna has no Bliss scores yet.

  • Active Norwegian Joy: 10.0
  • Adventure & nature Norwegian Joy: 10.0
  • Cultural Norwegian Joy: 6.0
  • Dining Norwegian Joy: 7.0
  • Entertainment Norwegian Joy: 8.0
  • Family friendly Norwegian Joy: 7.0
  • Party Norwegian Joy: 7.0
  • Romantic Norwegian Joy: 7.0
  • Spa & fitness Norwegian Joy: 8.0
  • Staterooms Norwegian Joy: 8.0

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