Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) has placed an order for four giant new cruise ships. This reflects a cruise marketing strategy ...

The vessels will come in at 226,000 gross tons with capacity to sail with more than 8,300 passengers and crew.

Norwegian Cruise Line is the innovator in cruise travel with a 54-year history ... Norwegian recently introduced its newest vessel, Norwegian Bliss, which began sailing to Alaska from Seattle in June.

Port Canaveral is already home to 16 homeported ships, and the port is looking for ways to accommodate even more.

Norwegian Cruise Line had already announced it was planning to compete with Royal Caribbean in the big-ship game, but details on just how big its new Pinnacle class would be were revealed Wednesday.