Cruise Ship To Dock In New London For The First Time In 4 Years

Information via City of New London

NEW LONDON, CT — Mayor Michael E. Passero and members of the City Council will welcome the first cruise ship visitors to the city in four years when the Ocean Navigator docks at City Pier on April 18.

Approximately 90 visitors and 77 crew members will be in the city for a one-day stay, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The 285-foot, five-deck Ocean Navigator is part of the American Queen Voyages fleet based in Florida. The stop is part of its nine-city itinerary on the Boston-Halifax, NS cruise.

Guests will be offered shore-side excursions in the morning and afternoon and will have time in port for self-guided tours of the city.

“I urge residents and business owners to greet the Ocean Navigator passengers with a warm welcome,” Passero said. “Everyone can play a role in sharing the good news of all that is going in the city, from our housing boom, the Coast Guard Museum and our selection as a hub for offshore wind development, to our restaurants, shops, and historic sites.”

The city also will host passengers on the Ocean Navigator's sister ship, the "Ocean Voyager," on April 21 for a similar port call.

The last cruise ship to stop in the Port of New London was the 298-foot Hebridean Sky of the Noble Caledonia Lines, and that was in May 2018. Prior to that, the 856-foot Dawn Princess stopped here on a round-the-world trip in July 2014. The city’s high point for cruise ship visitors was 2008, when nine ships made a port call in New London.