We sailed on the Norwegian Bliss on her maiden voyage in 2018 from Southampton, UK to New York. It was a fabulous experience. We were excited to sail her again for Alaska, but it ended up being quite a disappointment.
We are frequent cruisers, and have sailed pretty much every other line out there. We have never felt so nickeled and dimed as we did on NCL. The gratuities are the highest in the ...
If you are considering Norwegian Bliss or any other NCL ship I suggest you run away. Book any other cruise line other than them. They completely ruined our honeymoon. The first 2 days they sailed into a storm- this wasn’t a regular storm this was 30 foot waves which caused the entire ship to have to stay in our rooms. (They knew about the storm despite claiming they didn’t. - my husband’s co ...
Many thanks to the hard working crew of the Bliss. If you are a first time cruiser or Alaskan cruiser this is not the cruise for you. We usually cruise Alaska annually and have cruised with HA, Princess, RCCL, and several Celebrity. This was our 10th Alaskan cruise. We have cruised various summer months; this was our 3rd cruise in September and we chose this for stops at Sitka and Icy Straight ...
Let me start by telling you about this Cruise line.
Cons:
1) It is very warm on this ship which makes everything you do very uncomfortable in the indoor common areas. Sweating is unavoidable
2) The internet was down for the first 3 days and getting any info as to why was impossible
Many different excuses or just avoidance of your question as to what’s going on
And what about ...
Not only were systems down for days on end, many things were misrepresented completely.
Not only were there 40 foot swells for over 12 hours, resulting in lots of things missed out on and sicknesses to endure.
The boat excursions were not at all as advertised.
It was not a large boat with a full-size bar. A tiny boat with no bar.
Systems were down so much that there was no ...
I preface this review by mentioning that after 3 + years of avoiding COVID, I finally caught it bad on this cruise. I will mention my suspicion’s; take them what what they’re worth. The cruise itinerary in itself isn’t terribly impressive. For a first time Alaska cruiser I wanted more than we got from Sitka, Juneau, Icy Strait Point, Ketchikan and Victoria. The stops in each location were really ...
We selected this cruise for my sons 40th birthday celebration. This was my 4th Alaskan cruise. Twice on Celebrity and once on Princess. Overall we have cruised perhaps 15 to 20 times, first off the on boarding process was actually very good, lines were minimal and staff friendly. The cabin wasn’t available until after 3pm so that wasn’t so good. But the cabin was very nice, loved the large shower. ...
ok I am not a professional cruiser YET. This was my 1st cruise and everything exceeded my expectations.
We booked a 2-bedroom suite in the Haven, this turned out to be perfect for our multi-generational group. We had a great master bedroom and large shower w/ a jacuzzi tub. my mother had her own bedroom w/bath. and my adult son slept in the living room.
the service started early and never ...
Always a pleasure to visit Seattle, WA!
As for the Bliss, we enjoyed our Club Balcony Cabin - plenty of room with large bathroom & tub. Just wish we had at least gone up to deck 10 when choosing our cabins. The kids and their mates had balcony cabins on Deck 9 also.
Really liked the Observation Deck and the bar service there was excellent. You can see all around the ship (both sides and ...
The ship was beautiful. We had a bad experience at Ocean Blue (Bad Rock Lobster) it was mushy and sour. The music was way too loud in the Atrium and I'm a musician!! We were sick (along with several other cruisers) the last two days of cruise..got home and tested Positive for COVID. The scheduling of the ports was terrible. You didn't have time to do anything and the stop in Victoria is ...