Watch out other cruise lines, the Bliss is a major threat! I have been on 26 cruises and most recently 4 of them have been on the new NCL ships (Breakaway/Breakaway + class) in the past 4 years. Each time I go on their latest iteration the experience gets better. I have been on the Escape twice now and loved that ship as well as the Getaway, but the Bliss is even better. How you ask? Let me count the ways. Read further and I will tell you.

First off, my wife and I are from Scottsdale, Arizona and June is the hottest month of the year, so it is a perfect time for us to go Alaska for the cooler weather. I actually prefer the Caribbean, but my wife had never seen Alaska and when NCL announced the Bliss (built for Alaska) I booked our cabin. That was almost 2 years ago. We flew in the day of departure and arrived at the terminal around 11:30am. There was a line around the building to get through security. It moved relatively fast and we were at check in within 15 minutes or so. Check in took maybe 5 minutes and we boarded the ship with no waiting. We called our travel companions and had them meet us at Taste for lunch.

After a wonderful lunch we parted ways, went to our cabin, got settled in and I went exploring the ship, here is our impressions on the new things on the ship and what we enjoyed: Read more