Need an elevator? Sorry too crowded. Gokarts? Sorry full. Shore excursions? Sorry sold out. Restaurant for your family to sit? Nope- not taking any more reservations. Go to the buffet and fight for a table. Pool chairs for your family? Good luck. Drink service at the pool? Lol. Got up to wait for a drink? Lost your seat. Norwegian has taken what would an ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS boat and turned it into ...
We chose this Cruise because we are on the West Coast and leaving from LA was cheaper than the Caribbean. Also, we were able to pay for this cruise using Air Miles points. The Norwegian Bliss is a giant ship full of Staterooms - not open spaces, not beautiful fine finishes, just more staterooms... "pack 'em in like cattle" should be their motto. No seating at the Buffett, wait in line at every ...
This was our sixth NCL cruise If this was our first cruise ever on NCL, it's unlikely we would ever return.
So many things went sideways on this cruise. Just challenges all week long.
First, embarkation at San Pedro was the worst it has ever been. Handicapped passengers were ignored and repeatedly lied to about boarding. We waited THREE hours in the terminal for wheelchair assistance, ...
My husband and I chose this cruise because we wanted to go through the new canal and end up in Miami to visit friends.
The ugly, embarkation process was a joke. Many passengers did not get on the ship until late afternoon, total confusion by the staff at the terminal. Many staterooms were not ready until four.
On many days staterooms were not cleaned until after two and sometimes later. We ...
We wanted to do the Panama Canal, so we booked this cruise. Shortly after booking it in September 2022 they cancelled stops in Costa Rica and Nicaragua without a reason or refund. Then in December they sent a notice stating the ship would sail from Berth 46 in Los Angeles. A google check showed that the berth had zero facilities which made no sense as it was the middle of winter. Even So Cal has ...
This was a bucket list cruise to go through the Panama Canal and we were traveling with another couple. We are very casual cruisers so we don't expect gourmet top of the line food (truth--we eat at the buffet a lot) or white glove service and we were very satisfied with both the food (ate at Cagneys twice--excellent and Ocean Blue once--also excellent) and service were great. We ate a few times ...
Before this cruise on the Joy the only experience I had like this were Cunard transatlantic sailings. Once when I was a teen (on the original Queen Mary) and more recently in 2013 on the QM2. I avoided cruises for almost 50 years due to my fear of norovirus. (unheard of in the 1960's) Last February my son in law was offered a CAS cruise at a great price and he needed a travel partner as his ...
We were beyond excited for this cruise, as I am a teacher in need of a good vacation and it was my partner and best friend’s first cruise. We went February 18-24 with stops in Cabo and Ensenada.
I’ll start with the pros. It’s a beautiful ship. There was ONE bartender we really liked because he was so kind and positive. He really helped make our experience bearable. And honestly, I’m really ...
We really enjoyed the cruise on the ship but the stops at Cabo, Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan, and Ensenada was ok. We were one of the last groups to tender off the ship to Cabo and spent less than an hour shopping at the port. When we got to Puerto Vallarta for a dolphin swim excursion, our driver didn't know the way. Luckily, my husband had his GPS on and was able to reach our destination safely. ...
There were SO MANY problems on this ship I hardly know where to begin. First, the ship itself has very little outdoor space--there's no traditional lido deck outdoor seating outside the buffet so if you want to eat outside to avoid Covid risk you are just constantly bombarded with 100-decible music. Most of the rest of the space that would traditionally be available to all cruisers was held in ...