kazakh Cruise Review on Norwegian Bliss on Jun 09, 2018

Norwegian Bliss Cruise Review

kazakh

Contributor Level: Third Mate

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Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 24

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

Sail date: June 09, 2018

Ship: Norwegian Bliss

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Okay, let me start off with this may be a little bias because I am a avid Norwegian Cruiser! Alright let me start off with the food, it was great and it was hot and delicious but places like the Garden Cafe it was impossible to find some where to sit and eat but Taste & Savor were great! Next room quality, I had room 5101 which we thought was going to suck because of location. But it wasn’t bad at all! Our room steward was awesome and kind! Size was okay but what can you expect for an inside room. The elevators were not fun what so ever, they were crowded and usually stopped at every single level. (This part may not apply to you)The ports were awesome and it was usually cheap to get to the main downtown city (except Victoria) In Ketchikan you didn’t need a bus but in Juneau you got a free bus but tips were much appreciated and in Skagway the bus was $2 a person or $5 for hop on hop off all day, but in Victoria it was $13CAD per person. The go karts were 100% worth the money in my opinion (we did it twice!) laser tag wasn’t that great but I would do it just for the experience (Make sure you do it at night and book the day you get on for Laser Tag and Go karts as they were all booked 2 days in). I didn’t know what type of onboard activities there would be, if it would be geared toured an older audience or if it was like the Caribbean cruise and I would say the entertainment was the same but some things for an older audience. (Make sure to arrive at game shows at least 30 mins early to get good seats) The observation lounge was wonderful but NCL needs to take care of the problem of people just sleeping there or reserving seats then leaving for long periods of time! But continuing it was a great place to see the mountains and land as we sailed up into Alaska! The glacier we saw was awesome and it was cool to see it but also sad because my parents had come to see the same glacier 13 years ago and said it was double the size of it now 😔 Havana was not great in my opinion but Jersey boys is a must and you also have to see the Beatles they are great!! Danny in the surf bar was so nice! And the crew members were awesome and seemed to be happy, though there were some who weren’t the nicest we didn’t let that effect our vacation! People say that it was too cold to swim but we were lucky that the day before we arrived in Victoria which was a sea day was bright with no clouds and a high of 68! People got into the hot tubs and were out on the sun deck and kids were in the deep and warm pool! (6ft 8in) also make sure your kids go to the water slides when they are open because they close often and don’t open up that much! They were open almost every day but for an hour or two. On our cruise a lady broke something and the officers seemed to handle the problem very well and I hope that lady is okay and at least we were in port that day (Victoria) The cruise director was great and the assistant cruise director was great but just not Tyler or Jackie. (Sorry that this isn’t in order 😂) the boarding process was easy but different. When you get there it’s not tons of porters standing right next to the curb taking your bags you have to go into an area near the building and give it to them (not complaining just FYI) Disembarkation was quick and easy they had the normal luggage tag system and the customs were easy and fast to get through but when you get to the street of pier 66 it was pure chaos it’s full of taxis honking at Uber’s and Lyfts and them pulling out in front of each other and suvs and vans pull into places they can’t fit so they cause more traffic. Just FYI they have a free shuttle for you to go pickup a rental car if you reserved one. Make sure you download the Ncl app ( the new one) because they put they freestyle daily in there and it’s super easy fast and nice! I had full bars of internet accept in my room which was the farthest away from anything which I had around 2 or 3 in there.

7 Comments

cruisereckoning 4 years ago

Thanks for the review

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dcregar 6 years ago

Thanks for the tip.

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znv3952 6 years ago

You

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kazakh 6 years ago

Nickiann if you have any questions just ask me and I’ll be happy to answer

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Nickiann 6 years ago

Thank you for the detailed information. This is our first cruise so we need all the info we can get.😊

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142KSJD 6 years ago

Alaska is beautiful

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kazakh 6 years ago

I forgot to say that they have blankets you can’t borrow for the cruise you just go to the towel exchange and sign some out!

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