Overall Enjoyable but with some disapointments.

Item: Norwegian Bliss
Rating: 3.8
Author: Ddancers

Norwegian Bliss Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Ddancers

Contributor Level: Second Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 16

Helpful Votes: 543

Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 01, 2018

Ship: Norwegian Bliss

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Yes I would recommend going on the Bliss just think twice about going on race track and don't expect good Wi-Fi.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Overall experience was Very good, food we had was very good to excellent even in the standard free dining.

Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville at Sea

5 out of 5

Great food & Margaritas - little pricey considering the menu but worth going to.

Cagney's Steakhouse

5 out of 5

Super Great Steaks book early!

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

We did race track, but my wife was hurt and came close to getting seriously injured. Lack of rules enforcement and too much emphasis and coming in first makes this ride a sure law suit in the next year or two. If you’re an older couple like us or a very young person this ride might not be the thing to do. I personally enjoy the ride but soon realized I was possibility the only one obeying the rules. Cars require a good amount of strength to steer and my wife as suggested stay to the right at a slower speed. However one individual feeling he wasn’t going to win the race decided to turn his vehicle into bumper car. He purposely drove straight into the back of my wife’s vehicle. The impact of 15 plus mph left her in a great deal of pain and tears. The individual was removed from the track, but no one assisted my wife in getting off track when she pleaded to do so. During this one ride I witness at least several other rules violations that merited removing persons from the ride, but there’s not enough support people watching and enforcing rules. Would have tried laser tag but after this bad experience wife wanted nothing to do with it.

Bliss Speedway

2 out of 5

If you’re an older couple like us or a very young person this ride might not be the thing to do. I personally enjoy the ride but soon realized I was possibility the only one obeying the rules. Cars require a good amount of strength to steer and my wife as suggested stay to the right at a slower speed. However one individual feeling he wasn’t going to win the race decided to turn his vehicle into bumper car. He purposely drove straight into the back of my wife’s vehicle. The impact of 15 plus mph left her in a great deal of pain and tears. The individual was removed from the track, but no one assisted my wife in getting off track when she pleaded to do so. During this one ride I witness at least several other rules violations that merited removing persons from the ride, but there’s not enough support people watching and enforcing rules.

Entertainment

4 out of 5

The onboard bands were good, the show where ok but not at the usual NCL high quality in our opinion

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Staff was very helpful and I have to say the person at the Wi-Fi service desk was a saint. This ship although new had the worst Wi-Fi ever ( I mean awful). Yet the person who had to deal with all the complaints was able to remain calm at all times. I could not have been able to fill his job and I've been in I.T. over 20 years

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Mini Suite - same as standard but bigger bathroom and special shower.

Ship tip

If you don't really need Wi-fi don't purchase it costly and very poor. Of the 10 plus ships I've been on that had Wi-Fi this tied for the worst. Even email was not coming in.

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