Captain308 Cruise Review on Norwegian Bliss on Dec 15, 2018

Norwegian Bliss Cruise Review

Captain308

Contributor Level: Second Mate

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Reviews: 5

Helpful Votes: 68

Overall rating:

5 out of 5

Sail date: December 15, 2018

Ship: Norwegian Bliss

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Room 10188 I usually do not give 5 stars because everyone can improve at something. However, Norwegian really went above and beyond for us on this trip. The airline lost one of our bags claimed they would get it to us before the ship set sail. Well...that didn’t happen. We spoke with customer service on the ship when we boarded to explain the issue we had. They gave us a few T-Shirts, toiletries and free laundry until we received our bags. They didn’t have to do this however I’m glad they did. We finally received our bags on Tuesday night, we set sail Saturday so it was a rough start but they helped us manage with what clothes we had and took care of getting the bag from the airport in St.Thomas to our room. Other than the bag issue we really enjoyed NCL. It was our first with them. The variety of food options and the freestyle dining was awesome in my opinion. Food overall was great. We had the 3 specialty dinning package. We went to the Q, Teppanyaki and los lobos. All 3 were really good. If you plan to do any of these you better make the appointments for them early, like the first or second day or you’ll loose out. We didn’t hang out around the main pool. It was crazy crowded and lots of kids on the cruise. We went to the adult area everyday and really liked that. If it got hot you had rain head/ get wet area that you could cool off in. I do wish it would have had a small pool for the area. Really liked the go carts. They were a lot of fun. The times fill up quick on those as well so book early. I hate they cost but it wasn’t that bad and was worth it. I do feel like some of the other cruise lines put more emphasis on learning your name and the cruise director being more into making your time great. This is probably the first cruise in many years that I couldn’t tell you the cruise directors name. For some this isn’t a big deal and it’s not really I just like that extra touch. Overall the cruise was great and we would cruise with NCL again.

3 Comments

Jerdam 5 years ago

Thanks for your positive review. Have only cruised NCL once, back in 1986. Booked for the 15 night Panama Canal cruise in March 2019, and was becoming quite concerned with our decision. Thanks for the reassurance. Can’t wait to board this innovative ship.

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Travelwell 5 years ago

Glad to read you recovered your luggage & enjoyed your cruise. Cool

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katj 5 years ago

Thanks for your review. I just booked the 16N Panama Canal for 2020. I loved the Breakaway so I'm hoping The Bliss also delivers. The longer itinerary in early November may mean less kids on board; we'll see. I'm definitely looking forward to cruising on this ship.

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