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Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

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Review summary

Back home in Michigan from our first cruise, we just got off the NCL Bliss. My husband and I had a nice long wait in the a Miami Airport. 5 hours. We discussed it and rate our trip a strong 8 + out of ten. Things we loved Free style cruising, dress up or down, and felt very comfortable. The 3 Specialty Dining was included in our trip, but we only used one, Los Lobos. The service was great, the food was very nice, and the guacamole was great. We just prefer to not have to make reservations. We loved the Garden cafe, we had most of our meals there. Very nice selection. Turkey one night, prime rib two nights, grilled everything one night, bbq ribs ect one night. And a seafoods night. In addition to the main theme, they had a pasta station, burger/ hotdog/grilled chicken /French fries station. Indian cuisine, and a Mediterranean type food station. Cold-cuts, cheese, salad bars. There were many sides, desserts, and ice cream. Our stateroom, and room steward(Brian) beautiful... top to bottom Observation lounge 10 out of 10 Beautiful, plenty of seating, nice restrooms, and beautiful continental type breakfast, and lunches. Atrium, lovely, and always hopping with fun activities. (Could use more seating for the shows) Pool deck, a little too crowded on sea days, only able to use on port days. Did find as nice sun deck on 19, outside the Vibe club, and it was lively. My husband thinks there could be more bartenders at the pool bars, the waits could get a little long. I thought the water slides were great. Casino was fun with plenty of selection. (I won $200🤗) Crew was very attentive at guest services, if the lines got long, they would come to you while you were waiting, and see what’s they could help you with. Photo pkg great, BUY in advance, save big money, lots of photo opportunities, make sure to use them. $199 if you purchase in advance, includes 23 photos. If you wait to purchase on board, the same pkg will cost $503. Elevators were probably the biggest issue, with only two sets of elevators, it got crazy. Able bodied people should stairs when possible.(my opinion) Drink pkg well worth it . We also did the crew talent show, and farewell event. Very touching. Bingo, I played once, no luck. Loved the pull tabs. As far as the people saying you would be Nickle/ dimed to death: we spent a total of $200 out of pocket onboard(including $100 in singles, we took for tips). We payed all fees before sailing. No surprises at the end. Also if I could be negative for one minute. The rude people who don’t follow the rules, and allow their children in the adult only pool. Also let the brats eat,and slop their food on the deck, and deck chairs. Run the halls with drinks, and ice creams dripping on the carpeting. ( a few observations) There is no excuse for that. I wish the crew had the ability to crack down on these behaviors. The ship would remain beautiful for much longer. The crew worked so hard keeping up with the maintenance, dusting, wiping, sweeping endlessly. This is a parenting issue, we seem to be experiencing more often these days. This is the best I can do, but I’d gladly sail with NCL again Thank You.

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Miami, Florida

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

Tortola, British Virgin Islands

Nassau, Bahamas

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