The Beautiful Bliss

Norwegian Bliss Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

dmarzzy

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 36

Overall rating:

3.7 out of 5

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7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 23, 2019

Ship: Norwegian Bliss

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9312

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

The bliss is a huge beautiful ship! Our adjoining balcony rooms on deck nine or adequate tidy and bright. We never met a room steward however our room is always clean and tidy. Food was plentiful all around the ship. Cagneys and Teppanaki were our favorite specialty restaurants. The main dining room and buffet we’re also very good. The entertainment was plentiful however the venues are too small with that many passengers on the ship. Making reservations for shows including the comedy club were tedious. We would’ve liked more music at the pool and spice H2O. Jersey Boys was fantastic. Frederick and joy in the spice H2O bar exceeded our expectations!! Some venues were close completely for private parties which is unacceptable. The smoking section was more than inadequate and a disappointment after sailing on the Breakaway last year. Overall we had a spectacular cruise vacation on the big beautiful ship however due to the reasons listed above we probably would not sail the Bliss again in the future .

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Orderly and quick

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Food was plentiful and good. Tempanaki and Cagneys were outstanding. We’d skip Q. MDR and buffet were adequate.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

The venues were too small for a ship this size.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Jersey boys was fantastic. Havana was worth seeing. DJs and bands were good would have liked more music by the pools and Spice H2O

Service and Staff

1 out of 5

Fredrick and Joy at Spice H2O were outstanding!! We never met our room steward yet our room was well taken care of daily.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Sparkling clean! There is always crew cleaning, wiping and painting.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Fair size, always tidy. Disappointed the balcony couldn’t be opened between rooms, we would not choose a balcony again for this reason.

Ship tip

The smoking area is extremely disappointing! We sailed on the Breakaway last year and assumed the smoking areas would be similar. We were wrong! You can only smoke in the smoking casino while sailing if you are playing and a TINY section of Spice H2O. For a ship with 4K passengers this was inadequate to say the least. Many venues were closed completely for “private parties” which is unacceptable. If a group opts for a private event it should be in one of the dining rooms where it doesn’t effect other cruisers. We had a fabulous cruise on a beautiful ship but it wouldn’t be our pick again in the future due to the reasons listed above.

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