Overall great cruise. My real complaint was the Checkers Hotel and the travel arrangements to the ship. We've stayed in better $100 a night hotels with good free breakfasts, better internet, and pool, even the service was not that great. I'll tell my travel agent to not recommend that package to anyone.
Embarkation
3 out of 5
Scheduled for 9:45, bus from hotel left at 11:30. The messed up my Covid test, didn't get a TEXT message till the next day.
Ship experiences
Food and Dining
5 out of 5
Great food as usual, 6 paid dinners, all fantastic!
Onboard Activities
5 out of 5
Plenty to do with all the sea days.
Entertainment
3 out of 5
Jersey Boys fantastic, Beatles Experience not so much, Comedy duo - one was good the other now really. Aritha Franklin tribute, fantastic voice but her arrangement of a couple of the songs wasn't so good. Probation Show very well done and fun.
Service and Staff
5 out of 5
Service was superb everywhere, room, dining, bar, events, excursions.
Ship Quality
5 out of 5
Washy Washy every day!
Cabin / Stateroom
5 out of 5
Bid upgraded to 15280 Spa Balcony. nice, enough room, very clean
Ship tip
Don't take their Hotel prepackage in LA, way to expensive, (everything)
Could have had more pre-transit info, history, engineering, etc. The purchased video was too old and done terribly. Update it with better commentary. Better ones on Youtube!
Great city tour. Our guide was very knowledgeable. City was pretty dirty and to many crazy drivers (worse than LA) The provided snack ended up being two great appetizes, almost a full lunch, with wine, beer or juices.
Well...the port in Costa Rica was a **commercial port** never intended for tourist. It said so in the daily, if I recall. This is why passengers were required to be shuttled to the city, and NEVER allowed to walk around the pier. But the Pier Owner/Manager would not allow passengers on his pier anyway; dispite the Bliss passing the Health Inspection and having Port Authority approval.
Had the same experience in the tampa hotel ncl put us in. $300 a night, no breakfast. Port check in was 9 and they refused to transport us until 11:30.
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