Beautiful scenery, lots to do, but got COVID.

Norwegian Bliss Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5
Norwegian Bliss

7 Night Alaska With Dawes Glacier (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 14, 2022

Ship: Norwegian Bliss

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 13792

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Cruising on the bliss as always a pleasure. I wish the folks in the main dining room were a little less perky, but that’s just me.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Delayed because they had a gastroenteritis outbreak the cruise before and were disinfecting the ship.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Don’t order the duck at Le Bistro

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Thermal spa was fantastic.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Jersey Boys was great.

Children's Programs

I don’t have kids.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Our room steward, Albert, was amazing and took

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
The common areas were always clean and they sanitized the elevators every time somebody got off.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
The room was fine and the bigger bathroom with the shower jets was great.

Ship tip

Don’t spend so much time doing “stuff” that you can’t watch the breathtaking scenery glide past.

Ports of call

Seattle, Washington

5 out of 5
No excursion.

Sitka, Alaska

5 out of 5
Did the otters, bears, raptor excursion.

Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5
Did the Mendenhall Glacier, gardens and hatchery. The hatchery was a waste of time but the glacier and the gardens were awesome.

CRUISE ENDICOTT ARM & DAWES GLACIER

2 out of 5
We didn’t do anything and it was late by the time he’s cruised by.

Icy Strait Point (Hoonah), Alaska

5 out of 5
Took the Hoonah exploration trip, which was a tram ride through Huna with an indigenous tour guide who explained totem poles and the story of how her people got to icy straight point. That was very educational. Then, the tram stopped at what the guide said were the original indigenous buildings in Hoonah, sad this was a private tour and the tour was over, and we were expected to walk back to the ship, which was about a half to 3/4 of a mile away. She offered to show us how to get there. The group mutinied and made her take us back to the departure den where we had started. We then took the green gondola over to the other side, did a self tour of the cannery, ate lunch over there, bought some souvenirs, and enjoyed that part of the day. I wouldn’t waste my money on the Hoonah tour.

Ketchikan, Alaska

5 out of 5
We took the excursion for the lumberjack show and crab fest. Turns out, the crab fest was first, so we were eating crab and cheesecake at 8:30 in the morning. Not a problem. The lumberjack show was entertaining and fun and I would watch it again.

Victoria, British Columbia Did not visit port

We didn’t even get to Victoria until 730 at night, and had a very short period of time to explore. It seemed hardly worth going to shore.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Disembarkation was fast and easy, but we handled our own luggage. I don’t know how it was for people who use the port valet.
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7 Comments

byhisgrace    2 years ago

Appreciate your feedback

rmartin199    2 years ago

Thanks for your review. I plan on sailing same July 30th! I was on the Encore in April and got covid!! Covid Cruise!

javawoody    2 years ago

Thanks for the review

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

Pie56    2 years ago

Hope the disinfecting took care of the stomach bug

AuntPinkie    2 years ago

Appreciate your feedback. Glad you enjoyed your Alaskan cruise.

Annette183    2 years ago

Sounds like a great time!

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