Disappointing cruise

Norwegian Bliss Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

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Reviews: 4
Helpful Votes: 117

Overall rating:

2.8 out of 5
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Norwegian Bliss

7 Night Alaska With Dawes Glacier (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 03, 2022

Ship: Norwegian Bliss

Cabin number: 12196

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Very disappointed from last year. Food was terrible unless you up pain to specialty dining. The onboard shop h no merchandise.The port stops were too short and disjointed . The testing for Victoria was a joke!

Embarkation

2 out of 5
NCL did not CLEARLY explain that testing was need because of Canada stop. Then when they ran out of tests they just handed out passes to board without testing. I was told hundreds of passengers were not tested..

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
Specialty dining great. Main dining room FOOD AND CHOICES WERE TERRIBLE. Cafe food was tasteless, cold, or overcooked.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Fitness center was ok. Equipment want always clean and it was hot.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Jersey Boys was great. Six could hardly understand and one comedian (Bonner) was horrible.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Steward was wonderful. Our wait staff was great!

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Was on it last year so familiar with it.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
All good.

Ship tip

They cut shore times down a lot! Be careful when planning shore activities

Ports of call

Seattle, Washington

1 out of 5

Sitka, Alaska

4 out of 5

Juneau, Alaska

2 out of 5

CRUISE ENDICOTT ARM & DAWES GLACIER Did not visit port

We were supposed to but didn't. NCL claimed visibility but it was not raining or foggy!

Icy Strait Point (Hoonah), Alaska

2 out of 5
You offered tours and then cancelled them.

KETCHIKAN (WARD COVE), ALASKA

1 out of 5
Way to short of port time. By time town open store you want us back on board.

Victoria, British Columbia

1 out of 5
What a joke. A COVID test for 2.5 hours in the dark.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
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6 Comments

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing.

javawoody    2 years ago

Appreciate the review

AuntPinkie    2 years ago

Sorry this cruise didn’t meet the standards you expect from NCL. Appreciate your feedback.

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

RoynKaren    2 years ago

Hope it improves

RetiredRay    2 years ago

Glad my trip in May/June were much better.

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