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Norwegian Bliss Cruise Review to Mexico

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 7
Helpful Votes: 128

Overall rating:

3.7 out of 5
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Norwegian Bliss

7 Night Mexican Riviera (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 12, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Bliss

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9258

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Boat is nice but low ceilings . Did not have grand atrium ; speciality dining almost impossible to get reservations. Not enough music in evenings with all the spaces they have in boat. Piano bar is only thing available after 11pm and the bar is a horrible set up like someone’s basement . Dining room nice in back of the boat . Wait times vary for seating. Very long time to get on the ship (2hours ) , getting off the ship was super quick . Cruise director is rarely seen and doesn’t host anything Later in evening like marriage show. Band outside by pool is good. Only later night food is local bar which you have to wait in line and dine in . Not reasonable for people who just want a piece of pizza or snack. They do not have pizza there. This is only place to get food after 3 pm as well if you are coming back from shore. They should have a burger place or pizza place or Mexican place or sandwiches available as alternative for thousands of people coming back on boat at 3 pm when in port,

Embarkation

1 out of 5
Took two hours in line to board boat

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Main dining good food. Cagney great. Asian restaurant not good

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Good band out by pool

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Jersey boys great . Piano bar is terrible setting even though piano player is good. Not enough entertainment after 10 pm .

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ship tip

Book speciality restaurant immediately and shows. Very stressful trying to get into restaurant to use dining credit.

Ports of call

San Pedro (Los Angeles), California

2 out of 5

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

5 out of 5
Whale watching a must with Whale Watch Cabo company . 15 minute walk from tender drop off.

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

5 out of 5

Mazatlan, Mexico

3 out of 5

Ensenada, Mexico

1 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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5 Comments

PaulzyJC    1 year ago

I went to the brew district during the day and it was nice and quiet. At night it was crowded.

PaulzyJC    1 year ago

What? The atrium IS large. Whatchutalkeenbout?

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

jeffykins    1 year ago

Agreed that The District is a very closed-off layout for the nightly piano-man entertainment. So fun!! But yes a lot of obstructed seats around the columns and partitions unless you're sitting right in front of the pianist.

javawoody    1 year ago

Thanks for the review

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