Worst Food and Staff Service We Have Ever Encountered!

Norwegian Bliss Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 34

Overall rating:

3.3 out of 5
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Norwegian Bliss

7 Night Alaska: Glacier Bay Skagway & Juneau (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 22, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Bliss

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 14232

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

We always had to send back food, especially red meat because of the wrong cooking temp. Every meal from all restaurants we would order a Diet Coke and a Sprite, each time the order was wrong, it was a simple order. Food was cold from The main dining rooms, were not allowed to take food back to the cabin, not even our anniversary cake. Seafood was undercooked every time even though I filled out the allergy form stating I could not have undercooked seafood, chicken, eggs, or red meat due to just having a liver transplant and I am immunocompromised as well as my allergies to melon and tree nuts. However, I was given food 3 times that had coconut in or on it that the was not on item menu description. Most wait staff could not understand English, I asked to speak to a dining room manager once and after 3 attempts of asking the waitress said "manager ok" and then proceeded to walk around the dining room clearing tables. She either did not understand or did not care. I will say that we had exceptional service at the Ocean Blue restaurant even though their food was undercooked and cold, not to mention the mix up with the sodas. We never had a good meal aboard the ship even Carnival's food was superior to the NCL Bliss. We may never sail with NCL again since the food is a big part of the cruise. Maybe we will just skip the Bliss from now on and give another NCL ship a chance.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
We always had to send back food, especially red meat because of the wrong cooking temp. Every meal from all restaurants we would order a Diet Coke and a Sprite, each time the order was wrong, it was a simple order. Food was cold from The main dining rooms, were not allowed to take food back to the cabin, not even our anniversary cake. Seafood was undercooked every time even though I filled out the allergy form stating I could not have undercooked seafood, chicken, eggs, or red meat due to just having a liver transplant and I am immunocompromised as well as my allergies to melon and tree nuts. However, I was given food 3 times that had coconut in or on it that the was not on item menu description. Most wait staff could not understand English, I asked to speak to a dining room manager once and after 3 attempts of asking the waitress said "manager ok" and then proceeded to walk around the dining room clearing tables. She either did not understand or did not care. I will say that we had exceptional service at the Ocean Blue restaurant even though their food was undercooked and cold, not to mention the mix up with the sodas. We never had a good meal aboard the ship even Carnival's food was superior to the NCL Bliss. We may never sail with NCL again since the food is a big part of the cruise. Maybe we will just skip the Bliss from now on and give another NCL ship a chance.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Comedians, Travis was great the other comedian sucked. The almost Newlywed game, and a lot of other shows in the Atrium.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
The shows were ok but we are biased we don't like musicals. However, the actors, staging, lighting, and themes were great.

Service and Staff

1 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of call

Seattle, Washington

4 out of 5

Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5

Skagway, Alaska

5 out of 5

Cruise Glacier Bay

5 out of 5

KETCHIKAN (WARD COVE), ALASKA

2 out of 5
Too little time at this amazing port.

Victoria, British Columbia

1 out of 5
Why even bother stopping there was no time to do anything. Just cancel this port and add more time in Ketchikan.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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