Alaskan NCL Cruise

Norwegian Bliss Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

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Reviews: 4
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Overall rating:

3.1 out of 5
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Norwegian Bliss

7 Night Alaska: Dawes Glacier Juneau & Ketchikan (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 19, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Bliss

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 15808

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 months ago

Review summary

Just mediocre ports. Ship overcrowded and hard to find places to sit onboard when at sea.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Smooth.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Very good

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Did not mention before boarding that you needed fully closed shoes for race track and laser tag. That was very disappointing.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Saw same shows last year. Language on Jersey Boys was really inappropriate for young children. The language could have been toned down and not loose entertainment value.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
Our room steward was overworked. He sometimes didn't get to our room until late afternoon. You raised gratuity price but decreased service . You also need to improve your Thermal Spa noise level. You put out signs but don't monitor and it is no longer quiet or relaxing! You need a full time staff member to regulate the noise for all your paying customers.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
Everything was clean but elevators just too slow.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ship tip

Be prepared for extremely crowded and slow elevators.

Ports of call

Seattle, Washington Did not visit port

Live near there.

Sitka, Alaska

3 out of 5
It was packed and bus into town was a really long line. Our NCL tour got back 15 minutes late and then a ridiculously slow line to get on boat. So slow we missed our reservation for dinner.

Juneau, Alaska

3 out of 5
Yes we did the team.

CRUISE ENDICOTT ARM & DAWES GLACIER

3 out of 5
It was just a sail through no stop.

Icy Strait Point (Hoonah), Alaska

3 out of 5
Gondola up to top.

KETCHIKAN (WARD COVE), ALASKA

1 out of 5
Yes we did to the totem poles. The excursion was very disjointed. Between having to shuttle into town and shuttle back AND a 45 minute wait in line for bus this was actually wasted time. You are in port for such a short period of time and most is spent getting into town and back! Very disappointed!

Victoria, British Columbia

1 out of 5
No decent excursion by time you get off boat. Too late in day to see anything worthwhile.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Good
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