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Norwegian Bliss Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 14

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5
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Norwegian Bliss

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

Sail date: August 26, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Bliss

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 8128

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

I am a little torn of the whole cruise. The food was "okay" and not really, really great like people talk about. This was probably because I was really looking forward to the Q and it was a bad experience of food. The Teppinaki (sp) was VERY fun and the best food on the entire cruise!!

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Garden was WAY too crowded and could never find seating; need more dining than just the Garden for open dining buffet types. Q dining was not great; food was overcooked.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Garden and Observation design needs changed. Make the Observation a Garden 2. WAY too many people in Garden and not enough room for people to sit and eat (especially for breakfasts!!!!)

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Very nice but our USB chargers in the lamps next to both sides of the bed did NOT work and this was very frustrating.

Ship tip

If you don't mind crowds, sail on Bliss.

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Ports of call

Seattle, Washington

4 out of 5

Sitka, Alaska

4 out of 5

Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5
GREAT dogsled excursion
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CRUISE ENDICOTT ARM & DAWES GLACIER

5 out of 5
Loved that we could get in and see the glacier!
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Icy Strait Point (Hoonah), Alaska

5 out of 5
Loved this port!!!
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KETCHIKAN (WARD COVE), ALASKA

4 out of 5
Wish we could have been there longer.
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Victoria, British Columbia

2 out of 5
Was ok. Not very long.
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Disembarkation

4 out of 5
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7 Comments

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing.
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driddle01    1 year ago

Wife and I find all the buffets to be crowded, loud, and chaotic. We prefer the mdr's for most of our meals.
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javawoody    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing
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jeffykins    1 year ago

Agreed about the Garden Cafe -- the buffet on the Bliss has also felt like chaos on my previous trips. It's huge but somehow also too small. And LOUD. Try going down to Taste/Savor for breakfast instead. It's a really nice calm way to start the morning instead of the loud crowded buffet.
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Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing
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dezholland    1 year ago

I agree that buffet was WAY to crowded and not enough seating!!! Need to have other options for breakfast that’s fast since stops were not long so everyone needed a fast bite to eat. Frustrating
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cruising2004    1 year ago

Glad you enjoyed Alaska. Thanks for sharing.
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