Beautiful clean ship with great staff!

Norwegian Bliss Cruise Review to Mexico

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 26

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5
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Norwegian Bliss

7 Night Mexican Riviera (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 12, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Bliss

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 12539

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

A great gruise to visit several ports and enjoy the beauty of Mexico. The staff and crew of the Norwegian Bliss was outstanding every step of the way. I had no issues, and will definitely book anoth cruise with Norwegian in the future.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
It was quite warm inside the terminal until they started some box fans to push the warm air out. Overall, not bad.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Food was great. Service in dining rooms was please and attentive. The buffet had plenty of duplicate stations to keep the lines at a minimum. Specialty dining was next level, and felt like it. Thoroughly enjoyed all meals onboard during the week.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Great activities all week. Bingo, waterslides, pools, bowling and fitness center were all open. Go Karts opened later in the week as well. Plenty to keep me busy.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
I saw both shows in the theater, Six and Jersey Boys. great cast and each were nicely done. I also saw the comedy show at the Cacvern Club and the live music in the atrium.

Children's Programs

I traveled solo.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Friendly service all week from cabin steward, wait staff, excursion team.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Good layout overall. It's a large ship, but the layout is nice and most things are easily accessible either by elevator or stairwell.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Small, but enough space. Very clean and well maintained by cabin steward.

Ship tip

Prepay what you can. It helps to cut down additional expenses, and avoid surprises to your onboard account.

Ports of call

San Pedro (Los Angeles), California

4 out of 5
Great starting point. It's my home port, so no excursion was necessary.

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

4 out of 5
Nice port and simple tender process. I did a resort beach day which included lunch, and some downtime by the pool. Staff was friendly and hotel was clean and well maintained.

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

5 out of 5
Beautiful city. Took the city tour excursion around town and loved it. Our tour guide, Javier was both informative and helpful.

Mazatlan, Mexico

5 out of 5
Beautiful city with great people. I went on the Mexican Show and city tour, and had a lovely time. Can't wait to return and see some more of this city!

Ensenada, Mexico Did not visit port

Decided to remain on the ship and relax a bit.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Simple and easy. Following the instructions about leaving my bags out the night before, and had a light breakfast while waiting for my color group to be called. My bag was simple to find in the terminal and customs clearance was a piece of cake.
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7 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     4 months ago

Thanks for sharing

Twanda     11 months ago

Was there any theme parties like all white or captain night out?

cruising2004    1 year ago

Glad you had a great cruise. Thank you for the review and ship tip.

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us

javawoody    1 year ago

Appreciate the feedback

Skooby    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing.

RetiredRay    1 year ago

Sounds like a good trip.

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