excellent Alaskan cruise, just wish the weather would have cooperated!!

Norwegian Bliss Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 12

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5
Norwegian Bliss

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

Sail date: May 04, 2024

Ship: Norwegian Bliss

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 15180

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 months ago

Review summary

Bartenders Putu, Harold and Frank on the Observation deck bar were amazing. All bartenders were good, but these three stood out and should be commended for their customer service and timeliness of drink making and organizational skills.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
hassle free and well planned

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
excellent food selections and also love the drink packages. The only problem was they no longer had the Blackberry bliss in the whiskey bar Malt.

The Observation Lounge

5 out of 5

Putu, Harold and Frank were amazing, food was great and it was always clean. Only gripe is people who lay across the couches and sleep using up 3 spots so others do not have a place to sit.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
we did not use any

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Last cruise we saw the Choir of Men show on the Encore and that was amazing. The Beattles show was lacking, The Jersey boys show was good. I wish you had more of the shows such as the Vegas or New York shows with dancing and singing.

Children's Programs

did not use

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
We loved the bartenders on the Observation deck especially Putu, Harvey and Frank. The other bartenders were awesome also, but these three really stood out and had great customer service.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
always clean and if there was a problem someone was there immediately.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
cabin was good size for 2 people, I know it can accommodate 4, but it would have been tight. My only complaint is that the shower drained poorly so water would overflow out onto the main bathroom floor. But, the multi head sprayers were excellent.

Ship tip

get on deck early because people go out early and throw towels on all the lounge chairs so they feel they can reserve them for the entire day. I take them off and throw them in the towel bin. no ass in seat, no saving of seat.

Ports of call

Seattle, Washington

5 out of 5
just got onto ship did not shop or look around

Sitka, Alaska

4 out of 5
it was a good the bathrooms at the boat dock were gross and filthy. But the excursion we went on was fun and informative. shore time was to short

Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5
very nice port but could have used more time for sight seeing after the excursion.

CRUISE ENDICOTT ARM & DAWES GLACIER

4 out of 5
Our excursion was cancelled so we booked a float plane for over the glaciers. We got to some shopping and buy some jewelry and souveniers. Once again, port time was to short.

Icy Strait Point (Hoonah), Alaska

5 out of 5
This port is amazing, but very busy and hard to navigate through the gift shop areas because of the over crowding and people wearing huge backpacks and knocking over tables of merchandise.

KETCHIKAN (WARD COVE), ALASKA

5 out of 5
Did not go sight seeing but went through the town the way to and back from our excursion. Wish more information was given about Ketchikan port because we would have stayed in town and did more sight seeing around the boardwalk area.

Victoria, British Columbia

5 out of 5
OMG this city is beautiful. we did a horse drawn night time carriage ride and the information was amazing and the sights were awesome, so glad we chose this excursion.

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
everyone was off the boat at once we stood in line for 45 minutes trying to get off. Disembarkation times need to be staggered, was not at all impressed
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8 Comments

Gwbigdog     6 months ago

Thanks for sharing

Dumfy75     6 months ago

I like your style with the chair hogs! We found the same issue in the observation lounge some days and even in the heated tile loungers in the thermal suite people would leave books and towels on them and not come back for hours. So rude!!

javawoody     6 months ago

Appreciate the feedback

bubbles60     6 months ago

Glad you had a great trip. NCL does a great job with Alaskan cruises.

lsbs     6 months ago

Thank you for the review.

HeavySeas     6 months ago

Thanks for sharing and glad you enjoyed your cruise

Kingboxer     6 months ago

Nice to hear a good review

cruising2004     6 months ago

Glad you had a wonderful cruise to Alaska! Thank you for your detailed review.

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