Fun Alaska Cruise

Item: Norwegian Bliss
Rating: 4.6
Author: Florida123

Norwegian Bliss Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

Florida123

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 14

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5

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

Sail date: June 01, 2024

Ship: Norwegian Bliss

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 13154

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 months ago

Review summary

Wonderful cruise. We really enjoyed every minute. The exception was the Ketchikan port of call. NCL needs to inform passengers of the bus situation there so they can get out early and enjoy the city.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of call

Seattle, Washington

4 out of 5

Sitka, Alaska

5 out of 5

Went on a very nice guided nature hike.

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Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5

Whale watching excursion was the highlight of the cruise !

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CRUISE ENDICOTT ARM & DAWES GLACIER

5 out of 5

Fantastic views !

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Icy Strait Point (Hoonah), Alaska

3 out of 5

This port was OK. We didn't try the world's longest zip line (way too expensive). Instead we went on a guided wilderness hike which was was mediocre.

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KETCHIKAN (WARD COVE), ALASKA

2 out of 5

This was the worst port of call and I blame NCL for this one. They should have made it crystal clear that it would be a long bus ride up and back from Ketchikan to the ship. We left the ship at 9:30am expecting 3 hours in Ketchikan before the 12:30pm all onboard. Instead there was wait for the bus and finally arrive in Ketchikan at 10:15am. I asked the bus driver when the last bus back to the ship was and he said I needed to be in line at 11:00am !!! We walked around for an hour and returned at 11:15am to find hundreds (perhaps a thousand) passengers lined up for the buses back to the ship. We took our place in line and made it back to the ship about 12:15pm. Most of the time off the ship at this port was spent in a bus or waiting for a bus.

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Victoria, British Columbia

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

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