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Norwegian Bliss Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 13

Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5
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Norwegian Bliss

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

Sail date: June 29, 2024

Ship: Norwegian Bliss

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 13266

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 4 months ago

Review summary

Not having anything to compare with, I was really happy with my first cruise experience. It was a great way to see Alaska and wish we could spend more time at the ports during the time around 10am - 6pm.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Enterainment was good. Wish there was more shows in the afternoons.

Children's Programs

3 out of 5
Not much for 1 1/2 year olds except for guppies. It was unfortunate that age can't go in the swimming pool since my granddaughter has been taking swim lessons and loves the water.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Staff was great!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
This was my first cruise but felt the ship's design and layout was good. Staff was great at keeping everything clean.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Beds were comfortable and like it was a king size bed. The rooms are small but I understand all cruise ship rooms are small.

Ship tip

Schedule tours and speciality restaurants early.

Ports of call

Seattle, Washington

4 out of 5

Sitka, Alaska

4 out of 5

Juneau, Alaska

4 out of 5
Wish we were at this port longer. Our whale watching excursion took the whole time and we never got to see the town, which I heard was one of the best town of the ports we stopped at.

CRUISE ENDICOTT ARM & DAWES GLACIER

4 out of 5

Icy Strait Point (Hoonah), Alaska

4 out of 5
Too long at this port, with not as much to see. It would be nice to get at the ports later in the mornings and staying later at all the ports.

KETCHIKAN (WARD COVE), ALASKA

4 out of 5
This was a fun port but was cut short because of the 4th of July parade, with the last bus leaving at 10:15am to get back to the ship.

Victoria, British Columbia Did not visit port

This was too late to get off, go through customs and get back in a short stop, so we stayed on the ship.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Everything was easy and quick, with our shuttle bus to the parking lot ready to pick us up.
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5 Comments

Gwbigdog     4 months ago

Thanks for sharing

HeavySeas     4 months ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise experience and glad you enjoyed your cruise

javawoody     4 months ago

Glad you enjoyed your first cruise

RC2cruises     4 months ago

Congratulations on your first cruise! That’s exciting, happy to see you enjoyed it. Now it’s time to plan the next one!

cruising2004     4 months ago

Welcome to cruising! Glad you had a wonderful time!

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