Norwegian Bliss Cruise Reviews - Reviews

With several past Alaska cruises to compare to, we found this one to be wanting. The primary reason, perhaps, the allotted tomes in ports were totally disappointing.

The itinerary should be tweaked. Cruise was enjoyable but not exceptional. Disappointed in the quality of food offerings. Seemed like Chicken Parm was offered at every meal outside of breakfast.

The best cruise ever taken. We will be going back

I would give this cruise 2-3 stars. Staff/service was amazing and the views were beautiful. The ship was clean and some of the activities were fun. Icy Strait was a disappointment, as it was 12 hours for what easily can be seen in 2-3 hours. Being able to see Ketchikan and more time for Victoria and earlier in the day would have been much better, and having the final night be available for saying goodbye to passengers and packing up would have made all the difference. Also, the prices for the excursions were pretty high, so couldn't do some activities. Also, if I were able to make these types of decisions, I would include drinks/wifi in the pricing of the cruise. It really feels like being nickled and dimed and it doesn't leave a good feeling about the brand. Just a suggestion, a better approach would be to have those things not initially included, but then give them as a "gift" or "freebie" and people get THRILLED getting things for free. The internet doesn't cost Norwegian anything more. This would make people want to go on cruises more, and make you more money with happier customers.

Based on the rates, we decided to do Alaska in October, even though we knew the weather would be iffy, some excursions and shops would be closed, and we might miss out on some events, wildlife, etc. Knowing that, I would say this was still a wonderful trip. It gave us a great taste of Alaska, without the crowds and hustle bustle, we still saw whales, (no bears) Eagles, Glacier Bay was majestic, and the service on the Bliss five star. It was a prequel to our next "in season" Alaska trip. There is so much to see, we will be going again. Alaska, it not a once in a lifetime. You will want to come back again and again.

This cruise was just ok. We got places, they fed us food, and there were some things to do. The saving grace is the staff was very nice.

Be careful with credit cards and kids. They will swipe away at the arcade and no one will warn you or tell them it will get charged to your room. However, if you don’t have a credit card on file for them, you can’t gocarting as a family or laser tag. They will force you to go down to customer service and put a card on a child’s account. You can’t, as their parent pay for them under your account. Sounds like a scam and was a scam because I met other parents having same problem.

I know that a lot of the port problems were not of NCL’s making, but that didn’t make it any better. The cruise as it eventualized certainly was not what was expected and certainly not worth the money, nor effort, involved. All that we really saw was Glacier Bay National Park but one would do a lot better on a small ship, and shorter cruise, if this was all you wanted! Overall, a very unsatisfactory experience.

Cruise was beautiful. I was disappointed in the ports and time there very limited. We enjoyed the ship and activities

Excellent trip to Alaska. We enjoyed hanging out on the observation deck.

Overall the trip was great, with many disappointments - mostly due to the weather, but also the stops along the way. Was very disappointing when we were told we could not cancel an excursion we had booked and get a refund. We ended up having to swallow over $400 when we realized there was not enough time in Ketchikan to do the excursion and see the town or anything else for that matter. I would not do this itinerary again, although I do plan to see Alaska again, it will NOT be by cruise boat.

Ship and staff were great. Itinerary was honestly garbage as they kept changing it last minute and we were barely in port to enjoy things

Tonya Lockhart advised us on this trip and she did an excellent job ensuring we had what we needed for an outstanding experience. We had heard about the Bliss from two separate friends who raved about their experiences--they were not wrong. The trip far exceeded anything and everything we were expecting.

Very disappointed from last year. Food was terrible unless you up pain to specialty dining. The onboard shop h no merchandise.The port stops were too short and disjointed . The testing for Victoria was a joke!

Great cruise with opportunity to enjoy Whales, Orcas, Bald eagles and other natural fauna in Alaska.

Would recommend for anyone that hasn't been on an Alaska cruise.

Do not purchase any excursion packages from NCL… choose another ship to visit Alaska..

This was our first cruise to Alaska, the port stops in Alaska were short due to the distance and travel time between stops. The scenery was better than we expected, so much unencumbered by development. Anxious to go again but for a longer cruise and perhaps a land portion included next time.

Views are fabulous on this cruise. Would have liked to get closer at Dawes glacier but boat could not. Haven is definitely worth the money for a relaxing time.

We really enjoyed Alaska and the beautiful scenery. The ship was very clean and the staff were great. We were a little disappointed in Norwegian. We have only sailed Royal Caribbean prior to this cruise and we preferred the overall experience on RC.