Norwegian Bliss Cruise Reviews - Reviews

REALLY love NCL - 5 time cruiser. The race track and water slides were a blast!

This was the first time for my wife cruising the Mexican Riviera. She really liked it. We really loved the observation lounge on The Bliss.

Very pleased with this 7-day cruise. If you are looking to relax and spend some time in the sun... this is the cruise for you. There are fun activities and entertainment options on board, and ports that offer great excursions for people with any level of mobility, adventure, or price range. The staff and crew are extremely welcoming and accommodating.

We have taken probably over 20 cruises.  This was the worst experience we had.  We could not wait to get off the ship; and that has never happened before.  We even skipped the free dinner on the ship before leaving because we wanted to eat real food off the ship.  We will not be taken NCL in the future.

The Bliss is beautiful! We love all the places where one can sit and relax and just enjoy the sea! The staff are friendly and work so hard. The food was amazing. We bought cruise next deposits and I can’t wait to be back on the Bliss!

Arrive a day ahead if you can to see the sights in Seattle. Pack your patience-the elevators do NOT hold 20 people. Go late in the season for less crowds but go back “in season” when more restaurants in Alaska are open. If you drink, go to the Mojito tasting - you won’t get drunk but Alejandro will give you history on the mojito. Enjoy your cruise and take it all in!

Not the best choice for older, less active people. Spa was way too expensive.

I can understand arriving at a port and unable to dock and divert die to weather, but canceling Cozumel prior to sailing due to “port congestion “ unacceptable and baffling. Besides that love NCL.

I am a little torn of the whole cruise. The food was "okay" and not really, really great like people talk about. This was probably because I was really looking forward to the Q and it was a bad experience of food. The Teppinaki (sp) was VERY fun and the best food on the entire cruise!!

In all a great experience. The Buffett was awful for temps, food poisoning just waiting to happen. My entire party of 7 got sick. But around almost 5,000 people the odds were high. The ports need to be rethought. Too short of time in ports, long lines to take busses and not enough busses. Looking at a similar carnival cruise and the amount of time in port was significantly longer. Not enough seating in buffet and main dining rooms were booked. Large ship but needs more dining options.

To short in ports!!! Excursions sold out or were canceled!

Over all great cruise. If you go be prepared for hot weather. Coolest it was after San Pedro was at 3am coming into Miami 78*

We were set to do Alaska with our kids in a year and a half, we will use a different cruise line. They do not cater well to familes woty 5-12 year olds we had an 8 and 10 year old.

We had the best time ever, even on a brief 5 day cruise. The NCL BLISS is a fantastic ship!

Did purchase Next Cruise certificates so will have to cruise with NCL at least one more time; after that will probably not cruise with NCL again.

Overall great cruise. Went Jan/Feb so there were no kids on board (we were told 18 in total). Weather was perfect and I loved that the captain and pilot explained so much about the Panama Canal as we were preparing to go through and then during the transit.

The cruise was wonderful and was near capacity with 4700 passengers onboard! Even so the ship rarely seems crowded unless you want to get a spot poolside or want lunch between 11:30-12:30 or dinner between 5:30-6:30 or attend an event in the main theater. If you can avoid those three things then there really aren't a whole lot of other times where there is congestion. There's plenty of open spaces outside for everyone to enjoy the sun and sea breezes. Likewise there's plenty of quiet spots inside the ship to either read or simply relax. Activities both indoors and outdoors for people to enjoy depending upon how active you like to be on vacation.

Review for Norwegian Bliss 15 day Panama Canal cruise (January 7th-22nd) Cabin #14403 PROS: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Nice clean modern ship! Excellent food in the Garden Cafe buffet, expecially the vegetables, eggplant, salads, desserts (fruit cake) and Indian section. Observation Deck (deck #15) is nice (its quiet with lots of chairs and snacks). Country music band (Chatahochees) in the barbeque restaurant (Q) dekc #6, played great music for dancing and the wood dance floor there is clean and large enough for country two-step. Ballroom hour (every day) in the Atrium deck #6, (nice wood dance floor) from 6-7PM with DJ Luis (who takes requests). DJ Luis did a nice job of playing a good mix of waltz, tango, foxtrot, swing, cha cha, salsa, hustle, etc... Comedians (Dylan Mandlsohn, Allison, Johnny Cardinale) Good Magician (Greg Gleason) also did an improve memory workshop. Live (Duo Estrella) and DJ (Mike Blocker) Latin music in the Sugracane Lounge on deck #8 with a small but nice wood dance floor. Good shower water pressure in stateroom with good temperature controls. Four ping pong tables on the ship in a good location so you can play anytime. Good choice of free in-room TV and movies. Good shows (Jersey Boys and Live! The Beatles). Nice clean wood dance floors in the Q, Atrium and Sugarcane lounge. Best ports (Puerto Vallarta and Cabo San Lucus Mexico). CONS: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Not enough closet space in stateroom. No drawers in stateroom (only cubbies). Not much room to walk on outdoor deck #16 when all the deck chairs are put out. Must walk before 9AM to avoid the additional deck chairs (tripping hazard) or walk on outside deck #8 instead. The Go Cart track is a waste of space. I recommend that it be removed and replaced with more space for walking, sunning and/or some pickle-ball courts. The gym is small. The free weights are good but the exercise machines are old and difficult to use. Warning! The pood deck is wet and slippery at night in front of the stage where they play dance music. This is a safety hazard! Many of the seat cushions in the Garden Cafe Buffet are filthy dirty. I often put a cloth napkin on the seat before sitting down. In our stateroom (14403), there is the sound of water running through pipes at all hours of the night (2AM, 5AM, etc...). Makes it hard to sleep. Don't book this room! The ship was supposed to stop in Costa Rica but for some reason this stop was cancelled and replaced with a port stop in Acapulco Mexico. Acapulco Mexico looks great from the ship while in port, but I would not recommend getting off the ship as there are machine gun wielding military troops everywhere on the street and also running around in military vehicles with machine guns mounted on top.

An excellent cruise that would benefit from more interesting ports.

Overall the cruise was amazing! I'm glad we planned excursions at each port in Alaska and I'd definitely go again! Just don't expect awesome food at the buffets or complimentary restaurants. Also, don't go to the complimentary restaurants if you're already hungry. The wait was around an hour for each meal.