Norwegian Cruise Line - Norwegian Bliss Reviews

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Our cruise to Alaska was as amazing as we hoped it would be. Everything about it was exceptional. Norwegian Cruise Lines was as usual did not disappoint. The Bliss is an amazing ship with lots to do for everyone. It was so perfectly designed for Alaska as there were so many areas to view the absolute beauty of Alaska. Avoya as always got us great cabin locations which was great especially on a ship this large. Can not wait to book our next adventure!

Eleven of us traveled to Alaska on the Bliss and had a wonderful time. Four stars instead of five because there were many extra charges on this boat and limited reservations for the kids activities. But the ship was beautiful, the service was fantastic and we truly loved Alaska.

Too crowded

I really like the ship a lot. It’s beautiful and spacious the rooms are very spacious. My only concern was that a lot of the events were booked. Concerning The shopping On the ship, I would have like a better shopping experience in terms of the variety. The food including the buffet was amazing. I played the poker tournament and won a free. Cruise to play agin so I be calling Avoya again.

Everything about this cruise was wonderful

The ship Bliss was very large, great food choices, room sizes was great and services was perfect. Love Alaska!

Great big ship with plenty food. Alaska was beautiful and tours were very informative. Also enjoyed Victoria. Beautiful countryside.

Our room stewards were not very friendly the casino around the game room and that was ridiculous we spent half our time arguing with them on how to sign up for the package for our young grandson so he wouldn't be running up a bill and they still ended up charging us no matter what we did the front desk service was very rude very very rude

we were not aware that we would have an extra charge every day for tips. It would have been nice to know that we needed to buy a case of water due to the fact that a bottle of water cost $3.54. We were told by other people on the Cruise they got the same room they paid a lot less than us. Though it is advertised that most of the shows on the cruise are free they charge for tips. We were charged $14 a day it did not matter if you ate there or not.

Cruiseliner was amazing,professional staff,ship was stunning & even though activities onboard was fully booked,staff still accomodated you Very relaxed dining times & many choices to choose from,variety of food choices

The ship was so overcrowded, even if ypu purchased specialty dining, you could not make reservations. Same went with racing and laser tag. Unsatisfied guests filled the Guest Services with similar complaints each day. The elevators were so packed with people each time, you felt like sardines in a can. Based on the cost of being on this cruise, the experience did not meet the hype. The ship was indeed beautiful, but was definitely overcrowded. The staff services was also not satisfactory as many of them appeared and were unhelpful and overworked. Dining seats were a challenge since there were so many people, you had to circle the main dining area multiple times to try and find seats for your family. ON TOP OF IT ALL, port valet mishandled my luggage and had my luggagd shipped across the country! I didn't get it back until 4 days lateral after the cruise!

I would rate the cruise a 4 but not the accommodations, communications, entertainment, dining areas which I would rate a 3. The accommodations for a ship the size of the Bliss should have more room especially for a family of 4, two who were 14 year old teenagers. Communications when there was an announcement were poor. It was okay if you were outside the stateroom but if you were in the stateroom, you could not hear the announcement. There should be a way to get the announcement in the stateroom. Entertainment was great if you were lucky enough to get a reservation. Biggest complaint was not being able to get reservations on board because if you tried, all seats were taken by day one, unless someone cancelled. This was true for dining. I hate cold food which i had most of the time because the dining areas were always full and there was not place to sit. By the time we got our food, we were told to go the lower level to find a place to sit. By that time, our food was cold. As far as the food selection, it was great. We thoroughly enjoyed the tours except the time we had at the ports which we felt was too little time to really enjoy the towns. Also, we would have preferred a more formal cruise which was my mistake in selecting the freestyle cruise. On previous freestyle cruises the dining and entertainments were a little more formal than wear shorts and open toe shoes. Our next cruise we'll choose a more formal cruise line. Our most memorable cruise was when we cruised on the Voyager.

Alaska was the highlight of this trip earning 4 stars! However the ship wasn't my favorite.

The new ship Norwegian Bliss does not have enough elevators to accommodate the 4000+ passengers. This is especially true for wheelchairs and walkers and would suggest a dedicated elevator for these folks who waited many times as the elevator stopped, then went on because there was not enough room to get on. The staff is fantastic with smiles everywhere and very helpful.You are treated to a beautiful and modern style ship w great amenities for children of all ages. There is the race track, lazer tag, and great slides. Unfortunately there was a cost for lazer tag and race track. Also lazer tag was filled up for the entire week by the morning after we sailed. Some kids got to go daily and some not at all. It would be nice to have no more than 1 or 2 reservations for lazer tag allowed at a time. We were told to go 10 minutes early to see if someone didn’t show. Our boys went several times and finally gave up on being able to play. I notice there is a trend for more restaurants/cafes and activities that require extra payment. Overall we had a great holiday and totally enjoyed the spa and meals.

The only compliant we had was the slowness of the elevators. More bays or faster service would have been great. This seemed to be the biggest compliant of everyone who rode the elevators with us.

we were very disappointed in not having lobster at any of the dining rooms and also we were disappointed in the two pools that were 7Ft being only 5ftto 6ft we could not enjoy them because it was too crowded to swim and we had to hang on to the side of the pool while we were in the water other than that the ship was beautiful the service was awesome and the entire cruise was especially wonderful

We are going to do it again

I was very impressed with the cruise line. The service was magnificent