Norwegian Bliss Review

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cherch7777
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Jun 2018
Cabin: Balcony Stateroom

My NCL agent suggested this new ship debuting June 2018 and we booked. We arrived the day before the cruise. Liked the close location of the port to the main road and there are many hotels, restaurants and things to do nearby including the Pike Place Market. Embarkation was easy. Lovely big ship. Comfortable cabins and beds. Great room steward Jommel. Love that the casino has a smoking room so others don't get bothered by the smoke. The food onboard was very good. The maiden voyage of the Bliss was completely sold out so the buffet didn't have enough seats to accommodate everyone so we had to go outside or downstairs to the Observation Lounge with our plates to eat sometimes if it was full. It was difficult to make reservations for some specialty restaurants and for the shows because there were too many passengers wanting reservations.

The Jersey Boys show was very good, shorter than the Broadway version but very entertaining. Havana Nights was okay. The hugely advertised go-kart amenity price went up the first week from $7 to $9.95. Even with Appointments the wait is approximately 90 minutes. It's a good ride but I highly recommend that only teenagers and up with driving experience do this. Younger kids can ride double with parents and they should. Kids that can't handle the go-karts keep others from enjoying the speed because once someone crashes or stops everyone has to stop and it really kills the momentum and holds up all the other people waiting. Laser tag also has a fee and was very disorganized in terms of the line and waiting time and people claiming to have been there before others that were there before them. People would come earlier than their appointment times also and go in before others with the actual appointment time.

As I said before the ship was full and bar service was a bit slow. Not enough waiters especially because of included beverage packages.

Cabin Review

Balcony Stateroom

Cabin BD

Nice cabin. Beds comfortable. Very good room steward. He and his assistant did a great job.

Bathroom was a good size.

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Seattle

Port very close to Pike Place Market and our hotel.

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