I had a free cruise opportunity, I chose Pearl over the Bliss because it had Glacier Bay on the itenery . NCL docks in Downtown Seattle so we were able to visit some shops and ride the Seattle wheel after dropping out bags before boarding the ship. We had a forward ocean view room which was great a nice big window. We rarely saw our room steward, but he did everything we asked him to and the room was very clean.
Since this was my first cruise as a Platinum with NCL we took the ship's tour the morning of our first Sea day. David the Cruise consultant led the tour and did a great job. He also helped us out answering any questions we had throughout the entire cruise.
We had great weather no rain until the last day of the cruise. The seas were a little rough the first night, but smooth after about 2 pm on the first sea day until the end of the cruise.
Nice room big picture window. Only issue is that is is above the theater so you may hear practice or shows if you are in the room then.
This was Awesome!! went to Johns Hopkins Glacier. Park Rangers gave great tour of area. Saw Glaciers calving heard the thunder felt the cold.