Bliss Jan.5th Cruise - My thoughts/opinions!!!

[beerman2]

Started getting text/emails Friday night saying Bliss would be delayed due to Medical Emergency and not to get to POM until 1:00 p.m. Saturday. Turned out to be a child that needed attention so ship returned to Bahamas. Bliss ended up docking at 9:30 a.m. Saturday.

We were trying for Vibe passes so headed to port at 10:30 and Security was already open and pax were able to check-in.

 

NCL did a fantastic job clearing and turning over ship for our embarkation. Last pax off ship by noon and NCLstarted boarding us 45 minutes later. Boarding group 1 but Vibe was already sold out. 

 

Spa Balcony cabin and you do hear the late night entertainment at Spice H2O, although after a day of sun, food and drinking you fall asleep quickly.😂😂

 

Entertainment saw Jersey Boys (excellent) , a little bit of Beatles in Cavern ( decent), and spent 2 of 3 nights in District Brewhouse listening to Piano player (Jim Badger) who keeps things lively. He is a must see.

 

Spent most of the time on Sun Deck (19) just outside Vibe. Rommel (Vibe bar tender) and Carlos  took great care of us. Vibe wasn't busy so Rommel spent as much time with us as he could as we reminisced about our Escape Vibe experience with him.

Spice H2O is about 1/2 the size as on the Escape. Ceiling/roof around the bar is quite low and seems to trap the smoke smell as smoking is permitted on the starboard side near bar.

 

Specialty Dining , yes we had 3 with our booking.

LaCucina although the food was good , service was bad ( our waitress it was only her 2nd day in LaCucina) and I was charged an extra dinner. That  took 2 trips to Guest Services to get fixed . I think NCL should have had someone shadowing her.

 

LeBistro the food was very good , however again service was lacking. Waited a long time for our dinners ( 4 of us). They messed my dinner (Crusted trout), so had to re-cooked the others 3 steaks again. By the time we ate we had had enough of waiting so skipped dessert.

 

Cagney's everything from food to service was Outstanding.

 

The Local was like we expected, the only change is you need to check in to be seated in bar area. Must be new as on the Escape you just seated yourself in bar.

 

Bars , I think we visited them all. Mojito Bar (Chocolate Cowboy ) inside and  Bong outside were just as we remembered from Escape. Carlo (Best Day Ever) in District Brewhouse was great, and Jeannie in Observation Lounge were 4 of our favorites, along with aforementioned Rommel and Carlos.

 

Casino only went for a slot pull tournament set up by our FB group. The smoke smell is non-existent on the no smoking side, however once you start passing to other side (smoking) it becomes quite prevalent. NCL has definitely made an effort trying to appease all.

 

Spent very little time on pool deck (16) , usually jam packed, however the couple of times we did the live bands were very good.

 

All in all in was a very good cruise, we just liked the Escape better. Any ??? ask away.

[tallnthensome]

Hey Beerman, are they showing movies on the big screen by the pool in the evenings each night on the Bliss?  

[beerman2]

2 hours ago, tallnthensome said:

Hey Beerman, are they showing movies on the big screen by the pool in the evenings each night on the Bliss?  

Sorry have no answer for that as we had dinner between 6:00-6:30 then Bar hopped.