Norwegian Bliss solos host show bookings

[eileeshb]

I'm hoping there are some folks who've been solo on Bliss lately that can answer this.

Does the solos coordinator pre-book any of the shows for a solos group ?

i.e. do I need to run off to the entertainment booking desk as soon as I embark to book Six and Jersey Boys ? 

 

I'm not cruising until October but from recent reviews it looks like it won't be possible to pre-book before embarkation and I haven't seen any posts about the solos hosts on Bliss. 

On my pre-covid cruises the hosts booked about 20 seats for the 2 main shows but I haven't heard if this is happening now. 

[mainecruisefan]

On 1/20/2023 at 6:14 AM, eileeshb said:

I'm hoping there are some folks who've been solo on Bliss lately that can answer this.

Does the solos coordinator pre-book any of the shows for a solos group ?

i.e. do I need to run off to the entertainment booking desk as soon as I embark to book Six and Jersey Boys ? 

 

I'm not cruising until October but from recent reviews it looks like it won't be possible to pre-book before embarkation and I haven't seen any posts about the solos hosts on Bliss. 

On my pre-covid cruises the hosts booked about 20 seats for the 2 main shows but I haven't heard if this is happening now. 

I am disembarking from the Bliss today and can say Henry the solo host was amazing. He got us into Six, Jersey Boys, comedy shows etc. He had a schedule for us planned every night if we wanted it. I have attached a pic of the last schedule if it helps.

[mainecruisefan]

I should also mention that not all aili hosts are as good. In fact, I think he is the best solo host I have ever had. I hope this is a trend NCL continues.

[kochleffel]

My experience has varied.  Some have made group reservations for both shows and specialty restaurants, some haven't done it at all. One exceptional host, on a Jewel-class ship with only a small solo contingent, even reserved seats in the theater, where it was otherwise allowed only for Haven passengers.

[mainecruisefan]

You are most interested in Six and Jersey Boys which was earlier in the cruise. This was the first schedule. Hope it helps.

[eileeshb]

6 hours ago, mainecruisefan said:

I should also mention that not all aili hosts are as good. In fact, I think he is the best solo host I have ever had. I hope this is a trend NCL continues.

I’ve seen a mix on previous cruises some of it seems to depend on their relationship with the theatre manager and restaurant maitre’ds and overall policy on the ship. 
I wanted feedback on Bliss so that I’d have an idea of whether they’re allowed to do the show bookings or not. The minimum for all hosts seems to be the MDR nightly reservation rotating between the MDRs and everything after that varies from ship to ship and host to host. 

[eileeshb]

3 hours ago, mainecruisefan said:

You are most interested in Six and Jersey Boys which was earlier in the cruise. This was the first schedule. Hope it helps.

That is the most detailed schedule I’ve ever seen from the solos host! Hope it carries on to future hosts on the bliss. 

[LauraAnneC]

This looks like great planning. I’m doing my first solo cruise on 6 February but for me going for dinner so early is not what I like to do. I’m hoping there will be other solos who like to eat later.  Fingers crossed!

[eileeshb]

31 minutes ago, LauraAnneC said:

This looks like great planning. I’m doing my first solo cruise on 6 February but for me going for dinner so early is not what I like to do. I’m hoping there will be other solos who like to eat later.  Fingers crossed!

Every cruise I’ve done there’s always been some solos who preferred to dine later. As well as some that prefer the specialty dining so there can sometimes be multiple groups or just a smaller few going to dinner. 

[dbrown84]

36 minutes ago, LauraAnneC said:

This looks like great planning. I’m doing my first solo cruise on 6 February but for me going for dinner so early is not what I like to do. I’m hoping there will be other solos who like to eat later.  Fingers crossed!

there definitely will be.  I also don't like eating that early, so I'd go to the solo meetups to see what everyone was doing later, but I usually skipped dinner.  A lot of other solos do this, too and often hook up to eat later.  You can also hook up with other solos and do specialty dining together

[dbrown84]

while I've never been on the Bliss, it's been my experience on all the ships that I've been on that the solo coordinator will make a list of who wants to go to shows and have seats reserved/roped off for the solos

[Pat.D]

3 hours ago, eileeshb said:

That is the most detailed schedule I’ve ever seen from the solos host! Hope it carries on to future hosts on the bliss. 

 

I sailed the Bliss in 2019 and the solo host was the best and most organised of the dozen NCL solo cruises I've been on.  Glad to see it's still that way.