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    First Haven experience to Alaska on the Bliss

    in Norwegian Cruise Line

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    Wow, I cant thank you enough. Talk about the modern world to get my own personal investigator with photos!!!!

    The door says emergency exit. So I wonder if they want passengers using this door to enter and exit the observation lounge? The reason I ask this is I have 17100 booked on Encore which is the forward end suite on the port side. I just thought it would be nice to have the observation lounge next to you and have easy access but I was not sure if that door was allowed to be used for normal traffic.

    Thanks again. If we are ever on the same cruise, I will buy you a drink :*

    That is just an emergency route to muster stations. That door also has the only access to the restroom. You will notice other emergency exits with crew only signs too. Those are the ones you should avoid unless a true emergency. There are a lots of "secret" doors that are not mark but with emergency exits. If you ask the crew about them they will say you can use them. One example is the backdoor into the Haven restaurant. No need to leave the restaurant go down to 17 and exit the Haven. Use the backdoor after eating and you are existing right into the deck 18 forward elevator lobby.

     

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    How long does it take to get to Sawyer Glacier from Juneau on the Bliss?

    in Norwegian Cruise Line

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    If we stay on our port side balcony will we see everything or should we plan to get to an outside deck on the forward/front section of the ship?

     

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    Port side will see it for a few minutes while the ship spins. Starboard sees it twice. That is based on the current cruise since we spun towards Port. They could possibly spin in the other direction. If you go to the upper deck you are covered no matter what and get the most viewing time

     

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    First Haven experience to Alaska on the Bliss

    in Norwegian Cruise Line

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    We are 17704 in August. How is the view from the balcony? I wasn't sure if the other side of the ship had better views or if they were basically the same.
    I like the view. Not as great as the aft which I prefer but nice. I picked starboard since I figured a good part of the trip we will see the mainland part. On the way north we always were in site of land... On the horizon but could still see it. A few times some of the islands were closer. I assume they may be a bit further out on the way back but we will see tomorrow.

     

    The one plus atleast on this cruise is they spun towards port at Dawes Glacier so our side got direct shots of the glacier twice

     

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    First Haven experience to Alaska on the Bliss

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    THANK YOU for this. I booked deck 17 next to the observation lounge. I see a silver door inside the lounge that I am guessing goes to the hallway to the cabins. However, I did not know if its open for passengers and not crew only. Hope you are having a great time!!!!
    If this is the door you are talking about then it has a Handicap bathroom behind it and the part of the door you see behind the glass door in the picture does go to the cabin hallway on the port side. The bathroom. Is also he hind this glass door but to the left20180626_160706.thumb.jpg.e5041a51b036c492289ad7dcab06eac6.jpg

     

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    First Haven experience to Alaska on the Bliss

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    Question? Am I reading it correcting that you went to Juneau first then left early and went to Tracy Arm/Sawyer Glacier? We sail in September and it is reversed with Sawyer Glacier int he morning and arriving in Juneau at 2pm and leave at 10 pm.
    That is correct Juneau first and then went to Dawes glacier. Go to the glacier around 6-6:30. Did the 540 degree spin so everyone could get a good view a d started leaving around 7.

     

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    First Haven experience to Alaska on the Bliss

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    Cyclops, which excursion was the Whale/Mendenhall? The boat/big bus?

     

    Any feedback about how swimmable the Haven pool is? Cold/reasonable water? Dome closed & warm inside courtyard?

     

    thanks!

    A bunch of people have been in the Haven Pool and the cover has been closed the whole time. Several kids have been in the outdoor pools each day. One girls I heard saying the weather out of the water was chilly but liked not having a line for the slides.

     

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    First Haven experience to Alaska on the Bliss

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    Today was nice. A bit chilly to start. We did a whale / mendenhall excursion. So 3 whales within maybe 100 yards of the boat as well as some other wild life. Mendenhall was nice too but we only had an hour there so could not go far. The big blue spot was from we were told is that a chunk just fall off recently. We ended up getting back to the ship about 30 mins before all aboard and the Pearl was already there. After lunch I went to the Haven Observation Lounge and sat there until we got to the other Glazier. No real chair hogs. On guy did go to sleep in the front row but everyone else stayed in there seats except for maybe a quick trip to get a snack from the bar in that lounge. A few people left and the seats were open. The upper level again only had a single person up there for most of the afternoon. When we got close to the glazier was the busiest but there were still good seats to be found. A few people sat on the floor too right up against the glass and off to the side so to not block any few from those in seats.

     

    Now my two complaints as you can see from the photos below. If you notice the metal glass frame is right at a seating few height so you cannot really look forward.

     

    Complaint #2 which you can see below is the angle of the glass with the busy carpet pattern. That with just a little fog basically did not let you see much because the pattern reflection in the glass.

     

    One thing to say on the positive side is that the ship got closer then I thought it would. We past several decent sized icebergs and it was not until we hit a bunch of ice. If you look closely you can see the small boat that took some people on the excursion that ends by docking with the Bliss there.

     

    One other note. It appears that they may not in force the +16 on the Haven sun deck while at the glazier. Was talking to another family and they did take there kids out there for a while and no one challenged them. 20180626_155413.thumb.jpg.9c963f7aeeb6a308151817f15d9cfea7.jpg

     

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    First Haven experience to Alaska on the Bliss

    in Norwegian Cruise Line

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    We have a regular cabin (not Haven) for our 7/28 sailing but your kids are the same ages as mine. Any feedback on the Kids clubs? My understanding is my daughter (11) will be in an older section than my son (9). Not sure how they will feel about being separated. Did your kids like the kids club? What about the temps of the pool - we're from Texas so my kids are used to pretty used warm pools.
    My youngest is 9 and he is happy with it. It is mostly a repeat of what he had last year o. The Bliss.

     

    You are correct that they will split them up. I did hear something different on this cruise compared to what others have posted. A woman asked your sane question as we started signing up. What was new is if they had a birthday on the cruise that shifted them to the next older group then they will put them in the older group at the start.

     

    My oldest complained he didn't want to do it this cruise, but he also didn't want to do what we did so he went. He liked the first night but had more been back yet. He felt a little sea sick in Sunday so I missed Havana and let him sleep it off and yesterday we went to the Cavern club so he stayed with us. To night we are watching the glazier and he wants to see if so no splash for him tonight and he will see Jersey Boys tomorrow, and we will be in Victoria on Friday and will be out late so he may only go into it 1mote night and maybe a few more mornings and afternoons. He was Mainly playing video games in splash when he has been there

     

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    First Haven experience to Alaska on the Bliss

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    Cyclops,

    What cabin are you in? Can you do some investigating and find out an answer I desperately want to know. I have a 2 bedroom booked on Encore 16th deck, next to observation lounge. Do the hallways to these suites have a door that you can access the observation lounge to? From the videos I have seen, there is a main entry way from the pool area to the lounge. However, in the lounge I saw a silver steel door that looks like its the hallway to access to the suites. Does this door open to passengers or does everyone have to use the main entrances to the Haven observation lounge.

    THANK YOU

    ENJOY YOUR CRUISE

    The Haven complex on the Bliss is 17 and 18. There is an entrance from the pool area which is the main entrance. In that hallway on 17 there is an entrance to what I call cabin row. On the other side there are stairs that goto deck 18 cabin row. Also on 17 is another entrance to the cabins on the other side of the ship.

     

    On deck 18 you have a matching hallway as on 17. I think it is kind of funny we are in 18704 and the stairs are just to the left of our cabin and also access to the deck 18 hallway. We can also walk to cabin 18700 and 18702 and there is yet another entrance to the hallway going to the Haven oberservation lounge. Will see about grabbing some photos later

     

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    Behavior Issues

    in Norwegian Cruise Line

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    I must really be the odd man out. I have not had any issues with ANY kids on a cruise. I look at it that they are kids and yes they may not do everything proper but if an 8 year old cut in front of me no big deal.

     

    What I do hate more is the adults who think they are special. Just today a bus was pulling away and a woman jumped to the front of the line saying that there adult children where aboard.... They did not say adult so the driver let them in but they did not have little ones.

     

     

     

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    Panicky Newbie Homebody Needs Help!

    in Norwegian Cruise Line

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    I would disagree about skipping the buffet. I like the Haven restaurant but there are times I just want to grab a quick bite to eat. Just the other night came back to the cabin and wanted a snack. Went to the buffet and grabbed some wings. Food is pretty good.

     

    The one thing I learn is to check recent Dailies for your cruise. Bird travels posted them as well as another person on the very first Alaskan cruise of the Bliss. I then looked at what was happening each day and pick what I want to do. I then put it on an excel spreadsheet and color coded them. Blue items I could not book ahead of time. Other things I could or did not want to change and then had optional things I wanted to do. So I could then have them schedule the other items and then schedule things like the go carts and laser tag in what was left.

     

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    Room key question for Bliss

    in Norwegian Cruise Line

    Posted

    You can have a hole punched in the card, so if you are wondering about buying plastic sleeves forget it. Just get Dollar Store lanyards and you can bring a hole punch or go to Guest Services and have them punch for you.
    The Bliss cards should not be punched. In fact Bliss staff will not do it since the antenna that the near field uses is thru the whole card.

     

    I have my kids keep theirs on the lanyard. Makes it simple getting on and of the ship and they love using them to open doors and always want to hand them in to the restaurants which saves me from having to dig mine out

     

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    Norwegian Bliss - Process for Using Racetrack - WHAT is IT?

    in Norwegian Cruise Line

    Posted

    We attempted to book go kart rides last week starting on Sunday and all slots were taken (my kids are smaller, so we needed the two seaters). We kept checking multiple times a day and eventually got lucky when a slot opened up later in the week./QUOTE]

     

     

     

    How big do kids have to be to ride alone?

     

     

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    Kids have to be either 55or 58 inches to ride alone. My son is 49 inches and his feet did not reach anywhere near the pedals

     

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