Live · sailing at 21 kn · Sitka
Guests
4,056 – 4,981
Crew
1,716
Cabins
2,069
Length
333 m
Space ratio
34
Homeport pattern
Seattle
Where she is right now
En route · Sitka· 8/2/2026, 12:38:15 PM· Course 310°
Position
49.54°N, 127.48°W
Heading
310° · COG 311°
Speed
21 kn
Destination
Sitka
Our take · opinion
Alaska energy, megaship toys
We experience Norwegian Bliss as Breakaway Plus hardware built to keep a big ship busy—race track, laser tag, and an expanded Haven—without pretending she’s a quiet boutique. She’s our pick when the itinerary is Alaska or warm-water fun and your group wants Freestyle pacing plus real thrills on deck.
Day to day, Bliss feels like NCL’s loudest Breakaway Plus brief, with Freestyle pacing and a top deck built for motion. The Speedway go-kart track and outdoor laser tag set the pace, while the Aqua Park slides pull kids and teens into the same neighborhood. Quieter adults drift toward Observation Lounge hours or keycard into The Haven, the ship-within-a-ship courtyard with its own pool, whirlpools, and sundeck.
Cabin strategy matters more than brochure categories on a ship this busy. Standard balconies are the volume play for most couples, and Studio cabins with the Studio Lounge are the solo cheat code we actually recommend week after week. We’d book Haven suites when the group wants a private pocket, and we warn light sleepers off banks under the racetrack, show lounges, and late Lido energy.
Evenings lean specialty rooms like Q Texas Smokehouse, Los Lobos, and Cagney’s beside classic mains, with the Galaxy Pavilion holding teens after dinner. Versus Escape she’s sharper on thrills; versus Encore she’s the known Alaska workhorse with a similar toy set and whale-themed hull personality. Ask us about sailings on this page before you lock a cabin bank, because deck placement changes the week more than the category code.
She's for
- Families who want go-karts and slides with Freestyle dining
- Alaska shoppers who still want megaship energy
- Solo travelers eyeing Studio cabins
- Groups happy to pay up for The Haven bubble
She's not for
- Travelers chasing hush and white-tablecloth calm
- Anyone stressed by peak-hour throngs on the top decks
- Guests who want a small-ship, enrichment-first week
Honest caveat
At full load, the Speedway, Aqua Park, and elevators stack up fast on sea days. We’ll steer you toward quieter cabin banks and off-peak dining so you skip the worst bottlenecks—ask us before you lock a category.
The record · ship backgroundBreakaway Plus, on paper
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The record · ship background
Breakaway Plus, on paper
Show ship backgroundHide ship backgroundNorwegian Bliss entered service in 2018 as the third Breakaway Plus-class ship for Norwegian Cruise Line, built by Meyer Werft in Papenburg alongside Escape, Joy, and Encore. She sits in the ~168,000 GT band with roughly four thousand lower berths and an expanded Haven suite complex versus earlier Breakaway hulls, plus a larger Studio inventory for solo travelers.
Program history includes whale-themed hull art by Wyland, Alaska and Caribbean deployments from Seattle and Miami, and a January–February 2025 drydock in Brest that added Horizon Park on Deck 20 plus new Haven and balcony inventory. Scrubber systems and heat-recovery design were part of the original build package from the German yard.
She typically rotates Alaska summers from Seattle with warm-water winters—confirm the exact homeport and itinerary for the sailing you want on this page. Specs, ratings, and live inventory sit in the fact sheet and sailings table below; treat deployment notes as seasonal, not permanent.
Build record
- Keel to delivery
- 2016 – 2018
- Inaugural
- May 2018, Seattle
- Fuel
- Marine diesel + scrubbers
- Sisters
- Norwegian Escape, Norwegian Encore, Norwegian Joy
Commerce
Upcoming sailings
31 itineraries · 93 sail dates on Norwegian Bliss. Fares are live and change daily.
| Sailing | Date | Depart | Nights | $/n | Inside | Balcony | Suite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska - SeattleSeattle, Wa | Sitka, Ak | Juneau, Ak | Endicott Arm Dawes Glacier | Icy Strait Point, Ak | Ketchikan (Ward Cove), Ak | Victoria Bc Canada | Seattle, Wa · 5 dates | Aug 8, 2026 | Seattle | 7 | $230 | $1,607 | $2,277 | $2,327 |
| Alaska - SeattleSeattle, Wa | Sitka, Ak | Juneau, Ak | Icy Strait Point, Ak | Ketchikan (Ward Cove), Ak | Victoria Bc Canada | Seattle, Wa | Sep 12, 2026 | Seattle | 7 | $162 | $1,136 | $1,396 | $1,436 |
| Alaska - SeattleSeattle, Wa | Juneau, Ak | Skagway, Ak | Cruise Glacier Bay, Ak | Ketchikan (Ward Cove), Ak | Victoria Bc Canada | Seattle, Wa · 2 dates | Sep 19, 2026 | Seattle | 7 | $202 | $1,416 | $1,606 | $2,086 |
| Alaska - SeattleSeattle, Wa | Juneau, Ak | Skagway, Ak | Cruise Glacier Bay, Ak | Ketchikan (Ward Cove), Ak | Victoria Bc Canada | Seattle, Wa | Oct 3, 2026 | Seattle | 7 | $158 | $1,106 | $1,387 | $1,467 |
| Repo - Panama CanalLos Angeles, Ca | Cabo San Lucas, Mexico | Acapulco, Mexico | Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala | Puerto Caldera Puntarenas, Costa Rica | Panama City (Pct), Panama | Cartagena Colombia | Falmouth, Jamaica | Miami, Fl | New York City, Ny | Oct 13, 2026 | Los Angeles | 19 | $110 | $2,094 | — | $10,644 |
| Repo - Panama CanalLos Angeles, Ca | Cabo San Lucas, Mexico | Acapulco, Mexico | Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala | Puerto Caldera Puntarenas, Costa Rica | Panama City (Pct), Panama | Cartagena Colombia | Falmouth, Jamaica | Miami, Fl | Oct 13, 2026 | Los Angeles | 16 | $122 | $1,959 | — | $10,658 |
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