Norwegian Bliss

From a 1950s diner to Texas barbecue

Norwegian Bliss pairs restaurants included in the fare with a separate set of à la carte ones, so you can eat well without paying extra or plan the cruise around a few booked dinners. American Diner sets the tone on the included side, serving classic comfort food among vintage 1950s details, alongside three main dining spaces and a buffet for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

The charged venues give her the most character. Q Texas Smokehouse is her barbecue restaurant, built for eating heartily, and at Teppanyaki you sit at a communal table while a chef cooks prawns, steak, chicken and fried rice on a steel plate in full view of the flames. Her other speciality restaurants include a steakhouse, a French bistro, a Mediterranean seafood restaurant and an Asian-Latin tapas venue, all charged à la carte.

Beatles nights, stand-up and an adults-only stern

Evenings on Norwegian Bliss are built around live music and comedy. At The Cavern Club, a Beatles tribute band plays the Liverpool classics, and at Social Comedy and Night Club two back-to-back stand-up shows give way to a DJ who plays late into the night. Both are free to walk into.

Between shows, her bars range from a brew house pouring more than 50 bottled and 22 draught beers to a Caribbean-inspired mojito bar with a view. Drinks in them are charged unless a beverage package covers them, and the Free at Sea fare bundles a premium beverage package with a speciality dining package for the first two guests in the stateroom. By day, Spice H2O is the quiet corner: an adults-only area of hot tubs, pools and loungers overlooking the stern, included for every guest.

New York to the Caribbean, and coast to coast through Panama

Caribbean round-trips from New York are the heart of her programme. They run 11 and 12 nights from November into February, across the Australian summer, leaving from and returning to New York. Stops change between departures, but you might see Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic, San Juan in Puerto Rico, Basseterre in St. Kitts and Nevis, and Philipsburg on St. Maarten. The dates are listed among our Caribbean cruises for 2027.

Her longest voyages are one-way passages through the Panama Canal. In April she sails from New York to San Francisco over 19 nights, or from New York to Seattle over 22 nights. In October she sails from Los Angeles over 17 and 20 nights, ending in Miami or New York. Wherever she sails from, we book the flights from Australia, the hotel either side and the transfers as one holiday. That includes the flight home from the port where a one-way voyage ends, so a canal crossing becomes the whole trip. Ports vary, but typical calls include Cartagena, Colón in Panama, Puntarenas in Costa Rica and Acapulco in Mexico. Our Central America cruise page shows the wider region.

In May she also runs 7-night round-trips from Seattle, which are among Norwegian Cruise Line’s Alaska cruises. Itineraries vary, though Juneau, Icy Strait Point and Ketchikan are among her calls. She belongs to Norwegian Cruise Line’s Breakaway Plus Class, alongside ships including Norwegian Escape and Norwegian Encore. The rest of the fleet is on our Norwegian Cruise Line page.

Norwegian Bliss cabins and deck plans

The Haven is hidden away at the top of Norwegian Bliss, a ship within a ship for her most spacious suites. Its guests have their own restaurant and lounge, a concierge and a 24-hour butler, with the rest of the ship still theirs to use. The Norwegian Bliss cabins and deck plans show where The Haven sits and how her accommodation spreads across eleven cabin decks.

We are CruiseAway, and we can shape a Norwegian Bliss holiday around the voyage you have in mind. Our Best Price Guarantee applies. To see what she and the rest of the fleet sail over the Australian summer, start with Norwegian Christmas and January cruises.