Propulsion Repairs Shorten Every Port Visit for Norwegian Bliss
If you're sailing Norwegian Bliss on the July 11, 2026 Seattle-to-Alaska departure, expect revised arrival and departure times in Sitka, Juneau, Icy Strait Point, and Ketchikan, and no disembarkation in Victoria. You'll still need valid documentation for Canada despite staying aboard. Check for your $100 per-stateroom onboard credit, and confirm whether any Victoria excursions booked through NCL were automatically refunded.
This is the second consecutive Bliss sailing—following July 4—to get squeezed by the same propulsion issue that surfaced in late May, which tells me the fix isn't quick or simple even with a component swap now underway. Victoria takes the real hit: an 11 p.m. technical stop with guests locked aboard turns a scheduled evening ashore into nothing. NCL's $100-per-stateroom credit is a modest gesture against seven lost port hours, but automatic refunds on cancelled Victoria excursions are the fairer piece of this. My read is the line is betting the component replacement solves things for later-season sailings through the October 3 finish, but I'd stay glued to email updates if I were booked, because "hoped" is doing a lot of work in that plan.