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The ship's photo studio called. They offered to set up  portrait session. "No thanks, 
I said, "Don't look good enough". "We can make you look good", they responded. "Not unless you are plastic surgeons", said I.

The meet and greet was fun. Thanks to Kathy(lawdawg04) for setting it up. We talked to Jim and Jennifer there.(jonesnewl)

Cruise Director Silas ran "beauty" contest for cruise staff and asked me to judge. I picked Silas. "What do I win?", he asked. I said he already bribed me to pick him.

DD Patty came in second in her go-cart race.

Sea days are great

If you gotta go and the bathrooms in the suite are too far away, there is a 3rd toilet off of the entrance

The 2 showers.

My weight varies by 10 pounds on this scale when underway. It under weighs and over weighs you.

The front balcony is windy (there are 2 balconies)

More later. I promise

Backtracking a bit. On the way down to Pier 66, we ran into a traffic jam. It took us
30  minutes to get past the last 3 stop lights before Alaska Way. We then ran into a train. Not literally. 

We had lunch @ Magaritaville. Four of us could not finish the volcano nacos although we got down to the magma.

On deck a family was struggling to take a group selfie so I offered to help. "You're not going to run away with our phone?", the father asked me. "Don't worry, I'm so old your kid could catch me", I replied.

In the Haven Lounge I met Maravit, our butler from our last cruise. Have you ever had a hug from a butler?

No workstation space so I've taken over part of the vanity.

The sun is just starting to set at  8:50 PM.

The ship's internet is best @ 3AM.

Going back to sleep now.

We are finally aboard and in our first DOS (not Disk Operating System for you nerds).
The cabin is huge, over 3.5 times the size our first apartment in Berkeley when Noreen and I were in college. Daughter and BF are on their first cruise. Our treat. They are having a blast. So are we.
I'll post a few pictures. Any questions?

Living Room

Master Bedroom

2nd Bedroom

Tub

2nd Bath

More tomorrow 

1 minute ago, cruisinaz said:

Great they weren’t full and had a room to move you to

They moved us 2 doors down.

Despite what my countdown clock says, I haven't (yet) sailed.
Lynette C. who just finished sailing today in the same suite we reserved told me she left me a "surprise" hidden in the cabin. I hope it is not a chocolate covered strawberry.

3 minutes ago, lets_dance said:

Oh, no!  I hope you did get some rest as It May be a long day.  

I was up doing this trip report anyway. 😉 Good thing as I notified the front desk and it got worse really fast.

Other

This is not my Tat Cart

The Space Needle looks like it was designed by Tesla. Nikola that is.

The ceiling of our hotel room sprung a leak @4 AM. We had to move rooms 😞

Boarding soon. Really this time

2 hours ago, Oakman58 said:

 

Uh oh, doesn't the Bliss have elevators?

🙂 Yes but try taking those after the muster drill or after shows.

Random thoughts.

Part of the gum wall, yuck.

You touch, you buy.

Ordered cannelloni at Barolo Restaurant in honor the The Godfather film

Part of an atheist's piece of ground.

Boarding in few hours.

This is (hopefully) another of my live trip reports on a Bliss cruise. On my last trip report CC went down
in the middle of it.
We are now ensconced at the Seattle Pan Pacific Hotel. My Fitbit reports
that we walked over 10K. Mostly up and down which is good training for the ship stairs.
Tomorrow we board. Can't wait.
Here are touristy pics of Seattle, the Emerald City, a gem.

Leaving Honolulu.

Pan Pacific Hotel

Pike Place Market

Ghost Alley pre

Therapy

Here's Looking at You

Do You See It?

Yup

Joy in Port

Amazon Sphere

That's All for now. 

What time does it close?

I asked the pre cruise concierge about complimentary Margaritaville lunch for Haven guests on embarkation day and this is the response. "Please note lunch at Margaritaville on embarkation day will only be complimentary if the Concier"ge onboard deems it necessary to open up additional seating for our Haven guests."

Just use this one (J/K)

12 hours ago, AtlantaAlly said:

 

It was $750-$2000 and $600-$1500


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What is your cruise date? We are on the Bliss May 19 to Alaska in a H4 and our range for a DOS bid was $1000 to $2000 PP. This makes the minimum bid higher than what was offered to you.

On 3/21/2019 at 6:07 PM, AtlantaAlly said:

We are on Bliss in a Haven Courtyard Penthouse and got the email at 80 days. The offer was 600 for 2BR or $750 for DOS. We’ll pass. But wanted to share what the minimum bids were for us.

What were the max bid amounts for both?

2 hours ago, dexddd said:

H4 would be in Haven proper.

 

Is it maybe a H6?

An H4 would be the 2 BR family suite inside the Haven.

4 minutes ago, Murgs said:

Thanks for you comment Rockfish but my calculations show that that the first three cruises following the refit are the 4th 11th and 18th of May and all three are now less than 80 days

Ask in the roll calls

21 minutes ago, Murgs said:

Hi. No mention from anyone receiving an upgrade offer for Norwegian Joy Alaska May departures. Has anyone received their e-mail yet.

Still more than 80 days out.

3 hours ago, SparklingBlonde said:

I do not agree. If they weren’t interested in my offers based on the initial price I paid there would be no reason to send me a bidding invitation. 

He is talking about "excepted".

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/excepted

I got the banner but not the external email. I got the banner @ 11Am EST on the 80th day pre cruise. After I bid I got the confirming bid email.

Two other cruisers on our roll call (of 30) said they also received the offer to bid for an upgrade.

The second bedroom in the 2 BR has a closet and shelves but no dresser drawers.

6 minutes ago, jethrojam said:

So when you all say PP...is that for 2 if you already have the extra person(s) sails free deal included, or is the upgrade independent of that deal?   

It's per person for the first 2. Others in your cabin will not be an extra charge.

2 hours ago, tumblew467 said:

 is the 2nd BR same in size as the H4 ( 2 bdrm suite)?  Also is it very windy when you go out on the balcony? My  only concern is that they assign the room I would prefer to be on deck 17 and not 18.  deck 19  has the  public sun deck overhead-- wonder how much noise comes from that. 

From Cruise Deck Plans

1 hour ago, lkjacobs said:

I saved the file, then opened it in a photo app and zoomed in. Able to read the names and titles of almost everyone. Give that a try. 

Thanks. That works

4 hours ago, dexddd said:

On the big bid thread rockfish got bid range $1000-2000 pp for May 19.  Guess no one wants to pay $21,000 a week for either DOS that week.

We have 4 persons in a 2 BR suite (DW, DD and her BF). Already paid about 12K. Received an offer to bid for an upgrade to the DOS for a range of 1-2K PP (total 2-4K for the first 2 only). I bid.
I'll let you know  if I win and how the DOS compares to the 2 BR.