Norwegian-Bliss

The 'Norwegian Bliss', 'Royal Princess' and 'Zuiderdam' jave skipped planned Puerto Vallarta calls, due to violence, which spread across the region after a cartel boss was killed, sparking a shelter-in-place order from the U.S. Embassy in Mexico. The 'Norwegian Bliss' canceled its call last week and was still monitoring the situation. The ship’s next call at Puerto Vallarta would be on March 4, 2026. The 'Zuiderdam' canceled its call on Feb. 23, as didthe ' Royal Princess', which added an overnight in Cabo San Lucas and called at Mazatlán on Feb 25 instead. Several ships were due to visit Puerto Vallarta next week in early March but cruise lines haven’t yet confirmed any definite changes. On Feb 24, the Jalisco state government said ‘order and stability have been restored’ in Puerto Vallarta and Guadalajara city.

On Sep 19, 2025, a female passenger of the 'Norwegian Bliss' got stuck in the middle of a water slide over 100 feet above the ocean in a horizontal section of the transparent tube slide, attempting to push her way out, manually pushing herself along using her arms. The ship was on a seven-day round-trip Alaskan cruise. The Ocean Loops is a double-loop waterslide that hangs 11 feet off the side of the ship and 159 feet above the ocean. Reports with photo and video: https://nationalpost.com/news/waterslide-cruise-ship-canadian-coast https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/shocking-video-shows-cruise-passenger-trapped-in-water-slide-over-ocean-9331515

On July 1, 2025, Alaskan authorities started a search for Marites "Tess" Buenafe, 62, an American woman visiting Juneauy who did not return to the 'Norwegian Bliss'. She was last heard from at around 7:30 a.m. and said she planned to ride the Goldbelt Tram up Mount Roberts and hike Gold Ridge and Gastineau Peak..The Juneau Police Department received a report on the afternoon, that the woman from Kentucky had not returned to the vessel by its departure time. The woman’s plans involved taking a tram popular with tourists partially up a mountain overlooking downtown Juneau and continuing from there, with plans to trek to Gold Ridge and Gastineau Peak. There were still areas of snow on the local peaks. Ground and aerial searches were conducted by the state Department of Public Safety, with ground searches resuming on July 2 with ground and aerial teams, including Alaska Wildlife Troopers, the U.S. Coast Guard, Juneau Mountain Search and Rescue, and Southeast Alaska Dogs, who searched the area using helicopters and thermal drones. Aircraft were on standby due to overcast and rainy weather.Alaska State Troopers reported that her body was spotted pon July 3 just before noon by an Alaska Army National Guard helicopter crew approximately 518 meters below the ridge line of Gold Ridge on Mount Roberts. near the hiking trail. Troopers and Juneau Mountain Rescue recovered the body. Buenafe was last seen on security footage leaving the Goldbelt Tramway on top of the mountain. Report with photo: https://www.ktoo.org/2025/07/03/body-of-missing-cruise-ship-passenger-found-in-juneau-mountains/

A Cormorant helicopter of the Canadian Forces airlifted a patient from the 'Norwegian Bliss' on June 5, 2022, about 20 nautical miles offshore from Northern Vancouver Island. The CH-149 Cormorant from 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron, based out of CFB Comox, conducted the medevac of the patient from the ship. He was then successfully transported to Comox to receive medical care. The ship was en route from Seattle to Icy Streait Point. Report with photo: https://www.castanet.net/news/BC/371220/Military-helicopter-airlifts-patient-from-cruise-ship-off-Vancouver-Island

The US Coast Guard medevaced a man from the 'Norwegian Bliss' approximately 160 miles southeast of Cape Fear, North Carolina, in the night of Jan3, 2020. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard’s Fifth District command center were contacted by the captain of the cruise ship who requested a medevac for an 85-year-old passenger that was in need of medical assistance. Watchstanders contacted the duty flight surgeon who recommended a medevac. A Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew was launched along with an HC-130 Hercules aircrew. The Jayhawk aircrew arrived on scene and hoisted the man off the cruise ship while the Hercules aircrew provided support.