Norwegian Bliss: Sanitation Record & Health Report

Norwegian Bliss rolled out of Seattle in 2018 as one of the biggest domestic-market cruise ships ever built for the Pacific Northwest, and after a 2025 refurbishment it's still throwing its weight around at 168,028 tons across 20 decks. This Breakaway Plus-class ship — Meyer Werft-built, Bahamas-flagged, carrying up to 4,004 guests and 1,716 crew — just posted the number every cruiser actually cares about: a CDC score of 100 on its most recent inspection, dated February 8, 2026. That's the ceiling. You cannot do better than 100, and Bliss did it.

Here's where we have to slow down and read the fine print instead of just vibing off that perfect score. The all-time and 5-year average both sit at 93, with a low mark of 93 on record — meaning that flawless 100 is one very good data point, not a pattern the ship has repeated. The page currently logs one inspection in its scored history, and the trend is officially listed as insufficient data, so we're not going to pretend we can tell you whether Bliss is on an upswing, a downswing, or just standing still. We also don't have reliable outbreak data to report on right now — CDC's outbreak records are unreachable at the moment, so treat that as an open question rather than a clean bill of health.

Who it's for: Seattle-based cruisers who want a splashy mega-ship experience — go-kart track, laser tag, Sports Complex energy — heading to Alaska without flying to a Florida port, and who are comfortable with a solid-but-not-yet-proven inspection track record backed by one very strong recent showing. Who should skip it: anyone who needs a long, consistent scoring history before they'll book, or anyone specifically trying to avoid ships with an unresolved outbreak-data gap — wait for the next inspection cycle to see if that 100 was a fluke or the new normal before you fully relax.