We have just returned from a wonderful Baltic cruise. The ship was fantastic, although a little noisy.
The food in the Ocean View buffet is very good indeed, so much to choose from and very well prepared and cooked. We also appreciated the free Tea, Coffee, Iced Water, Orange and Apple juice, lemonade, fruit punch and iced tea that were always available there. The main dining room food was good too, although they did tend to have veal on the menu most days which upset me a bit. Our waiter Ersin and his assistant Ana Maria were wonderful to us. We had a meal at Muranos which was probably the best meal we have ever eaten.
The entertainment was mostly excellent. The team worked very hard to give us plenty of activities to keep us busy. The shows were fantastic, far better than any others I have seen on cruise ships. There was also a fantastic orchestra, a string trio, a barber shop quartet, a couple of pianists and a classical guitar player together with a group whose name escapes me who were ok. Also in the theatre there was a mediocre comedian, a juggler, a violinist who we missed and also a wonderful pianist and singer who was superb. Mike Gibbons the cruise director was very good, very visible and friendly. He turned up for our cruise critic connection party which we appreciated. On our previous Princess cruises, no-one representing the company ever turned up at our roll call parties. The staff certainly seem to go out of their way to make your stay on the Eclipse a happy one.
7193 Deck 7 port side
Bed near balcony door which we loved. Wardrobe was rather shallow and hard to get to on one side as settee was really too long for the space. It was not too much of a problem, but poorly designed. Four small drawers plus one small drawer under dressing table. Dressing table hard to use as kettle and cups on tray were placed there, so not much room for 'girlie' things. Strongly recommend bringing lightweight plastic baskets to use on bedside tables as they are so tiny. 7 X 11 inches by 6 inches deep were perfect and allowed us to place our bits and pieces by the side of the bed without them falling on floor. We just packed into the baskets so they took up no space in luggage.
There is a long cupboard over the bed but quite difficult to get to. Bathroom is great with loads of storage. Tap on sink is ridiculous as it does not move and comes out across the basin making it very difficult to wash. Balcony is good size and clear view over the lifeboats. Great TV with interactive access to room service, shore excursions and view of your account. There was also SKY news and BBC World news among the stations on offer which was a huge improvement to the limited CNN news offered on other cruise lines.
A reasonably sized safe is provided and a small cooler. Ice is delivered daily or you can get it from the Ocean View buffet anytime you need it. This is a quiet room, conveniently situated.