Cabin Review

Pros: the cabins are laid out to maximize space. Luggage fits easily under the bed. There’s plenty of shelving and drawers in the bathroom and a closet that opens to the room. Quiet refrigerator. TV swings out to face bed. Comfortable chairs. The mattress is on steel and is very comfortable. The thermostat worked very well. Shower was a good size with mini sliding doors. Everything worked well. We really appreciated the layout of this cabin.Specific to this room Pros: We appreciated the view from the front of ship over the bow. We seldom heard our neighbors and there wasn't any band music heard.The slanted front window was large and the space under the glass is over 5' in length (forward) at a slant down. You have to be physically able to climb onto the space under the window. Once there, you could throw a couple of pillows in that space to sit or lay down and look up at the sky.Cons: We searched for a room that would be quiet – no bars, theater or public decks above or below. Unfortunately, no deck plan shows that a standard heavy metal "crew only" door was directly beneath our cabin. This door would smack shut at all hours of the day and night as the crew used it to access their smoking area. The anchor and thrusters are nearby and there is no escaping the noise. But what surprised us was the rattling as the thrusters fired, the whole room would shutter until they shut down. No chance of sleeping while that was going on. First the anchor and then the thrusters were used for 10 to 40 minutes at every port.And finally, due to the way the ventilation system worked, if maintenance was painting nearby we smelt it inside. A strong solvent smell was strong at times, but only for a few hours on two different days. When we left the cabin we could smell it in the hallway too but it was hardly noticeable by mid-ship.