Cabin Review

The room was fantastic! We were underneath the day-spa area, so there was no noise at all. We heard our neighbors a couple of times, but from what i have read prior to the cruise, this is completely normal.I doubt we will choose to go Aqua Class again though, for what you get, the fellow guests in that class, and what we actually used, it really was not worth the extra money. We purchased our tickets 18 months prior to sailing. When we booked there were a few 'perks' that sold us on going Aqua Class, this included the extra Elemis day-spa products, the champers on arrival (hey.. we were on our honeymoon.. to us this sounded so romantic!!), canapes, the access to Blu, the pillow menu, the Aqua Spa Cafe, and the access to the Persian Gardens. The plan was to utilize most of these extras as much as possible. Unfortunately we used very little of these extras. The Elemis spa had been taken over by Canyon Ranch, and while the products were okay, they weren't on any level that Elemis is, I think i only used the conditioner because my hair went crazy with the sea air. The Champers was okay, it took us 3 days to drink it, and it remained bubbly even on the third day.Canepes were fantastic the first few days of the cruise. It was nice to get back to our room around 5 to prepare for dinner and find a snack to nibble on before dinner, however these became repetitive, and we soon came to dread the smell of the dips and olives.Access to Blu. Well... We went there 4 times, three times for dinner, and once for breakfast. I do believe we were the youngest couple there, which showed in both the service we received, and the attitude towards us by other guests. Plus Blu was very much what i would assume Main Dining to be, and their necessity to feed everyone quickly to get them out again. The best examples i have for this is the second dinner we had there, we were offered the desert menu at the same time our first glasses of wine came out. The Third dinner we had there, we were fed and out the door in the time it took the lady next to us to lodge numerous complaints to the waiter about the boat/staff/service/food/atmosphere/prices/cleanliness/chocolates on the pillow.. and any other issue she had (sorry.. there were more.. I think i have just blocked them out!!). We had the same issues in the Persian Gardens. I believe that being Aqua Class, guests felt a level of entitlement, and no consideration for others. I used the Persian Gardens twice before giving up. While the gardens themselves are lovely, and the staff try to keep the atmosphere serene, when you have 4 or 5 fellow tone-deaf guests banging out the latest hymns, there is no way you can possibly relax.The Pillow menu is the option of a Tri-pillow, a duck-down pillow or a normal pillow. we made do with what we had. We didn't actually use the Aqua Spa Cafe. While it was lovely, and all healthy foods. It was located in with the indoor pool, and next to one of the Spas. I guess the last thing we wanted to eat was in a chlorinated environment next to the spa baths.Now the good stuff!! The room was very comfortable, the balcony was surprisingly large, the movies available to view for free had a large selection, and our room staff were amazing. A note of caution however, If you order breakfast, keep in mind that everything you order is put onto separate plates, so its not a good idea to go crazy like we did.. because you end up with 24 full sized plates!!! Room service is excellent though, and you order through your TV, to which can be a lengthy process, but is handy when you try to order pizza at 3am in a drunken haze and fall asleep half way though!!