Cabin Review

There were many clever, space-saving areas aboard, especially in the bathroom. Lots of drawers and cubbyholes. There was plenty of hot water and the water pressure was good. The usual shampoo, conditioner, soaps and moisturizer were in a tray. The toilet was not particularly great in flushing waste due to its poor design, however. There was no fan to get rid of the condensation either. There's a nice large nightlight always on in the bathroom above the mirror. Under the sink was a front panel which was removable and was where spare facial tissue was stored.

Lots of space was to be found under the bed to store at least two large suitcases and possibly more. Also located there were the life vests. Under our bed were sandals left behind by a previous occupant and a few crumbs under the bed as well as a large bag of laundry which had been overlooked by the room steward. The king-size mattress was firm but not uncomfortable. It's hard to fathom how a person over five foot eleven would fit the bed though. I'm just under that and my feet almost hung over the edge. The foot of the bed is rounded and you won't bump into it in the middle of the night or day. The pillows (four) were unusually small. There was a phone with a built-in digital clock if you wanted to know the time. The room phone has the ship's current date and time which helps when the time zones change. There were two small bedside tables with drawers and two lamps hung above the bed on the wall. Also above the bed were two large compartments where you could store backpacks or any number of items you didn't use as often.

The air conditioning was quiet and there was next to no noise from passengers either above or below the room at night; however, during the day a door, possibly for the crew, could be heard at times slamming shut one deck below. No noise could be heard on either side of the room and very little in the hall. We could not hear the ship's engines either.

Across from the couch and table was a small writing desk with plug-ins and chair. Attached to the desk was a bureau, safe and bar fridge and a long countertop. The fridge was crammed with liquor (for purchase) and little room for our bottled water, so we had our room steward remove the liquor and place it elsewhere. The fridge had a hard time keeping things cold though. To the side of the bureau was shelving. Above the bureau unit was the flat screen TV from which you could access you account, info on the ship, weather, excursion info and TV channels and a large mirror was above the desk. The number of channels was small and most seemed to have old Sylvester Stallone movies on them. The Celebrity Shopping channel recommends only stores that end up being high end ones on the ship and on shore. There was more shelving between the mirror and TV.

The room closet was fairly big, had a long shelf as well as a fair number of hangers, but they could definitely use more as we had to double up on some. We didn't ask the steward but he probably could have rounded up more. There were two cheap quality bathrobes in the closet as well.

The veranda was a good size with a partially obstructed view. This view had lifeboat #22 just below our deck with a stanchion protruding above our veranda height. We still had a great view of things and our cabin was cheaper than those above us. The balcony was fairly spacious, had two reclining chairs, a table and was private. Seas were moderate and we felt little ship motion. The vessel's engines were also very quiet both inside the room and out. Being on the 6th deck also made rough seas more stable due to our location closer to the centre of gravity. Our friends noticed the movements more on the 10th deck.