Marina is a beautiful ship with fabulous food, a really nice salt water pool, a nice fitness center/spa, library and Internet cafe next to coffee shop, enrichment, visual art and culinary classes, putting, ping pong, needlepoint, line dancing, evening dancing with Big band or the Sligo band and late night theatre. There was Bridge and other card/board games and a Casino. The itinerary was an excellent one on our Papette FP to Charleston SC last month. Each area unique in history! It would take pages to describe the beauty, culture and great people we met along our journey! Would definitely recommend French Polynesia as a destination!
We had upgraded last minute to penthouse from veranda. Both are very nice, however the PH closet is really walk in and fabulous. I liked the spacious design of the room as well. Didn't really use Butler for much. He took laundry for pressing and cleaning which any of other stewards do as well. I suppose if you wanted to dine in he would be more helpful as when I ordered breakfast to the room one morning, he set table with tablecloth, glasses and silver and served food like a waiter in the dining room.
I enjoyed onboard, the pool, sauna/steam room, art classes, enrichment series, and line dancing. I heard from others the culinary classes were great. I loved the music, from the string quartet to piano bar and the two bands, each different in their own way!
We were thankful for the extra room with the mobility scooter and a POC device. Otherwise it seemed to have a little less storage then the veranda suite we've had in the past. Very little storage in the bathroom and when one takes a shower one must be very careful to cover the curtain completely but water still gets on the floor and makes a bit of a mess! We were b2b on this cruise, did the first half in penthouse suite because of the mobility scooter and no handicap availability. We paid extra for it but O gave us a good deal. So when we went from spacious storage to barely enough it was a difficult adjustment, but a couple of weeks in paradise, no problem!