Cabin Review

Beatiful, large suite!

When we opened the cabin door we were all pleasantly surprised! The owner's suite is quite impressive and the Penthouse was quite nice. We must have spent a good half hour just exploring everything in the suite. The suite had lots of beautiful wood paneling. At the entryway was a beautiful, wood paneled half bathroom. Once you walked into the suite you were standing in the living room/dining room area which was good sized. We had two sets of sliding glass doors off the living room that lead out to our side balcony with a table and four chairs. The living room had a sofa, which I have to say is quite hard. There was also a comfortable sitting char, an ottoman and a lounge chair. The TV had a built in CD and DVD player, and we were stocked with a selection of CD's and a book to order DVD's from our butler. The dining alcove had a nice wooden dining table with 4 chairs. We also had a beautiful bar with nice glassware including champagne glasses, wine glasses, martini glasses, high ball and old fashioned glasses and brandy snifters. We were given an alcohol menu to select our three bottles of liquor and our butler, Ravi, asked what types of bottled water and sodas we would like for the week and took our orders for "snacks." At 5:30 each evening Ravi delivered something yummy... cheese and crackers and grapes, pretzels, nuts and dried fruit, chips and salsa, veggies and dip, and chocolate covered strawberries. We also had a nice fruit bowl filled with the items we had requested. The bar area included a mini refrigerator and a very nice espresso/cappuccino maker. A nice bottle of champagne was on ice, waiting for us. Who could eat or drink all this stuff? Not us.

The bed room and master bath was separated from the living room with sliding glass doors and curtains. We had a comfortable King sized bed, a desk with an NCL lap top computer provided and a sitting chair. A TV was built into the wall in front of the bed. Our second deck was off the bed room, on the front of the ship and had two lounge chairs and a small table. It was separated from our friends' deck, but we could see them and talk to them from our deck. This deck not only had a regular door, but what appeared to be a water tight bulkhead door with a wheel you turned to tighten down the hatches. This came in handy when we were moving as it was quite windy and without the down tightened, the air whistled as it came thru the tiny open spaces.

The bathroom and dressing room were incredible. The bathroom was bright and sunny with two windows and blue tile. It included a bath tub with Jacuzzi, a walk in shower and separate water closet and two sinks. The dressing room is all beautiful wood paneling, with two safes, two areas to hang clothes, and lots and lots of drawer and cubby space. It also included a mirror and sitting area for make up, a hair dryer and a pants press.

Our friends were in the connecting Penthouse suite. We had a tiny, private, interior hall connecting our two rooms. Their penthouse was lovely, just smaller, and with a Queen bed and one bathroom. The color scheme was bright and cheerful. They had a small table and chairs and a sitting area with a love seat and a chair. They also had a cappuccino maker.