Cabin Review

We had a cabin with a balcony and it was terrific.  The balcony added to our enjoyment especially in port.  We had a good view of all the portside activities from our balcony.  The room itself was more than adequate for storage space.  Suitcases fitted well under the queen bed.  3 cupboards with lots of hangers also had wire draws and shelves for storage.  We had heaps of room here.  The dresser also had 6 drawers and an extra small bedside cupboard had a drawer and 2 shelves for more space. 

The bathroom was small but adequate and replenished daily with towels, bath and beach towels + shampoo, conditioner and soap.  Tissues were also a nice touch.  There is a small washing line in the shower and we used this a lot for smalls.  We took a bar of SARD soap and washed smalls out in the sink and they would dry overnight.  See comments on laundry below.

Ice was supplied in our rooms daily with a large bottle of water and 4 cans of soft drink in the small fridge.  These you had to pay for (water $4.95 each and cans of soft drink were $2.25 each). 

We had a TV with lots of channels - news channels were ABC Australia breakfast and CNN.  Movies were also rotated daily and they had the up-to-date ones showing.  We saw Australia, the latest James Bond, Slumdog Millionaire, Mama Mia and a couple of other ones that were really good.

There is ONLY one Australian power socket per cabin but we found this adequate.  They also supplied a hair dryer in the cabin it is fixed to the wall next to the dresser.

There were 2 overhead reading lamps over our queen bed with dimmer on them.  Very handy if one wanted to read and the other sleep or for mood settings.  Great!!

The room steward in our cabin was OK but he had poor English skills although we were able to communicate all our needs with a little patience. 

The room was always clean and tidy when we returned from our daily activities.  At night our bed was turned down with a nice touch of the daily newsletter and chocs on our pillows.The configuration of the beds together making a queen worked well.  The supplied doonas were also comfortable but we did ask for an extra top sheet which was useful on hot nights.

We looked into a room with just a window and these were also the same configuration as the balcony rooms.  They had the extra space the balcony took up with a bigger dresser.  The window was nice and big and had a bay type setting.