Cabin Review

Very disappointing. The sofa bed in this room is effectively unusable with 'undulating', seriously worn and noisy springs and a paper thin mattress. My student daughter manged to get by for a week on the other single mattress & sleeping on the floor. The sofa's themselves were old and uncomfortable so we didn't even sit on them. I've informed guest relations and the attendant was fully aware of this issue but I have no confidence this will have made any difference. The bathroom is looking tired and old with cracked floor grouting, mould in many areas/corners and the shower head flops. The attendant was lovely but, for the first time ever I have heard noise, and a lot of it, from the next door cabin, mostly from 2 very noisy young boys who screamed and ran around late into the night and should really never have been 'contained' on a ship. Since these rooms are sold as family rooms, I would beware. I've no idea if the room configuration makes for thinner walls between these particular two cabins - 7201 & 7199 - but it is an issue, even down to the door slamming shut on exit and entry. We also had serious soot land on the balcony from the ship's funnel. We overlooked the veranda to the 'penthouse suite' and had to endure kids throwing bottles overboard and smoking. We also had to hear the people above conversing with 'neighbors' about how great their day had been and how dysfunctional their families were, due to the openness of the balconies. Towards then end of the cruise we were also affected by noise from late night music blaring out from the sunset deck. My initial excitement at securing this room on a late available guarantee has left me disappointed. Despite the slight extra space, privacy screen and larger balcony, I wouldn't choose this room again and was disappointed that we were unable to transfer to any other room due to the ship being 'full'.