Cabin Review

cat 1A, # 7290. This is on the aft angle of "the hump." We loved our cabin! The decor is upscale and understated, there was plenty of storage for two people on a 7-nighter (big luggage fit under bed), and the bathroom was very nice. Yes, the toilet paper holder is annoying and so is the faucet, but I wouldn't have paid these any mind if I didn't know to look for them. The balcony on this cabin is one of the extra large ones, it is about 50% of the total room size - which was amazing and I spent a lot of time out there. The table is eating height and chairs are comfy even though they have no footstools. The location behind the flat part of the hump meant we felt no wind, even when it was really blowing by. We also were able to sit out there while it was raining (which happened a lot on this cruise) and not get wet. This was also a great location, right near the middle elevators/stairs (we almost always took the stairs to avoid waiting around) and it's true, being midship really does limit the feel of motion. We found the bed super comfy too. Also, it was a really quiet cabin. We never heard a peep above, below or nextdoor. We liked the TV and how it works for many functions (facial recognition with the photographers is cool and it shows your pics while the radio feature plays) and were pleasantly surprised with the channels, which had current sporting events and lots of free, pretty recent on-demand movies. There was a day when the accounting function broke down ship-wide and we laughed at the misspellings on tv, but overall it was nice.

We did have a couple odd moments in there. One night I head a gentle thudding noise and assumed that was the normal ship creaking sound I'd read about, but in the a.m. we realized that the divider between ours and our forward neighbor's balconies had come unhinged. Guest relations sent someone to put in new bolts.

Beware the doors though - pull them hard. Maybe it was just our cabin, but the door was hard to close all the way and lock. On the first formal night around midnight we were watching a movie in bed when a lady in a black evening gown opened our cabin door! She looked mortified to see us cuddled on the bed in PJs and ran. We thought our door was closed! Our steward brought someone to come look at the lock in the a.m. and nothing was broken.