Cabin Review

after purchasing FTTF our cabin was ready as soon as we walked on the ship, exactly what we needed after the long wait and chaos on embarkation. My wife has been on Royal Caribbean and stated that the cabin was bigger on the miracle. We had cabin number 5257/53, interconnecting. We went straight to guest services and requested the interconnecting door, and balcony partition be unlocked. The door was done within an hour by our cabin steward and the partition later that evening. Carnival should put this in their booking request system online to free up time for guest services, in particular when you book the two rooms together.Now being a gentleman of larger proportions, both in height and weight, prior to embarking the biggest concern I had was the bed and the shower. No need to worry on the Miracle, both was exceptional. The bed firm but forgiving and the shower simply sensational. No sticking shower curtain here easily controlled water temperature and best of all a shower rose that actually sprayed water on top of my head, not the middle of my chest. Congratulations Carnival you are on a winner here.As mentioned, both our cabins had balconies. Whilst we did not use them too regularly, they were at times a great salvation for privacy. We had no issues with smoke, partying neighbours, just beautiful views and serenity. It was particularly good for port times, upon waking and returning to your cabin, where you could sit and watch beautiful sunsets or the normal world operate whilst you sat comfortably with your Canadian club and dry!The cabins had plenty, and I mean plenty of storage space. They were clean and well organised including lots of hangers, bathrobes, plenty of towels including beach towels a lounge, and small tv. I'd like to mention the TV as I am an avid TV watched and often use it to relax, in particular at bed time. Whilst they had movie channels, and the Funtimes told you what the movies were, there was no schedule! So you had no idea what times the movies ran. The tv stations were the same. It would be great if they could put up some schedules for those of us that wanted to relax and watch some tv in the room, in particular the younger member of our family! This is another area that could be easily improved.Our cabin was located in a great position, close to the stairs and elevators but extremely quiet. Absolutely no noise at all could be heard within the cabin. The block out curtains were great and let no light in. The balcony door was a swing door and whilst it could be wedged open with a chair, did not stay open by itself. The air conditioning reportedly stopped when the door was open, but I did not notice this at any time. I hear a lot of conversation about ice buckets; we did not sue them so I can't comment. We pre-purchased our bottle of Canadian club and whilst expensive, it was their waiting for us when we entered our cabin. Glasses were readily available.No complaints very happy with our cabin