Cabin Review

We were in a Deck 11 Aqua Class cabin. The balconies on Deck 11 do not have a roof. The weather on this cruise was not particularly favorable with many rainy days. This made the balcony a useless amenity since it had no cover. There were a couple of sea days with pleasant weather, but without a roof cover, the balcony was way too hot to use. We had friends in a Deck 9 Aqua Class cabin which had the advantage of Deck 10’s huge protective overhang over their balcony. Note-to-self-for future-cruises: never book a balcony room without a roof.

Although we had previously sailed on Millennium, we did not remember the compact (i.e. miniscule) size of the bathrooms. We have been on airplanes with larger bathrooms than the Millennium’s. On a positive note, there was plenty of storage space, the heated mirror was a nice amenity and there was always plenty of hot water in the shower.

The layout of the cabin was very efficient. Lots of storage space and available cubbies once we removed all the misc. advertising materials, posters, company brochures, etc. and stored them for the balance of the cruise under one of the life jackets in the closet. All of our luggage fit nicely under the beds. There was plenty of drawer and closet space for this 2 week cruise. The configuration of the closet rod and the hangers was of dubious design (very small hooks on the hangers that constantly got caught on the square-shaped closet rod.)

The A/C worked, more-or-less efficiently. We did call for an A/C technician at least every third day because of a persistent and apparently endemic A/C system malfunction. (The unit would unexpectedly go into “heat” mode on its own.) On a positive note, the heater worked really well. Unfortunately, we really needed A/C on this warm weather cruise and not heat.