Here’s my better late than never review. This was my second cruise, and we were travelling with 7 adults and 2 children to celebrate my in-laws 40th wedding anniversary. My review won’t be extensive, but I will be sharing things that I know I was searching for information on before our cruise.
Embarkation was a breeze for us, since we were in the Presidential Suite the concierge, Carlos, met us while we were checking in, and escorted us directly onto our ship, stopped by our room (which was still being cleaned) so we could see it and drop off our carry-ons and gave us a quick tour of the ship that ended in Giovanni’s restaurant where we could sit while getting food from the windjammer café.
We really enjoyed our time on the ship, there were visible signs of light wear and tear, but overall the ship was in great condition. We stayed in the Presidential family suite, which has 4 bedrooms, 2 master and 2 interior rooms. We slept in one of the interior rooms, and my SIL and BIL with their 2 kids (7 and 3) slept in the other interior room. We found the interior room to be enough space for us, just wish there had been more storage room. The rooms had a pull-down bed, which since my niece and nephew are young, they were able to share the space for sleeping, they were however kind of cramped in there with 4 people.
We stayed in the Presidential family suite, which has 4 bedrooms, 2 master and 2 interior rooms. We slept in one of the interior rooms, and my SIL and BIL with their 2 kids (7 and 3) slept in the other interior room. We found the interior room to be enough space for us, just wish there had been more storage room. The rooms had a pull-down bed, which since my niece and nephew are young, they were able to share the space for sleeping, they were however kind of cramped in there with 4 people.
Thankfully the living area was very nice and spacious so we only really used the room for sleeping and changing.
The suite was very nice, we had breakfast several times out on the balcony, it was the only place we could all sit together. Our cabin was aft facing but has a big area behind it so we could not look directly down to the water, as you can see in the pictures. The “refrigerator” in the room is really just a cooler made to look like a fridge, so don’t count on that to keep a glass of milk cold.
I personally did not like being in an aft cabin, the engines would wake me, especially when we were pulling into ports. I also did not like how dirty our balcony would get, our feet would be black from being out on the patio, and the children playing, goodness did they and their toys get sooty.