Cabin Review

Cabin 8187- Mini Suite towards the back of the ship with a balcony

This was a handicapped equipped room (although neither of us are handicapped) but it was ok with me because this room was HUGE. Lots of room to walk around, pretty big shower, nice balcony. This is my first cruise with a balcony and I loved it. and I loved not being so squished in!

Negatives:

It being a handicapped-enabled room there were a few items that we disliked.

The cabin door was automatic for obvious reasons...but there were many times it opened and closed on its own. When we left for the night we had to stay there to make sure it locked and did not reopen. Or I would be standing by the door and suddenly it was open. I think it was just not catching the lock and we didn't realize it. So that was a bit of a pain. If we wanted to close it manually (with our arms!) it was hard because the door was extremely heavy.

The shower and toilet were all one level (no lip on the shower) and when you took a shower it would get water all over the bathroom. If I took a shower and my husband came in to use the restroom he would have to be careful because the whole floor would be flooded. I also noticed some water leaked out of the shower door onto the carpet.

The sink light switch was difficult to find. It is underneath a cabinet. We spent 15 mins looking for it and finally called our steward.

There are switches on the vanity to "super lock" your door. When this is pushed, it will give you an extra layer of security. WARNING: you can still leave the room with this button pushed and when you come back you will have to call security to let you in! To avoid this, there is a red light in the hall right outside your door. If this is on...don't leave! Unlock the door with the switch by the vanity. This was a very poor design flaw by the way. This switch is near the vanity right by the hair dryer. I accidentally pressed it when I was putting the hair dryer back in the rack and we got locked out. Security was very nice though and let us in fairly quickly.

We did have an issue with our cabin being serviced way too late. They would not make up our room until 1 or 2 in the afternoon and our turn down service was always after 9pm. We did mention it but it continued to be late. Because of this, we did not have our room turned down twice because after our two 10 hr excursions we were ready for bed at 9pm.