We planned this trip for 2 years as it has always been a bucket list cruise for us. We booked a guaranteed balcony room in order to save on costs. Around 4 months out, we got our room assignment to a balcony on deck 10 forward. We were thrilled with our luck, but it was nothing compared with bidding on day 80 on a penthouse suite aft. We found out we won 30 days out. This penthouse 8672, came with a butler and conceige. What a dream!

Unfortunately our dream suite was located directly over the Spinnaker Lounge! We read a lot of bad reviews on this room but decided that the benefits were well worth the bad. We came equipped with earplugs and white noise on our lap tops. We were able to sleep most of the time, but when the bass got to thumping 4 out of 14 nights and it shook the floor and walls, it was almost impossible to ignore. We usually go to bed around 11 and thankfully, the music was usually over by 12:30. I would recommend cruisers watch tv late or join in downstairs and go to bed later.

The butler and room steward were awesome! They went out of their way to make this cruise special. The conceirge was great and always smiled and called us by name, even gave us special seating reserved for suite owners when it was available. The food was great. We bought an extra meal package, so we were able to eat at the specialty restaurants 7 out of 14 days. Our favorites: Teppanyaki, Le Bistro and Carney’s. We were also spoiled by the special breakfast and lunch reserved for the Haven guests...awesome service. Read more