We chose this cruise because the ocean view rooms looked nicer than Norwegian and had better add-ons (tips, wi-fi, classic drink package) for the overall price. The big square window with a loveseat looking out was a big plus over a small porthole between the 2 beds. We ended up bidding on a balcony room and got it! so we didn't actually stay in the oceanview room, but I'm assuming the room features are mostly the same. First off, I did lots of research to see how to maximize the space. Good closet space with 2 robes with lots of hangers although I did ask for more which was easy to get. There were a good amount of drawers under the closet, the two nightstands, and at the vanity mirror space. There is no metal per se to use magnet hooks, BUT there is some metal in the walls so we played around with the magnets and found some places to hang our puffy jackets. We also hung a shoe rack on the inside bathroom door which I considered a big bonus. There was a shelf under the bathroom sink and a couple shelves on the upper portion as well. The shower is very narrow, (but did have a drying string which was great for drying our bathing suits) and they did provide shampoo, conditioner and body soap. The shampoo is very watery and barely lathers up and I wish I would have brought my own. The conditioner was just ok as well (I did bring my own of that) and the body soap was fine. There was a little lotion bottle provided as well which was ok. There are only shaver outlets in the bathroom, which I think is ridiculous, so we had to use the blow dryer and other styling products by the window by the vanity mirror. And I didn't see it til like Day 5, but there is a push button to light up the mirror next to the outlets. There are other outlets on the lamp on the nightstand for charging phones, etc. which was nice. The beds were ok, we each got 2 pillows and I was able to ask for a thinner pillow which was great. We did what others said and got rid of the extra drinks in our frig that I knew we would not drink. We brought our own Splenda and Stevia for fear they wouldn't have it all the time, but it was everywhere and with our room service as well so that was nice. We brought a few things which we didn't use: stainless steel water bottles (we got water cans in our beverage package so we grabbed them throughout the day and especially at night before we went to bed, clothespins for the curtains (curtains blocked out all the light).

The rest of the cruise was good. We stuck to the main dining and buffet which were decent. Every now and then we got a really good meal (beef wellington..yum!) and the pizza and pasta bar at buffet were always solid choices. We loved the coffee bar! especially since it was included in our package. The gelato bar was not included and we only had it once and it was just ok. There's free ice cream other places that were better.