Cabin Review

The stateroom slept four people via a convertible bunk-bed sofa, which was nearest the balcony. Stateroom 15173 has 15 square meters of living space and a 2 square meter bathroom with a shower stall.

Stateroom 15173 is more or less across from/adjacent to the stairwell and provides convenient access to the Biscayne Bay buffet directly above on deck 16, and to the children's facilities, Forest Aquaventure Park, and Jungle Pool area two decks up on deck 18. Note that you may hear occasional chair noise from the buffet, and on embarkation night we could hear feet and voices from two decks below the children's area.

The beds were comfortable, and typically firm. The ingeniously designed sofa converted into a bunk bed.

Stateroom storage was inadequate: one, small closet with eight hangers, two drawers, and two (usable) shelves. (The closet actually had four shelves, but one held the safe, and another held the pool towels. The desk had one, small drawer. The bed height barely allowed for under-bed luggage storage, though the location of the closet along one side of the bed, and the sofa on the other, left little room for accessing the luggage stored under the bed. There were no other drawers, cleverly located shelves or cabinets, or any of the other ingenious storage methods.

The bathroom was woefully small, and, like the stateroom in general, provided insufficient storage or usable space, particularly the shower (though I did appreciate a glass door as opposed to a shower curtain). Rinsing off required use of the removable shower head. The vanity had essentially no usable counter space, and only two small shelves for toiletry storage.

The balcony was generously sized. It was larger than I had expected, and the furniture was comfortable and well-suited to spending lots of time enjoying the water and port views. Located on deck 15 with the Biscayne Bay buffet immediately overhead, the balcony has extra overhang that provided some additional shade.