kth100077

My partner and I will be on this Western Caribbean cruise. Anyone else? We're dining on the flexible plan, so we're open to finding congenial folks to share a drink or a table with.

We're in our late 50s/early 60s, New Englanders. Very much looking forward to our second cruise for an early respite from winter.

Let's hear who's on the cruise!

Kevin

From our Solstice Cruise last week, starting 11/28/2010

Cabin: 7227 Solstice

Deck: 7

Class: 2A

Area: Port, on central "bulge"

Bed near: Balcony

Quiet: Very quiet, especially considering how close to the aft elevators. Nice sound barricade between us and them. Sometimes a faint whistle/whooshing sound from air exhaust vent inside shower, but it was never audible from the cabin.

Balcony View: Excellent and very private. The half-mirror "X" covered the entire balcony glass (below the rail) which was a mixed blessing. On the one hand, it made the ocean hard to see in many lighting conditions. I thought this would rankle, at first, and it is a deficit. On the other hand, when you're in port you don't have to wear pants to step out on the deck or sunbathe. This overcame the other objection. Honestly, in decent weather you don't spend tons of time on your balcony.

Balcony size: normal

Wind a problem: no more than anywhere else. On this trip the prevailing winds were generally from the starboard side.

Soot? None

Problems/Comments: Very nice location midship made it easy to get to aft elevators in just a few steps and fore elevators in just a few more. Because the room is sandwiched between other stateroom floors, we heard nothing from any other floor. No power near the beds, and my 12-foot extension cord didn't reach from the "desk" to the bedside table. (That's the only place I found any outlets in the stateroom at all.) Bring a 25-foot cord next time.

Amazingly well-laid-out bath has a good amount of personal storage spaces and a full shower in very small floor plan -- yet feels amply large (for a ship). Our dressy clothes maxed out the closet, but we were able to deploy everything around the other spaces, especially over the bed.

Can be connected to 7225.