Gilligan777

The small balcony was a little shocking at first but then quickly became the norm. I love, love sitting on my balcony and the size of this one wouldn't prevent me from sailing on the Breakaway again. It just took a little while to get used to...

I felt the halls were rather narrow. My cabin steward said it is an issue with letting passengers pass by while they are in the hall with their carts. At times I had to duck into some doorways in order to let others pass. It is a real issues with wheel chair access as you have to move into a doorway to let them pass.

They key card and electric...yikes! I scared the heck out of myself one night while leaving the cabin by dropping the key card after removing it from the slot, left in the pitch dark and forgot the door opened outward. I was in panic mode for a few seconds until I remembered to open the door out towards the hallway. It made me think if there were an emergency would I remember to push the door versus pull the door. Old habits are very hard to break!

I had a similar cabin on the 11th deck. Your photos are great and covered the space well. Did you feel there were any issues with the closet being so close to the bed?

Wish you would have posted pre cruise photos, we missed the storage under the couch...

Great info and photos!

18 days...yikes I better start getting ready!

Actually, the book is mainly photos of our area. More than one cabin steward has then showed us personal pictures of their home, family, town, etc. Some of the staff are truly curious as to our lifestyle outside of the ports they visit.

Some have never seen fall, winter, snow, a log cabin, animals native to my area, trees/flowers native to my area. Just a simple gesture to them in addition to all the tipping we do, that's it.

In addition to all the tipping I do bring alond a gift for the cabin steward which I give him the first day. Yes, they do send most of their money back home and don't spend much on themselves.

I give a book from my little historic town, candy, toiletries, baseball hat, t-shirt, sweatshirt (all from my husbands business) and generally any other fun stuff I may find on my hunt.

It is really just a simple gesture of this is who we are and we appreciate your service. Keep in mind, in some of their cultures gift giving is a must when entering someones home. I view our cruise as entering their home and try to show the utmost respect for all they do.

And...what cabin stewrd does not want to be the talk of the town for one day in their hum drum boring daily routine of ship life!

My husbands face while coming down the steps from a topless deck, not the topless he thought....:D

Great photos! I loved the one's of you and your husband. But, shucks, now I want to be rich...lol

I was curious as to the bedroom window overlooking the ship, did that cause any issues? Were other passengers able to see into your room?

One day I hope to sail in luxury. For now I will settle with a balcony cabin.