VOS Review Part II

[stuNYC]

Our stateroom

 

We were celebrating our 28th anniversary so I paid to have the stateroom decorated for the occasion. Therefore as soon as we opened the door, my DW and I saw streamers, balloons, wedding bell garlands and a big congratulation sign hanging from the ceiling.

My DW was surprised and very excited. It was a great way to start off our anniversary cruise. I also order champagne and chocolate strawberries and a tropical flower bouquet (which lasted the entire 10 days). We saved the champagne in the mini-ridge until our last evening of our cruise, and they served it to everyone at our table. A 6” cake also came with the decoration package and that too was served on our anniversary with a candle and a group of waiters and our table-mates singing to us. What a wonderful way to end a perfect anniversary vacation.

 

We were in a junior suite which was large by cruise standards. It had a double bed, relatively large bathroom with bathtub and nice size sitting area, plenty of drawer space and a large walk-in in closet with one wall of shelves and another for hanging our clothes. As usual, we had over-packed so the walk-in closet was also was able to accommodate our three large suitcases.

 

The balcony was a nice size and had two chairs separated by a small table and a lounge chair. I spent many relaxing hours on the balcony watching the seas and beautiful blue sky and clouds while reading my book or listening to soothing music on my CD player.

We were on the starboard side of the ship so going down we saw the sun set and coming back we saw the sun rise and got sun during most of the day.

 

The biggest benefit for me, who had to push my wife in her wheelchair, was that the stateroom was mid-ship, very close to the elevators that led to the dining room, windjammer and casino.

 

Our stateroom attendant was very accommodating to our needs. We were especially amused each night that we returned to our cabin by the towel animals she created toward the end of the cruise

[Optifire]

Having the room decorated was a great idea. I booked RC Grandeur out of Baltimore for 9 days in Sept for my DH's birthday present.

 

Can you tell me how you went about making the arrangements to have the room decorated? I would like to do that in a birthday theme for him. Thanks so much for the idea.