We arrived in Whittier early in the morning and the fog was so thick you could barely see the pier. Disembarkation began early and we needed to leave our cabin by 8 am (we actually left at 9 am). We thought we could get a head start on moving and unpacking again, doing laundry, etc. but none of that happened. The ship is not geared up to process any incoming issues until the disembarkation has been completed, so we just had breakfast and hung around until noon. I was able to do a load of laundry and had the laundry room to myself. At 12:15 pm we finally got the keys to our new room.
This has officially become the worst cruise experience we have had in regard to accommodations. We moved into our new room on the crew deck – it has bunk beds!! Michael volunteered to be on the upper bunk. I am on the lower one and
cannot sit up without bumping my head. We do have portholes and that is the only nice thing I can say about the room. It has a lingering smoke odor that Febreze has not been able to fix, and the carpet has cigarette burns all over. It is dirty, shabby and very small and cramped. This is such a surprise as the passenger rooms and the previous noisy bass room (which is an officer/lecturer room) were clean and didn’t stink. We cannot ask to be moved again as the assistant cruise director worked really hard to get us out of the noisy room; so we are stuck.
It is really weird walking down below the passenger decks to see the inner workings of how the ship functions – to see the stuff that makes the passenger experience so seamless and enjoyable. We feel like aliens in a strange land as we really don’t belong there. Deck 4 is like a highway that runs the entire length of the ship. There is the crew mess, recreation hall, extra food and drink stores, mattresses piled up against the walls, wheelchairs, a pingpong table, glass recycling, cardboard recycling, and on and on. It’s like a little city that lives underground.
We unpacked and then had lunch. I was very tired since I didn’t sleep the night before and Michael still wasn’t feeling well, so we took a nap. I spent the rest of the day reading in the library. After dinner, there wasn’t much for us to do as we had seen the shows and movies, so back to the library I went. Michael stayed for a brief time, but then he decided to go to bed. I was pouting about the room, so I decided I would not go back to the room until I was ready to go to bed as I just didn’t want to be there. I read in the library until 11 pm, and then decided to go to bed. Unfortunately, my plan backfired as I wasn’t tired enough to go to sleep so I wound up reading until 2 am. I made up my mind that I would not bitch about the room for the rest of the trip.
This has officially become the worst cruise experience we have had in regard to accommodations. We moved into our new room on the crew deck – it has bunk beds!! Michael volunteered to be on the upper bunk. I am on the lower one and
cannot sit up without bumping my head. We do have portholes and that is the only nice thing I can say about the room. It has a lingering smoke odor that Febreze has not been able to fix, and the carpet has cigarette burns all over. It is dirty, shabby and very small and cramped. This is such a surprise as the passenger rooms and the previous noisy bass room (which is an officer/lecturer room) were clean and didn’t stink. We cannot ask to be moved again as the assistant cruise director worked really hard to get us out of the noisy room; so we are stuck.It is really weird walking down below the passenger decks to see the inner workings of how the ship functions – to see the stuff that makes the passenger experience so seamless and enjoyable. We feel like aliens in a strange land as we really don’t belong there. Deck 4 is like a highway that runs the entire length of the ship. There is the crew mess, recreation hall, extra food and drink stores, mattresses piled up against the walls, wheelchairs, a pingpong table, glass recycling, cardboard recycling, and on and on. It’s like a little city that lives underground.
We unpacked and then had lunch. I was very tired since I didn’t sleep the night before and Michael still wasn’t feeling well, so we took a nap. I spent the rest of the day reading in the library. After dinner, there wasn’t much for us to do as we had seen the shows and movies, so back to the library I went. Michael stayed for a brief time, but then he decided to go to bed. I was pouting about the room, so I decided I would not go back to the room until I was ready to go to bed as I just didn’t want to be there. I read in the library until 11 pm, and then decided to go to bed. Unfortunately, my plan backfired as I wasn’t tired enough to go to sleep so I wound up reading until 2 am. I made up my mind that I would not bitch about the room for the rest of the trip.
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