Wife and I were in 10592, a BA balcony on the 10th deck, hard by the midships elevators. We love this location because it’s convenient to everything and minimizes my proclivity for technicolor yawning.

The cabin itself feels much tighter than on RCI. I’m not sure if it’s actual size or just layout but it seems much tougher to move around. Nevertheless, the stowage is adequate and the balcony is fine. I also like the glass balcony panel better than the RCI version.

Along about 3:00 we met our cabin steward, Aldrick. Really nice guy but also my first hint that NCL may have cut service staff to a critical point. Aldrick apologized unnecessarily that the room hadn’t been vacuumed and proceeded to get it done. Our mini bar was also empty (which saved me the trouble of asking him to empty it) and after the mustard drill, I had to finger snake a soggy wad of tissues out of our sink drain. None of these things is worth ranting about but they reflect what we called “mosquito bites”, small things which don’t ruin the trip but are annoying at the time. We had these “mosquitos” with us all during the week.