I used to be fortunate sufficient to cruise on the inaugural crusing of Royal Caribbean’s latest cruise ship, Utopia of the Seas. Whereas onboard this weekend cruise, I received to expertise every little thing this sixth Oasis Class ship has to supply, together with the gorgeous staterooms.
Again in early November, my fellow Royal Caribbean Weblog co-worker and I booked a assure balcony for $2,223 for 3 nights. This included pay as you go gratuities for 2 individuals. Approaching the sail date, Royal Caribbean assigned us cabin 10198, a balcony on deck 10, midship.
This oceanview balcony has a bigger balcony than a typical balcony onboard. For context, I stayed in a typical oceanview balcony throughout a preview cruise on Utopia of the Seas the week prior, and the balcony was 50 sq. toes. On this cabin (appropriately named an “oceanview with giant balcony”), the balcony is 80 sq. toes. The additional 30 sq. toes is seen in how lengthy the balcony is.
The residing space of the cabin totaled 191 sq. toes.
Strolling into the cabin for the primary time, I used to be in awe of how fairly it was. There have been accents of blue all through the cabin, from the carpet and the blinds to the headboard and pillows. Even all of the doorways within the hallway are blue.
The very first thing you see when strolling into the cabin is the sunshine swap and slot the place you place your Seapass card to generate energy. With no card on this slot, there will likely be no electrical energy or air con within the cabin. On this crusing, there was already a card there. Oftentimes, I exploit an outdated Seapass card to place on this slot, however I did not want to try this on this cruise.
On the alternative aspect is a full-length mirror that’s close to the self-importance space. The self-importance is kind of spacious and contains many shops, together with two European shops, one USB outlet, one USB-C outlet, and three normal U.S. shops. The chair can be snug, as I discovered myself sitting in it whereas utilizing my laptop computer or wanting on the Cruise Compass.
Connected to the self-importance is a big dresser. There are 5 drawers, together with one on high of the mini cooler. The drawers had been deep sufficient to position my packing cubes.
I infrequently used the mini cooler, however it’s at all times useful to have one simply in case!
I assumed the wall above the dresser felt empty. I want there was a floating shelf or a chunk of paintings right here. To utilize this area, I used magnetic hooks to hold up some cruise paperwork so it did not muddle up the self-importance.
Throughout from the self-importance and dresser had been the sofa and closets. This sofa will be remodeled right into a double couch mattress, making the cabin in a position to match 4 individuals.
On either side of the sofa was a closet. One closet was large open and contained 20 hangers to hold up lengthy outfits like clothes and jumpsuits. This closet may even retailer your suitcase, backpack, and different baggage.
The second closet had 5 cabinets together with a protected to retailer valuables. There was additionally a small space to hold up a number of lengthy outfits. Beneath this closet had been two giant drawers. I used certainly one of these drawers for my sneakers.
I actually appreciated having two giant closets on this new cruise ship. Whereas on Icon of the Seas, I used to be stunned at how small the closet space was. There was sufficient area for me since I used to be touring alone, however with multiple individual, I feel the storage would’ve been missing. On Utopia of the Seas, you will not have to fret about operating out of cupboard space, as there was a lot for the 2 of us. Having two closets is a game-changer!
Subsequent to the balcony was the “bed room.” The king mattress will be cut up into two twin beds (as seen under).
Every of us had a small nightstand subsequent to the mattress. On high of each nightstands was a lightweight that had a U.S. charging outlet and a USB outlet. This was excellent for charging my telephone and watch whereas I used to be sleeping, and I might simply see what time it was by checking my telephone. Every nightstand had two cabinets for added objects that you’d want near you whereas in mattress.
On one nightstand was the cabin’s telephone which took up the vast majority of the highest shelf. This was straightforward to maneuver to one of many backside cabinets. On this aspect of the mattress, there is a gentle swap that controls the entire lights within the cabin.
Throughout from the mattress was a big flatscreen TV. The one time I turned on the TV, I seen there was not an choice to stream movies from my telephone to the TV. I want it had this feature like on my current Odyssey of the Seas cruise.
Beneath the TV had been 5 built-in hooks to hold up varied objects, like hats or baggage. I’ve by no means seen these hooks on different cruise ships earlier than, and I assumed they had been an fascinating design selection. I like having extra choices to hold up issues, however the hooks are decrease on the bottom, which will not be as useful for many who can’t bend over simply.
The balcony had two chairs and a small desk. The balcony was very spacious and I might inform the distinction within the measurement between a daily balcony cabin and this “giant balcony.” That is the proper place to take a seat, loosen up, and watch the ship sail away from port.
Lastly, essentially the most thrilling a part of this cabin tour, the toilet. I felt that there was sufficient storage within the rest room for 2 individuals. There have been three cabinets by the bathroom, a shelf under the sink, two towel racks, and two hooks on the door for hanging beauty organizers.
The bathe had just one shelf inside, although I want there have been extra. Whereas this bathe would not have the brand new design because the showers on Icon of the Seas, I did not thoughts as a result of I assumed this bathe was simply as spacious. I might even put my elbows out and never bump the perimeters of the bathe.
One thing else I preferred concerning the rest room was the blue floral backsplash. It actually tied in with the blue theme of the cabin.
There’s a built-in nightlight within the rest room so you possibly can simply navigate to the toilet in the course of the night time when it’s darkish contained in the cabin.
General, I might advocate this oceanview balcony on Utopia of the Seas. It was spacious, well-designed, and excellent for 2 vacationers. The cabin could really feel cramped with greater than two individuals, however it might probably definitely work.
I consider this oceanview with a big balcony cabin is extraordinarily just like the standard oceanview balcony cabin, so both choice can be a sensible choice. Really, the one distinction is that additional 30 sq. toes on the balcony, which is not a drastic change.
