7th December 2015:
Embarkation
We were notified a few days earlier that our check-in time was pushed back to 11am. I dropped the boys and the luggage at the terminal and delivered the car to Portside parking, arriving back at 11 am. There was a short wait for check-in and we set foot aboard about 11:45 am making it the fastest check-in at Brisbane that we have experienced. The ship was on time so the departing passengers had cleared the terminal well before 11 so I feel that makes it more organised.
Cabin
We booked a balcony cabin for 3 people. Cabin number 9066 on the port side of the ship. The bags hadn't arrived but weren't too long before they arrived. Interestingly there doesn't seem to be a service lift so 2 lifts were placed into service mode so that they could be used to deliver the luggage. This happened occasionally throughout the cruise when items had to be moved between floors. A lot of passengers thought they were faulty and needed maintenance, however they were just being used for other purposes.
The cabin was huge compared to the quad share outside cabins had we have previously had on the Pacific Dawn and the Sun Princess. The balcony was an adequate size with a sun lounge, chair and side table.
The bed configuration was a queen (first time for us) with a sofa bed that converted to single bed. The sofa was a 3 seater that converted by squeezing a couple of leavers which tumbled the mechanism from sofa to bed. The bed was a thin mattress on posture slats, so was pretty comfortable according to my son.
The bathroom featured a deep, but small spa bath with shower over the top.
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