Disney Cruise Line Stateroom Number 8681

Notes: Wonderful room for our family of three!

Notes: This room connects to 8679. It was a long walk from the elevator bank. It was well equipped and spacious enough. The kids enjoyed the magical porthole. There was a LOT of noise on port mornings (presumably from Aft Thrusters). We never slept well on those mornings. It was a bit of a walk from the launderette. Enough that I never did get to accomplish laundry.

Notes: Good location, really quiet. Enjoyed this room a lot. Would rebook it again.

Notes: We also had the connector 8679. Nice room. One of the few Cat 10 rooms on the ship. The connecting doors finally stay open nicely on magnetic catches. No more plastic door stops like Magic. There is less closet and drawer storage in this room than on the Magic or Wonder Cat 10. Total closet space is about 1/3 smaller and there are only 3 drawers for clothing. No steamer trunk like on Magic. Flat screen TV is very nice with on demand movie and TV programming. To make up for less drawer storage the bed frame is higher and very large suitcases can fit under the bed. Use them as a dresser. There is a very cool electronic porthole which gives real time views outside and a few surprises. New beds and linens are VERY comfy. Each stateroom gets two cell phones to communicate on ship. These do not have any fee for use and replace the parent pagers. Be careful though, lose one and it costs $250. Overall these rooms are a bit smaller than the equivalent rooms on Magic but are nice. These particular rooms are quiet except when there is a DJ in Evolution lounge and the beat of the music travels up the interior walls 4 floors to your room. It is faint but there. Also be careful of taking a steamy shower. We set off the fire alarm twice because the sensor is in the exact right place to see the shower steam when the door is opened. Turn the shower off and dry off in that room before opening the door to fix this.

Notes: This was literally the end inside cabin on Deck 8. Felt spacious and was very quiet. A LONG walk from all elevator banks, which is hard with sleepy toddlers or if you forget something. Porthole was neat feature although you had to watch constantly to see any "Disney magic touches" (no noise warned you, so we often saw only the end of the event, if at all). Great that you can slide luggage under bed now. Only con was the distance and that the hallway in front was where ALL the cleaning carts got parked (didn't make it noisy, just cluttered).