We were on the Magic 7 day Eastern on 7/28/01, and loved the location of our inside stateroom 2583 (our group of 11 occupied 2579/2580 &2585 as well)
We walked past 2608 to go to the aft elevators which take you to the resturants and right up to Topsiders and the Mickey Pool. We never had any noise problem or elevator problems - and would walk down from dinner on deck 4, go to our room - change into comfy clothes, then walk forward to the next set of elevators -or stairs -depending on how much we ate for dinner - and off to the show for the evening.
We liked the area so much that we will be on the 11/9 Wstern 7day on Nov 9th, and will be in stateroom - 2606 -- right next door to your 2608 -- what is the date of your cruise?