RCCL changed our ship and itinerary (Empress of the Seas to Majesty)

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So originally I booked an oceanview on Empress this ship to Cuba for November 2018.

Got a notice a couple of weeks ago that they were changing our ship -- which changed our room. This is the room I fought for there months to get -- the one with three beds on the floor instead of a pullman overhead. Well, the Majesty doesn't have those types of rooms and now we are back in the cubicle. Plus they changed the itinerary so that now instead of going to Key West, we are going to their island!

Since my husband now has mobility issues, this tiny room may not work for us at all. The only reason we are keeping it (for now) is that they are the only line that stays in Cuba for two full days.

Soooo, new question, anyone been on the Majesty? We are on Deck 5 in an oceanview.
 
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It has been a long time since I have been on the Empress, but I have been in many a cabin with a drop down bed. Our daughter loved sleeping in it. I was not bothered with the bed over my head. I am an early riser, and I did not have to worry about bumping into my daughter and waking her up. One does have to use a ladder to get into the bed. The cabins are small, but you don't spend much time in them. The cabin attendant will raise the bed during the day.
 
It has been a long time since I have been on the Empress, but I have been in many a cabin with a drop down bed. Our daughter loved sleeping in it. I was not bothered with the bed over my head. I am an early riser, and I did not have to worry about bumping into my daughter and waking her up. One does have to use a ladder to get into the bed. The cabins are small, but you don't spend much time in them. The cabin attendant will raise the bed during the day.

Is there a bar to keep the person from rolling out? I didn't see one in the picture I found. Thanks.
 
Is there a bar to keep the person from rolling out? I didn't see one in the picture I found. Thanks.

There is usually a small one up be the pillow

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Thanks. Did you ever feel "claustrobic" being in such a small space? The layout of your pic looks different and yoy may have been in a different room type. Our room has the main bed, but the extra beds come out over the bed on both sides of the room. There is no third bed on the floor (I'm assuming that was the couch). Our room is not actually big enough to have a couch!
 
Much depends on the location on the ship and the category of room. Empress is a small ship and the cabins are naturally smaller. The bottom bed is a convertible couch. Smaller rooms may not have a couch. Many times in small cabins we left the upper bunk down and our daughter loved to just hang out up in it. She was happy and out of the way. When it was time to shower and get ready for the evening, I would leave the room and hang out on deck, at the casino, or in a bar at let my daughter and wife get ready. Then it was my turn. We never spent that much time in the room anyhow (shower, change, sleep).
 
Much depends on the location on the ship and the category of room. Empress is a small ship and the cabins are naturally smaller. The bottom bed is a convertible couch. Smaller rooms may not have a couch. Many times in small cabins we left the upper bunk down and our daughter loved to just hang out up in it. She was happy and out of the way. When it was time to shower and get ready for the evening, I would leave the room and hang out on deck, at the casino, or in a bar at let my daughter and wife get ready. Then it was my turn. We never spent that much time in the room anyhow (shower, change, sleep).

Yeah, I'm thinking that may be our routine this trip. While we are normally verandah people and become hermits in our room and verandah (we're not pool or casino people), with this small a room and window, we may be one of the many who go out and about the ship during the day. It will be a new adventure for sure ;)
 
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No one else has done Empress of the Seas recently?
 
I'm sailing the Empress in October for the 2 night Havana itinerary. I can report back!

Jill in CO
 
I have an Ocean View stateroom on Deck 4.

Jill in CO

I would definitely like to know what you think of the cabin. Our oceanview is on deck 8, but for 3 it's going to be a definite adventure. Thanks!
 
I would definitely like to know what you think of the cabin. Our oceanview is on deck 8, but for 3 it's going to be a definite adventure. Thanks!

Will do! I'm sailing solo so I won't be too cramped I hope!

Jill in CO
 
The picture of the stateroom posted does have a slightly different configuration. That is a photo I believe of Room 9164 (or 8164) which has the beds in the corner. Most rooms, however, have the beds that fold right down over the main bed.
 
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We just got off of the Empress last week. We were in room 8615 which was an ocean view that had the fold down pullmans. It will be tight with three people. You might be better off by having them split the bottom beds into singles so you would at least have room between the beds, otherwise there's not much room on either side without having to duck around the bunks up top. Either way, you'll have a great time.
 
We just got off of the Empress last week. We were in room 8615 which was an ocean view that had the fold down pullmans. It will be tight with three people. You might be better off by having them split the bottom beds into singles so you would at least have room between the beds, otherwise there's not much room on either side without having to duck around the bunks up top. Either way, you'll have a great time.

Did you go to Cuba? What did you think of the ship, food and crew?

Yes, I had to call special guest services to put the request in to split the beds. They said they prefer not to, but will upon request. Here's hoping. :confused3

If they have a sale next year, I may try to get an inside room for our daughter, but right now that adds another $1,500 because it's a single passenger!
 
Yes, we went to Cuba on the 4 night. The ship is older but it was redone a couple of years ago. We had no complaints. The crew was amazing. The food was very good. We were told they had a bigger food budget since they have fewer activities on the ship. We did the chef's dinner one night. It was well worth the money.

I don't know why they said they didn't like splitting up the beds. The couple we traveled with just told the room
Porter as soon as we got there and he was happy to do it. They do it all the time. Friends traveling together wouldn't be expected to sleep in one bed.

We took a RCI excursion but had we known we probably would have done a private one. There is a very active FB group that talks quite a bit about the different companies.
 
Yes, we went to Cuba on the 4 night. The ship is older but it was redone a couple of years ago. We had no complaints. The crew was amazing. The food was very good. We were told they had a bigger food budget since they have fewer activities on the ship. We did the chef's dinner one night. It was well worth the money.

I don't know why they said they didn't like splitting up the beds. The couple we traveled with just told the room
Porter as soon as we got there and he was happy to do it. They do it all the time. Friends traveling together wouldn't be expected to sleep in one bed.

We took a RCI excursion but had we known we probably would have done a private one. There is a very active FB group that talks quite a bit about the different companies.

Thanks for the information. Yes, I was surprised by the one email response saying that about the beds. If the request doesn't go through, I'll just ask once we're onboard. What excursion did you do?
 
We did the 7 hour Best of Havana tour. We had a wonderful guide that was very informative. We toured Revolution Square, Colon Cemetery, Fusturlandia, Hemingway House and we stopped at a cigar store. We also stopped for lunch and at a large market before they dropped us off back at the ship. It was a full 8 hours.
 

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