Fantasy categories 10A vs 9A

[czmom]

We've been on the Magic and Wonder so far, with a verandah and standard inside room. Loved the verandah, but the inside room was also fine. However we would prefer to have the split bath next time with a deluxe inside.

Our next cruise will be on the Fantasy and we are looking at cat 10a or 9a.

Pros and cons of either??

 

[PrincessShmoo]

We've been on the Magic and Wonder so far, with a verandah and standard inside room. Loved the verandah, but the inside room was also fine. However we would prefer to have the split bath next time with a deluxe inside.

Our next cruise will be on the Fantasy and we are looking at cat 10a or 9a.

Pros and cons of either??

We've been in a 10A on the Dream (EDIT: We had an 11A). The bath was not split. But an inside room does have the virtual porthole.


A 9A will have a real porthole. And the split bath.

 

[Maggie'sMom]

We had a 10a on the Fantasy. The Magical Porthole was nice, and we were in a great location on deck 9, but I still felt closed in without natural light coming in. When we got back, I upgraded our cabin on our next cruise to a 9a so I could have some natural light.

 

[Maggie'sMom]

We've been in a 10A on the Dream. The bath was not split. But an inside room does have the virtual porthole.

Are you sure you were in a 10a on the Dream? We were in a 10a on the Fantasy and had the split bath. The split bath was the main difference between the Cat 11 rooms and the 10a.

 

[czmom]

The DCL website says most 10a rooms have a split bath. We need a room to sleep 4 so maybe that's the difference?

 

[czmom]

We had a 10a on the Fantasy. The Magical Porthole was nice, and we were in a great location on deck 9, but I still felt closed in without natural light coming in. When we got back, I upgraded our cabin on our next cruise to a 9a so I could have some natural light.

Did you like the 9a better? It's basically a $200 difference for us. My concern is the location of these rooms. We've always been midship.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Are you sure you were in a 10a on the Dream? We were in a 10a on the Fantasy and had the split bath. The split bath was the main difference between the Cat 11 rooms and the 10a.

Oops, error---error, sorry my picture was mislabeled. We had an 11A.

Back to our regular programming.

 

[Maggie'sMom]

Did you like the 9a better? It's basically a $200 difference for us. My concern is the location of these rooms. We've always been midship.

I haven't been on the cruise where we will have the 9a stateroom yet so I can't say for sure. I too was concerned about location, especially since I didn't want to be aft. We felt a lot of vibration in the aft sections of the Fantasy when we were on it. We booked one that is forward.

 

[rosaciri]

We were on The Fantasy for our western cruise and had 5A on Level 10 and that was great too. Right below Cabana. Its nice to have a balcony. we would get brekkie from Cabana and go down to our room and sit on the balcony to eat and we are a family of 4. Was very nice on port days coming into port etc. The noise etc being below cabana wasnt too bad as well. i thought it may have been a problem but really it wasnt - we were right above cabana, very close to stairs and elevator.

 

[czmom]

We'd love a balcony again for sure! But we decided to use the cost difference for an excursion