May 4-8, 2019 we were on the Carnival Fantasy in Porthole Cabin M14. We decided on the porthole sub-category of an inside cabin to have some natural light. Porthole cabins are not too common, but if a ship has them then they are a great buy. I decided on M14 after quite a bit of research. Apparently, the porthole cabins going toward the bow and are next a 90 degree turn in the hallway are bigger than the other porthole cabins. I can confirm that this is indeed the case. I picked the Main Deck (aka Deck 5) since we would have cabins above and below us.
For what I paid, this cabin was great. Was it perfect, no, but it was just dandy for a 5 day cruise.
Cabin Positives: Plenty of space to move around. King size bed. Towards the end of the hall, so no noisy people walking by. Big shower for an inside/porthole. Huge ledge to the portholes that can work as a reading nook.
Cabin Negatives: No couch or love seat, and no table. When the thrusters were being used to dock, we could feel it and hear it. No foot bar in the shower to shave.
Our cabin steward did a wonderful job. We only want cabin service in the morning and he did just that. I told him that as long as I have plenty of bath towels, then we did not need turn down service. We always had 5 new bath towels every morning in addition to whatever we had left from the day before. My other 1st day requests were ice daily, a blanket, and 2 extra pillows. I like my pillows.
The big question after a cruise is: Would I book this cabin again? Maybe. If we have early port arrivals or late port departures, then I would not book this cabin due to the thruster noise. Normal port times like 8am to 5pm, then I would absolutely book M14 again.
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