Majestic Princess mini suite
The mini suites on Royal Class Princess ships like the Majestic Princess are quite a lot larger than their balcony cabins. These rooms run close to 300 square feet while standard balcony cabins are closer to 220.
small closet with shelves
The room has lots of storage space. At one side of the entrance to the room there’s a large open walk-in closet with a hanging bar and upper shelf and a smaller closet with doors that has 6 shelves, of which one holds the room’s safe. A door from that area leads into a larger than average for a cruise cabin bathroom with a bathtub.
room layout
Moving on into the room, there’s an area with what can be one or two beds as is usual for cruise ships.
nightstands
Princess has wider nightstands than found on some ships which means bigger drawers and a larger shelf as well as more space between the beds when they are separated.
couch area
A set of curtains which can be pulled all the way across sits between the bed area and the space with the couch. In this room the couch could be used as a bed and it also had a drop-down bunk.
bunk
That portion of the room has an even larger nightstand as well as a desk containing several drawers and a refrigerator. Twice daily room cleanings meant that the bunk could go up in the daytime and only be down at night when it was needed.
balcony
The balcony is long and narrow and had two chairs and a small round table.
usb ports
The room had two TV’s. It also had two American outlets over the desk and one other one. There were 2 USB ports by one of the nightstands, but no outlets at the nightstands or USB ports on the desk. Motion lights under the nightstands and desks were intended to make light for anyone getting up in the dark, but we had to block the nightstand ones with extra pillows at night to keep them from coming on any time people move in bed if the blanket hanging over the edge moves at all. The blanket was just a heavy quilt, there was no separate top sheet so it was either heavy covering or nothing other than getting creative and using a bathrobe or towel for a lighter bed covering. There is space under the beds to store suitcases.
view from the balcony end of the room
Some ships have either motion lights or a low-level light that stays on in the bathroom which are more useful than the lights that this ship had. Especially the low-level one that stays on because then there’s no need to turn on a bright light if using the bathroom at night whereas the motion ones go dark after their set time. Plus if the light is inside the bathroom rather than out in the room it is less likely to disturb other people in the room when one person gets up in the night.
magnets
There was more than the average amount of open magnetic wallspace, which is useful for hanging anything magnetic. We had a lot of magnetic hooks that were empty at the start, but by the end of the cruise they all had something hanging from them. Even with a bathtub sized space for the pull-across clothesline there wasn’t always room to hang everything for three people so the still too damp to put away swimsuits would end up on hooks making room for the wetter ones in the bathroom. Other ramdom things came and went. Some hooks held hats, sweatshirts, or bags the entire time. We also had some little magnets for holding up paperwork. We always bring a print-out of the itinerary, and we had excursion information and tickets for things booked outside of the cruiseline. Sometimes there is information from the ship that is worth hanging too.
duck maiilboxes by the door
The doorway to our cabin was indented from the hallway, paired with the cabin next door which gave us some magnetic wallspace to hang decorations and duck mailboxes. Ours were the only duck mailboxes on this ship so we had more raiders than traders this cruise. We were a bit away from the elevators down a dead-end hallway so there wasn’t a lot of people passing by. Some came specifically looking for the duck mailboxes. The door was also magnetic, but the wall was stronger so a better place for hanging things.
bath products
The shower had body wash and one labeled as a combo shampoo and conditioner, but it did nothing for conditioning so if you want conditioner that actually works bring your own. It’s disappointing when even the nicer rooms on cruise ships don’t have separate conditioner, which seems to be the case more often then not.
sink
The sink had liquid hand soap and hand lotion which was nice because not all ships have either. Some just have bar soap and no hand lotion.
bathroom
We did not have to ask for towels for 3, the room was already set up for 3 people. We did ask for extra hangers, but that’s pretty much a given on any ship even with just 2 people in the room. The stewards will always bring extra hangers if asked. There are rarely ever enough to start with unless the previous person asked for extras and the steward left them when they checked out.
walk in closet
Sometimes it seems that the things you ask for online at registration are just ignored, but on the Majestic Princess the bathrobes were already in the closet as requested online at registration. Standard balcony cabins on the Princess ships are pretty small so if you have the budget for a mini-suite it’s definitely worth the extra cost. The mini suites have a lot more space. They are both longer and wider than the standard cabins. Mini suites have both a desk and a full-sized couch whereas standard balcony cabins just have a desk and deluxe balcony cabins have no more space than standard ones, but replace the desk with a small couch.
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