Much has been written about the Gauguin, in far better words than I can use (Todd…), and I concur on most everyone’s comments. I’ll try to stick to things that may be of interest or difference from previous reviews…
The cabin – perfectly adequate. I’ve cruised several times with balconies, on other ships, but just couldn’t justify the 200% cost for a single, so went with el cheapo, #320, and honestly didn’t miss the balcony at all. I spent most of my time out and about on the ship or on shore. In the cabin, I found the little desk area to be really great for setting up my laptop, various chargers, and my iPod with the Altec Lansing speaker system. I got one of those electrical outlets that has 3 sockets into one plug and it worked perfectly. Also, I brought a French-to-US plug converter since all of my equipment was 110/220 capable. I was very mildly disappointed to find out all the tiki gods in the rooms were the same, although he was easy to customize.
My cabin attendants were very unobtrusive, yet very thorough. I asked for all cokes and some bloody mary mix and was left with 6 cokes and 3 glasses of mix, with Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco and salt & pepper. My original request, pre-cruise, was for Bacardi O (orange flavored) but they said they didn’t have it and I got Bacardi Gold – sufficient. My 45-ish-yr-old neighbors were apparently new to cruising (they didn’t know the walls weren’t soundproof or didn’t care), and were on board with their parents. She was a shrew, constantly berating hubby, and shouting at him, to which he would answer with a loud long belch :lct: