Sun AF vs. AE for family of 4

[riggins]

Hi guys-

I'm checking out a cruise on the Sun for my family of 4 - me, DH, and DDs age 6 and 7. The AF and AE are similarly priced. What's the difference between the two room types? Also, does anyone know how the quad sleeping is set up (double sofa, upper berth over bed/sofa)?

 

Thanks

Leslie

[SaySumthing]

They have the same photo and layout online, so maybe it's just location?

[sunedaze]

On the Sun both the AF & AE are actually only standard mini suites. There is really not difference in the cabins, just different locations. Most ships AE 's are true suites but not on the Sun.

[riggins]

When I look at the deck plans, the AEs are all the way aft and are generally shaped like fat rectangles. The AFs are odd-shaped and look like like they fit together like puzzle pieces. Given how different they look on the plan, I'm thinking they must be laid out differently, despite the common picture NCL has on their website. Has anyone stayed in either of these categories?

 

Thanks again!

Leslie

[Fishbait17]

My daughters had an AF on the Sun (adjoining our AA in the front of the ship, they were the first one on the side). It really is a wonderfully laid out cabin, with a large bath/dressing area. It didn't seem at all shaped like the "puzzle" piece it appears to be on the map, just a rectangle. I am not sure how many people the cabin could sleep, but there was no pullman, only a sofabed - which we never pulled out as we didn't need it. It was definitely larger than the balcony cabin they had on the Pearl, but I couldn't tell you the exact size. I definitely remember the dressing area and bath - it was set up so well - with a door between the bath/toilet area and the sink area, and the closet that opened to a dressing area adjacent to the sink area.

 

Hope this helps!

 

Robin

[Cruise_More_Often]

We stayed in 0067, aft, which is designated as an "AE" on the NCL website, and it was really big for a minisuite. Here's a link to some photos of it.

[CanadaFour]

My daughters had an AF on the Sun (adjoining our AA in the front of the ship, they were the first one on the side). It really is a wonderfully laid out cabin, with a large bath/dressing area. It didn't seem at all shaped like the "puzzle" piece it appears to be on the map, just a rectangle. I am not sure how many people the cabin could sleep, but there was no pullman, only a sofabed - which we never pulled out as we didn't need it. It was definitely larger than the balcony cabin they had on the Pearl, but I couldn't tell you the exact size. I definitely remember the dressing area and bath - it was set up so well - with a door between the bath/toilet area and the sink area, and the closet that opened to a dressing area adjacent to the sink area.

 

Hope this helps!

 

Robin

 

The AEs at the very front of the ship are larger than the norm for AE's on the Sun. Their layout is also a bit different given their location, but I agree that they aren't the jigsaw that you see on the diagrams. We sleep four in 1201 very, very comfortably. The sofa bed is a large double. It really needs a foam mattress on top, however, to be bearable. We rebooked to Alaska again this year and chose the Sun simply to get this exact cabin again.

[DMH15]

Canada four

 

I just said the same thing in an earlier post. Will book the Sun again for the cabin again!

[Okay, when?]

We stayed in 0067, aft, which is designated as an "AE" on the NCL website, and it was really big for a minisuite. Here's a link to some photos of it.

We are booked in this same cabin (0067) for a cruise next month. Thanks for sharing your pictures - it is fun to get a 'sneak peek' before we go!

[szdiver]

Don't the A-Es get to eat breakfast and lunch in Cagney's also?

[Fishbait17]

Don't the A-Es get to eat breakfast and lunch in Cagney's also?

 

Not on the Sun, where an AE is actually a mini-suite, not a full suite. Categories AD and above get breakfast and lunch in Il Adagio on the Sun.

 

Robin