Yes, it's the same in the '03. And I, too, have trouble with that shelf. It helps to stand on the ledge at the bottom but that ledge is pretty narrow. I keep some tools on that top shelf, things I want to have inside but don't need every day. We get a lot of things in that curio cabinet. If we had access from the water closet it might be nice to keep toilet paper, towels, etc. there. We have just the shelf and hangers like yours. Someday maybe I'll put a cabinet in there but probably not until Vicki decides it needs a cabinet.
Wish we had some of the other improvements made a few months after we took delivery on ours! Keystone listened and made a number of good changes but, of course, too late for us!