Jolly Ogre Posted July 27, 2021 Report Share Posted July 27, 2021 Really no inside cabins?? Ok back in 1978 we had an outside porthole view and it was tiny compared to our inside cabin on our 2019 Allure cruise. We had a promenade view on Indy and that was ok but a very noisy at night with all the partying going on. We have a GTTY for Symphony coming up, then Jr. suite, then a balcony, so we are testing the rooms to see what we like best. However, we had no problems with the value of an inside cabin that we could select on an Oasis class ship. We are very light sleepers and my wife sleeps with an eye mask and ear plugs, so a cave is perfect for sleeping. Ampurp85 and Skigoofy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddy Posted July 27, 2021 Report Share Posted July 27, 2021 2 hours ago, twangster said: So if the choice is to cruise or wait to save up more money, I choose to cruise This is my wife and I in a nutshell. Inside cabins allows us to cruise multiple times a year without penny pinching. BeachGal, Skigoofy, steverk and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedNoodles Posted July 27, 2021 Report Share Posted July 27, 2021 12 hours ago, Baked Alaska said: OH MY! July 25, 2019, roughest seas for whatever reason. The Captain came over the PA and apologized. Sick sacks were everywhere, and the crew offered meclizine like candy. (Side note: remember when the sick sacks on airlines also doubled as film developing envelopes? That always made me laugh. We mainly flew TWA and Eastern Airlines when I was a child.) We were in the sushi making class at Izumi. Everyone was green. Half the class had to leave. I had taken some meclizine prior, so I was wiped out but enjoying my sushi nonetheless. It was not a good day sailing the inside passage. I've sailed the Inside Passage of Alaska three times now - we always have one night that's questionable (where sea sick bags get pulled out) and it's always between Vancouver Island and the actual passage - where the ship is more out in open sea. I've always experienced very calm waters when actually in the protection of the passage. (and to keep with the theme of the thread - Inside Rooms make me sleep too much of Alaska away, and I can't watch seals on ice floes whenever I want from an inside room. Baked Alaska and BeachGal 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshgates Posted July 27, 2021 Report Share Posted July 27, 2021 I'll echo connecting cabins. Unless I'm traveling with someone or planning on working for a few days, a balcony is wasted on me and I sleep better in an interior and like the excuse to spend as little time there as possible. Just don't make me hear my neighbors. I'd rather be next to and across from crew areas than that. That might change once I venture out of the Caribbean for some of my upcoming ones in Alaska/Australia/New Zealand (assuming they go), but we'll see. teddy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted July 27, 2021 Report Share Posted July 27, 2021 I will also never book another full suite on a Vision class ship that is all the way forward. We spent 2 weeks on Grandeur a few years ago right underneath the WJ. Almost all of the full suites on V Class ships are jammed up from under the jammer. It was loud at all hours. We are booked on Vision out of PR in late October but we are in one of the 2 BR GS near the rear elevators. Hopefully that will be a different experience. teddy and joshgates 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsmithgator Posted July 27, 2021 Report Share Posted July 27, 2021 Definitely prefer a balcony, but I would book any inside stateroom EXCEPT the ones next to the employee stairwell. The luggage banging down those stairs on the last night is unbearable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0_0 Posted July 27, 2021 Report Share Posted July 27, 2021 Cabin all the way forward or aft on lowest decks. (Or any deck for the walking distance.) Anchor noise, docking noise, and stabilizer noise. Fairly sure a stabilizer was broken on one cruise, middle of the night you'd hear a loud SLAM like something metal smashing into the side of the ship. It would wake you up and you'd have to deal with trying to sleep over the sound of it doing this slamming noise randomly all night long. Or a cabin below the pool deck/buffet restaurant. Deck chair noise at all hours of the night while crew stacks/unstacks them or drag them across the deck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FManke Posted July 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2021 On 7/26/2021 at 9:40 AM, twangster said: Connecting cabin. I don't want to hear about my neighbors day or plans for the evening. Yep. Especially when it's family! HeWhoWaits 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cakemeister Posted July 28, 2021 Report Share Posted July 28, 2021 Personally, I love the inside cabins. You can nap any time of the day! And the price is right! I will always pick a cabin towards the aft end of the ship. That's where the MDRs are. So I won't ever pick a cabin on the forward end. SPS and Vancity Cruiser 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjweber3 Posted July 28, 2021 Report Share Posted July 28, 2021 21 hours ago, 0_0 said: Cabin all the way forward or aft on lowest decks. (Or any deck for the walking distance.) Anchor noise, docking noise, and stabilizer noise. Fairly sure a stabilizer was broken on one cruise, middle of the night you'd hear a loud SLAM like something metal smashing into the side of the ship. It would wake you up and you'd have to deal with trying to sleep over the sound of it doing this slamming noise randomly all night long. Or a cabin below the pool deck/buffet restaurant. Deck chair noise at all hours of the night while crew stacks/unstacks them or drag them across the deck. The chair noise made us book suites on any deck but the one immediately below the pool/windjammer deck forevermore. Moving chairs over nonslip surfaces is noisy in a way that transmits well through a steel overhead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryAA Posted July 29, 2021 Report Share Posted July 29, 2021 I’d never pick an inside cabin, reminds me of my Navy days on an aircraft carrier. We always get a junior suite or above near the rear elevator. Back when we cruised on Carnival, we were ok with cabins with just a porthole. Once we sailed on the Mariner in a junior suite on our first Royal cruise, that spoiled us. desert_Noelle and WAAAYTOOO 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMarc Posted July 29, 2021 Report Share Posted July 29, 2021 I would stay in any room. I can only afford to cruise with free myvegas cruises, or on another lines $200 deals, so inside is fine with me. I just leave the TV on to the bridge camera and that's my window. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WannaCruise Posted July 29, 2021 Report Share Posted July 29, 2021 We're ok with interior (although stick to promenade type where there is a window or "screen" to the outside), but we won't book a very forward stateroom. There are some ones with amazing views or sizes/shapes with additional space, hit we are worried of ship movement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sofla mermaid Posted July 31, 2021 Report Share Posted July 31, 2021 We'll never stay in an inside cabin! I want to wake up to our beautiful ocean view!! We also love to go outside on the balcony and feel the breeze and smell the fresh air! We enjoy spending time on our balcony enjoying the view, especially at night! WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wstephensi Posted August 1, 2021 Report Share Posted August 1, 2021 Lower deck porthole ocean view (decks 2 or 3). The view of the water rushing by made me sea sick. Had to keep the blinds closed. Every other type of room is okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy & Sheryl Unwin Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 For us, it is any cabin below the pool deck. We had a JS on Serenade and the cabin was directly below the automatic doors for the Solarium. Great cabin, brutal location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12thman Posted August 3, 2021 Report Share Posted August 3, 2021 Haven't sailed enough to say where not to stay, learning from this thread where not to. Best tip so far is not staying in a connected cabin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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