Scatmanjack Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 Recently sailed on Voyager of the Seas. This was our 10th RCCL cruise across 4 different classes. I have observed that some classes have the 13th deck labelled as deck 13 and some skip to 14 after 12... I get the 'superstition' reason but wondering why the inconsistency? Ever been addressed? WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrimsonCruiser Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 I think it's only if the deck that would be 13 has rooms on it. The superstition usually means no one wants to "live" on deck 13 but public areas like the pool deck or sports deck are usually fine. USCG Teacher 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leroyr55 Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 Actually I know from planning our cruise Ovation has a deck thirteen . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrimsonCruiser Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 11 minutes ago, Leroyr55 said: Actually I know from planning our cruise Ovation has a deck thirteen . If I remember correctly, Ovation was made for the Chinese market and in many east Asian cultures 4, not 13, is a superstitious number (because the character or word for '4' is often similar to the word for 'death'). And since deck 4 on Quantum class ships is a public deck, Royal had no need to skip a deck PPPJJ-GCVAB and USCG Teacher 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 2 hours ago, CrimsonCruiser said: If I remember correctly, Ovation was made for the Chinese market and in many east Asian cultures 4, not 13, is a superstitious number (because the character or word for '4' is often similar to the word for 'death'). And since deck 4 on Quantum class ships is a public deck, Royal had no need to skip a deck Spectrum was built specifically for the Chinese market. She was the fourth ship built in the Quantum class. Quantum was deployed to China after an initial deployment in America but sending Quantum to Asia wasn't the original plan, it was an afterthought. Ovation and Anthem have spent the least amount of time in China among the Q class. I don't think the presence of a deck 13 on this class is related to any region. I've yet to hear any sound reasoning behind the inconsistency. USCG Teacher 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrimsonCruiser Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 49 minutes ago, twangster said: Spectrum was built specifically for the Chinese market. She was the fourth ship built in the Quantum class. Quantum was deployed to China after an initial deployment in America but sending Quantum to Asia wasn't the original plan, it was an afterthought. Ovation and Anthem have spent the least amount of time in China among the Q class. I don't think the presence of a deck 13 on this class is related to any region. I've yet to hear any sound reasoning behind the inconsistency. Ah Spectrum that's the one. In that case...I have no idea why it has a habitable deck 13 lol USCG Teacher 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoomSlayer Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 This is from an old practice with hotels and some other buildings, not just cruise ships. 13 is an unlucky number to some (think of Friday the 13th as another unlucky 13 example), and hotels were not wanting complaints from superstitious guests that had to stay on the 13th floor. Personally, I think 13 is a great number as I was born on the 13th of May. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 Unlucky 13: Why is there no deck 13 on cruise ships DoomSlayer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
need2cruz Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 I'm going on Odyssey next week and there are cabins on deck 13. I'm on deck 12 , but there is a whole deck of rooms on deck 13. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt1976 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 Spent 11 days on Deck 13 on Ovation. The superstition never occurred to me until now. Good deck to be on. Great view from the balcony and just below the pool deck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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