Cruise Cabins

Choosing a cruise cabin can be very dauting. There are the different types of rooms, different areas of the ship and all the decks. I'm going to give you my best recommendations on what room type will be best with your budget, what part of the ship you should try to book in, and what decks are best. 

Interior Cabin 

Inside cruise ship cabins' best feature is their price - you book them with the line's cheapest rates available. These cruise accommodations don't offer window views. Still, on some of the newest cruise ships of Royal Caribbean and Disney, there are categories Interior staterooms with a "virtual window", which is a large LED screen displaying outside cam views. The screen doesn't have TV functions. On some Carnival ships, there are Inside cabins with a "French Balcony" (with opening glass doors). Also, some "interior staterooms" are actually Oceanview (with a non-opening window), but since their views are obstructed, they are booked as Interior. On Royal Caribbean ships, some Inside cabins have a window looking out to the ship's interior promenade. 

Ocean View Cabin 

Oceanview cabins: as sizes are similar to Interior staterooms on cruise ships, but each of them has a Porthole or normal window. Their window sizes also vary by line and ship. On some ocean ships and some luxury river ships, such staterooms feature floor-ceiling windows. Oceanview rooms' window sizes are usually. As furniture, Oceanview cruise cabins have twin beds that convert to King-size, sofa, TV and phone, sitting area, safe, mini bar, private bath with shower, and also a washroom with sink and a junior tub, bathrobes and a hairdryer and of course a picture window.  

Balcony Cabin 

Most balcony cruise ship cabins feature floor-ceiling sliding glass doors leading to a private step-out veranda. The balcony also is furnished with a table and pair of chairs/loungers. Standard balconies are separated by dividers. As sizes, balcony cabins on cruise ships vary, with those on Princess and NCl ships being among the smallest compared to other big-ship lines. In our cruise deck plans, we also list room sizes and the size of the balcony. Balcony. Apart from the balcony they can offer You twin beds that can be converted to King-size bed. Balconies also provide sitting area with chair and coffee table and private bath with shower, as well as closet/wardrobe, electronic safe box, mini bar, television and phone, sofa, bathrobes, hairdryer. Cabin size can range from 185 - 220 for the room, the balcony can range from 45 - 65. It just depends on where you book and if you book an extended balcony or a bump out balcony. 

Suite's 

These staterooms can range in a wide variety of size and configuration. On the Silversea ships Whisper and Shadow - the 1-bedroom "Royal Suite" is 1,352 ft. The 2-bedroom version is 1,697 ft, the "Grand Suite" is 1,435. The 2-bedroom is 1,780 ft and the "Owner's Suite" is 1,553 ft.  Suites on the NCL ships Gem, Jade, Jewel and Pearl are the "affordable choice". Norwegian Pearl's "Garden Villa" has a staggering size of 2320 ft plus a huge balcony measuring 1035 ft. Norwegian Jewel's two Garden Villas are combined into an almost 5000 ft2 "cruise mansion". Floor-ceiling windows, plenty of deck furniture, separate bedroom, fabulous private bathroom with hot-tub, 2 additional bedrooms (with their own private bathrooms), living room, dining room. 

Location

I have been in the Middle of the ship, and forward part of the ship. I like the middle more reason when it does get a little rocky you do not feel it as much there. The slight moving that you do feel puts you to sleep and won't make you sick. When I had my balcony that was located far forward. There were nights when it got rough, and I would wake up in the middle of the night and get sick because I could feel everything moving and some of the doors in the cabin opened up and were banging against each other. 

Decks

My last cruise we were located on Deck 7 this was great. We were close to everything on the ship. It was only two decks up to get to the lido deck. So were close to the buffet and pools on the ship. We were about 2 decks away from the start of the atrium as well. The location of the cabin was not to close and not far from the elevator's which was really nice.