Hello Ready2go11;
Thank you VERY much for taking this picture for me and posting it here, on C.C.
At least the steps are covered with a carpet which helps to absorb the sound of feet walking on the steps.
A picture speaks a thousand words and this picture does for me.
Again, Thank You Very Much for taking this picture and posting it.
Yikes, but not surprising on the term that you described the area in front of 10002 and 10004 as being a "...small highway...".
Oh well, but thank you for the warning.
On a prior cruise to Alaska on the Nieuw Amsterdam we stayed on the most aft room in the short hallway from the Observation/Crowsnest.
As yet, that position is our absolute most favorite location for a cabin, but it would only be sheer luck to be able to get that position room again.
We like being on the same floor as the Observation/Crowsnest, so I guess the cost of convenience for my husband to get a well made Americano coffee early in the morning, will be that we have to live along a "small highway".
In the future we will have to book *even further* in advance to be on the same floor as the Observation/Crowsnest floor, but further after of the elevators.
Happy sailing the high Atlantic seas to you, Ready2go11.
Sincerely,
Ruth