It really isn't as big of a deal as people make it out to be. I have stayed in insides, portholes, oceanviews and balconies multiple times each. It is just a cabin, there are much worse places you can be and you can make anything work. No matter what the cabin, we do like some of the above and turn the TV to the outside cams. To me It gives you a sense of what is going on outside just like looking out a window.