Am I the only one who gets an Interior room?

[MsTabbyKats]

Our first 2 Crusies have been in inside Cabins. We chose a Mini Suite for our 13 Day Carribean in April.

 

The weather should be pretty descent out of Miami on the 11th, but I am concerned coming back (Balcony and temperature) towards the end of April heading to New York.

 

ANY opinions on this?

 

NYC is still pretty cool in April...even at the end. It's certainly not "beach weather".

[love4monsters]

We are going on our first cruise as a family in December. My husband was in the Navy for 20 years and he wanted a balcony after being at sea without one! It's for our anniversary so he got his wish. :)

[messengertm]

I live on Long Island so I agree TOTALLY about the coolness. Just wondering if the extra money spent for the last 2 days at sea will be worth it.

 

I think so considering 11 out of the 13 days will be in the Caribbean. Just wanted to try the Mini Suite this time and see if it is worth it.

[NYcruzzer]

I swear I am the only one who gets an Interior room :)

 

Is it that big of a difference from an Interior to a Balcony or Oceanview? We have only cruised once before on RCCL but we are going on a 12day March 7th on the Jade. It seems all the posts I see are people in Suites :P, now that I cannot do but was thinking if it is worth it maybe upgrading.

 

We always thought of it as we are on vacation and won't be in the room much as we like to attend all the shows and such. We are younger at 25 and 26 so are out and about a lot.

 

Any comments...suggestions?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Don't worry you are not the only one getting inside rooms. As a matter of fact they are usually the first catogory to sell out. I have had inside, ov, and balcony cabins. I usually choose inside for the price point. With the money I save I can buy a weekly spa pass, and enjoy more specialty restaurants. With the added darkness I sleep like a baby at naptime.

[Wakkyj]

Appreciate the responses, another question. If the Balcony is so much nicer in your opinion, what about in March for the Mediterranean? I was thinking that it might be too cold at that point to get much enjoyment out of it?

 

We did the Jade Eastern Mediterranean itinerary in October. Our experience was that we were hardly in our rooms as we would get back to the ship just before sailaway, change for dinner, see a show and come back to the cabin to fall into bed. We did the Greek Isles so I'm sure there were some nice views if we had a balcony but I can't imagine how we would have found time to get out there. We often get a balcony but on this sailing we got an inside room and never regretted it. It's just a personal choice though and you'll have a fantastic time either way.

[logicandsin]

I swear I am the only one who gets an Interior room :)

Is it that big of a difference from an Interior to a Balcony or Oceanview? We have only cruised once before on RCCL but we are going on a 12day March 7th on the Jade. It seems all the posts I see are people in Suites :P, now that I cannot do but was thinking if it is worth it maybe upgrading.

We always thought of it as we are on vacation and won't be in the room much as we like to attend all the shows and such. We are younger at 25 and 26 so are out and about a lot.

Any comments...suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

If you are a regular cruiser then i suppose it doesn't really matter, but if a first timer like myself and my partner, i think a balcony gives you an outlook plus also gives you a personal space when getting up in the morning. I can sit out on the balcony watching the world while he's getting showered.

 

The extra benefit is actual daylight, when on a long cruise this is much beneficial, but for a short (7nt) i suppose it doesnt matter.

 

If you should fall ill, a balcony gives you some fresh air, and helps you in feeling better. Reading some reviews on CC concerning illness and people being confined to their cabin, there is the possibility that an IS would feel like a prison cell where as a balcony would give you more space and you can still sit out and watch the ship going in and out of port.

 

As for the cost issue, yes, there is an big difference between an IS and a BAL but then you have to weigh up everything else. As i said we are newbee's to this and I thought the same as most, we would only be in the cabin at night but then the boyf wanted a balc for the extra space, daylight, and a private space. So with that in mind i booked the balcony only to find that it added an extra £1500 to the cost but then i haggled with thomas cook and got a pretty good deal in the end. :confused::) .

[Paulhc]

My wife and I have had inside, outside and balcony cabins and prefer the inside (though if cost were not a consideration I'm sure we would not complain about a suite). The main reasons are that we love the dark of the inside and we ended up not spending much time on the balcony since I prefer to be out in the public areas when I'm "watching the ocean".

[FLCRUISINGCPL]

I swear I am the only one who gets an Interior room :)

 

Is it that big of a difference from an Interior to a Balcony or Oceanview? We have only cruised once before on RCCL but we are going on a 12day March 7th on the Jade. It seems all the posts I see are people in Suites :P, now that I cannot do but was thinking if it is worth it maybe upgrading.

 

We always thought of it as we are on vacation and won't be in the room much as we like to attend all the shows and such. We are younger at 25 and 26 so are out and about a lot.

 

Any comments...suggestions?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

We did not do an inside until after we retired, first inside on NCL Pearl in October 2007. We used to do nothing but suites and balconies. We now do insides more often than any other cabin category. Why? We can take 2 cruises with an inside cabin for every 1 we take with a balcony. We spend very little time in the cabin, and even when we have a balcony we hardly use it. Wenow take 6-7 cruises per year, and out of the 6 we have this year we have 2 balconies (1 on Oasis and 1 on Liberty of the Seas). We leave on a cruise next Sunday 1/31/10 and we booked it as an inside guarantee (cat Q on Independence of the Seas) and ended up getting an M on deck 9.

 

If we were you, we would keep the inside and spend our extra cabinmoney on drinks and shore excursions. At age 25 and 26 that is a better investment. In general, ocean views are the same size as an inside cabin but you have a window. Most often balconies, and certainly suites offer more square footage. Mini-suites on NCL are not that large compared to a standard balcony.

 

Keep the inside, do not doubt yourself, and do not let some of the cruise snobs on the boards intimidate you with their suites and balconies. We retired at 53 and 50, and I really do not care if somebody spends their money on the best suite or an inside cabin, as long as they are fun we spend time getting to know them.

[mek]

Appreciate the responses, another question. If the Balcony is so much nicer in your opinion, what about in March for the Mediterranean? I was thinking that it might be too cold at that point to get much enjoyment out of it?

 

I never spend extra $'s for balconies on port intensive cruises, such as the Med, especially not in March when the weather is still very cool with the possibility of rain. I generally book an outside, because I do like a view and natural light on longer cruises, but I've also done insides on Med cruises when the price is too good to pass up.

[DMH15]

FLCruisng...

 

You had some interesting insight until you called some fellow CCrs a name: cruise snobs. Not very nice IMHO. People choose suites for varying reasons and one couple I met on my last cruise were in the AA and were the furthest thing in the world from snobs. Please reconsider calling people names. I'm thrilled you can cruise 6-7 times per year. Please show a little sensitivity, in my case I cruise with an elderly mother who I adore but can be grumpy and we have very different sleep habits. Also, on my previous non-suite cruises with mom, it finally dawned on me that she was already enjoying her own personal butler and concierge: me! I know you didn't call anyone out by name, but we are all trying to share our insight with the OP and all of us have our own unique stories.

[CanadianTwosome]

We've always booked insides in the past, for the same reason we drive a car instead of an SUV; it's all we need. My husband loves to sleep in when he can on his vacation, so the lack of light is great for him, and my daughter and I like to be up and out rather than sitting in our cabin, so size has really never mattered. We're booked in a balcony on the Epic because my mother is joining us and she prefers a balcony. As it turns out, I think we'll be booking balconies all the time now, though, since we've taken up scuba diving as a family. Inside cabins provided everything we needed in the past, but with wet gear coming back from dives in port, we're going to need someplace to put things that won't get everything else in the cabin wet or take up space that is already at a premium.

 

So, basically my philosophy of cabin choice is based on need. If one of the things we enjoyed on our cruise was hanging out in our cabin, we wouldn't have been booking insides; they're just not designed for that. Since the only things we did there were store our belongings, clean up and sleep, insides were perfect. Now that we have a need for extra space - and an isolated place for wet gear - our needs warrant a balcony. Since we still haven't changed our other behaviour patterns, though (wanting to hang out in the cabin for example), we won't need to look at suites.

 

Everyone books their cabins based on their own needs, whether they are financial, social, or otherwise. As a result, every category, including insides, gets booked. :)

[chemist661]

I don't mind an inside as it usually is the least expensive. My wife has to have at least an OV so that is what we get. Her first cruise with me in 2007 was a Hawaii 7 day when NCL had 4 ships there. We got a great deal on a balcony for approx $800pp. (only <$100 more than outside). I told her not to get used to the balcony as it usually it quite a bit more. She loved being out on the balcony. :)

 

I did a 3 day San Pedro-Vancouver for $89pp with a relative and it was an inside GUAR. Got the larger inside cabin and it OK. He won $600 in the casino playing poker. :)

 

I would love to do a suite but it is usually 3-4 times as much as an OV. Even with all the cutbacks, we will still have a nice cruise.

[mikedw]

Personally, I only do balcony cabins. My reason for this is that I was in the submarine service when I was in the navy and spent a lot of time underwater and now I actually want to be able to see the ocean.

[~Jo~]

As a family of 4 (chidren in our cabin), the inside is usually the only thing we can afford. Otherwise we would have to get a suite. In a balcony you can't have 4 people. On our upcoming cruise, we found a mini-suite for a very good price, which is basically a balcony for 4 people and NO suite perks. We have cruised at least 10 times in an inside with the kids, no problems for us, we don't spend much time in the cabin.

~Jo~

[flashdog_1]

For our very first cruise my DH said, "I am NOT going to stay in a tiny, windowless cabin in the belly of the ship." So I booked a balcony 172 sq ft and we loved it. Shoot, the cabin is still small for a man who is 6'3" though. His next trip we had an ocean view of only 145 sq ft. Tight, but we were near the grill and DH spent lots of time getting french fries and ice cream there! So he didn't seem to mind a small cabin when he had easy access to food.

 

For the next cruise the inside was a price we couldn't refuse but I got one one deck below the buffet, right at the stairs/elevators to keep DH happy, and he was.

 

Whatever cabin you choose you will still love the cruise!

[rosey1946]

We are sailing on the Sun late June to the Baltic. We have a quod booked but I'm getting concerned we will be miserable. We are 3 adults and one 13 year old. Anyone have any opinions?

Linda

[rosey1946]

Ops-forgot to mention-our cabin is an inside-K.

[wurm914]

Well, I've not been on that ship but I think the room layouts are all pretty much the same. We did four in an inside room on the Spirit last year. NEVER AGAIN! One bed was a bunk. Two main single beds pushed together and up against the same wall as the bunk. A rollaway cot that is approximately 4 inches off the floor that pulls out from underneath one of the single beds. When its all pulled out, its wall-to-wall bed. Very difficult. Start prepping your 13 yr old now to avoid complaints, plan ahead that showers etc will have to be scheduled.

 

deb

[rusticfurnituremaker]

Linda, as long as no one has to get up in the middle of the night to do...anything, fine.

As long as no one snores, fine. As long as you want to start getting ready for dinner in shifts, fine. As long as no one has any...bathroom difficulties...fine. As long as you all like to go to bed at the same time, fine.

 

I am sure you will love the cruise, no matter what cabin you are in, but IMO 3 adults and an almost adult will be cramped in an inside quad. Hope for an upgrade!!!

 

Amy

[DMH15]

The 3 adults and 1 teen would ALL need to have positive attitudes and a good tolerance of each other... I dare say I would not fare so well in that situation... Alas.

[swanny727]

Appreciate the responses, another question. If the Balcony is so much nicer in your opinion, what about in March for the Mediterranean? I was thinking that it might be too cold at that point to get much enjoyment out of it?

 

 

If you will sail by Corsica, on a Day at Sea, be sure to be on deck. Also, on deck for Sail Away and docking, if you can. The views are great. As for the balcony - we always get one due to my sea sickness. it helps to see the horizon and have fresh air. If you don't mind the darkness, stay inside and save your money.

 

For the other poster.....4 adults in an inside with bunk----a bit crowded for my tastes.

[Dr. Jack Daniels]

Personally, I love the insides because it is so dark and I can really sleep well. DD, on the other hand loves a balcony. She feels she is "closer to the ocean" with a balcony.

 

So we compromise and switch off every other cruise. I'm up in the rotation so it's an inside for our Feb cruise on the Pearl.:D

[NMLady]

I swear I am the only one who gets an Interior room :)

 

Is it that big of a difference from an Interior to a Balcony or Oceanview? We have only cruised once before on RCCL but we are going on a 12day March 7th on the Jade. It seems all the posts I see are people in Suites :P, now that I cannot do but was thinking if it is worth it maybe upgrading.

 

We always thought of it as we are on vacation and won't be in the room much as we like to attend all the shows and such. We are younger at 25 and 26 so are out and about a lot.

 

Any comments...suggestions? Thanks in advance.

 

We've had an inside on two of our cruises but won't do that again. Even though we don't spend much time in our room, in the morning we like to know it's daylight outside without having to look at our watches. That is our only gripe about an inside cabin -- not knowing if it's morning yet.

So instead we book a lower category outside room. Personally I'd love a balcony. We were upgaded to a balcony room once and I loved it. I loved having morning coffee there, having put out order to room service.

I loved having a sunset drink out there with hubby.

We had sea days and I loved sitting out there reading a book.

 

So, if we could afford a balcony I"d book it in a heartbeat. But we're on a limited retirement income so we'd rather take a cheaper room and be able to do more cruises, and tours.

[hat776]

We've had an inside on two of our cruises but won't do that again. Even though we don't spend much time in our room, in the morning we like to know it's daylight outside without having to look at our watches. That is our only gripe about an inside cabin -- not knowing if it's morning yet.

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We always had balconies - but on our last cruise we found a super special offer on Insides and risked it.

We followed the advice of posters on CC and kept the TV web cam on. It was like having a tiny window of the decks - sufficient to see if it's light and the weather.

What I missed most is the wall to wall glass.

[Cinderose]

Have had all three. I prefer inside and high up. I hate climbing up and down all those stairs. I think its just a preference thing. I do like the dark cozyness of the inside rooms.