Port or Starboard

[patiolaterns]

For Baltic cruise ports would it be better to book a port or starboard side cabin?

[Kellie Poodle]

For Baltic cruise ports would it be better to book a port or starboard side cabin?

 

I don't think it matters. I've planned by using the maps on the itinerary routes and the ship arrives in port from another direction. If I want to watch the ship come into or leave port, the best place is on one of the high decks, outside.

[cat616]

For Baltic cruise ports would it be better to book a port or starboard side cabin?

 

Last year we had a port side cabin and it was delightful. All but in Tallinn our view was of the dockside. In Tallinn it worked out well for us as the dock side view that day was only of a very large cruise ship although that could be quite interesting as well.

 

For us, the dockside views are often great as you can see the shore side up close. If you are people watchers there are often interesting goings on. Quite often you not only can see your fellow shipmates but also the locals going about their daily lives.

 

Copenhagen and St. Petersburg were particularly interesting from our Balcony.

 

In Copenhagen there was an open air bar and restaurant on the dock below our cabin and in the near distance was a beautiful public park. We spotted one gentleman with a large group of friends strip down to his birthday suit and jump into a very large water feature in the park much to the amusement of his friends and us.

 

In St. Petersburg we watched some very tall and well dressed ladies walk up and down the dock in their very high heels. They disappeared every now and then and would reappear a little later to continue their dock walking. We could only guess at what they were up to.

 

Keep in mind that ships do not always dock the same way at the same ports each time. Just because we had it that way last year does not mean that this year's results will be the same.

[shedridt]

Of course if matters!

 

The acronym 'POSH' came from the ideal of Port Outward, Starboard Home which in the time of going out to India mean that the coast was always on your left as you left England heading toward India. Think of the ship pointing outward as it plows through the water, & so its left side is port....etc.

 

In booking a cruise, if you would like to be most often facing land, you would book on that side of the ship, port or starboard. Get it? And of course it matters!

[nordski]

Of course if matters!

 

The acronym 'POSH' came from the ideal of Port Outward, Starboard Home which in the time of going out to India mean that the coast was always on your left as you left England heading toward India. Think of the ship pointing outward as it plows through the water, & so its left side is port....etc.

 

In booking a cruise, if you would like to be most often facing land, you would book on that side of the ship, port or starboard. Get it? And of course it matters!

 

I believe there is some dispute about the origins of "POSH".

 

We will sail from Stockholm to Copenhagen, so we're hoping portside staterooms provide some advantages in transit. Docked, of course, we imagine it will be luck of the draw.