Maasdam-Obstructed view

[njccpa]

Has anybody been in an obstructed"oceanview"cabin?How was it.? Thanks.

[Stevesan]

The HH category cabin view is obstructed by sections of the superstructure. The DD category (partial obstruction) are also in areas obstructed by superstructure, but they are located near cutouts so that you have some sea view, usually when looking at an angle. Besides price, their advantage is that you still have daylight thru the window so that you can discern between night and day.

 

There are a couple of things you should know about these cabins. Although located outside, they are the same size as standard inside. However, the difference is only ~10sft, so it's virtually unnoticeable. Also, all of the lower promenade cabin interiors are visible from the promenade deck, especially at night when the cabin's interior light is on. The windows are heavily tinted, so that seeing into them in daylight is difficult. There are some exceptions where the tinting is not as effective making it easier to see inside. If you book a LP cabin, just go onto the deck and test your cabin's window for yourself.

 

Despite some shortcomings, many people prefer the LP deck to any other because of the ease of taking a turn around the ship, either power walking or just strolling. They often consider that they have the largest "balcony cabins" on the ship.:)

 

Whatever you decide, if you like smaller ships (fewer than 1300 pax) and good service, you'll like Maasdam. We sailed on her recently and found the ship's condition and crew to be excellent. Food in both the main dining room and lido was quite good.

[jayjo]

Just one little hint, If you are on the lower promenade toward the front of the ship in a DD cabin, the biggest problem was noise, not from the lounge directly above but from the anchor and the "thrusters" as well as the lowering of the tenders. We were in a cabin 305 and the noise on the night before visiting Martha's Vineyard kept us awake until after 2:30 am. I would NEVER book a cabin in this area again. I will say that unlike what others have said, at no time of the day or night could you see in our cabin.

[calteacher]

We have been on two cruises when we had inside cabins. The last one we chose an obstructed view on LP as it was the same price as the inside. (That all changed in 2004 as they changed the category of the outside cabin.) Yes, we had an obstructed view. If we looked directly outside, we saw the superstructure of the ship. But, if we looked at an angle, we could see the ocean.

 

The best part of having an outside (at an inside price) was having a bathtub instead of just a shower. Although we always "showered" rather than "Bathed", it was nice that the shower curtain was not wrapped around you. A down side though, the counter top area around the sink was much smaller.

 

We could not see inside our cabin from the outside, but did pull our drapes at night when we had the lights on anyway. We are cruising 10/2 and again chose an inside on LP. But, over the months since we made our reservations, an upgrade was offered that an I cabin could get a DD "partially" obstructed view. We jumped at the chance having to pay only a slight price to upgrade from our original J cabin to the I which allowed us to get a DD.