1 room vs 2

[lcvb]

Besides the obvious benefit of having twice as much space what are the pros and cons of having 2 rooms over one?
We are a family of 4 and I booked a cat 5e for Alaska 2019 but I’m looking at pricing and I think we can get a cat 7a and cat 11b for the same price.

 

[mrsp1030]

We are a family of 5 and still booked a 4b for Alaska. We could have gone with two connecting 7A as my parents are going also but I also don't want them to feel burdened to have a kid with them in their room every night. We aren't quite ready to do the across the hall yet as my oldest will only be 13 on the cruise!

 

[lcvb]

I’ll have a 13 and a 15 1/2 year old at time of sailing so I’m comfortable with them in their own room ... I think!

 

[FigmentSpark]

We do 2 rooms and like the space, but it also means we have half the budget for travel.

 

[DisMommyTX]

1) Two bathrooms is worth a LOT to us. Even the split bath on DCL is not nearly as useful as having two full baths for a family of 4. Did I mention that I have a teenage daughter?

2) In our experience, sharing a cabin with 4 gets claustrophobic. We like to nap occasionally or let one or two people sleep in or go to bed early. Keeping flexible schedules is much more feasible when you have separate spaces.

3) My son and I are both light sleepers. With four of us in one room, anytime someone (DH) gets up to go to the bathroom, it wakes up either me or my son. Then, that person tosses and turns until the other one wakes up too. Then, we both get to listen to DH snore the rest of the night.

Two cabins usually costs more than sharing one, but never anywhere near twice as much. It varies by sailing, but usually 30-50% more than sharing a cabin. On other cruise lines, we have several times paid LESS for two cabins than sharing one!

For us, having more space makes for a more relaxing, enjoyable experience overall.

 

[Club Disney Chandler]

Besides the obvious benefit of having twice as much space what are the pros and cons of having 2 rooms over one?
We are a family of 4 and I booked a cat 5e for Alaska 2019 but I’m looking at pricing and I think we can get a cat 7a and cat 11b for the same price.

We always do connecting insides for our family of 4, 2 teens for us and we’ve only shared 1 cabin once. After that, we decided to always go back to 2 cabins. The privacy factor and 2 bathrooms can’t be beat. Absolutely do it!