Do inside cabins make you claustrophobic?

[MouseOfCards]

Inside is just fine for me. I use the stateroom to get dress and do the 5 things that start with the letter S. Some people will tell you the better stateroom you get the more time you will spend in your cabin. Probably true but I don't go cruising to spend extra time in my stateroom. Do the 5 S get dress. And get out of my room.

I can come up with 3 of them. What are the other 2?

 

[deanimal]

I'd love to hear feedback about what you decide. I've cruised in every category and for me it's a pure value decision. The more space and light the better, but I don't need a verandah, or even a window to be happy as long as I'm on the boat. Right now I'm considering a TA cruise (on another line) and I'm trying to decide between a verandah or two connecting inside staterooms for a family of four with two pre-teens. When we have a verandah we use it a lot, but I wonder if we would out in the open ocean with higher winds and perhaps rougher seas. On the other hand, almost two weeks without a window....I don't know. I've done a week just fine, but it seems long. But two weeks sharing one room would be pretty long too. Any feedback from previous TA cruisers?

 

[FigmentSpark]

Question about Magic portholes... do they only work when the lights are activated (with the key card)? Can you turn them off at night or are they always on?

 

[Maggie'sMom]

Question about Magic portholes... do they only work when the lights are activated (with the key card)? Can you turn them off at night or are they always on?

There is a switch on the side where you can turn them off and on. I'm not sure if they turn off automatically when the card is taken out of the slot. I would assume so but I never paid attention when I was leaving the room.

 

[ironwill1979]

If you prefer to have natural lighting to help you wake easier but still want to save money with the inside room, you could leave the TV turned in to the bridge cam channel. Dark at night, and you get the sunrise light in the morning.

 

[ironwill1979]

I can come up with 3 of them. What are the other 2?

I also came up with 3. Sleep, shower, shave... what are we missing?

 

[Imahikergirl]

I also came up with 3. Sleep, shower, shave... what are we missing?

Toilet activity and adult activity (that sometimes ends with a little souvenir).

 

[darnheather]

I am prone to claustrophobia and had no issues in an inside stateroom on the Magic. We were barely even in there. If the cost is only slightly different then whatever but you can do three excursions or more with that extra money.

 

[dclpluto]

I can come up with 3 of them. What are the other 2?

Sleep, shower, shave, sex, going number 2 are the 5

 

[Shanti]

I have booked a second TA for Sept. 2017. This time I will only be travelling with a tween daughter. The other Eastern TA was with two other family members and we did end up using our verandah quite a bit. The cost difference this trip is about $1500.00 Cabadian or even more if the dollars drops again. I have been seriously thinking about changing my room to an inside cabin. Will I really notice much difference apart from the obvious?

I have only cruised once, in a standard inside cabin on the Disney Magic. I am mildly claustrophobic (I'd rather spend all day on Stitch's Great Escape than do Mission Space again), but never had a problem with the cabin.

It may have helped that I had no other expectations. I did spend quiet time each day laying out on deck chairs on various decks of the ship. That was better than sitting in a chair on a tiny balcony, to my opinion.

 

[Shanti]

Sleep, shower, shave, sex, going number 2 are the 5

TMI

 

[Canadian Girl]

Ok. Now I am even more conflicted. Lol. Oceanview rooms would appeal to me more if they had windowseats on the Magic, but the ptice doesn't seem to be much less than a verandah. So no. I haven't decided yet apart from the fact I am going on another TA. Yay!

 

[HappilyEverAfter80]

We cruised inside (Magic) and also verandah. While I loved the verandah, the inside was fine too. We actually slept better in the inside cabin, probably because it was nice and dark in the AM. I never woke up at night wondering what time it was, we were usually woken up by the coffee room service we ordered in the morning
Otherwise we would probably sleep and sleep... Verandah was super nice, but in reality we only sat out there for an hour each morning. Sitting out on it late at night actually freaked me out for some reason... The darkness of the ocean

 

[lovedisneycruise]

We had an inside state room for our first cruise and we did not care for it. We felt very claustrophobic. This wasn't helped by the fact that our daughter was ill, so we had to spend more time in our room than we had anticipated. Just remember that even if you don't plan on spending much time in the room, those plans can change for reasons you can't predict. Hanging out on the verandah while our sick daughter slept would have been a lot more enjoyable than laying in the dark in the other bed.

THIS. I've done two inside rooms out of seven Cruises. The first was a GTY with my daughter to save money and I actually liked the layout of the room better with the bed in the back rather than skirting around it to get to the couch/verandah.
The second time was also for cost but I became very sick around the third night with what turned out to be a double ear infection – lots of pain in my face and ears w fever and as a result I was in the room A LOT. I really needed and wanted some fresh air and light but didn't feel well enough to keep going up on deck, and I swore I would not get an inside room again for this very reason.

One plus I would add tho is that I found the inside room to have a lot less movement than the verandah rooms that I've been in. Perhaps that's just because they were both midship.

 

[DnA2010]

We've done an inside on royal on freedom- for us it was fine- we barely spend any time in the room. On the Fantasy we had a veranda from booking a VGT and honestly we didn't use it that much.

 

[jdb in AZ]

THIS. I've done two inside rooms out of seven Cruises. The first was a GTY with my daughter to save money and I actually liked the layout of the room better with the bed in the back rather than skirting around it to get to the couch/verandah.
The second time was also for cost but I became very sick around the third night with what turned out to be a double ear infection – lots of pain in my face and ears w fever and as a result I was in the room A LOT. I really needed and wanted some fresh air and light but didn't feel well enough to keep going up on deck, and I swore I would not get an inside room again for this very reason.

One plus I would add tho is that I found the inside room to have a lot less movement than the verandah rooms that I've been in. Perhaps that's just because they were both midship.

We're usually verandah people too. The one time we tried an ocean view I felt claustrophobic, and really wished I could get some fresh air (without going up on deck.) I can't imagine staying in an inside, but different strokes for different folks.

 

[gismo1554]

We're usually verandah people too. The one time we tried an ocean view I felt claustrophobic, and really wished I could get some fresh air (without going up on deck.) I can't imagine staying in an inside, but different strokes for different folks.

Actually this is a really good point - fresh air! My mother at home can not sleep with the window closed and she HATES inside rooms. She always says she feels like there's no air so I guess if at home you need fresh air at night then don't go for an inside room.

 

[rkwier]

Everyone is different. We had a standard inside cabin and I felt very claustrophobic. I did not like that I could not tell whether it was day or night. Our table mates actually loved inside cabins for this same reason. Standard also does not have the split bath, which was definitely a problem for us. So if you opt for the inside make sure that it is the deluxe. Every other time we have cruised we have had a verandah. The fresh air made a huge difference, as well as having that dedicated space with the verandah. One time I came down with a terrible cough & actually made a little bed on the chairs to sleep so that I would not keep DH awake. The sound of the waves just lulled me right to sleep, and I slept soooo good!

 

[Canadian Girl]

i am a fresh air person. I know you can't leave the door to the room open but it does allow fresh air in when it is opened and closed. We are used to being on the higher decks. The larger family inside rooms all seem to be deck 1 and 2. Of course, an adult and tween do not need a huge amount of space. Our other cruises have always been four people.

 

[Sir William]

If you prefer to have natural lighting to help you wake easier but still want to save money with the inside room, you could leave the TV turned in to the bridge cam channel. Dark at night, and you get the sunrise light in the morning.

Good idea, but it doesn't work for me. My body just senses the TV as a large nightlight. Besides, I still like the veranda where I can read or watch the sea without hundreds of people milling around me.