Do inside cabins make you claustrophobic?

[Canadian Girl]

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?

 

[dclpluto]

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.

 

[Maggie'sMom]

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 was in an inside room on the Fantasy and even with the Magic Porthole, I felt closed in. Since the Magic, doesn't have the Magic Portholes in its inside rooms, I'd probably feel even more closed in. What about a compromise between inside and verandah and get an ocean view? What is the price difference for that?

Do think about how much time you will spend in the room. If you don't thin you'll spend that much time in the room, then perhaps an inside stateroom will be fine. But a TA cruise is an awfully long cruise to not be happy with your stateroom.

 

[mmouse37]

We have stayed in an inside cabin a few times and while it is not my first preference I can do it. I, personally, like natural light coming in as it helps my body clock. I felt very disoriented in the inside cabins in the morning. I never woke naturally but always jumped up and checked to see what time it was...sometimes it way earlier than I would get up and sometimes later than I would naturally wake up. I would check the channel that shows the weather conditions to see what the weather was like.

Everyone is different. Only you know if you will feel closed in. I have to say other than the body clock thing with me I felt the inside rooms were fine. During the day or evening while we were in the room it was fine.

MJ

 

[Canadian Girl]

The oceanview is nearly the same as the aft verandah room and I might feel teased seeing the outside and not being able to get to it possibly. I have always cruised with a verandah but also four including an adult daughter who paid the other adult fare. This time is is just my youngest and me.

 

[ludari]

If neither you or your daughter have any issues with being claustrophobic you should be okay. I had an inside cabin for one of my TA cruises and although I do prefer at least a window view it was okay since I really don't spending a lot of time in the cabin. You will definitely notice that the cabin is smaller and if you do not get the split bathrooms it will definitely feel smaller. I would suggest that you book the inside cabin to save $ and then when you arrive at the port check to see if you can pay for an upgrade. If they are available cabins an upgrade will cost you less than you would have typically paid. Good luck.

 

[DISNEY FANTASY]

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?

Yes if you suffer from claustrophobia yes they will make you claustrophobic.

 

[Elliesmama]

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.

 

[gismo1554]

See now I'm a bit of a weird one as generally having a balcony makes me feel weird! I think its my "I want to throw myself down stairs" gremlin in my head as the sight of the water actually makes me feel really unsafe. On deck perfectly fine but out on a balcony (and to be honest even with the curtains open sometimes) I just feel unsafe. I know I'm not so its all just me but I would rather hide in an inside room. I get a similar feeling on very tall stairs where for some reason my gremlin starts saying "go on just lean forward and see what happens". Honestly I'm nuts I know.

I think the best piece of advise is from previous holidays how many times did you use your balcony and what was it for? Was it just to have a look when we were in dock or was it to enjoy a glass of something of an evening? In a hotel room would you rather just have the room or do you use a balcony a lot?

Its one of those questions that until you've tried it you just wont know but an 11 night cruise will be a big problem if you don't. I would always suggest go with what you are most comfortable with. Yes its a big price difference but realistically is saving money the biggest thing here or having an amazing holiday?

I find on a DCL cruise the time I spend in my room is minimal - getting changed, sleeping and showering. Although I do occassionally have food in my room in the afternoon or even watch a movie its minimal and I would rather go up on deck in general.

 

[TACK]

I have only booked inside cabins - last year in the Baltic with my daughter and my upcoming Transatlantic by myself. I find that I don't mind being in the cabin and I slept fine. I found I woke up at my usual time with no problems. There were times I would just sit in the cabin to relax but not for long and mostly it made me get out and enjoy the ship. I do travel economically, so I doubt I would book anything but the inside cabin.

 

[tink1970]

I'm claustrophobic as all get out. Decided to save money on a 7 day Fantasy cruise with my then 13 year old daughter with an inside cabin. Since she was off and about most of the time I was spending a lot of time alone...but didn't feel comfortable returning to the room. Nevermore...

 

[bethy]

I would die. Especially for 11 nights.

 

[TACK]

Well, maybe I'm okay because in the summer I sleep in a room in the basement where it's dark, cold and quiet - poor man's air conditioning. Where I live, it's hard to justify air conditioning so that's why I'm used to being in an dark, enclosed space.

 

[CurtisB]

We did the 2015 EBTA in an inside stateroom and don't regret it one bit. We don't spend a lot of time in our room anyway.

 

[emnems34]

I've never had trouble with an inside cabin- I don't spend a lot of time in the room so it never bothers me.

 

[Flossbolna]

I usually don't like closed in spaces, but I was fine with our inside stateroom on the Norway cruise. I had one or two moments where I started to think about that there was no window, but just decided to think about something else and was fine again immediately. To me the inside stateroom felt cosy. However, during the daylight hours we did not enjoy spending time inside as it felt like you would be sitting inside your house on a beautiful day with all the curtains drawn and shutters closed. Since it more or less was never dark outside in Norway, this did bother us. On the other hand, it was nice and dark for sleeping! Now I know that I very much prefer having a window with a view, but I can do inside staterooms.

 

[Sir William]

DW loves the interior cabins as they are totally dark and she can sleep in without any difficulty. I spent a lot of time in interior spaces during my career and, while not claustrophobic, I prefer having natural light during the day. I tend to rise with the sun and the lack of natural light causes me to wake frequently to check the time. Consequently, I prefer the veranda cabins as I spend a lot of time on ours, especially on sea days. I also don't like the crowds on the pool deck.

 

[Ofinn]

Are you claustrophobic? If not I dont think an inside cabin is going to cause you to deveop it.

 

[WestFamily]

A few have already said this so I'm just chiming in to show a strong vote for Inside cabins. We've only done one cruise. My wife thought she may have an issue with it but in reality knew we would hardly be in the cabin. Which is why I said let's do it. Inside was great. Totally dark at night and in the AM. It meant we spent time out of the room. No claustrophobia issues at all. We didn't cruise to stay in a 200-300 sqft box. My mom had a verandah and while it was nice, the layout threw us off. We liked not running into the bed as soon as we walked inside. We wanted to be with people, people watch, drink at a bar, eat outside. Not sit inside.

So for the cruise we just booked, I said, let's do inside again and save money AND let's get the same room as last time. Hah.

Inside is just fine. I will say, the deluxe inside rooms are worth the extra money. I think if we had the smaller one, we may have noticed it more with 4 of us.

 

[MouseOfCards]

I would die. Especially for 11 nights.

Totally agree with you!