family of four of RC

[CinderellasSister]

Hey dissers! Ok, I think i'm missing something really simple, and I'm hoping you guys can help me please. We're a family of 4, and we've sailed twice on DCL. I'm familiar with their room set ups and the pull down bed for the 4th person. How are the sleeping arrangements on Royal Caribbean? I see they say the rooms sleep 4, but I'm only seeing a king bed (2 twins together) and a sleeper sofa. Do they have the same pull downs that Disney has? I have a 12 year old daughter and a 10 year old son who semi get along on their really good days. I can't imagine having them sleep in the same bed for a week. One may kill the other! LOL. Any insight is GREATLY appreciated! Thanks all!

 

[myhouseofmouse]

they have beds that pull down from the ceiling and some cabins also have sofa beds that pull out into beds.

 

[ColoradoDisneyFreaks]

Hey dissers! Ok, I think i'm missing something really simple, and I'm hoping you guys can help me please. We're a family of 4, and we've sailed twice on DCL. I'm familiar with their room set ups and the pull down bed for the 4th person. How are the sleeping arrangements on Royal Caribbean? I see they say the rooms sleep 4, but I'm only seeing a king bed (2 twins together) and a sleeper sofa. Do they have the same pull downs that Disney has? I have a 12 year old daughter and a 10 year old son who semi get along on their really good days. I can't imagine having them sleep in the same bed for a week. One may kill the other! LOL. Any insight is GREATLY appreciated! Thanks all!

It depends on what stateroom you're looking at. You really have to scrutinize the deck plan. We did a 12 day Baltic on the Adventure with a verandah stateroom, and discovered that even though they say it sleeps 4, there's 2 on the king and 2 on the sleeper sofa, which is a stingy double. My 12 YO DD and 10 YO DS didn't like that much, AT ALL, but they didn't have a choice.

There are no balcony staterooms on the Adventure class that have more than the king and the sofa bed, that I know, I've looked! What you're looking for is either a 3rd pullman bed available, or a 3rd and 4th pullman bed available.

Now, that said, we had a great time on our cruise, and enjoyed RCCL as much as DCL, even with the sleeping arrangements!

 

[momto2js]

We had an interior cabin on Enchantment and I what thankful DH wasn't with us. It is TIGHT. Worked for 3 nights with my 4 and 7 year olds and maybe would have worked for a week but not much more. They usually take a few toys to play with while I dress or shower and there really wasn't room.

The sleeping part is tight but the bathroom was TINY (think old motorhome small). It was big enough that you didn't shower sitting on the pot but not by much!!! My boys shower at home but on the ship I had them strip and then I used the sprayer to hose them off because left for an instant unattended they would have flooded the room. The shower curtain was more like a bed sheet hanging from the ceiling and didn't do much to contain the water.

If you use this option it is a time or all of the space saving ideas. Over the door shoe holders for bathroom stuff, use duffel bags that you can unpack and put under the bed ect...

This room did have two pull down beds. This left the sleeping area of the room set up like 2 bunk beds with about 2.5 ft in between them.

This was my experience on ONE ship so I don't know how much it varies between ships.

 

[disneymum58]

The other option would be for the parents to sleep on the sofa bed (not really a great choice imo) and have the King bed separated into twin beds.

 

[Tinknalli]

We will be on Allure next year and this I one of the things we struggled with. DD and DS will not sleep together for a week without bickering. We wanted Central Park balcony and were surprised to find that they expect third and fourth passenger to sleep together on a pull out sofa. There are a small number of cabins that have the king, pull out sofa and a pull down berth. It took some work on our TA part but he finally got us one of these. It seems that many who sail RCCL are used to putting their children in a connecting cabin or a cabin across the hall. We told our TA we would take connecting cabins over the standard bed configuration, but were lucky not to need to do that.

 

[shoney]

We recently had a D1 category balcony room on explorer of the seas.

It had a king and sleeper sofa. My boys are 12 and 14 and didn't have any problems sleeping on it. It was very comfortable, though.

I could see it being an issue for a boy and a girl.

If we were to ever go on another cruise, I would look into 2 rooms. I have read that parents get the balcony and the kids get an interior across the hall.