I think if my kids were young, and napped, I may opt for the veranda.
That's precisely the reason we booked a cat 6. If it weren't for that I would have probably opted to spend the money elsewhere. But I know we're going to be spending time in our room, both during the day and the evenings, and it will be nice to have that veranda to pass the time.

I would imagine that a perk of the inside stateroom is that it's so dark at night. That would make sleeping in soooooo nice!!