How to pick good room advice ???

[KevinPage]

I need advice on the type of room to get or where to avoid/request. I'm never been on a cruise before so I'm a bit clueless

What I know I want is the following

- a verandah w/ plexiglass
- not below a club/restaurant or heavy used elevator
- not very trafficly/loud, YET not all the way secluded on one side of the ship. I'd like to be sorta in the middle of everything, so the walk back and forth to the room is normal (it doesn't have to be dead quiet)
- don't want to feel any motion or rocking back and forth.

How should I convey that to the phone rep, as I usually don't trust the phone rep to know exactly what I want, even if I mention all of these things. I like to assume everyone is an idiot and tell then EXACTLY, and leave nothing to chance. LOL

I don't know what floors or sides of the ship the restaurants or clubs are on. Are there typical areas that are well known to avoid?

Sorry if this if too vague or general, like I said, this is uncharted waters I'm heading into (bad pun, but I couldn't resist). Thanks so much for your help. Take care


Kevin Page
Future Cruise Aficianado

 

[Werner Weiss]

Originally posted by KevinPage
What I know I want is the following

- a verandah w/ plexiglass
- not below a club/restaurant or heavy used elevator
- not very trafficly/loud, YET not all the way secluded on one side of the ship. I'd like to be sorta in the middle of everything, so the walk back and forth to the room is normal (it doesn't have to be dead quiet)
- don't want to feel any motion or rocking back and forth.

Get a Disney Cruise Line brochure (the 60+ page book, not the little pamphlet). It includes a detailed diagram of the 11 public decks of the Disney ships.

The staterooms with verandahs with plexiglass are:

• In Category 6 on deck 5, staterooms 5122 through 5130 and 5622 though 5630.
• In Category 6 on deck 6, staterooms 6028 through 6134 and 6528 though 6634.
• In Category 5 on deck 7, staterooms 7016 through 7120 and 7516 though 7620.
• All Category 1, 2, 3, and 4, except for a few aft Category 2 staterooms

Category 6 on deck 6 is a good choice. These staterooms are largely over the lifeboats. They cost less than Category 5, but the staterooms are the same size and layout.

Midship is considered desirable for convenience and to avoid excessive motion.

The earlier you book, the better your chances are of getting a midship location. It's much like booking theater seats through Ticketmaster; the reservationist's computer identifies the best available location for the date and category that you're trying to book. When I booked 11 months out, I was offered stateroom 6034. It was further forward than I what I hoped for, but it turned out to be a fine location.

It's impossible not "to feel any motion or rocking back and forth." It is, after all, a ship on the water.

 

[KevinPage]

Werner,
I do have the cruise book from Disney, but my head was spinning with information. Thanks for the advice


Kevin Page

 

[albiats]

KevinPage -

Veranda cabins are only located on decks 5 through 8. Deck 9 has the pools and the buffet restaurant is in the aft portion of the deck, so to avoid being under a restaurant, you might want to avoid deck 8. The other restaurants and the clubs are on deck 3 and deck 4 so they won't be a problem for you. So now we're down to cabins that are on decks 5, 6, and 7. We're also down to categories 5 and 6, unless you need to accomodate more than 4 people in the cabin. If you need space for 5 people, it has to be a category 4 or a suite and they're only on deck 8.

If you have the book from DCL that shows the deck plans, to avoid getting a non-plexiglas veranda be sure to choose a cabin that is forward of the category 7 cabins. If you don't have the book handy, you can use the deck plans that are online at the DCL Website. Here's a link to the deck plans on the DCL site -
DCL Deck Plans

There really aren't any known areas on decks 5, 6, and 7 that are loud or that have lots of traffic on a consistent basis, even those that are near elevators.

There isn't much noticeable movement on the Disney ships, they seem to have very good dynamics and excellent stabilizers when compared to other ships. Theoretically, if you're generally close to the middle of the ship, it would tend to eliminate motion because of the length of the ship.

So we're down to decks 5, 6, and 7 and from category 5 and 6, and forward of the category 7 cabins on each deck, and midship is more desireable for you, to avoid as much sense of motion as possible. If price is a consideration, you might want to ask for category 6 first.

When I call for reservations, I have the deck plans handy and I just describe what I want and ask for a cabin. When they say 'how about this one?', if it doesn't match what I'm looking for, I just say, 'how about something more midship?' or whatever I'm looking for that's different from their selection.

Good luck, hope that helps.

 

[KevinPage]

Al,
You're the man. Thank you so much for the advice


Kevin Page

 

[kcdizkid]

We've been on the Wonder and Magic 4 times--always in catagory 5 or 6. Our last cruise was a cat. 5 - rm. 7038. Think twice about this room....it's below the Walt Disney Suite and it was noisy! I know it was simply luck of the draw that we were unfortunate enough to have loud 'neighbors' upstairs, but I got really tired of hearing the piano banging and a herd of kids running back and forth! (OK, maybe not a herd, but it sure sounded like it!) Anyway, this time we booked a cat. 6 on deck 6--the staterooms are the same size, and while roomy, there's not that much room for the kids to hold relay races in the room above us!

 

["Ginger"]

We have cruise twice in room 7074 by request. Cat.5 with plexiglass verandah, not close to an elevator, very little traffic, less motion because over the stabilizer. You will have some motions and rocking no matter where you go on the ship. No restaurants, or night clubs over or under.


I hope you find your perfect stateroom, we think 7074 is ours.

 

[KevinPage]

We have narrowed it down to a cat 6, on deck 6. Seems like a good location.

I assume the movie theatre and kids club below us are not too much of a problem




Kevin Page

 

[Dave_from_Marietta]

Originally posted by KevinPage

I assume the movie theatre and kids club below [Deck 6] are not too much of a problem

No problem at all.