Inside Stateroom with Baby

[InSearchofMagic]

I'm having second thoughts about the inside stateroom I booked for our family of three. My husband and I have cruised many times with DCL, but this is our first cruise with our son who will be 14 months at the time of our sailing. We've sailed in an inside room before and enjoyed how dark and quiet it was. Now I'm having second thoughts about how a pack and play will fit into the room... and the configuration -- the pack and play will have to be between our bed and the bathroom and the door?!?! What was I thinking?? Has anyone else done this? Should I upgrade our room to another type?

 

[dcassetta]

Look at the sideways cabins if you are on the Magic and Wonder. The square footage is the same, but the layout makes it seem more roomy.

 

[DisneyCamper]

Our daughter just finished a cruise with their 14 month old in an inside stateroom on the Magic. DCL provided the pack-n-play and they had enough room. Like you, she was concerned if it would work but it worked very well for them she said.

 

[lanejudy]

Should I upgrade our room to another type?

Be aware upgrading will mean current pricing. If you booked a while ago and lower fares, you could find current rates to be considerably higher.

 

[auntlynne]

Is it a long cruise? Spending lots of time in the cabin?

Do a check if price for an oceanview for comparison if concerned. But make sure the actual cabin has the sofa by the window. I think some ships have cabins that alternate bed/ sofa configurations. May be other cruise lines, may be Disney.

 

[CamColt]

Look at the sideways cabins if you are on the Magic and Wonder. The square footage is the same, but the layout makes it seem more roomy.

We sailed with an 8 month old (many years ago), and had one of these rooms, 5013. The pack and play fit perfectly!

 

[sponica]

What room number on what ship?

 

[MomOTwins]

I had originally planned on an inside room for a trip I was taking alone with my son, but ended up caving and upgrading to a traditional room layout because I felt like it would be wayy too annoying to be tiptoeing around him in the dark while he slept. I do go to the bathroom a lot in the night and go to bed much later and wake up much earlier than him though, so that was a bigger issue for me than it might be for some.

 

[Carohs]

Don't I remember reading that DCL had bedrails you could request for the sofa bed? If you're concerned about space, would that be an option for you OP? But a standard DCL stateroom is somewhat bigger than other mainline cabins, you should be fine in an inside. A balcony room won't give you significantly more space. I'm almost sure that the extra sq ft in the advertised room specs are all on the verandah.

 

[Mommb]

Don't I remember reading that DCL had bedrails you could request for the sofa bed? If you're concerned about space, would that be an option for you OP? But a standard DCL stateroom is somewhat bigger than other mainline cabins, you should be fine in an inside. A balcony room won't give you significantly more space. I'm almost sure that the extra sq ft in the advertised room specs are all on the verandah.

A balcony stateroom won't necessarily have more space, but it will have a different arrangement that may be more convenient. The Pack and Play will always fit between the sofa bed on one side and the desk on the other side of the room.

Most inside staterooms have the bathroom/closet, then the sofa bed/desk, then the main bed. To go from the bed to the bathroom, you'd need to pass a sleeping child.

Most oceanview and veranda staterooms have the bathroom/closet, then the main bed, then the sofa bed/desk, so that you could close the curtain to cut down on noise and access the bathroom without disturbing a child.