Murphy bed and adjoining room questions

[mrsgthatsme]

I am currently deciding between cabins 7616 and 7618 on the Dream. I did notice that they both have connecting doors. Last time we were on the Dream, our room was super quiet but did not have connecting doors. Do you feel there is any difference in ability to hear noise from neighbors in a connecting room? Would you avoid them? Also, if you were going to be having an adult sleeping in either the Murphy bed, sofa, or pull down bunk, which would be most comfortable? Trying to decide if we should choose a room with a Murphy bed or if it really matters. From what I read, it sounds like some sofas actually pull out, while others just have a single mattress inside the couch. How do you know which one your room will have and is one more comfortable than the other? Thank you!

 

[KristiMc]

The rooms with an actual pull-out double sofa are the Concierge Family Verandah Room - Cat V.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

I am currently deciding between cabins 7616 and 7618 on the Dream. I did notice that they both have connecting doors. Last time we were on the Dream, our room was super quiet but did not have connecting doors. Do you feel there is any difference in ability to hear noise from neighbors in a connecting room? Would you avoid them? Also, if you were going to be having an adult sleeping in either the Murphy bed, sofa, or pull down bunk, which would be most comfortable? Trying to decide if we should choose a room with a Murphy bed or if it really matters. From what I read, it sounds like some sofas actually pull out, while others just have a single mattress inside the couch. How do you know which one your room will have and is one more comfortable than the other? Thank you!

As to "most comfortable" it's a personal choice. All three beds are twin sized, with the same mattress.

The pull out sofa is your typical double bed, sofa bed mattress (kinda thin and not particularly flat.

 

[Starwind]

We have sailed DCL 4 tims, 3 on the Dream and once on Fantasy. Each time there was a connecting door; we had no noise issues from it.

As for the beds. We are two adult sisters travelling, and need our own beds. I get the queen and my sister gets her choice of the other bed.

Our first two cruises we had a great huge room, but only two beds: the queen and the sofa. For the sofa beds, except (some of?) the ones in concierge, the back of the sofa comes down onto the sofa itself and voila, approx a twin size bed. Google disney cruise sofa bed and you will see lots of pictures of what that looks like.

My sister, however, found the sofa bed uncomfortable. Especially if sitting on it, as the side of the sofa made it uncomfortable for the legs. But even the mattress was not comfy for her -- she has made it clear that if she has to sleep on one again, she requires an eggshell foam mattress pad or something similar.

So as much as we loved the space of our first cabins, we moved up to oceanview deluxe family staterooms with murphy beds for our next two cruises.

The murphy bed worked well for my sister. We left it down and made the entire cruise, so she could nap and relax as desired. The sofa just stayed as a sofa.

 

[hanscarlet]

I will say the double softbed in cat v are surprisingly comfortable imo, I have never tried the murphy bed but would assume it is less comfortable than the regular bed but tolerable enough to save the $ from choosing Cat v.

 

[Starwind]

Someone posted a youtube video of 7616 on the Dream:

It does NOT have a murphy bed.

 

[Starwind]

I will say the double softbed in cat v are surprisingly comfortable imo, I have never tried the murphy bed but would assume it is less comfortable than the regular bed but tolerable enough to save the $ from choosing Cat v.

we found the murphy bed less comfy than the regular bed, but more comfy than the normal stateroom sofa bed.

One extra benefit of the murphy bed is that because of the design the edges of the sofa weren't hitting you when sitting on it, etc. HOWEVER, the corners have to be watched for... Also, the normal sofa bed has the arms of the sofa at each end, which can be confining or problematic for some people. The murphy has the equivalent of the headboard (wall), but no footboard, which could also be beneficial for some.

 

[Dug720]

You can just as easily have noise in connecting (door in between) cabins as you can in adjoining (next to but no door in between or across the hall from) cabins. It is far more dependent on who your neighbors are and how they are. (Some people are naturally louder than others - like the people who were absent the day "inside voices" were handed out.)

(I only specified because you used both terms and they are not 100% interchangeable. At least in travel-speak they are very different creatures. All connecting rooms ARE adjoining rooms, but NOT all adjoining rooms are connecting.)

 

[FigmentSpark]

Per: https://www.disboards.com/threads/d...pdated-list-of-rooms-needed-1st-post.3194826/

7616F - 4C - S: 4
7618D/F - 4C - S: 5, B, M

If you're looking for the murphy bed as an option, go for 7618.

 

[mrsgthatsme]

Thank you everyone for your insight!