Newbie question! - where to request room?

[DisneyAngel05]

Hi all

I'm planning on sailing on the May 4 2018 cruise from Miami with my family and another family. Looking at the website for oceanview rooms, it asks you to pick forward mid or aft room placement. Which is recommended? We are not super adventurous and I'm a little concerned about getting seasick.
Any help or advice is appreciated!! Which deck should we try and get?

TIA

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Hi all

I'm planning on sailing on the May 4 2018 cruise from Miami with my family and another family. Looking at the website for oceanview rooms, it asks you to pick forward mid or aft room placement. Which is recommended? We are not super adventurous and I'm a little concerned about getting seasick.
Any help or advice is appreciated!! Which deck should we try and get?

TIA

Typically low and midship is considered better for those who suffer from sea sickness. But, for the most part, cruise ships are pretty stable any where onboard. Unless you're undergoing rough seas. In that case, forward does ride up and down a bit more than midship or aft.

 

[MunFam]

We were in midship deck two on the Wonder and loved the location of the room...and had very little movement, even in rough seas.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

We were in midship deck two on the Wonder and loved the location of the room...and had very little movement, even in rough seas.

Our favorite location!

 

[Shanti]

Hi all

I'm planning on sailing on the May 4 2018 cruise from Miami with my family and another family. Looking at the website for oceanview rooms, it asks you to pick forward mid or aft room placement. Which is recommended? We are not super adventurous and I'm a little concerned about getting seasick.
Any help or advice is appreciated!! Which deck should we try and get?

TIA

Midship is best for avoiding seasickness.

 

[Dug720]

And FWIW, when you book a cruise you actually select your cabin - you don't "request" where you want your room. At a hotel, people are checking in and out all the time so requesting a specific room is really difficult. But on a cruise ship everyone boards and disembarks at the same time (B2B cruisers excepted), so there is no "room tetris" for anyone to do.

The exception is if you select a Guaranty (GTY or *GT) cabin. In that case, you DO leave the cabin selection up to the cruise line, but you're at their mercy - no requests for areas and generally no changes to your cabin once assigned.

 

[clten]

And FWIW, when you book a cruise you actually select your cabin - you don't "request" where you want your room. At a hotel, people are checking in and out all the time so requesting a specific room is really difficult. But on a cruise ship everyone boards and disembarks at the same time (B2B cruisers excepted), so there is no "room tetris" for anyone to do.

The exception is if you select a Guaranty (GTY or *GT) cabin. In that case, you DO leave the cabin selection up to the cruise line, but you're at their mercy - no requests for areas and generally no changes to your cabin once assigned.

You are correct. But I don't believe the OP was as far on in the booking process as you are describing. When you are on the website, it does go from selecting your category (inside, outside, verandah) to picking forward, midship or aft:


It is after this that they can select their specific cabin, it possible.

OP, typically midship is preferred over forward or aft (as higher decks tend to be preferred over lower decks). I have sailed many, many times on the Magic and love deck 2 (the majority of outside cabins are on deck 1 and 2, although there are a handful on upper decks). If you are concerned about seasickness, I'd recommend Deck 2 (one large porthole window, compared to 2 small ones in the Deck 1 cabins) and try to be as midship as possible.

 

[Dug720]

You are correct. But I don't believe the OP was as far on in the booking process as you are describing. When you are on the website, it does go from selecting your category (inside, outside, verandah) to picking forward, midship or aft:
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It is after this that they can select their specific cabin, it possible.

OP, typically midship is preferred over forward or aft (as higher decks tend to be preferred over lower decks). I have sailed many, many times on the Magic and love deck 2 (the majority of outside cabins are on deck 1 and 2, although there are a handful on upper decks). If you are concerned about seasickness, I'd recommend Deck 2 (one large porthole window, compared to 2 small ones in the Deck 1 cabins) and try to be as midship as possible.

Gotcha. I guess it never occurred to me to just stop there and not explore.

 

[DisneyAngel05]

Thanks everyone! We went on the Disney Wonder years ago and I haven't a clue where we were but I know the booking agent just put us somewhere. Love the idea of having a little say in the matter. Midship it is!

 

[brios86]

Thanks everyone! We went on the Disney Wonder years ago and I haven't a clue where we were but I know the booking agent just put us somewhere. Love the idea of having a little say in the matter. Midship it is!

If you log into the Castaway club website it should tell you want stateroom you were in.

 

[SingingAngel7242]

I'm on level 6 with a room almost at the front. The last time I was on a cruise, I felt nauseous for the first couple days. I also freaked out the first night from the rocking and thought the boat was going to flip over. I was clearly being dramatic.lol. But, should I be concerned about where my room is located?

 

[PrincessShmoo]

I'm on level 6 with a room almost at the front. The last time I was on a cruise, I felt nauseous for the first couple days. I also freaked out the first night from the rocking and thought the boat was going to flip over. I was clearly being dramatic.lol. But, should I be concerned about where my room is located?

Only a bit. The front of the ship has more up and down, in rough seas, the aft have more vibrations during docking, midship is typically more stable. But, any location could be great or have issues.

 

[Plaid Princess]

We were in midship deck two on the Wonder and loved the location of the room...and had very little movement, even in rough seas.

Our favorite location!

I third this opinion! We had deck 2 on our Transatlantic cruise and LOVE LOVE LOVED it! Almost no movement felt, even in rough Atlantic seas.

 

[Minnie368]

We're most likely going to book a cruise on the Fantasy. We've decided on deluxe family oceanview with veranda and trying for midship, but not sure which deck to choose. It looks like we can choose 6 through 10. Which one would be quieter as far as what's directly above/below- dining, pool, clubs, etc. ?

 

[PrincessShmoo]

We're most likely going to book a cruise on the Fantasy. We've decided on deluxe family oceanview with veranda and trying for midship, but not sure which deck to choose. It looks like we can choose 6 through 10. Which one would be quieter as far as what's directly above/below- dining, pool, clubs, etc. ?

I can only report that our deck 10 room (underneath the starboard entry area for Cabanas) was massively quieter than our deck 9 room (between two decks of rooms).

 

[kid-at-heart]

The first time we cruised, since we did not know how we would be affected by seasickness, we chose a mid-ship room. Now that we know we have no issues, we are happy wherever we end up. Google "disney deck plan" or "stateroom reviews" and a wealth of information will pop up. We looked at the deck plans prior to making our first stateroom request and were quite please with the location.