Rocking the Boat

[Captain Wildcat]

Are staterooms fore or aft more sensitive to rthe ocking of the ship (when and if it rocks) ? What about staterooms on the higher decks vs. lower decks?

Thanks!

 

[Señor Ferrari]

The conventional wisdom is that midship and lower feel the movement less than elsewhere on the ship. To me the movement tended to feel side-to-side, so it didn't feel different fore to aft, but it is accentuated the higher up on the ship you are. You'll likely get varying opinions on this, so I've thrown out mine to start.

Overall, I think the ships are pretty stable and I don't really notice the movement that much.

 

[disny4ever]

From what a cruise ship member told me...the higher up you are and the further back you are on the boat...the easier the ride.
So far its been that way for us.

 

[tezb]

twice now we have sailed on Deck 8 (high up), once mid ship and once AFT. Didn't notice much difference...AFT trip was a little rockier on the first days out..(Eastern)....BUT it was much rockier in other parts of the ship than our cabin. We felt movement more on the lower decks/restaurants than anywhere else....

 

[BeanoC]

If the theory of 'higher up and further back' being better is true, we're in good shape for our cruise 'cuz we'll be in stateroom #8102, which is as far aft as you can get! It's also high up, so I guess we're set!


'Beano'

 

[MFan]

You can't really compare your experience on the different cruises. The weather, the currents, the tidal cycle all have a much greater impact on the ship's motion than the location of the cabins.

Base on a simple law of physics, the location of minimum movement will be the center of gravity (CG) of the ship. In general, an object in motion will tend to pivot/rotate around its center of gravity (CG). So, regardless of the overall ship's movement caused by tidal, weather and current forces, the CG of the ship will experience the minimum movement. The further away from the CG, the greater the movement.

The CG of a ship is typically along the center line between port to starboard, slightly aft of the mid ship (because of the engines and the fat stern compared with mostly empty & narrow bow), and about 1/3 of the way up from the bottom of the ship.

I don't have a profile of the ship to show how deep is the draft. But, my guess of the CG would be around Deck 2, just aft of cabins 2085/2585. Depending on the actual location of the engines and gearing, it could be a bit further forward or aft; and, depending on the actual draft, it could be a deck higher or lower.

 

[Dave_from_Marietta]

I subscribe to MFan's school of thought.

But I also believe there will be no <i>noticeable</i> forward-to-aft motion because the ship is the length of three football fields. While a small boat would be tossed around by individual waves, you'll have lots of waves working on a ship of that length, and they will pretty much cancel each other out.