The best cruise cabin hacks ever!
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- Опубліковано 2 тра 2023
- The best cruise cabin hack and tip you’ll ever get !
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I completely agree with you. Cabin location makes or breaks a cruise! I don't care how much people say they don't spend time in their cabins. You sleep and relax there! I always look at deck plans before I book a cabin. I also book a cabin as close to the front or back of the ship and as high a deck as possible.
We always book as far to the front as possible with the five side rule for quiet and also being lulled to sleep with the motion of the ship but we're a little weird because we love the wavy weather;)
Dead end hallways really cut down the foot traffic too, whenever possible.
I found that having the right cabin mate improved my sleep😂
I totally agree & this was a learned experience for us....one year we got a great deal.....directly under the jogging track......dang those healthy people who are up and running at 5 am.....this is VERY good advice
Last cruise I was not enough rooms away from the centrum area. You could hear music till midnight at least 10 cabins away. Wont make that mistake again.
I've never considered across before. I always check above and below.
You are so right Cabin placement
is everything ..
Wise advice, as always Gary 👍🛳️⚓️
Lol I wish I'd watched 3 months ago. I'm currently on deck 15 on Arvia right below the skydome! Music pounding til midnight which means we have no choice but to join in with the party crowd...party on
I wish I had the luxury to do this haha. I don’t have a lot of disposable income, so the only way I can afford to cruise usually is to do the “guaranteed interior” and hope for the best. I’ve gotten very lucky with some nice cabins but always bring earplugs. My neighbors at my apartment at home are extremely noisy and annoying 24/7/365, and there’s always lots of banging and annoying kids and loud music, so being on a cruise - even with all those things - would still be awesome for me because at least I’d be on a cruise! 😂
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I also wish I had the luxury to do this. I have a family of 5, and booked a family cabin on Princess. Unfortunately, our suite was the first bow cabin. It was "okay" until the last night when we hit rougher seas. Just a little disappointed that a large, 2 room suite would be in such an undesirable location.
@@shawnmarie459 it’s what happens when you cruise, it’s called weather. I just finished my 40th cruise, went thru Hurricane Rick in 2009 and you ain’t lived until you sail through the Bay of Biscaye
I definitely know about noisey neighbor's, that is some ignorant getto B.S.
Great advice
I agree. One time I decided to be cheap and ended up with a room right next to a noise crew access area. Did not rest well. Ended up sleeping in the room with my aunt and grandma. Thankfully they had a bunk bed for me to sleep in.
Must be nice to be able to afford the higher fare to get the choice.
We got a deck 5 cabin last time, and it was fine, apart from the throbbing of the engines as soon as I put my head on the pillow, and the staff slamming trolleys against the wall behind the bedhead. P&O were great about it and moved us to deck 14.
This is exactly how I choose my cabin
This is good advice. We've been lucky so far, but I must be more cautious in the future.
Fantastic advice, Gary. My recent cabin on the Prima ticked every box, and was perfect.
Thanks for the tip, enjoying your videos. Planning my first cruise for sometime in the next 6 months and going through as much info as possible, to make it amazing.
I hope your first cruise is great, you're off to a great start by planning ahead plus it adds to the excitement:)
We are going our first family cruise in a few months and picked our cabin based on this advice. Thank you 😊 hopefully we've made a good choice!
Thank You...All! For the Information!😊
So I learned this the hard way. Shuffleboard at 3 AM above.
Now I plan everything
Good advice!
I don't know if that always works out. We just returned from a 14 day cruise in a balcony cabin surrounded on 5 sides with guest rooms. That did not stop whoever was staying above us from flushing the toilet all night long and making terrible noises from 6am on each morning. It really sounded like they were throwing boulders around every morning for at least 2 hours each morning
Being too close to the crew area may expose you to garbage odor too, if you’re too close to that part of the ship. Been there.
Everyone is fine to have their own opinion. In my mind, I'll take the worst cabin on the best boat before i take the best cabin on a crappy boat. I really like being on a massive and magnificent ship. The smaller the boat, the more likely i am to get motion sickness too. But I'm a HEAVY sleeper, i never wake up from random noises.
We always bring earplugs on EVERY trip (cruise or not), just in case...it's made a huge difference a number of times and they take up no room in your luggage!!
That's the truth cause all that noise makes your head spin !
Thanks so much from 🇳🇱 Holland. I am studying your video’s.
Wonderful!
I’m a little nervous about my next cruise. I’ve booked an accessible room that’s on the same hallway as the teens/tweens club. 🙁 Hopefully the staff will remind them to be respectful in the hallways.
You would think since cruises are so expensive. They would make the walls sunroof and put a lot of insulation in between. It's not the difficult and certainly not that costly.
On our honeymoon cruise in December on resilent lady we have a cabin booked with above us the night club on one side and the casino on the other, im thinking we Wont be getting much sleep lol but it's the only cabin area we were offered. Hopefully our upgrade bid works and we get a better location ❤
Oh, I also got caught out with booking a room opposite a ‘crew only’ access door on my recent MSC cruise - I’ve never heard noise like it…!!
We always do this.
Thanks for Sharing ❤ 🥀 😎
I leant a few things differently about cruising (for myself): I am WAY more tolerant of crew noise; less for passenger noise. So trolleys are fine, neighbour cabin noise is not. Also with dead end hallways: you think it's a good idea, but if there are any kids in your zone, they will typically RUN full speed to reach their cabin... so you will hear those booming runs from tiny/not so tiny feet! Most important - know yourself!
Eh im young so I can deal with a little extra noise for a great deal! Then again I do fall asleep with the TV on half the time so take that into account.
You are great! I watch all Your videos.
I have found that what is above you matters. I was below the spa and heard nothing.
See ?! On my first cruise, I checked the deck plan and asked for the cabin number, but then my cruise pals told me to relax .....
I totally disagree having been a recent Cruise I was forced to listen to someone's loud music all hours of the day and night and they were too freaking doors down from us!
Tbh, I find being either at the front or back (preferably wit a dead end) + having cabins above and below you even better. That way you don't have that much walking traffic. If you're in the middle of the ship chances are high you are very close to the main elevators and therefore you'll have a lot of people walking past your door all the time.
Also make sure you're not on the side with a water slide right above you (even if you're a couple decks below) and water pipes running along your balcony. I met sbd on my last cruise who was sitting at my dinner table and she had issues with water constantly poring down a pipe on her balcony 24/7. She couldn't even use, nor open her balcony door because it was so loud. Very annoying! At least she got a new stateroom on the second half of our cruise (the first part was completely booked out). I think she didn't even got a partial refund or whatever. So she paid premium for a balcony that she couldn't even use for half of her almost 3 week long cruise.
On that particular cruise I was almost all the way at the front (also balcony) like two decks above the theater and two below the promenade and it was super nice and quiet. Sure, you'll feel the waives a bit more, but I don't mind that at all.
Are those noisy areas’ cabins dirt cheap?, maybe you can rest and sleep when it’s the quietest and explore the ship and do other activities when it’s the noisyest…
Princess is now charging extra for choosing your cabin.
Annoying! They also have moved to the upgrade auction rather than upgrade people without charges..
Plan your cruise well in advance and get a room on the back of the ship. It’s like you’re not even with other passengers.
Is it really worth it in the first place?
I don't see the point of spending so much money just to be miserable.
Good to know thank you if I ever probably not decide to take a cruise.. my number one fear water😂😂
I've only been on one cruise, we must have gotten a good cabin we didn't hear anything or anyone....
Not if you get drunk enough….
I don't mind a bad cabin on a good ship for a decent price. So long as I have a nice bottle of wine for my husband and I to share, I'll sleep like a baby. 😴 But thanks for the tip. 🤗
I can't think of anything worse than a cruise. It's just a floating holiday camp, no better, no worse. It just moves. That's all that's different.
Perhaps take a short cruise on a quieter ship to try it out. You might be surprised how relaxing and lovely it can be. I thought the same until we took a 7 night transatlantic on Cunard. It was spectacular. We took another Med cruise on the Queen Victoria. We now are hooked and cruise with Celebrity because of their itineraries. Give it a try:)
@@conniebruinsma5681 When it comes to Europe I would rather take my car and use ferries, choosing my own itinerary, accommodation, places of interest to visit, restaurants and entertainment.
You can take ferries from the UK to the Netherlands, France, Northern Ireland, Eire and Spain. There are also ferries from Ireland to France and Spain to cruise the north-western Atlantic.
There are ferries from Denmark to the Faroes and Iceland. From the Scotland to the Outer Hebrides, Orkneys and Shetland for the North Atlantic.
For the Baltic there are ferries from Denmark to Norway and Sweden, from Germany to Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Baltics. From Poland to Sweden and Finland. From Sweden to Finland and the Baltics. From Finland to Estonia.
For the Med there are ferries from Spain to Italy, Sardinia, France, Balearics, Morocco, . From France to Morocco, Corsica, Sardinia. From Italy to Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Greece, Croatia, Albania. From Corsica to Sardinia. From Sicily to Sardinia. From Greece to the Greek Islands. From Turkey to Cyprus.
For the west Atlantic there are ferries from Spain to the Canaries and from Portugal to Madeira.
For the Black Sea there is even a ferry from Bulgaria to Georgia.
If you want to cruise the the Norwegian fjords there is even the Hurtigen ferry that goes the length of Norway with multiple stops.
Many of these ferries can be taken during the day or overnight with a cabin. Many ferry crossings are often longer than 24 hours and include either one or two nights with cabin. I have done many of there ferry crossings and have always found the accommodation clean, comfortable and fit for purpose. Food is acceptable to good with lots of deck space and lounges. I also take onboard my own food and drink and entertainment. Many ferries use easy to access small port towns, although many go direct to major city centres. Did you know you can take a ferry into Venice? I believe cruise ships are now banned from Venice. I could suggest many great itineraries for you that would easily surpass anything a cruise line could offer.
@@grahamcook9289 Hi Graham, yes, they are wonderful as well. I have backpacked through Europe and
Asia and taken many a train and ferry and absolutely loved it. We are very lucky to travel and see the world and there is something for everyone:)
Cheers!
Oh! That would be painful! Surely the ship designers know this?!? I wonder why they would put a suite or similar in that particular location? How disappointing! Putting out the not insignificant amount for a premium cabin and being bombarded with slamming, running feet on echoing chairs and loud talking as they pass each other. My head hurts in empathy.
1st world problems.
I sleep with ear plugs (because of my CPAP machine) so noise at night does bother me.
You keep up trying to make cruising palatable, it's Noble work you're doing.
🦊🚬~Or Not
I would say: cruises aren’t for you. So many people on such a huge vessel are bound to make noise. You’re better off with more exclusive voyages. And use ear plugs. Who in the name of Jesus is in their cabin during a cruise with all the activities going on? Seriously. Do the Queen Mary II with other pensioners and half dead zombies, Bingo being the highlight of the days and dancing sitting down and moving your arms.
Well you are sensitive man. ‼️
Oh good grief just stop. I’ve been under the pool, next to the elevator, across from the self serve laundry, never heard any noise. It’s the same as a hotel room you’re not buying the place.
🙄
Au Contraire my friend, like real estate a cabin is all about location, location, location. We were above the Crown Grill once and they had a Pub Lunch daily that stunk our room to high heaven. The steward called an engineer who, upon entering, exclaimed ‘What are you people cooking in here?!’ He was gobsmacked at the stench and their solution was a fan for our last few days plus OBC. Self serve laundromats are fine, greasy fish and fries are not.
Not everyone is so lucky to sleep as well as you. Not getting enough restorative sleep can definitely affect your cruise experience. Some of the noises can be quite jarring. This is good information for those of us that need quiet to sleep well.
Some people are light sleepers. I don’t get the point of your comment
@@joandouglas9000 that’s a ventilation problem, not a cabin problem. At this moment someone is in that exact same cabin enjoying their vacation.
@@unofficially_kendra7487 if there’s going to be noise it can happen in any cabin on the ship. People are paranoid. At a hotel they’ll take whatever room but get all worked up about their cabin on a ship.