Cruise secrets: Never book this cruise ship cabin – or risk distressing consequences

Cruise ship holidays can be enjoyable and relaxing for passengers onboard the floating hotels. Holidaymakers stay in cabins for the duration of these breaks – and it’s key you like where you’re staying. Being unhappy with your accommodation could cast a shadow over your cruise holiday. There are certain cruise ship cabins which you should look to avoid unless you’re willing to put up an unpleasant consequence.

Cruise ship experts at CruiseCritic has revealed that there are cabins which offer very little privacy.

Consequently, they advise against booking cabins that open onto a promenade deck.

On some cruises, these bedrooms don’t offer much privacy even with the curtains are closed.

A cruiser on Holland America’s Volendam ship complained of this after booking an oceanview cabin on the lower promenade deck.

CruiseCritic explained: “The line’s Lanai cabins boast sliding-glass doors with one-way views offering total concealment, but don’t forget to shut them if you’re planning a private moment; this isn’t your back garden.”

Princess Cruises ships Royal Princess and Regal Princess also have some cabins with a similar problem.

Watch out for the mini-suites beneath the SeaWalk on both ships as they provide “questionable seclusion.”

As for Royal Caribbean ships, the cabins facing the Boardwalk and Central Park areas Oasis of the Seas and Allure of the Seas also don’t offer much privacy.

According to CruiseCritic: “A passenger who stayed on the lowest level of the Central Park cabins reported having to keep their curtains closed for the length of the cruise because other passengers strolling through the park could see straight in.”

If you’re keen for a good sea view out of your cabin window, you should also steer clear of rooms with an obstructed view.

One type of cruise ship cabin you should steer clear of if you’re looking for a scenic voyage are those rooms that come with an obstructed view. 

According to Cruise Critic: “If a view is important to you, make sure you know what you’re getting a view of.

“An obstructed-view cabin category might cost less, but the quality of the vista varies from room to room.

“One view might be only partially obstructed, leaving most of the window occupied by sunsets over waves, while others artfully frame a length of lifeboats.”

It’s also always worth examining the cruise ship deck plan when booking a cabin.

Passengers should look out for white spaces on the deck plans. This is because these places are for staff areas which could well prove very noisy. 

These could be the housekeeping room, laundry rooms or crew elevators.

The rooms are not relevant to cruise passengers so they will not show up on the plan.

Staff could well be using these rooms very early in the morning as they start their day.

source: express.co.uk