Greetings Everyone. How does one figure out where to pick a stateroom? Thanks!
Greetings Everyone. How does one figure out where to pick a stateroom? Thanks!
Once again, if you are doing an Alaska cruise, do not get the first five or six 8000 or 7000 staterooms. During our glacier day (dead calm in the water) we were in 8004-6 (adjoining with daughter's family) and the smoking section was just above us and smoke and ashes came down on our verandah like snow...kind of like the Frozen deck show. Yuck! If smoke is an issue with you, be sure to check where these areas are on the ship before you select your stateroom.
When we were on it, last June, that area of the Wonder was open, smokers were lined up hanging over the railing and we had a trashed verandah below. Notified Guest Services and they put a pole/rope barricade up that kept smokers away from the railing. We still got smoke but no ashes, slight improvement. When you are moving you don't notice it, but when stopped with no wind, beware. There was no shield at that time. I yelled up at the smokers to move back which helped for 10 minutes. If they would move all the smoking areas aft, into engine room or on a dinghy hauled behind the ship I would be happy. DCL stated at the time that the smoking areas were, "for the convenience of all of our guests." They didn't add, "at the expense of a few others."Now that I read this again... I accidentally stumbled upon the port side, forward smoking area and thought of you, and what you said. I went back to look, and the area was mostly enclosed...shielded is perhaps a better word, with glass. I don't know if that's new or not since it was my first time on the Wonder. I mean, I wouldn't think it's new. People were sitting down in the red circled area in the attached pic to smoke. I don't know if and how it would affect the verandahs on decks 8 and 7 since it's somewhat shielded?
Greetings Everyone. How does one figure out where to pick a stateroom? Thanks!
First by members in your party then how much you want to pay then by what's available. Somehow, I've always gotten deck six starboard rear. Love it.
Greetings Everyone. How does one figure out where to pick a stateroom? Thanks!
In 16 cruises, we have always stayed aft or mid-aft. Only on one cruise, the Wonder 10-night Southern Caribbean cruise, did we have a forward room and it did not work well. I got seasick and the motion of the bow going up and down was not fun (for me).
When we were on it, last June, that area of the Wonder was open, smokers were lined up hanging over the railing and we had a trashed verandah below. Notified Guest Services and they put a pole/rope barricade up that kept smokers away from the railing. We still got smoke but no ashes, slight improvement. When you are moving you don't notice it, but when stopped with no wind, beware. There was no shield at that time. I yelled up at the smokers to move back which helped for 10 minutes. If they would move all the smoking areas aft, into engine room or on a dinghy hauled behind the ship I would be happy. DCL stated at the time that the smoking areas were, "for the convenience of all of our guests." They didn't add, "at the expense of a few others."
Was just going to comment that I think the higher and more forward you go, the more motion. We try for mid ship (top to bottom) and will book mid or aft. Actually, first time trying aft in August so hoping movement is minimal there too.
We have been almost all the way back on several ships and the motion never caused me any problems in aft. Only one ship (one of the HAL ships) had a weird vibration, but you could feel that all throughout the ship, even in the dining rooms. They say if you are prone to being seasick, you should book a mid- mid room -- mid ship and mid deck, but I have never had a problem being close to the water line or 8 decks above it. I don't feel any difference in movement. Only that forward room got me that one time.
Thank you for commenting. I've never been in aft but have 3 cruises booked all in that section (but made sure not to book forward). Mid is not available in our stateroom categories. The rooms are not super aft....about mid way so hopefully no strong vibrations (tend to feel some vibration even mid ship)