chelsikins@gmail.com wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My husband and I are going on a cruise to Alaska at the end of June. I
> just booked our room (a balcony cabin on the 10th deck of the Norwegian
> Sun), and after doing a little researching I'm worried....I've seen
> recommendations about getting a room on a lower deck so as not to deal
> with all the noise from the general use decks. Is it a big problem?
> Should I consider switching rooms? Thanks!
>
I would prefer to not be under a service area, disco or
dance floor, or adjacent to an elevator, but as far as other
overhead traffic, dining areas are fine, as are most
lobbies. I'd not worry. We took an Amazon cruise once on
the Stella Solaris and didn't think of that. Our cabin was
directly under the dance floor of the main (only) show
lounge. Unfortunately, one of the headline attractions was
a Flamenco Dance. The really coincidental part is that
Tobie and Barb were also on the same ship and had the same
cabin at a different time, and the Flamenco Dancers were
still there, stomping away.
Another consideration to location is movement. While a ship
is stabilized, there is still motion. I love it, but others
might have a problem. We were on the Regent Sea twice, and
crossed the Gulf of Alaska during a pretty decent storm.
Our cabin was far forward and as high as possible. You
could barely hang onto bed. It was great, but we didn't get
much sleep that night. Generally speaking, a low, centrally
located cabin has the least motion. Forward and aft cabins
have more vertical motion and upper cabins have more
side-to-side.
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