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Which ship do have particularly small cabins?
Have you ever squeezed three or four people in a small cabin? How was it?
Does cabin size really have much bearing on the overall cruise experience?
Discuss.
quote:Originally posted by Malcolm @ cruisepage:Generally the cabins on modern cruise ships are getting bigger, but have you ever been accommodated in a small cabin? Im interested to hear of your experiences?Which ship do have particularly small cabins?Have you ever squeezed three or four people in a small cabin? How was it?Does cabin size really have much bearing on the overall cruise experience?Discuss.
The Harald Jarl has the smallest cabin I sailed in. It was an inside the size of the trunk room of a QM2 grille cabin. I only slept in it.
4087 on the QE2: It was the ideal location, but the closet was too small to hold my suitcase. Bathroom was decent size though.
P015 on SSNorway, fine for 1 person, but big bathroom.
Cabin B54 on Olympia inside quad, bath down the hall, bare bulbs and exposed pipes shared with 3 siblings. I could hear the wake against the bulkhead since B deck is below the waterline.
Desirod7 slept here
Stella Oceanis A97--upper and lower shared with sibling; size about 6' x 9'
I don't mind so much a small cabin as long as the bathroom is large and plenty of closet space.
[ 01-10-2007: Message edited by: desirod7 ]
Common jokes
Cabin was so small, I broke the porthole when I put the key in the door
Bathroom was so small, I had to learn how to ride a toilet sidesaddle
So small, you had to step outside to change your mind!
Rich
On NORWEGIAN MAJESTY it was an inside twin and you could barely move. It was literally a closet.
On NORWAY it was an inside with double bed where the double bed took up a vast majority of the cabin. FYI I've also had very spacious cabins on NORWAY.
On QE2 it was an inside upper/lower on Five Deck. It was actually larger than many others in the same category but still very small.
On PACIFIC PRINCESS it was in inside quad (one of only a few onboard) and it was hell. Four people in that small cabin was not fun. Half way through the cruise my boyfriend and I managed to move to an outside twin. Still small but more private.
As you can see all the small cabins were on older ships. New ships today have excellent cabins in comparison.
Ernie
Prize for smallest bathroom goes to Pacific Sky.
Prize for worst bed - RCL those horrid doubles that curve at the bottom and you have to walk around them, so they can give you less floor space. Worst closet space - SA Vaal - there wasn't one in my D deck cabin.
Not strictly a cruise ship but a ferry in the Western Isles of Scotland where the floor space equaled the same size as the bunk and was very similar to a British rail sleeper compartment.
quote:Originally posted by lasuvidaboy:Cabin 5225 on QE2. Not bad for two people and good for a 5-day crossing or cruise. Any longer and cabin fever would set in IMO. Single porthole looked like a washing machine window at times.
Most of the singles on QE2 are even smaller.
Brian
quote:Originally posted by Brian_O:Most of the singles on QE2 are even smaller.Brian
How does one have a proper cocktail party?
Narrow, short bunk beds. The only storage was a drawer under the lower bunk but the floorspace was so small that you couldn't stand and open it. You had to lean over the side from the lower bunk to open the drawer.
A 'memorable' cruise nonetheless.
Regards, Colin.
quote:Originally posted by Colin:40 sq ft. - 5'x8' and that included the shower and toilet!Narrow, short bunk beds. The only storage was a drawer under the lower bunk but the floorspace was so small that you couldn't stand and open it. You had to lean over the side from the lower bunk to open the drawer.A 'memorable' cruise nonetheless. Regards, Colin.
This was a passenger cabin? (Sounds like some crew cabins I've lived in!) Which vessel was this?
The smallest cabin on any new ship seems to perfectly adequate for two people, if not even spacious, in contrat to the older ships.
Personaly I think the layout of the cabin can be as important as size. Some layouts make a cabin feel more spacious and work better. I often feel that two single beds apart works better than them pushed together in terms of useable floor space.
I can't wait to see the new Celebrity ships as they promise the largest standard cabins afloat for a large ship cruise line.
Depending on how full the ships were we would get anything from an inside up to a penthouse.
The inside cabins on the Cunard Countess and the Song of Norway were tiny and this is from the perspective of a child, heck even some of the outside cabins were not that big, the Song of America jumps to mind for some reason.
quote:Originally posted by jetwet1:.. the Song of America jumps to mind for some reason.
Passengers still complain about her small cabins.
quote:Originally posted by Malcolm @ cruisepage:Passengers still complain about her small cabins.
This cabin was so small that there was no place to put our luggage. I felt sorry for the cabin steward, having to make the bed in that closet!
The Constitution had some tiny cabins, including single-wide bunk beds in a some.
quote:Originally posted by Malcolm @ cruisepage:Desirod7 is that image a 'Song of America' cabin?
This is an immigrant class cabin on the Principe Perfieto. It was for down and out Portuguese moving to Brazil or thier African colonies to build a new life.
B54 on the Olympia, I knew no different, it was my first cruise. PS: the cabin we had on the Queen Anna Maria became a crew cabin after it became the Carnivale.
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Along with improvements in size, air flow has gotten a lot better in the newer ships. I remember the cabin being all steamed up after we each took turns in the tiny shower. Not just on the Dolphin...I think circulation in Oceanic was pretty bad too (in the Premier days).
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