TYPES OF STATE ROOM

• Stateroom amenities

  • Luxurious beds - Top mattresses and finely woven cotton linens
  • Bathrobes for use during your voyage
  • Cotton towels
  • 5X magnifying make-up mirrors and salon-quality hair dryers
  • Fragrant soaps, lotions, shampoo and other bath amenities
  • Complimentary fresh fruit on request
  • Flat-panel TV and DVD player
  • Ice service, shoeshine service and nightly turndown service
• Location on Higher Deck

  • Advantages: Closer to public areas, feel more prestigious, larger staterooms
  • Disadvantages: More expensive, more traffic, feel more ship motion
• Location near Elevators

  • Advantages: Not far to walk to elevator
  • Disadvantages: Pedestrian “traffic” and noise in hallway
• Location near public spaces

  • Advantages: Close to where things are happening
  • Disadvantages: Potential noise
• Stateroom Categories

  • INSIDE
  • OCEAN VIEW
  • VERANDAH
  • PENTHOUSE VERANDAH SUITE (PS)
  • DELUXE VERANDAH SUITE (S)
  • SUPERIOR VERANDAH SUITES (SS,SY)
• Reading a Deck Plan

  1. Color coding makes a deck plan easy to read

  2. The higher the deck, the higher the category and price

  3. Deck plans often note certain special stateroom circumstances

  4. Deck plans are posted on board the ship
• Stateroom Particulars

  • Shower only
  • Bath & Shower
  • Triple sofa bed
  • Connecting
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Walk-in closet
  • View – Window
  • In-room Safe
• Location on Lower Deck

  • Advantages: Less expensive, less motion felt
  • Disadvantages: Far from public spaces, smaller staterooms
• Location near bow or stern

  • Advantages: Less expensive, dramatic views, quiet
  • Disadvantages: Far from everything, greater feeling of ship motion
• Example of cruise prices
• Penthouse Verandah Suites

  • Bedroom with 1 king-size bed, oversize whirlpool bath & shower, living room, dining room, dressing room, private verandah, pantry, 1 sofa bed for 2 persons, minibar, refrigerator, guest toilet, floor-to-ceiling Windows