Choosing a Cabin on a Cruise Ship What Category of Cruise Ship Cabin Is Best for You?
Planning a cruise vacation involves many decisions. One of the most difficult is choosing your cabin type and location. Looking at cruise ship layouts and decks online or in brochures, one of the first things I always notice is the many different cabin categories. Sometimes there are over 20 different categories on a ship! How does one go about choosing the perfect cabin for their budget and lifestyle? How do you get an upgrade on a cruise ship cabin? The cabin on my first cruise in 1967 was perfectly suited for four teenage girls on a high school graduation cruise. The stateroom on this 3-day cruise to Nassau was about the size of a walk-in closet, and had no windows, a tiny bath, and two bunk beds. I’m still not sure how we got all of our “stuff” in there. We barely had room to turn around, and the hum (or was it a roar?) of the engines was evident at all times. We thought we we
