Staterooms aka Cabins

Since I've only had limited experiences thus far, it's going to be a challenge to fairly represent the full spectrum of options available to guests on Royal Caribbean.  For the most part, I've only had interior cabins because I'm vacationing on the cheap and would rather spend the money on great experiences thank where I'm going to sleep.

This particular cabin was on Jewel back in October 2024, and wasn't even ours.  The door was open as the steward was take care of the cabin, so I snapped this photo as I walked down the hall.  Frankly, the image is just so relaxing I think I could just lounge around there if I wanted to get away from people.

Grandeur (Sept 2023)

My very first cruise with Pam was in an oceanview stateroom.  The layout and window set up were quite nice.  It was wonderful to open the curtains and enjoy the views outside, especially when there were storms out at sea one night.  As you can see in the photos, they can set up the beds as a queen or 2 twins.  We had the beds split so we'd be more comfortable.  Also, this set up has become my preferred as it makes a nice walkway through the middle of the room rather than on either side of the beds.  On this class of ship, the bathroom is adequate, but the shower area with the curtain is a bit tight.  One of the ships we've cruised on (Jewel, I think) had a 2 piece surround type shower door.  While the space was about the same, it was nice to not be fighting the clingy shower curtain.

Enchantment (Feb 2024)

For comparison, this was the interior cabin we had for my second ever cruise. It is also very similar to what we had earlier this year for our back-to-back cruise on the same ship.  When you only have around 190 sq ft of living space, there's not a lot of room for chairs or couches.  Again, I don't plan on spending a lot of time in the room, so having a larger cabin isn't a priority for me.

That said, I will say that the cabin we had on Jewel back in October 2024 was really nice because it was set up with a nice sitting area, which I did take advantage of to watching some TV on one of the sea days.  

A lot of people personalize their cabin doors.  At first I thought this was just to be cute or perhaps in celebration of a special event like a birthday or anniversary.  After a couple of cruises, however, I realized that decorating your cabin door makes it easier to find yours when wandering down the hallway after a few adult beverages in the casino or lounge.

For Halloween Pam & I did decorate our door . . . and we are looking forward to doing so again on our upcoming transatlantic cruise this October.

Other than our back-to-back Annual Prime cruises scheduled for early next year in interior rooms on Independence, I have been fortunate to earn "instant certificates" for casino comped cruises in oceanview cabins.  It will be nice experiencing some different ships, including some that are significantly larger than those I've done thus far.  I am also sailing solo on a couple of them, which will be a new experience for me as well.  Pam will be on both cruises, but we've booked in separate cabins.

M/V Columbia (July 2019)

I'll wrap up this post with a bit of comparison to what the cabins (called berths) on the Alaska Marine Ferry look like.    With bunkbeds and just a single folding type chair, they are clearly set up for sleeping, the bathroom and showering. I think we paid around $100/night (on average) for the comfort of having a place to sleep on 3 legs of our 3-week do-it-ourselves "UN"cruise back in the summer of 2019.  It was a nice "luxury" to splurge on.