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I'm Gary beverage of tips for travelers
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in this video I'm going to tell you
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about 10 cruise cabins that you
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absolutely should avoid if you want to
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have a great cruising vacation now
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before we talk about cabins to avoid
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what I want to point out is there are
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four basic types of cabin and
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irrespective of which of these types of
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cabin you choose the tips they are about
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to give you will all apply so one of the
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four types of cabins or the cheapest
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cabin aboard is the an inside cabin now
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these are cabins which have no windows
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or balcony the next type of cabin is an
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ocean view so these are basically cabins
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which have a porthole or a window the
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next type of cabin is about canoe cabin
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with some is called veranda cabins these
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are the most popular caverns of all
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onboard cruise ships and modern cruise
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ships try and have as many balcony
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cabins as they possibly can the fourth
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is Suites now these can range from you
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know just big generous sized cabins
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through to huge big luxurious almost
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partment like spaces whichever one of
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those four you choose my 10 tips on what
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cabins to avoid apply to all of those so
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let's take a look at the ten cabins that
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you should absolutely avoid the first of
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them is one of my big bug bears and
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that's adjoining cabins many cruise
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ships will have cabins with
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interconnecting doors which of course
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allows families or friends to be able to
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move between cabins fairly easily if
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you're traveling by yourself you know
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just two of you in adjoining cabins can
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be a nightmare there can be a lot of
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noise you can hear people talking you
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can hear phones ringing televisions and
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it can really put a real damper on your
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cruise vacations all the deck plans did
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well actually identify and tell you
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which are the cabins with adjoining
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the second thing to avoid is cabins
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underneath the pool deck take a look at
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this cabin it's a very beautiful cabin
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it looks magnificent however on the
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cruise that I had on this particular
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ship it was a nightmare it was right
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underneath the pool deck there was
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chairs scraping people walking past from
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very in the morning to late at night at
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lunch time there would be parties lots
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of loud music and because you're in the
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Caribbean late at night they would often
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be parties and dancing on deck which
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kept me awake till all hours of the
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morning so avoid caverns underneath the
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all deck so link to that my next tip is
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avoid cabins underneath the promenade
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deck many cruise ships have a deck which
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goes right around the ship so people
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like to walk out there people go jogging
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so for example in this particular cabin
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again it was a nightmare because it was
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underneath the promenade deck early in
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the morning of the be thump-thump-thump
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of people going running there'd be
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people walking at all hours of the night
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and day and it was really quite
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stressful being underneath the promenade
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deck my next suggestion is very
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carefully look at the deck plans and
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avoid cabins that are near big public
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areas so particularly things to look out
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for are things like kids clubs where
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they can be kids coming and going or
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through the day and into the evening
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lots of noise families kids excited you
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know running about next to the theater
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or big you know auditoriums where events
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are held both during the day and at
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night because there'll be lots of people
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coming and going also those can be where
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the excursion groups meet and are then
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set off so there'll be a lot of talk and
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noise or people coming and going from
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those various venues another very
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important thing to avoid is late night
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and loud venues so take a look at where
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the nightclubs are where the party
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venues are and really avoid cabins above
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or below those because you will have a
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vibration noise that that bass sound
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pounding away till the early hours of
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the morning so make sure you avoid night
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clubs and discos the next one that's
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very important one take a look on the
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deck plans and stay away from the
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laundry because either side of the
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laundry will be loved noise from the
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machines also there'll be lots of people
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coming and going door slamming lots of
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talking people come and go all hours of
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the day and although most cruise ships
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have restrictions on when the machines
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can start oh and they're to be switched
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off not everybody sticks to those so
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avoid cabins on either side of the
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laundry and just opposite the laundry I
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also recommend that you avoid cabins
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that look on to the center of the ship
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so Kristen Lian very big ships is a big
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promenade that runs through the middle
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of them and their cabins looking the
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promenade in some ships there are you
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know a few cabins overlooking things
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like the central atrium of a ship I
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would avoid those partly because you
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don't have a lot of privacy because
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people can see into your cabins but also
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those promenades are often used for
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you know music recycles and so it can be
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very noisy my next tip is avoid cabins
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with obstructed views where the
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lifeboats and the tender boats are
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hosted so often you'll get a cheaper
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cabin because you look out and your view
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is obstructed by the lifeboats and the
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tender boats now the reason I said avoid
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those is particularly on a you know an
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itinerary which has lots of tendering
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that you'll be woken up with lots of
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noise of the tenders being prepared so
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it can be fairly noisy so my suggestion
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is to avoid cabins near crew access
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areas and these are sometimes much
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harder to identify and fight out so you
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might want to either ask in you know
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various crews related chat rooms or ask
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your agent people often complain if
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there are is a service door with the
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crew come and go because it can be
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banging lots of chewing or throwing as
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people come on duty curve duty or room
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service etc my next suggestion is to
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avoid cabins that are on very low decks
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either right at the very back near the
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engine or in the very front near the
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anchor lots of people who travel those
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cabins complain about the vibration the
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noise from the engine and also being
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woken you know fairly in the morning as
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the anchor gets weighed also because
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it's an area often with the crew coming
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and going and in lots of work so try and
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avoid those well hopefully you found
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that helpful and it's given you some
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guidance as you look at booking a
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cruise and the right cabin for you if
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