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Best Cruise Ship Cabins For 11 Different Traveller Types
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Jan 29, 2025
Discover the 11 best cruise ship cabins for 11 different types of cruise travellers. Learn which is the best cabin for your cruising vacation if you are seeking a quiet trip, are a party animal, looking for the lowest cost, worry about seasickness, are a solo traveller, family with young kids, family with older kids, looking for luxury, travelling with friends, need a quiet space to retreat to or use a wheelchair or have limited mobility. Support Tips For Travellers and book your next cruise through CruiseDirect using this link: http://www.tipsfortravellers.com/cruisedirect . You will get the best and lowest price around. I get a small commission but you pay nothing extra. I would love you to give the video a "thumbs up" and if you subscribed to the channel. Every week Gary Bembridge's Tips For Travellers Channel posts a video to help you make the most of your precious travel time and money on both land and at sea. First-hand travel inspiration, advice and tips based on the over 20 years I have been travelling every month. Follow me on these social media platforms: - YouTube: http://bit.ly/TFT_YouTube2 - Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/tipsfortravellers - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tipsfortravellers - Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/garybembridge
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in this video you're going to discover
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11 different cabin types for 11
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different types of travelers one of
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which is likely to be you
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I'm Gabe a bridge of tips for travelers
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in previous videos I've spoken about 10
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types of cabins to avoid and also how to
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get an upgrade on a cruise in this video
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I want to talk to you about 11 perfect
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types of cabins for 11 different types
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of travelers first of all what is the
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perfect cabin especially if you're
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worried about noise or other
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interruptions this is probably the best
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and biggest tip that I can give anybody
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looking for a cabin when you find a
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cabin no matter what grade it is whether
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you're interested in an inside cabin and
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ocean view cabin about a cabin or even a
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suite the best cabin to choose which is
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going to give you the least amount of
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disruption the least amount of noise is
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a cabin that is surrounded by cabins on
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all sides so you have cabins above you
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you have cabins below you you have
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cabins on either side ideally with no
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inter connecting door and either
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opposite you you have cabins or you have
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something that is going to be very very
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quiet those are perfect for everybody
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because you are going to have the least
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amount of interruptions it's going to be
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the quietest option on board so the
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perfect thing to do if you want a great
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quiet cabin is to go for a cabin that is
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surrounded by cabins on all sides the
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second type of cabin is for people who
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are quite the opposite they're party
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people and they're gonna be out as much
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as they possibly can so even if you are
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a party person and are only going to
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spend you know five or six hours a night
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having sleep in your cabin it is still
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the one place that you're going to spend
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more time than anywhere else when you're
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on a cruise the cabin is still the place
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that you're going to spend at most
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amount of times there's still better
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than mine I would strongly suggest that
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you go for an inside cabin the great
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thing about those cabins is they're dark
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because you know of windows you can have
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no light coming in so it's perfect for
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people who want to go to bed really
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early in the morning they want to sleep
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late because they want to be out and
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party so inside cabin is a great idea
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the third thing to do is what about if
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you want a cheap cabin so the perfect
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cabin for you whether it's an inside
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cabin an ocean view cavern a balcony
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cabin or suite you still want the cheap
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at that level the thing to do is to not
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choose a specific cabin but actually go
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for what's known as a guaranteed cabin
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now what that basically means is it's
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the cheapest price that you can get for
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whatever level you're going for and the
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cruise line allocates a cabin to you so
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what they do is once people have gone
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and chosen specific cabins because they
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want to be in a specific cabin so
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whatever's left over people have booked
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a guaranteed cabin get allocated one of
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the cabins by the cruise lines so it is
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the cheapest way to get whatever grade
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of cabin that you wants now clearly the
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cheapest cabin of all is to go for a
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guaranteed inside cabin so if your men
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objectors I want the cheapest cabin
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possible booked a guaranteed inside
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cabin my next tip is if you're concerned
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about getting seasick the most important
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thing you do is choose a cabin which is
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in the middle of the ship and as low
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down as possible now the reason for that
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is when a ship moves if there are rough
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seas is it pivots so it pivots on an
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axis like this and so in the center low
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down is where you have the least amount
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of movement if you are worried about
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getting seasick
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middle of the ship and as low down as
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possible now what if you're a solo
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traveler now the thing to watch out for
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is cabins are designed for two people to
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occupy so if you're occupying that as a
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solo traveler you're going to be charged
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a surcharge which could be anything
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between 50% to 100% so it becomes very
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expensive the great news is that most
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cruise lines are brilliant which have
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cabins specifically for solo travelers
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which is fantastic because you can avoid
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all those surcharges now there are many
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many ships that do that but some of the
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most innovative of all are for example
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on Norwegian cruise lines where they've
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created a whole area for solo travelers
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it has a specific key pass it has a
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lounge area and all the cabins in that
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area are for solo travelers but pretty
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much all cruise lines have it with its
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own Royal Caribbean whether it's on -
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not even Fred Olsen piano all these
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cruise lines are starting to introduce
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solo cabins so what about families now
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there are two suggestions that I have
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first of all let's talk about families
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traveling with really young kids so kids
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that basically need to be in the same
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cabin as you now the thing to do is to
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cruise on cruise lines that have
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specific
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created family caverns most of the big
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ships whether it's Norwegian or
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Caribbean piano Disney obviously so
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there's a lot of cruise lines that cater
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for families they've created family
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suites or family cabins so these are
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cabins that are designed and have
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configurations where you know mum and
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dad or parents could sleep and space for
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kids a lot of them now have specific
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cabins which are designed and are big
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enough and have beds that don't if you
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pull out at night for families any
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cruise lines is basically advertising
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for families take a look at those if
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your kids need to be in the same cabin
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as you now what if you've got all the
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kids now what are the big issues to look
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out for is most cruise lines will not
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allow you to register to have two kids
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sort of under the age of 18 and as other
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on the cruise line the age but you can
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normally not booked a cabin specifically
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for kids have you got young teenage kids
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you can't book a cabin for them now this
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cover ways around that one of the things
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that I would suggest you do is book
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cabins which have an inch connecting
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door and book when adults with one child
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one cabin book one out up with one child
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in the other cabin however of course
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when you move in the parents can be in
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one cabin and the kids can be in the
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other cabin but you put that into
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connecting door so you can then sort of
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be as one as a family but your teenage
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kids have their own space and their own
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cabin now of course you don't have to
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have an inter connecting door you could
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just book two cabins that are close to
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each other but you will have to book it
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as one adult and one child if they are
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under the age of 18 now check with the
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cruise line because those regulations
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change slightly but you can't book a
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cabin on most cruise lines just for
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children now what if you want to go
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luxury well there are a lot of options
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in terms of Suites and luxury if you're
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looking for a great cabin take a look at
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some of the cruise lines that have
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created ships within ships so for
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example on MSC Cruises they have the
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Yacht Club Norwegian cruise lines has
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the Haven and these are little
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controlled areas you know you use your
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key card to get into them but all the
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facilities for those people traveling in
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Suites are available so many of them
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will have butler service they'll often
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own swimming pool and deck they might
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even have their own little acces to the
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spa area they'll have a lounge where
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your practice you have breakfast drinks
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canapes so if you look it to go luxury
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look for cabins that are in ships within
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ships of course there are many other
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options most cruise lines have it sweet
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so if you take for example Cunard their
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Queen's Grill have butler service they
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have a specific
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lounge there's a separate dining room
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the other thing to do of course if you
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want to go in luxury it's booked a cabin
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on an all sweet ship now these are much
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more expensive to go that things like a
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silver sea or Seaborn now sort of
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there's a group of friends you know
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three or four of you traveling together
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and you want to share a cabin because it
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ends up being much cheaper if there's
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three or four of you in a cabin the
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great thing with ships is basically you
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can have your cabin configured either
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twin beds or double beds so you can then
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have two separate beds and then you have
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the sofa bed option now if you take a
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look at many cruise lines and look at
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the plans or talk to your agent find out
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for those that not only have a sofa bed
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but have a curtain between the bedroom
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area and the surfer bed area so for
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example many of the cabins are on board
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the q-not ships for example to clear
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queen elizabeth and queen victoria but
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I've been on many many other cruise
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lines maybe they have this where there
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is a curtain so the great thing is it's
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a group of friends you also some of you
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can be in the bed area you can have the
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curtains closed so you mean the surfer
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bed area so a little bit of privacy as
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you're getting dressed
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changed whatever so look for cabins
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which have that option but also have a
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curtain dividing the two areas so spoken
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about party people I've spoken about
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people that really like to go out and
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have a great time but what about people
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who want to go on a cruise and they want
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some little private time no Klingon
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cruise ship you could perhaps find a
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nice quiet corner but if you like the
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idea of retreating into your cabin and
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having your own little private space
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what I would also recommend you do is
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then book a balcony cabin the great
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thing about a balcony cabin is you can
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then go out on your balcony you have
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your little private space little private
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time so you can you know have all the
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great features and benefits and
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activities are all crucial but if you
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just want a little quiet time you can
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then retreat to your cabin and you can
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sit out the balcony you can still have
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the sunshine if you're in a nice warm
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climate you can have the breeze and you
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can just relax you can sunbae but you
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have your own little quiet havens so
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when our trip is around accessibility so
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what if you have a wheelchair
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we have limited mobility well this is
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kind of might be an obvious one but all
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cruise ships have accessible room
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and it's really important if you're
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going on a cruise make sure that you
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book one of those if you do have a
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wheelchair or accessible the issues they
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tend have them at all grade so it's an
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inside ocean view Suites
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they all have accessible cabins which
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have wider doors you know more floor
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space to move around they also have you
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know showers rather than baths that you
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can wheel itself in many of them will
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have things like core buttons things
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like cupboard space and storage space
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which is accessible from a wheelchair
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level as well so do make sure that you
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book an accessible cabin that's a whole
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range of cabins for different types the
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most important one of all is if you are
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going on a cruise I strongly recommend
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when you're looking at your cabin no
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matter what grade it is book a cabin
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that has cabins above you below you
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either side of you and opposite you that
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is going to be a cabin that has police
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interruptions at least amount of noise
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so no matter whether you're a party
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animal you'd like to retreat you like
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quiet space whatever you are you're
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gonna find that he's going to give you
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the greatest chance of having a great
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space of course if you book that try and
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make sure that you have a common orange
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connecting door and then you basically
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have this little great space that you
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can retreat to no matter what type of
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