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2 hours ago, FionaMG said:

We have sailed in a PR view cabin on Explorer, Navigator and Adventure and have always enjoyed them. The layout makes them seem bigger and having the window, even if only overlooking the promenade, prevents them from feeling claustrophobic. You don't get a fantastic view of the promenade, to be honest, but it's still better than no view at all.

 

We visited a "real" inside cabin on a cabin crawl once and it seemed incredibly small and closed in.

 

Two things to watch out for with PR cabins:

 

1. Try to avoid being in close proximity to the pub. While the central location may seem desirable, we found that, on the one occasion we were in this location, it was noisy until quite late. The cabins towards either end did not have this problem.

 

2. Always close the curtains if you are in the room with the light on because the people in the cabins opposite will be able to see right into yours (an you into theirs, of course). Believe me, some things are best left unseen!

Thank you for the answer and the tips! Were you able to watch some of the parades from the cabins towards the end? From videos it seems like the rooms at the ends could be slightly less private because of the proximity to elevators (more chances of random people being able to look in rather than "just" the people in rooms across from you). Then again, if you're keeping the curtains closed, it shouldn't make a difference.

35 minutes ago, 2chiefs said:

We've stayed in Promenade rooms and have enjoyed them. Very little price increase over a standard inside cabin. We won't stay in inside rooms anymore however ever since seeing the ships quarantined during the covid breakout requiring people to stay in their cabin for days on end.

Hi, thanks for the answer! I have actually been thinking about this and it's the only reason I would go for a balcony now. Then again, I would also cancel a cruise if I didn't feel like covid was semi under control as even in a balcony room, being stuck in a cabin for days on end would be terrible. I was actually meant to go on a cruise this year but decided to postpone because of Delta. Hoping we have it more under control next year! 

1 hour ago, UPNYGuy said:

we stayed in one once and it was fun. It was our first experience on Royal, and we figured why not get the royal promenade experience and do that. I would suggest being careful about where you book though, as between 6th floor and 7th floor promenade view cabin windows, there are speaker boxes that are directly under the windows on the 7th floor promenade windows. you WILL hear it in your cabins. The 8th floor is going to better in that regard

Thanks! Do you mean speaker boxes for the music? Any idea how early they start? I'm not so concerned with the late night crowd being loud, I'll probably be one of them. I'm more concerned about the activities of the early birds and the kids

1 hour ago, Biker19 said:

Welcome to CC and no.

Thank you! Would you mind elaborating? Is it that the window didn't do much for you or that you don't mind inside cabins? The difference in this case is about $150-200 pp depending on route.

Hi all! I just wanted to ask for some opinions on whether or not Promenade "windows" are worth the extra $$. I've stayed in interior and balcony staterooms before but have never been on a promenade view room. I personally felt like the balcony was wasted on me because I barely spent any time in it and it didn't help with motion sickness at all so it's not worth the upgrade in my case. Now I'm wondering which of the non-balcony staterooms is right for me. I'm specifically looking at interior vs promenade view. Other than the room feeling slightly bigger, does the window offer any other benefits? Can you enjoy the parades at the Promenade from the room? Is there a way to open the window to let some "fresh" air in? 

I dismissed OV and those virtual balcony ones because I feel like it would make the motion sickness worse, but I'd love to hear your experiences. 

I've also considered just booking a guarantee inside room and hoping it's low and midship but don't know how likely that would be.