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Thank you all for your responses and tips! Appreciate it:)

So interesting, thanks! I was debating that (just all these articles keep saying midship and lower down has less sway....but i guess all decks must have the rise and fall the same like you say). I am thinking will do the nicer and quiet cabins:)

Thank you all for your help! Appreciate it:)

Thanks and for the link to the deck plans. I spoke with my parents earlier this today as we were concerned about the potential noise and the HAL agent as well for category C.......i wanted to keep midship but were looking at decks 4 and 5. My parents want to do verandahs on deck 5 as honestly it's not much difference in price from cabin level C. So now looking at category V on deck 5/verandah level. That is smack midship, midship is most stable so hopefully there won't be much difference in motion on deck 5 (deck 4 has the tenders in front/partial obstructed view.....not the worst but hubby and parents like the balcony idea as just one deck higher)?The agent was saying midship is most important, hopefully there isn't much difference in motion between main and decks 4/5, or that it's not super noticeable?? I've never gone off main deck but this particular ship is larger than the ones we sailed on (it's been a while on HAL, we did the Veendam, Ryndam, Westerdam,etc....this one is larger for sure so I'm hoping that alone will help). Of course it depends on the weather conditions.

a week. I really think no windows won't be a good option. It just looks like most of the main deck is under a noisy part above it (as want to avoid the front and back ends). I'm thinking of midship but going up several decks. The agent was saying that midship is what is most important so hopefully being up more decks won't be that big of a difference?? If we have a verandah the fresh air might be nice too. I've been doing a lot of reading and some say being too close to the water level isn't great either. I have never gone off main deck, hopefully a few up won't be noticeable.

yes one gets motion sick over everything...........so you think deck 1 will be noticeably better than deck 5 it sounds like? (I was reading how some say the fresh air on the verandah is nice too). If we are doing main deck what is the quietest part of the main deck? (Preferrably connecting but those are limited). I was looking at C1078 and C1080, Ir C1045 and C1047. The concern her is the BB Kings Blues Club location close by that....how far will the sound carry? I don't want loud bass as the kids (and us) won't be able to sleep well. Thank you!

Hi, We are looking to cruise on HAL Nieuw Amsterdam Eastern Carribean itinerary. Several years ago we did RCL and were on the main deck midship with connecting rooms (as we have 5 in our family, 3 kids). RCL deck plans were nice in that it was nice and quiet, there were passenger cabins above us (no noisy casinos, bars,etc). We are going to cruise with HAL with my parents now and I was going to book an outside on the main deck midship, category C. The HAL ships are laid out differently and decks 2 and 3 seem to be noisy decks. The BB Blues Club is above some of the category C cabins and the HAL rep steered us a bit further away (not under them but not sure how far sound carries?? All of category C cabins are in the vicinity of the club) Ones they recmmended were farther down, but they were close to the elevators and men's bathroom as the flip side. The issue is we want the most stable cabin as I have a kid who gets very easily motion sick. I also want us all to sleep well so want to avoid noise. Main deck category D is farther down the ship (so maybe more a bit more motion) but I think by the kitchens (therefore noisy at times...they start cooking early in the morning,etc). So I was researching more and some say the quiet decks are between 2 passenger decks. So looking at the deck plans, deck 5, The Veradah deck, seems to fit this description. I could do category V midship there. But it's 4 decks higher. My question is do you think that there will be a difference in motion?? Or is the most important part being midship? (I was looking at deck 4, categories G and H....well they seem to have the lifeboats there and probably be obstructed view. But the issue is there seem to be no connecting cabin options at all. It's above the shops so I would think it shouldn't be too noisy but who knows). So what would you recommend: main deck midship or deck 5/verandah deck midship? Thank you!!

I'm new to this site, didn't realize to post there, thanks for that tip. I will look into the seabands. She hates dramamine.....I had given her some herbal patches for behind the ears that I think worked a bit (very well reviewed on Amazon....she wasn't age 12 when we first cruised so she couldn't do the prescription patch...may look into the Transderm scop....maybe it will be a moot point then! I hope so as seasick is terrible. i am sensitive to it but with the patch I'm fine).

Hi, We are looking to cruise on HAL Nieuw Amsterdam Eastern Carribean itinerary. Several years ago we did RCL and were on the main deck midship with connecting rooms (as we have 5 in our family, 3 kids). RCL deck plans were nice in that it was nice and quiet, there were passenger cabins above us (no noisy casinos, bars,etc). We are going to cruise with HAL with my parents now and I was going to book an outside on the main deck midship, category C. The HAL ships are laid out differently and decks 2 and 3 seem to be noisy decks. The BB Blues Club is above some of the category C cabins and the HAL rep steered us a bit further away (not under them but not sure how far sound carries?? All of category C cabins are in the vicinity of the club) Ones they recmmended were farther down, but they were close to the elevators and men's bathroom as the flip side. The issue is we want the most stable cabin as I have a kid who gets very easily motion sick. I also want us all to sleep well so want to avoid noise. Main deck category D is farther down the ship (so maybe more a bit more motion) but I think by the kitchens (therefore noisy at times...they start cooking early in the morning,etc). So I was researching more and some say the quiet decks are between 2 passenger decks. So looking at the deck plans, deck 5, The Veradah deck, seems to fit this description. I could do category V midship there. But it's 4 decks higher. My question is do you think that there will be a difference in motion?? Or is the most important part being midship? (I was looking at deck 4, categories G and H....well they seem to have the lifeboats there and probably be obstructed view. But the issue is there seem to be no connecting cabin options at all. It's above the shops so I would think it shouldn't be too noisy but who knows). So what would you recommend: main deck midship or deck 5/verandah deck midship? Thank you!!