1. Stay away fro inside cabins below the pools - sometimes in very light to rough sea conditions the pipes (that run behind the rear wall) will make terrible noises.
2. Don't book cabins below open wooden decks. You'll hear people moving/dragging their chairs and people running.
We booked late for the Mediterranean cruise on P&O Oceana in early May and were not pleased when on the first night in Cabin 516 (inside twin) we retired for an early night after our long journey and at 10pm were deafened by loud music coming from beneath us. It was the group Adagio playing in the new Monte Carlo club on the deck below and it sounded as if we had first row seats. We could hear every word of every song. It went on until 12.30. This went on every night for a fortnight.
The first day we complained and the sound (particularly the thump of the bass) was turned down, but I could still quote you all the words of 'Is this the way to Amarillo?' and 'Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon' and if I never hear those songs again it will be too soon. The group repeated their limited repertoire every single night. If we had been in a hotel we would have moved out.
We did ask to be moved the next day, and the woman in the complainant's seat in front of us was from an adjoining cabin and was offered the last available cabin on the Lido deck. We did book late and realise you have to take what you are given, but there was no warning of the situation and no reduction in cabin price for the disturbance. We would never book a cabin in this vicinity again.
We got round the problem by going to the late shows every night and then only had to endure half an hour of the music, but it was half an hour too much. Also earplugs were a boon.
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We booked late for the Mediterranean cruise on P&O Oceana in early May and were not pleased when on the first night in Cabin 516 (inside twin) we retired for an early night after our long journey and at 10pm were deafened by loud music coming from beneath us. It was the group Adagio playing in the new Monte Carlo club on the deck below and it sounded as if we had first row seats. We could hear every word of every song. It went on until 12.30. This went on every night for a fortnight.
The first day we complained and the sound (particularly the thump of the bass) was turned down, but I could still quote you all the words of 'Is this the way to Amarillo?' and 'Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon' and if I never hear those songs again it will be too soon. The group repeated their limited repertoire every single night. If we had been in a hotel we would have moved out.
We did ask to be moved the next day, and the woman in the complainant's seat in front of us was from an adjoining cabin and was offered the last available cabin on the Lido deck. We did book late and realise you have to take what you are given, but there was no warning of the situation and no reduction in cabin price for the disturbance. We would never book a cabin in this vicinity again.
We got round the problem by going to the late shows every night and then only had to endure half an hour of the music, but it was half an hour too much. Also earplugs were a boon.