Nautica-How are lower priced cabins?

[comcox]

We are looking at booking a 12-day Black Sea cruise on Nautica (same layout as Regatta & Insignia) but our usual level of cabin is pricey on this cruise.

 

What are the deck 3, porthole cabins like? Does anyone know what is beneath them? I don't mind engine vibration/low rumble but want to avoid any banging/clanging/etc.

 

What about deck 7, inside cabins?

 

Any input welcome. Need to decide by Tuesday, July 6th. Thanks.

[LHT28]

We are looking at booking a 12-day Black Sea cruise on Nautica (same layout as Regatta & Insignia) but our usual level of cabin is pricey on this cruise.

 

What are the deck 3, porthole cabins like? Does anyone know what is beneath them? I don't mind engine vibration/low rumble but want to avoid any banging/clanging/etc.

 

What about deck 7, inside cabins?

 

Any input welcome. Need to decide by Tuesday, July 6th. Thanks.

 

All the cabins are the same size from A to D F & G inside ..same size

Difference... A & B have a balcony, E cabins are smaller

Only a couple of exceptions those C's on deck 6 & 7 forward are slightly larger & no balcony but also you will feel/hear the waves hitting the hull & the anchor noise if you are anchoring anywhere

 

I do not know what is under deck 3 we usually go for the C1's on Deck 4

 

I do not think you can go wrong with any cabin on O ;)

 

Lyn

[agnesd]

We had inside 7071 last year on Baltic Cruise.. No noise. Just fine for us. WE don't spend much time in our room when there are so many places to drink. In fact we booked the same room for this years Ionian cruise.

[kinghw]

We are looking at booking a 12-day Black Sea cruise on Nautica (same layout as Regatta & Insignia) but our usual level of cabin is pricey on this cruise.

 

What are the deck 3, porthole cabins like? Does anyone know what is beneath them? I don't mind engine vibration/low rumble but want to avoid any banging/clanging/etc.

 

What about deck 7, inside cabins?

 

Any input welcome. Need to decide by Tuesday, July 6th. Thanks.

 

We were on the Nautica in early June from Barcelona to Istanbul for 14 days in cabin 3021. Just about midships on deck 3. It was a very quiet location with no ship noise at all. That said, if I was booking again and wasn't going to buy a verandah cabin, I would get one of the cat. C rooms with the larger window or an inside. I'd be surprised if we looked out the tiny porthole more than a half-dozen times in 2 weeks.

 

I agree with poster LHT28, no cabin on an Oceania cruise is a poor choice.

[beachluvr65]

Comcox

 

we did the aegean on nautica in sept of 2009. we had an inside cabin on deck 8 and while we do not spend alot of time in our cabin, it was not cramped, if you want more room, ask your cabin attendant if the little round table can be removed...

 

We spend more time on the deck and in various locations on the ship as welll as in town on the stops, so an inside cabin works for us to sleep, change and shower......

 

Rick

[bornfreenowexpensive]

Just got off the other day. We were upgraded from an inside cabin on 7 to a porthole cabin 3029. The porthole was nice but not necessary. Hardly in the cabin, hardly looked out. I could feel some vibration at night, not to bothersome. I don't know how different on a higher more aft floor. All the 3rd floor cabins are near the rear of the ship.

[JimandStan]

All the 3rd floor cabins are near the rear of the ship.

 

The cabins on Deck three are all located Amidships, on the starboard side:

amid·ships (ə mid′s̸hips′)

adverb, adjective

in or toward the middle of a ship; esp., halfway between bow and stern

[comcox]

Thanks to everyone for their help. We booked 7055 inside for our cruise.

[Rocket4Oh]

The cabins on Deck three are all located Amidships, on the starboard side:

amid·ships (ə mid′s̸hips′)

adverb, adjective

in or toward the middle of a ship; esp., halfway between bow and stern

YES!!!! Some one who speaks the language of the seas!

[JimandStan]

YES!!!! Some one who speaks the language of the seas!

 

I've learned a smattering of Nautical terms over many years of cruising

If you're really interested in speaking like an old salt, check this out:

 

http://phrontistery.info/nautical.html

 

And yes, I know who that is a picture of; but did you know that he said this, five years before his death?:

 

"When anyone asks how I can best describe my experience in nearly 40 years at sea, I merely say, uneventful. Of course there have been winter gales, and storms and fog the like, but in all my experience, I have never been in any accident of any sort worth speaking about. ...... I never saw a wreck and never have been wrecked, nor was I ever in any predicament that threatened to end in disaster of any sort".

[Rocket4Oh]

I've learned a smattering of Nautical terms over many years of cruising

If you're really interested in speaking like an old salt, check this out:

 

http://phrontistery.info/nautical.html

 

And yes, I know who that is a picture of; but did you know that he said this, five years before his death?:

 

"When anyone asks how I can best describe my experience in nearly 40 years at sea, I merely say, uneventful. Of course there have been winter gales, and storms and fog the like, but in all my experience, I have never been in any accident of any sort worth speaking about. ...... I never saw a wreck and never have been wrecked, nor was I ever in any predicament that threatened to end in disaster of any sort".

 

I read through the nautical terms list and I didn't know half of the terms...I guess you might say that I am abaft the beam on oldsalt-ese. Actually all you really need to be like an old salt is to squint one eye and say, "Argh!" often. (and maybe don't shave for several days)

I did a tour of duty on a wooden hulled ship, an ocean going minesweeper, though.

I think the admiral (??) who said those words wasn't so much lamenting the fact that he never was challenged by the sea god, Neptune**, but that he was thankful. On that minesweep we hit a storm that literally cleared the fantail of all equipment and a good portion of the rail of one of the ships in our task group...the captain was relieved of duty.

** BTW do cruise ships have a ceremony when they cross the Equator (or the Arctic Circle)?

[potterhill]

Yes they have a ceremony when they cross the equator with Neptune and lots of green slime. In my opinion, a very stupiud ceremony. Don't know about the Arctic Circle. Hope to find out in the future.

 

Mo

[Rocket4Oh]

Yes they have a ceremony when they cross the equator with Neptune and lots of green slime. In my opinion, a very stupiud ceremony. Don't know about the Arctic Circle. Hope to find out in the future.

 

Mo

Thanks. I take it you are a shellback now.

As a Pollywog onboard a US Navy vessel the ceremony was awash in green slime (and lots of other things that I won't go into). The hazing lasted two-three days therefore, I will remember to bring my "Shellback" card with me if I cruise the Equator.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line-crossing_ceremony

The cross of the Arctic Circle ceremony is called the Bluenose Ceremony. I still have my Order of the Bluenose card too.

[roothy123]

I've never been in an inside cabin on 3rd, but the inside 7th and 8th floor category F cabins are great!

[tanny18]

I've never been in an inside cabin on 3rd, but the inside 7th and 8th floor category F cabins are great!

There are no inside cabins on deck 3 -- only 4, 7 and 8!! Arlene

[potterhill]

The cross of the Arctic Circle ceremony is called the Bluenose Ceremony. I still have my Order of the Bluenose card too. 
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I don't need a ceremony to be a Bluenoser as I was born and lived in Nova Scotia until we immigrated to Ontario 20 years ago this summer. All Nova Scotians are affectionately known as "Bluenosers". ;)

 

Mo

[Rocket4Oh]

I've learned a smattering of Nautical terms over many years of cruising

If you're really interested in speaking like an old salt, check this out:

 

http://phrontistery.info/nautical.html

 

And yes, I know who that is a picture of; but did you know that he said this, five years before his death?:

 

"When anyone asks how I can best describe my experience in nearly 40 years at sea, I merely say, uneventful. Of course there have been winter gales, and storms and fog the like, but in all my experience, I have never been in any accident of any sort worth speaking about. ...... I never saw a wreck and never have been wrecked, nor was I ever in any predicament that threatened to end in disaster of any sort".

S&J

FOrgot toadd this great:rolleyes: video on how to speak while at sea...or in a seaside dive...er bar:

[Benita]

Yes they have a ceremony when they cross the equator with Neptune and lots of green slime. In my opinion, a very stupiud ceremony. Don't know about the Arctic Circle. Hope to find out in the future.

 

Mo

 

When we crossed the Arctic Circle on a Hurtigruten (Norwegian coastal cruiser), a man dressed as King Neptune welcomed everybody by putting a piece of ice down their pants - It was funnier after a few drinks.