In your experience, where is the quietest room spot?

[6 of us]

Where is the quietest room?

If we stay in the front, far too early in the morning we wake to hear the anchor, what sounds like an engine & apparently a squealing pig being beaten! In the back of the ship, the vibrations shake me onto the floor & there seems to be jet engines right under my bed. :D.

I have stayed on the riviera, the main & the upper deck. Possibly I am just too low?? Where do you find it to be the most quiet?

[CRUISE4JANE]

We were on the Main Deck a couple of times and it was extremely quiet. Our coming up cruise we picked the Empress Deck, mid ship. We are as they say sandwiched between decks with cabins above and below us and it is quiet. I was thinking abut the Lido at one point, but decided against it because of possible noise and it did cost more. Now I am hearing there isn't noise. Oh well, maybe next time. I know though that I won't pick the Main Deck anymore because to me it was too far away from the Lido Deck. At least this time, I will be a little closer to the Lido.

[srlafleur]

We prefer our fantail balconies and haven't been bothered by noise, but to minimize the sound, we always book a stateroom on a deck with cabins above and below and as high as we can meeting that criteria. Being far aft, we don't have lots of noise from people in the hallways, either. I would think the inside cabins near there would be nearly dead silent.

[cruisenanny]

If you are talking about noise from people in the halls, the mid ship cabins will generally be the loudest because everyone has to pass by to get to their forward or aft cabins. But yes, anywhere aft or forward can potentially have issues with noise from the ship, but are much quieter with noise from foot traffic. Of course it is always wise to check what is above & below you that could create noise as well..

[rnvattes]

I have never stayed in these rooms, but while wandering about on Fascination I found those forward Veranda deck rooms and the area was all but deserted. I thought those must be very quiet.

[6 of us]

I am talking about the engine noise coming into & leaving ports & then the anchor noise. If I get higher up then I won't hear that as much is what it seems like you are all suggesting :D. Is that correct?

[buddylover]

I am talking about the engine noise coming into & leaving ports & then the anchor noise. If I get higher up then I won't hear that as much is what it seems like you are all suggesting :D. Is that correct?

 

You are correct in some ways...the higher up you go the engine vibrations lessen, but you still hear the anchor up front. We find mid-ship has been very very quiet. The foot traffic is never an issue, there are multiple sets of elevators and people generally take elevators closest to their rooms. The thinking that everyone uses elevators up front and walk past every cabin going towards the back to their cabins is silly....the foot traffic is really insignificant. We take longer cruises, generally, mostly 7 days, so the partying is less and the noise levels on the cabin floors is less as well. Mid ship you do not feel engine vibrations/noise at all, nor can you hear the anchor dropping or water slapping against the ships sides. Good luck picking a "quiet" cabin, each ship has alot of them!!

[vacruizer]

I actually really dislike mid-ship. The hallway noise from so many people passing through (no one thinks to lower their voices in the hall) really annoys me. I've also been over the sports bar which was a bad mistake (that location was also near the elevators and atrium which added even more noise.)

 

I've found I really like far forward or aft - never had any issues with anchor or vibrations but we do have balcony rooms so we are usually up a few decks. On the Fascination, we were actually just above where they run the ropes and it was just a low hum when they released the lines for a few minutes. Might just be me, but I'd rather have that than people noise outside my door in the middle of the night. With the forward and aft locations people don't tend to wander that far unless they have a room there where the middle of the ship they are always passing through.

[maldenmusic]

I've also had no problems with my forward or aft OV rooms. Not counting one night when the couple in the cabin next door decided to beat the crap out of each other-that got noisy before security arrived ;)

[6 of us]

I've also had no problems with my forward or aft OV rooms. Not counting one night when the couple in the cabin next door decided to beat the crap out of each other-that got noisy before security arrived ;)

 

Oh My!!!

Our neighbors were apparently deaf, they would crank up their TV & do "other" things very loudly. Can't pick your neighbors. :eek:

[Frank12]

I've always found Lido deck cabins to be very quiet. There are a lot fewer rooms on the Lido so there is less traffic in the cabin areas.

[cruisenanny]

You are correct in some ways...the higher up you go the engine vibrations lessen, but you still hear the anchor up front. We find mid-ship has been very very quiet. The foot traffic is never an issue, there are multiple sets of elevators and people generally take elevators closest to their rooms. The thinking that everyone uses elevators up front and walk past every cabin going towards the back to their cabins is silly....the foot traffic is really insignificant. We take longer cruises, generally, mostly 7 days, so the partying is less and the noise levels on the cabin floors is less as well. Mid ship you do not feel engine vibrations/noise at all, nor can you hear the anchor dropping or water slapping against the ships sides. Good luck picking a "quiet" cabin, each ship has alot of them!!

 

No one said everyone uses the elevators UP FRONT & walks all the way aft to their cabin. THAT would be silly, but cabins near the mid ship elevators most certainly can be louder from foot traffic headed forward or aft, absolutely. I have only ever been on two cruises that were less that 7 nights..

[GoNCruisnFamily]

We were on the forward area of the Panorama deck on the Liberty. It was very quiet. Did not hear much in the way of ship noise and there was little noise in the hall. There was no thru-traffic, only people who were staying on the hall. We loved this location.

[RyanDMB99@aol.com]

I like to be two decks below lido on the aft.

[H82seaUgo]

always aft.

[bluesman0711]

Deck 7 mid ship

[abisha]

I was just on the Freedom last month. DH and I originally booked an inside on Empress deck..aft. We were offered a free upgrade to an oceanview..room 2283 on Main deck...literally right outside glass elevators which is forward but they still consider midship. I was leary but accepted the upgrade. I actually loved the location.

 

When I say "right outside glass elevators"...it literally was. I could open my cabin door and actually see the glass elevators.

 

I thought I would hear from my cabin a lot of people coming and going from elevator area (don't forget that you have glass elevators and regular elevators all in same area). We couldn't hear anything. Our cabin was so quiet and peaceful. Only on a few occassions did we hear some people talking when walking by but that is to be expected no matter where your cabin is.

 

I did hear in the morning the "doorbell" sound the elevators make but it was faint.

 

I would book this area again..very quiet...no engine noise, no anchor noise and not much people noise. Also very easy access to public areas...lido buffet, pool, serenity deck, gift shops, casino

[ondebyou]

Our last two trips have been completely forward, Lido. Best fourteen nights sleep i've had yet.:p

[Twibbs]

We were right under the bridge in the middle last time. Hardly heard a thing.

[tootsiebit]

First 2 cruises were mid-ship...one on veranda and the other on upper and both times it was pretty noisy late at night when people were passing by to get to their cabin...and on the first cruise we actually were down the hall from a cabin that had the guys in it under arrest and they had them in their cabin, because the brig was full....(and that was a 7 day cruise so apparently longer cruises can have a bunch of partying and stuff going on too!!!!:rolleyes:), ...security was outside the room the whole week and the men would get loud raising cain about being locked in their room.....the Captain sent all the rooms in our area, bottles of champagne and coupons for a couple of free drinks each for our inconvenience....which really didn't faze me and hubby

This last cruise we took on the Triumph in Oct. we decided to go on the cheap and booked and inside, forward on the Lido and it was the quietest room of all of them.....really nice and oh so close to the Lido deck....

Next cruise, this November on the Triumph we have an aft "L" shaped room and guess we will find out how we like it back that far.

[RWolver672]

In most cases, the ships don't drop anchor. They get tied up to a pier.

 

We are hooked on the Panorama deck toward the back of the cabins. No foot traffic and no ship's noises. Rarely hear anything from the Lido deck activities.

[Mumsykat]

We've been midship OV on the Riviera and Main decks, noise was never an issue. This time we're midship balcony room on the Upper, so we'll see.

[Aplmac]

Deck Plans can be very helpful in the quest for cabin location..

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