Tricks to make couch comfy for sleeping???

[landlady1952]

Anyone have any suggestions? Three of us leaving tomorrow and 1 of us is on couch.

None of us are spring chickens......

[Mary Ellen1]

We've had one of those before, and the couch is actually a twin bed, made up during the daytime as a sofa, with big bolster pillows on it. At night, Stewart re-configures it into a twin bed. My mother thought it was very comfortable! Not sure if what ship/cabin you have booked, but our experience with it, several years ago on the Pride, was great.

[spiritkat090909]

Bring one of those cheap $2-5 blow up swim mattresses and only partially blow it up, put under sheets. Then deflate & dispose when you leave. I always bring one since the beds are usually very hard. I don't always have to use it, but it is there just in case & never comes home. They are on sale at this time of year in Walmart.

[SadieN]

The sofa bed is a day bed, not a good out. (Might be a good out in the suites?)

[rufflesmom]

I slept on the sofa on the Magic a few years ago. It was fine. And I am no spring chicken myself.

[firemanbobswife]

You can ask your room steward for an egg crate mattress topper. Sometimes they will automatically put it on.

[5 in OK]

If you are driving and can afford to take an extra small suitcase....go to Walmart and purchase a twin size memory foam mattress - 2 inches thick. They are about $40 and worth every penny to save your back! Back pain can affect so many things on a vacation! I figure I've invested thousands for a vacation - it's worth it to cart the thing to and from home to save me! (Fellow non-spring chicken!!) :)

[YubaSutter]

I have found that the drunker I am, the more comfy the couch.

[Midwestgal]

We've been in the same position, I make it a point to stop at Target or Walmart and buy a cheap foam twin mattress topper (under$20.00). You can carry it on and give it to the room attendant to put it on and also ask for them to add some extra padding like mattress cover or blanket. Tell them you want it softer, we've done this 3 times and it's always worked out.

[riclop]

Anyone have any suggestions? Three of us leaving tomorrow and 1 of us is on couch.

None of us are spring chickens......

 

It's mind over matter and if you don't mind it doesn't matter.

[grandmacani]

Ask for a comforter they usually make the beds up with. Put under the sheets. Egg crate mattresses are hard to come by on the ship.

[marshhawk]

doing this next year -older chickens too, and I will love a hard mattress. at home I'm sleeping on an old mattress and I feel like I'm being swallowed by a marsh mellow. this should improve my back problems.

[APDMOM]

We always travel as a family of 3 and have often used the couch. It is just as comfy as the bed. You really cannot even tell it is a couch.

 

Enjoy your cruise!

[isaiahsnana]

I slept on the sofa on the Magic a few years ago. It was fine. And I am no spring chicken myself.

 

I agree, I, too, am no spring chicken and I always choose this when traveling with others. I found it very comfortable on the Magic twice. I also claim the underbed storage as my own and all my things are very handy - when in bed I can open the drawer and put my things away when I am ready to sleep. You can ask for an extra comforter to fold and use as extra padding, but I was fine without it.