Cabin configuration suggestions for a family cruise

[cangelmd]

I'm in the very beginning stages of planning a family cruise for 2017 and I need some suggestions for cabin configurations.

We will be a family of 7 - three adult couples and an infant - late 50s parents with 2 adult children and their spouses and one 8 month old grandbaby. Five of the adults have cruised before and are excited about the idea. The sixth adult (my daughter-in-law, not the mother of the infant) has never cruised and is a very active person who is concerned about being bored and/or seasick. We are working on all of that.

For a number of reasons we are looking at Oasis of the Seas. What configs of cabins would people suggest? We are paying for the cabins and we are Crown and Anchor, so we are likely to get an upgrade. I've been thinking about a 2 bedroom suite for ourselves and our daughter/husband/baby and a single cabin sith some separation for the couple without children. I've read there are some adjoining cabins too, anyone have any experience to share.

I am going to cross-post on the Oasis page, since we will likely go on that ship.

[cb at sea]

I would want 3 cabins...one for each couple....the baby stays with the parents..... The 2nd bedroom in the 2 bedroom suite isn't as nice as the main bedroom....I think separation for EVERYONE is a must! You can all take turns with the baby, if that's what would work....

 

All cabins are "adjoining" some other cabin...what you want to look for are "connecting" cabins, if you want a door between 2 of the rooms.

[YOWmom]

For the family member with baby, you may want to consider a central park balcony cabin (and/or connecting cabins). When we cruised on Oasis and Allure, and our kids were young, we loved those as we could put the little ones to bed, and then sit on our balcony with a glass of wine, listen to the string quartet below, and people watch (Rising Tide bar, etc)... We could still enjoy some of the "action" of the ship but in a fairly quiet spot and didn't feel as confined to the room after bedtime. Now that the kids are a bit older, they get their own connecting cabin and we also open the balcony divider between the rooms. We're travelling on Harmony in March with a large family group (a mix of ages similar to your group) and have booked a string of CP balconies in a row for everyone - connecting rooms for our kids, and connecting all of them together via the balcony dividers.

Edited September 12, 2016 by YOWmom