Deck plan vs royal customer service - cabin 9068 serenade of the seas

[dianajo67]

Trying to help my brother plan his first cruise on royal.  He’ll be traveling with his wife and teenagers (all vaccinated).  I recommended cabin 9068 because the deck plan has it annotated as supporting 5 people.  Wanted to ensure a Pullman in addition to sofa bed.  Royal customer service swears there is no Pullman in that room and that it doesn’t support 5!  I checked the deck plans for the other radiance class ships and they all have 9068 as supporting 5.

 

Can anyone here help us get clarity on this?  It’s a spacious balcony cabin.  Thank you in advance!

[EatonDoolittle]

Here's 9212 on Serenade. D1, superior ocean view with balcony.  This was in 2017, so category names and codes may have changed.

 

I never pulled out the couch, but I assume it would sleep 2.

The bed, of course, is meant for 2.

The last bed is the one in the ceiling - again, I never pulled it down, but looks like a single. The ladder is against the wall.

 

Hope this helps. 

It would be doable, but probably not very comfortable. 

 

 

Edited August 15, 2021 by EatonDoolittle

[Sunshine3601]

When you do a mock booking on royal website for 5 guests in 1 cabin does this cabin show as available?  If yes, then you should be ok.

5 people to a OV balcony is going to very tight.  Hopefully 3 of them are small and pack light.

[TytalusWarden]

41 minutes ago, Sunshine3601 said:

When you do a mock booking on royal website for 5 guests in 1 cabin does this cabin show as available?  If yes, then you should be ok.

5 people to a OV balcony is going to very tight.  Hopefully 3 of them are small and pack light.

 

Pretty sure you can't do a booking on the RCL website for 5.  I think it says, "For parties of more than 4 call..."

[dianajo67]

They actually only need a room for 4, but it must have separate beds for the teen kids (boy and girl).  We do not want a double sofa bed only and it’s impossible to tell in the rooms that support up to 4.  The chart is vague on the * meaning and says it could have a Pullman or sofa bed.  You’d figure the rooms that say they support 5 would have to have a Pullman in addition.

 

also trying to keep them reasonably close to my and my parents cabins.

Edited August 15, 2021 by dianajo67

[Dat Cruisin Couple]

2 minutes ago, dianajo67 said:

They actually only need a room for 4, but it must have separate beds for the teen kids (boy and girl).  We do not want a double sofa bed only and it’s impossible to tell in the rooms that support up to 4.  The chart is vague on the * meaning and says it could have a Pullman or sofa bed.  You’d figure the rooms that say they support 5 would have to have a Pullman in addition.

 

also trying to keep them reasonably close to my and my parents cabins.

 

Radiance of the Seas

[poocher]

When my kids (boy & girl) were too old to sleep in the same bed, I’d sleep with my daughter & hubby would share a bed with our son.  Solved the problem.

[EatonDoolittle]

I was trying to figure out what was confusing about the photo I posted , but when I looked at the current deck plans, 9212  has the asterisk, which means sleeps 4.

It was listed as sleeping 5 back in 2017. 

 

So, I guess the couch does not turn into a double bed in this room. But you can see how the Pullman goes all the way up during the day.

Good luck 

 

 

[dianajo67]

Thank you for the responses.  Neither my brother nor his wife want to sleep with another person on a double pull out sofa.  My family are not small people.  I’d be happy with the 9212 set up, but of course that cabin is not available to book.

 

I need to call royal anyways...I have 11 cruises booked and seems like I’m always on the phone with them.  I’ll quiz a different rep on the serenade deck plans and see if I can come up with a new recommendation.  My entire extended family rely on me for trip planning.  Luckily, I enjoy it....mostly!

[Ourusualbeach]

6 hours ago, dianajo67 said:

Trying to help my brother plan his first cruise on royal.  He’ll be traveling with his wife and teenagers (all vaccinated).  I recommended cabin 9068 because the deck plan has it annotated as supporting 5 people.  Wanted to ensure a Pullman in addition to sofa bed.  Royal customer service swears there is no Pullman in that room and that it doesn’t support 5!  I checked the deck plans for the other radiance class ships and they all have 9068 as supporting 5.

 

Can anyone here help us get clarity on this?  It’s a spacious balcony cabin.  Thank you in advance!

9068 on Cruising power (Royals booking portal for Travel Agents) shows occupancy of 5 guest.  All std. balcony cabins with an occupancy of 5 that I have seen have a sofa bed and pullman

[dianajo67]

1 hour ago, Ourusualbeach said:

9068 on Cruising power (Royals booking portal for Travel Agents) shows occupancy of 5 guest.  All std. balcony cabins with an occupancy of 5 that I have seen have a sofa bed and pullman

Thank you!  I was hoping you would chime in on this!

[poocher]

Yes we are all on the small side.  Makes it much easier!