Caribbean cruise, book port side or starboard side cabin?

[Ricky Chan]

I need to rebook our Jan, 2015 cruise itinerary from Western Caribbean to Eastern Caribbean. I like our cabin facing land if possible, when anchoring the ports.

 

Any suggestion?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Ricky

[Clarea]

Not possible to predict how the ship will dock. Oasis will likely dock on the starboard side (but not always), but whether that side faces land or not is variable.

Edited January 1, 2014 by clarea

[cb at sea]

It's an either/or.....at one port, you might be facing land...at the next port, you're likely to be facing the harbor.....all the views are great, IMO!

 

They do switch it up...either to do maintenance, lifeboat drills, or just to give everyone an equal shot at a "view"! We actually prefer to be away from land in port....more privacy on the balcony!

[roysmith99]

This is very much a gamble. We prefer port side for no other reason than its always on the left. I am not trying to be sarcastic, it's just what we do.

[BND]

We pretty almost always have starboard cabins and sometimes we're facing the pier and sometimes we're not. You just never know. Sometimes maintenance determines which side, other times, lifeboat drills, etc as previous poster said. We book the cabin that is mid-ship, not connecting and is in a convenient location for us, never trying to predict which side will be facing the port when we dock.

[DonnaK]

Is this the cruise in your countdown clock on Allure?

 

Allure usually docks with the starboard side facing the port, except for the occasional random week that they are doing maintenance and lifeboat testing on the other side of the ship, and then they will dock port side facing the port.

 

Impossible to predict, but odds are in your favor that starboard will face land on Allure (or Oasis)

[Ricky Chan]

Is this the cruise in your countdown clock on Allure?

 

Allure usually docks with the starboard side facing the port, except for the occasional random week that they are doing maintenance and lifeboat testing on the other side of the ship, and then they will dock port side facing the port.

 

Impossible to predict, but odds are in your favor that starboard will face land on Allure (or Oasis)

 

 

Thanks everyone for the responses.

 

Ricky

[Blesswith4]

How do you know which side is starboard or port side on the oasis?

[Shekim]

How do you know which side is starboard or port side on the oasis?

Port and starboard is the same on every ship/boat...facing forward port is left (both have 4 letters) and starboard is right.