Cabin location

[sleepybobo]

56 minutes ago, Heidi13 said:

 

Completed 2 entire Alaska seasons + a number as a pax and can't really think of any positives of being on the Stbd side. Best views are from the Bridge, with aft cabins probably a close second. In Alaska, it is best to wander the decks on both sides.

 

Trans-Atlantics - favouring the Port side Westbound is a from those pax preferring more sun on that side of the ship. However, this assumes the ship's Latitude remains further North than the Sun's declination. On the S/Atlantic Crossing to B/A the ship will pass south of the sun, so if steering a W'ly course, more sun will be experienced on the Stb'd side.

 

It can also vary based on whether the ship steers the shorter Great Circle route or a Rumb Line course.

Great Circle route? Rumb Line course? You are getting too technical (nautical?) for me. 🤣

[Heidi13]

14 minutes ago, sleepybobo said:

Great Circle route? Rumb Line course? You are getting too technical (nautical?) for me. 🤣

 Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points. In N/Hemisphere W'bd you start with NW'ly courses, so Stbd side get sunrise and port side get sunset. As the ship alters to W'ly courses the port side has sun all day and stbd side in the shade. The ship then alters to SW, so port side gets sunrise and stbd side sunset. All assuming the ship is further North than the Sun.

 

Due to prevailing currents, Great circles are not common W'bd, but are the preference when E'bd.

 

Rumb Line is a continuous straight course, so if departure and arrival are at the same Latitude, you will be steering due East/West continuously.

 

Westbound tend to steam SW initially to miss the N Atlantic current, then head across. 

[Tom.in.nc]

Re: PV Slider vs Window and Door 

 

We had W/D on the inaugural World Cruise and found the layout less than excellent.

We have since grabbed a Slider cabin on all cruises.

The door is quite small and we kept bumping our shoulders and also putting anything against the piece of wall between door and window left it “sticking out in the way.”

With the slider, the wall is beside the couch and is a perfect place to hide our laundry basket. The slider opens much wider and we never noticed the issue with looking out.

 

But, I guess it comes down to personal choice.

 

Tom