Admiral Suite

[laurelguy]

Hi SD lovers! Need some advice. We're splurging on the Admirals Suite on Deck 4 this April in the Caribbean. My only hesitation is this cabin 400 is very near the piano bar and casino. Since we're not late night revelers do you think we'll be bothered by the noise? Any help is appreciated. Sail on!

[Piaa]

We had a friend book this suite and said never again because of the noise - sorry I have no personal experience though but we did stay in the first regular room next to it and kept sending hubby every night to ask them to keep the door closed because it was loud and I wanted to go to bed.

 

Hope this helps 

 

[garysarah]

Well, this makes me very nervous as we have booked it for next new years. Prior to booking I asked 2 couples about the noise who were staying there and they said they didn't hear a thing.

[laurelguy]

3 hours ago, Piaa said:

We had a friend book this suite and said never again because of the noise - sorry I have no personal experience though but we did stay in the first regular room next to it and kept sending hubby every night to ask them to keep the door closed because it was loud and I wanted to go to bed.

 

Hope this helps 

 

Thank you both for this! I'm nervous as well. Not sure what to do. UGH!!!!!

[Piaa]

The only thing I can say is that I guess it depends on the passengers on the ship on any given sailing - we had a very fun group that sailed when we were on deck 4 and liked to party to way past 1am (closer to 2am some nights) and they LOVED karaoke

 

 

[laurelguy]

Karioke? Until 2am?? My worst nightmare!

[Jim Avery]

On 1/9/2024 at 2:05 PM, laurelguy said:

Karioke? Until 2am?? My worst nightmare!

What's the difference between "fun loving" and obnoxious?  If YOU like karaoke....😱

[laurelguy]

Well kids we booked it and I sure hope it's not going to be a problem. We've stayed on decks 2 and 4 in the past and thought the AS would be a nice birthday splurge. Here's hoping!

[garysarah]

PLEASE report back! Since we're booked for December,  there mat be time for us to switch rooms!

[Lucky-]

On 1/9/2024 at 6:32 AM, laurelguy said:

Hi SD lovers! Need some advice. We're splurging on the Admirals Suite on Deck 4 this April in the Caribbean. My only hesitation is this cabin 400 is very near the piano bar and casino. Since we're not late night revelers do you think we'll be bothered by the noise? Any help is appreciated. Sail on!

I spent 2 weeks in the Ad suite. Short answer: Yes. Be prepared to hear a hearty rendition of “Sweet Caroline” by a group of guests every

 night. Don’t worry, it’s quite by midnight.  It’s a very nice suite but a bit tight as I felt they had too much furniture, but that’s just me. I prefer a spacious room w less furniture. The double bathrooms are very nice. Mostly, don’t worry about the noise… just imagine you’re 25 years old again and just go with the flow. You’ll love it!

[laurelguy]

Thanks for the response. I can imagine being 25 again (a lovely thought) but even THEN we weren't doing Sweet Caroline except at the occasional wedding. I know there's a door or something between us and the bar. I guess we'll see. Midnight is not exactly early...

[zqvol]

We were in there, but it’s probably been 10 years. I don’t recall it being noisy

[laurelguy]

Thank you zqvol!

[Jim Avery]

Just a thought since the title of this thread is Admiral Suite.  I would like to see some of the Commodore Suites which have a lesser component in the murphy beds when separated, made into proper Admiral Suites with a rebuilt and larger bath.  I believe this would sell well. 🍸

Opinions?

[TrapperZimmy]

Just my opinion, Jim, but we've never felt the need for a larger room, even on a 16-day crossing.  Yes, a larger bathroom would be nice, but the current bathroom is still nicer than walking to the backyard with a flashlight.  Enlarging the bathrooms might be problematic because in the Commodores they are not back-to-back.  You could do it, I suppose, if you took two adjacent Commodores, converted the second and third suites to one, and made the first and fourth into single suites.  But if more Admiral Suites would get the Averys back on board, I second the motion.

[Jim Avery]

Thanks Trapper.  We would love to sail with yall again.  Met lots of good folks on SD.  We have become used to larger baths and, for me, bigger beds.  Current single Admiral suite seems to always be waitlisted.  Will keep an eye out.  🍸

[SWFLAOK]

On 4/12/2024 at 12:48 PM, Jim Avery said:

Just a thought since the title of this thread is Admiral Suite.  I would like to see some of the Commodore Suites which have a lesser component in the murphy beds when separated, made into proper Admiral Suites with a rebuilt and larger bath.  I believe this would sell well. 🍸

Opinions?

We always book a Commodor Suite so that we each have our own bathroom. They might be small, but that 's fine with me since we don't need to be in one at the same time. It's especially convenient when we have both need to shower and get ready for dinner. We've had large bathrooms on other ships (Viking Ocean, explorer suite, most recently), but when you're both in there at once, it's still not ideal. 

[Jim Avery]

6 hours ago, SWFLAOK said:

We always book a Commodor Suite so that we each have our own bathroom. They might be small, but that 's fine with me since we don't need to be in one at the same time. It's especially convenient when we have both need to shower and get ready for dinner. We've had large bathrooms on other ships (Viking Ocean, explorer suite, most recently), but when you're both in there at once, it's still not ideal. 

That might be an option.  Can't get past those Viking bathrooms.  

[clubrudee]

Big bathrooms are nice, but really, how much time do spend in there!😂

[Jim Avery]

Sometimes more than you think.😳