Pinnacle ships

[Crusin-Suzan]

Booked 8190 on this class!   It’s below lido!   We always get aft but never on the 8th!   Smoking is just above!   Can you smell the smoke?   Is it noisy!   Thanks 

[0106]

Deck 8 aft cabins are my favorite because of the quick access to the Seaview pool and the Lido.  They set the chairs up in the morning, usually after I am awake and take them down in the evening, usually when I am at dinner.  That is the only time I have heard any noise.  I have never smelled smoke; you are on the port side, smoking is on the starboard side.  Enjoy your cruise!

[RuthC]

Your cabin is on the port side. At least on the Nieuw Statendam, the smoking area is on starboard. 
I don't see how smoke could both cross over the entire Sea View area, AND drop down one deck to your balcony. 

[maggiev]

What is a Pinnacle ship? Please use ship names - not all of us know ship classes 

[Roz]

Koningsdam, Nieuw Statendam, and Rotterdam. 

[julia]

3 hours ago, Crusin-Suzan said:

Booked 8190 on this class!   It’s below lido!   We always get aft but never on the 8th!   Smoking is just above!   Can you smell the smoke?   Is it noisy!   Thanks 

Five exclamation points.... did you not research your cabin choice before booking?  SMH... 😲

[Gail & Marty sailing away]

On 4/13/2024 at 3:14 AM, Roz said:

Koningsdam, Nieuw Statendam, and Rotterdam. 

I love them all.

[nanlaur]

We were on the Nieuw Statendam in February in an aft balcony on the port side, deck 6. We could smell smoke sometimes when in port, but I don't recall smelling it while underway.

[horseymike]

12 hours ago, RuthC said:

Your cabin is on the port side. At least on the Nieuw Statendam, the smoking area is on starboard. 
I don't see how smoke could both cross over the entire Sea View area, AND drop down one deck to your balcony. 

When Ruth C advises you can take it to the bank 🏦 !

[Crusin-Suzan]

9 hours ago, julia said:

Five exclamation points.... did you not research your cabin choice before booking?  SMH... 😲

Yes we did!   Only afts available are on 8!   

[RedIguana]

13 hours ago, maggiev said:

What is a Pinnacle ship? Please use ship names - not all of us know ship classes 

Using the class vs the ship name enables cruisers who have been on that class but not the actual ship to answer general questions pertaining to that class. 

 

13 hours ago, Crusin-Suzan said:

Booked 8190 on this class!   It’s below lido!   We always get aft but never on the 8th!   Smoking is just above!   Can you smell the smoke?   Is it noisy!   Thanks 

I was in 7190, so a deck below you, in march. No issues with smoke.

[terrydtx]

We had the same location on the Koingsdam last November and loved the location. Never noticed any smoke and noise was never to the level to be bothersome. I would book the same cabin again. The only smoking issue we had on the ship was from the casino which was so bad we never could enter the casino and the stairwell next to it.

Edited April 13 by terrydtx

[jeh10641]

I have been warned countless times through cruise bloggers not to book under any pool deck or music venues or casinos because of the potential for "noises". Ditto smoking areas. I usually book on midship, lower deck, inside cabins. On the last cruise and next cruise, we have moved to forward facing cabins on deck 8 and deck 7. We are both in our 80s and mostly mobile, without artificial assistance devices. We do not care how close we are to dining venues or activity centers. The exercise helps us to enjoy more HAL food than otherwise.

Jim

[nanlaur]

4 minutes ago, jeh10641 said:

... We do not care how close we are to dining venues or activity centers. The exercise helps us to enjoy more HAL food than otherwise.

That's usually our philosophy, too, and we usually book way forward. We got the aft as a Club Orange upgrade so we often took the scenic route to dining venues 😄

[LetItSnow]

We were on Rotterdam, a Pinnacle ship, on an aft facing balcony (8201) right under the seaview pool.  If I could, I'd book it again but, alas, it wasn't available for my next sailing in November.,  I did hear the chairs getting dragged around in the morning but it was hardly a disturbance. They seem to do it quickly.  I never smelled smoke and I sat on the verandah every day.  I wish I was there right now!