DON’T Book These 5 Cruise Cabins if You Are Over 60 Pick These Instead

You book a cruise cabin that looks perfect on the deck plan: short walk to the elevator, easy access to breakfast, nothing noisy beside you. Then five thirty in the morning comes around. Scrape. Then another scrape. Deck chairs, as the crew sets up the public area right above your ceiling. You looked left and right on the deck plan. Experienced cruisers look up and down. The question isn't inside or balcony. It's location, and the better cabin may be only twenty or thirty feet away. 01:19 - #5 High and Far Forward: Where Rough Seas Feel Worse 03:16 - #4 Directly Under the Pool Deck, Buffet or Gym 05:53 - #3 The Very End of a Long Corridor 08:18 - #2 A Standard Cabin When You Need Accessibility Features 10:31 - #1 A Guarantee Cabin When Location Matters 12:52 - Bonus: Why I Usually Skip Connecting Cabins I'm Calvin Rusk. I'm sixty-five, and I would rather give up a little view than give up a week of good sleep. Here are five cabin locations passengers over sixty should look at very carefully before booking, and what I'd pick instead: the high, far-forward cabin that can make a rough sea day feel much worse, the cabin directly under the pool deck, buffet or gym, the very end of a long corridor, a standard cabin when you need accessibility features, and number one, the cabin deal I avoid whenever location really matters to me. Where do you prefer to stay on a cruise ship: forward, midship or aft, high deck or lower deck? Tell me why in the comments. Next time: the five things I check before I unpack anything, and the ten-second one I want the cabin steward to know about before the ship leaves port. #CruiseTips #CruiseCabins #CruiseAfter60