Lower Floors Vs Higher Floors

Are cabins in lower floors on cruise ships more uncomfortable than
cabins on floors higher up? Can you feel the boat rock back and forth more
on say floor 1-3 than floors 7 on up?

I'm thinking about skipping the balcony cabin on Enchantment of the Seas
and just get a cabin with a window. Save a few hundred dollars.

Thanks!

Von Fourche wrote:

Can you feel the boat rock back and forth more
on say floor 1-3 than floors 7 on up?

The opposite would be true.

In article , mrtravel
wrote:

The opposite would be true.

In theory. I have never noticed any difference.

--
Charles

"Von Fourche" wrote:


Are cabins in lower floors on cruise ships more uncomfortable than
cabins on floors higher up? Can you feel the boat rock back and forth more
on say floor 1-3 than floors 7 on up?

I'm thinking about skipping the balcony cabin on Enchantment of the Seas
and just get a cabin with a window. Save a few hundred dollars.

Thanks!

The closer you are to the center of balance of a ship, the less
motion there will be.

So at the waterline and in the center (measured fore and aft AND side
to side) would have the least movement. In a sailboat that would be
at the bottom of the mast. You wouldn't have a window though.

If the ship is rocking from one side to the other, the middle will
rock the least and the edges go up and down the most.

If the ship is pitching (the bow crashing into the waves), then the
best place to be is the middle measured from bow to stern. As the bow
goes up, the stern goes down and v.v. The middle moves the least.
Like a see-saw. The middle is the balance point.

The worst place to be would be up high on the corner of the stern
IMHO. At the end of the fore and aft movement and also at the end of
the side to side movement, and the highest above the water.

The best place is the inside cabins down in the middle of the ship - -
the cheapest ones.



grandma Rosalie

"Charles" wrote in message
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In article , mrtravel
wrote:

The opposite would be true.

In theory. I have never noticed any difference.


I agree... when it's calm... it's calm everywhere.

When it's UGLY (17 ft. waves, etc.)... it doesn't matter where you are...
it's UGLY.

--Tom

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Are cabins in lower floors on cruise ships more uncomfortable than
cabins on floors higher up? Can you feel the boat rock back and forth
more
on say floor 1-3 than floors 7 on up?

I'm thinking about skipping the balcony cabin on Enchantment of the
Seas
and just get a cabin with a window. Save a few hundred dollars.

Thanks!


The least motion would be an inside cabin on the lowest deck

"Charles" wrote

The opposite would be true.

In theory. I have never noticed any difference.

We once did an experiment with a ball. Once when the seas were a little
rough we took a ball to the lowest passenger deck midship and put it on the
floor and watched how it rolled around (not very much). Took the same ball
to the top deck forward as far as we could get and did the same thing. LOTS
of rolling around.

The scientific conclusion is that the lower your balls are, the less they
move around.

Mr. Wizard would have been proud. vbg

--
George in PA http://www.countryside-travel.com

The Mother of All Group Cruises 2 - http://www.moagc2.com/
May 20, 2006, Caribbean Princess - http://cruisemaster.com/caribprin.htm
October 29, 2006 - SLEAZY 4! http://cruisemaster.com/sleazy4.htm

"Charles" wrote in message
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In article , mrtravel
wrote:

The opposite would be true.

In theory. I have never noticed any difference.

--
Charles

I did. Last week we were on our third cruise in a year. The first two had
been on higher decks. To save money (we needed two cabins), we were on the
lowest deck this time. The difference was definitely noticable.

Since the swaying motion originates at the water, the further away from the
water, the more movement there will be.

In the future, unless there is a compelling reason to have a balcony (for
instance, an Alaska cruise) I'll be down on the lower decks.

Sheila

I guess we like movement Our first cruise was Jan 05. We were on the
Grand Princess, Caribe Deck, Cabin 214 (balcony)....up HIGH and towards the
very front. LOVED IT! Loved it so much, we just booked the same ship, same
deck but 2 cabins down. We couldn't get 214. No "traffic" noise. No
public areas around us. Heard no ship noise...might have heard the anchor a
time or two. The two days we had some rough seas at night, the ship gently
rocked us to sleep. Hoping for more of the same next January
Monica
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"Charles" wrote in message
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The opposite would be true.

"Monica" wrote in message
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I guess we like movement

Well, there is that to think about! If you like movement, upper is better!

On my first cruise (upper deck) I felt a bit of movement, but it wasn't a
major problem. We were in Alaska, and the barrier islands kept the currents
from being too strong.

Second cruise (Western Caribbean, upper deck) I felt so much movement I
would wake up with a start, feeling like I was falling off the bed. I am a
person who really doesn't like anyone touching me when I sleep (I tend to
sprawl) but I ended up having to anchor myself against my husband (and thus,
not be able to sprawl) to sleep at all.

This cruise (also Western Caribbean, but lower deck) I could feel a slight
side to side movement, but never felt that I was rolling --- the apex of the
arc was small enough it was more like a "sitting in the swing with the feet
on the ground, moving slightly" feeling than a large swinging arc. For me,
that is much preferable!

Sheila