The Promenade View rooms on Royal Caribbean’s Adventure of the Seas and Navigator of the Seas are unique to Royal Caribbea and add an element of excitement to the cruise experience. These rooms are closer in size to Ocean View rooms (with the window) than to an inside cabin, providing additional psychological space and bay windows.
The Royal Promenade is on deck 5, while the Central Park view rooms have been heard from a couple of times. However, the Promenade is louder than other rooms, so it is not a significant issue for those who prefer quieter accommodations.
When there is a parade or a band playing, the noise can penetrate the windows, but the normal noise of people hanging out in the promenade should not be a problem. Promenade cabins on Navigator have been reasonably quiet, but it is important to consider what is below you when selecting deck six.
On the Freedom, there were no issues with intrusive noise, as they were three or four decks above the promenade. Promenade view rooms on deck 7 are not noisy at all, but it is recommended to keep drapes closed at night.
In addition, the rooms can get noisy, especially during parades. The first night is usually the noisest due to the parade and cruise kick-off celebrations, but it is usually very quiet after that.
In conclusion, the Promenade View rooms on Royal Caribbean’s Adventure of the Seas and Navigator of the Seas offer an exciting and comfortable experience for those who prefer quieter accommodations.
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Thanks for the room tour! We actually just got this room assigned to us through the Royal Upgrade program. This is our first royal cruise, so never been in a room laid out like this. We’re looking forward to a new experience. I think we will enjoy it, what’s not to enjoy when on a cruise ship,? 🎉 However, if for some reason we don’t, it’s only three nights. Lol
I like these staterooms as a compromise between an interior and an ocean view. I enjoy checking out the action on the Royal Promenade from time to time. As for bathroom tissues, on one of our 2022 cruises our stateroom attendant suggested that they had stopped stocking tissues in the bathrooms because some guests were flushing them and clogging the plumbing system. Putting them in a stateroom drawer apparently reduces such occurrences.
We did a guaranteed interior cabin for our first cruise last month. We wanted to save money and we were also clueless about where the best rooms were. I don’t know if we got lucky or what happened, but we ended up on the third deck and were just around the corner from the main dining room. We were far enough down the hall that noise wasn’t an issue. We LOVED the location.
One reason someone would book a connecting cabin, without knowing the other person is that they want to be on a specific floor. My husband and I are traveling in March on symphony and my sister-in-law plans to join us. Because it’s close to sail date we aren’t sure what will be available when she goes to book this weekend. However, if a connecting room is available on the floor that we are on, she would probably choose that just to be close to us.
Guarantee cabins are always something of a mixed bag for me. Like Matt says, it almost always saves you money. And, people don’t think twice about reserving a room in a hotel without specifying a room. Even more telling, many people will consider it a major win when they receive a Royal Up upgrade. Even though, they now effectively have a guarantee room! On the other hand, I’ve seen people run down to guest services complaining their guarantee room just isn’t acceptable. Therefore, make sure you understand the risks and benefits of these rooms.
I’m a light sleeper. For our 30th wedding anniversary we booked a cruise on the carnival magic. We booked a spa cabin in the front of the ship. It was the first time we booked a balcony cabin. I loved it. We were out on it when they announced the drill and almost missed it. Been there done that thing….we really weren’t concerned, but the room steward was very concerned. He came in our room to get us!!! Anyway, back to that light sleeper thing. We heard those thrusters. I can remember our room actually shaking. But having a balcony room we went out and watched the ship docking a port. That was something you don’t see everyday. So we enjoyed it.
We’ve stayed in a Promenade Stateroom and it is quite nice. A low price, with a window for a view. But, yes, you have to be mindful of the “neighbors” across the way. I suppose Boardwalk Balcony and Central Park balcony rooms have the same problems. We tried a “guarantee” balcony room once, and never again. It had the smallest balcony (barely big enough for both of us to be on it at the same time, and we also had a much smaller room-because of where we were on the hallway). I thought being Diamond level was going to assure us a good room, but I learned, again, the pitfalls of assuming! We have stayed in Aft Balcony Rooms (one on Liberty and the other on Radiance/Rhapsody in Alaska). It is quite a walk from the elevators, but the view is unbeatable. And we once stayed right under the Windjammer, but that was also the first and only time we were in a Grand Suite. The moral of the story is you have to make some compromises once in awhile
We have done guarantees and have been happy. I however did a royal up to a ultra spacious family cabin on oaisis class. great cabin but right at the end by the aqua theater. You could hear all of the rehearsals and show as if you were in the aquatheatre. I wasn’t so bad one show a night but then you had rehearsals, extra shows etc
It is the left over cabins when ships are almost full and it has a discount. The operator will inform you that your cabin is partially obstructed before you buy it. I would be very careful not to choose one near a nightclub or the engine room. Mine is usually quite near the escalators like 5 rooms away because I am bad in navigation.
Hard part is if you need a handicapped cabin you really don’t have a choice of deck some of RCL ships have very limited amount of those cabins and they place them right below the pool deck, Our cabin on Allure was right under the sports deck, It is almost like RCL is trying to dissuade the handicap from cruising on their ships. Not enough cabins, in poor locations, and no Handicap suites. I.E. the suites have tubs and not showers.
We just got back from a cruise on Odyssey of the seas and we were in room 8529 which is between midship and front on the interior. We honestly spent very little time in our room a little bit in the evening before I went to bed and occasionally and do a pop back in there to grab things throughout the day. Other than doors shutting occasionally, and people coming in later at night… We didn’t really hear a lot of noise. And even that wasn’t very loud. The toilets were very loud though. We just got used to it though after a day or two. At first, it was almost jarring at night. We just let the yellow mellow and flushed in the morning to bother others.
We had our first cruise on RC Spectrum of the Sea. We were on the eighth floor, located slightly back from mid-ship. The issue was noise I assume was from our room-ship flexing from waves. The sounds were semi-constant all night and were worse during periods of larger waves. The sounds were banging, popping noises that were not too loud, but noticeable when trying to fall asleep. Ear plugs and white noise helped but it was still a challenge to sleep well. I wonder if this less for rooms located toward the front and back of the ship? Not sure.
My favorite cabin was a lido deck balcony. If I can’t get that, I always pay attention to the noise sources. I use that rule of a deck of staterooms above and below me. On the whole, I prefer a forward cabin near an elevator. Obstructed view isn’t an issue for me. The worst room I ever had on a Royal Caribbean ship was a far forward inside on Enchantment of the Seas. It was a last minute booking and cheap. It also had a support beam running through it. One day in rough seas I was awakened by being tossed up out of my bed (that was the roughest sea I ever experienced. It was so bad they closed the buffet because the food was being tossed out by the waves. It was so bad most of the passengers and half the crew were seasick (my pills worked perfectly; I spent most of the day in the centrium reading). I didn’t let either that rough sea or the stateroom with the beam running through it bother me. At least it was quiet.
I agree with most, except on the Promenade View Cabins. We booked one on the Adventure last year and loved it! We were located on Deck 7, not the highest or lowest deck, more so in the middle. I will say, we enjoyed perusal the activities on the Promenade, along with the people perusal as well as perusal the 70’s party from our cabin! My husband was a stickler for shutting the curtains, we got used to it, during our 10-day sailing. He closed them, then our cabin steward would pull them open every day during turn-down service lol. The noise was worst in the hallways… People lack hallway etiquette for sure.
Stayed in a promenade view room on Navigator in December. Loved it! The people perusal was great. The extra room and seating were great. Had no problem at all with noise. Would definitely do it again. We got connecting cabins with our kids in the other room. So nice for them to have their own space and the extra bathroom!
I do agree with the concept of not being way up the front or down the back of the bigger ships, but when you need an accessible cabin, well you have to go where the cabins are….not where you really want to be located on the ship. At least we have a mobility scooter so that takes the pain out of the long walks back and forth.
We booked guaranteed rooms for a couple of family members since it was their first time and they opted for the cheaper price. One ended up with the promenade view which they loved since they can see the party going on without having to go down every time and the other had a virtual window which also was a treat for my younger neice that loved it’s coolness.
Cabin 7526 on Odyssey should be avoided due to excessive noise from flushing toilets. We experienced this issue from neighboring cabins above, below, and on both sides. Specifically, during the night, particularly around bar closing time, we heard frequent flushing for several hours. Compared to other ships we’ve been on (Serenade, Liberty, Independence, and Adventure) cabin 7526 on Odyssey was by far the noisiest cabin we’ve ever encountered.
Cabins with adjoining doors is an important one. Unless you want the door because you have a larger group traveling I would definitely avoid them. On our last Holland America cruise we had a guarantee cabin and there was an adjoining door. There was a younger group in that cabin and they would come in late at night. It wasn’t too bad but if that would bother you it would definitely benefit you to stay away from these rooms. We have a review of our last two cruises one with Holland and one with Royal on our website if you are interested.
I am going on a 10 day cruise in 3 weeks. I have a balcony room, 7th floor, closer to rhe back. But I noticed we had an adjoined room so I asked to move, and got a room not ajoined, 5 cabins further back. Im happy. I heard those rooms can be noisier because of the door. My luck I’d have loud people I have to tell to hold it down.
All of these points are things to consider and i always choose my cabin carefully. not under the pool and not under or over a restaurant. Not all the way at the end of the ship is a good point unless you like to walk a lot. That being said –i have had very good views from partially obstructed balconies, no noise from connecting cabins or locations near an elevatgor. Guarantee cabins were always fine. I espeically enjoyed my balcony upgrade on my last cruise on Ovation of the Seas. It was a good location chosen by RCCL and so quiet!
We chose a promenade view for our second trip on Explorer. You can hear music, yes, but you can also watch the parades in relative comfort & we could tell how busy Cafe Promenade was at any given time. We were steps away from the forward elevator & staircase so we could run down there at a moments notice. Did it once, don’t think we’d do it again though.
3 weeks ago I went on Vision of the seas out of Maryland. I would usually book midship upper level balcony rooms on decks 9 or 10 but this time I booked the lowest level Deck 2 double window ocean view ( you could have waved to the tug boats). When you have rooms that low the windows become smeared with salt water and at time it hard to look out. And one other thing I payed the same amount of money for this 5 day cruise as I did on Oasis of the seas for a 7 day cruise with balcony. I thought that was odd.
This article is why I am so glad I have watched a ton of your articles. I grab our conjoined rooms on a floor that’s 2 decks below, and 2 decks above anything other then other state rooms. It’s non obstructed, and is not right by the elevator, but rather 5 cabins in to the left with an outside balcony. I took notes sir lol.
All great advice but it’s definitely hit and miss when it comes to booking a room and it comes down to luck or lack thereof at the end of the day! I’ve stayed under a stateroom but have had to call guest services because the noise coming from the room equated to that of a herd of elephants. It was absolutely ridiculous! Kids had to have been jumping off the bed onto the floor. Or perhaps the noise was coming from adults, who know! I shouldn’t assume. I think I would have preferred the sound of scraping chairs in all honesty! 😆 I have stayed in an interconnecting room on two occasions, one by choice but not a deciding factor as although it was a family booking, my sister and I were traveling with my adult daughter and her older teenage daughter. So the access between the two rooms weren’t a necessity, the location of the cabins happened to suit us and that was more the deciding factor. The other time it was a matter of availability on the ship and we wanted to try a room overlooking the promenade and the only available room left, was a connecting room. A lot of them overlooking the promenade are connecting, on the ship we were on anyway, he’s so it was either choose that option or a regular interior room so we opted for the former. We were always mindful to close the curtains when we wanted privacy and we chose the room for the fact we could look out otherwise, for the parades, to people watch or just catch our breath before heading out again. We were in our rooms later in the night so noise from downstairs wasn’t an issue and didn’t disturb us.
I just chose an obstructed ocean view room as it was only slightly more cost than an interior room and about $1000 less on my cruise than a regular ocean view. Compared to an interior cabin it is light years better, with an entire wall of natural light and partial views of the ocean, so you can see the weather situation, etc.
I’m about to go on royal carribean this week the 7th, I got the cheapest room. You are only sleeping in the damn room you don’t need luxury. This world makes me sick, everyone thinks you gotta buy the beat of the best for everything otherwise it’s garbage and not worth it. Sick fucked up world… BTW I paid $800 for 8 days to the bahamas and back from Baltimore.
The one and only cruise I ever took was in the 1980’s on the SS Azure Seas. I shared a postage stamp size room with my Mom’s best friend in the bowels of the ship literally under water. The disco was just around the corner. I was in my 20’s and had an absolute blast spending almost 0 time in the cabin.
This was a great article👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻! I’ve been on several of Royal Caribbeans ships, & now looking to go again This time on Odyssey of the seas. With the cost of everything being so high, we’re trying to see where we can Save, & we’re thinking possibly a balcony with an obstruction, I don’t mind so much an obstruction as to Possibly having to walk a half a mile to get to an elevator. I have a bad knee and also need a hip replacement Which I will be getting but not till after our vacation, but anyway just wondering if there a way to have an obstruction But not the mileage. If anyone has any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks 👍🏻❤️
Nice article, Matt. I did not know I could change a guaranteed stateroom for another one of the exact same type and code. But how do I know one is available and where? Trying to book one at the last minute? Regardless, I would need to go to customer services, which is likely to be very crowded in the first hours of the cruise, right? Thanks.
Hey Matt! Thank you so much for all of this great information! I wish I had of known this kind of stuff before we started cruising. My husband and I are still kind of cruise novices. We just finished our fifth cruise. We’ve done guaranteed rooms and it has worked out, but this last one not so much. The good news is we were able to be moved to an upgraded room at the very front of the ship. We did not have any issues with our cabin or any type of noise when the ship was docking. We were on the allure of the seas. I no longer books guaranteed happen because I am particular about where we stay. We have for cruises books, and I know exactly where we are on all of our shit! Happy selling everyone!
Thank you for making this article. I have never been on a cruise, but would like to try some day and this is a HUGE help and great and valuable information to have in my arsenal when I do pull the trigger and finally pick one and go. So thank you very much for making this article. I’d wanna be close to the food and pool, lol.
We LOVE the Promenade View Interior rooms. You get the benefit of the window, the people perusal of the Promenade, and lower prices of an Interior room, as well as mid-ship which helps with motion sickness. We have four kids, and the smaller ships don’t have 4-person Promenade View rooms, which is a bummer. Speaking of which, it really does suck when people book connecting rooms when they don’t need them. It hinders those of us with children who need them. If you have the choice, please book a regular room. Hopefully, Royal Caribbean takes larger families into consideration with room configuration when revamping older ships. We LOVE cruising with Royal!!
Didn’t see it on here, another cabin selection to avoid is what looks to be a cabin at the end of a dead end interior hallway. I’ll use Vision as an example, if you look at deck 3 plans cabins 3101 or 3331 look good. Dead end hallway, one cabin behind you looks great. BUT and a large BUT, that empty space between you and the elevators is not empty, it’s crew/service elevators and crew passageways. Noisy as hell 24/7 . Our 7 sleep deprived nights in one of these is my guide.
Great article as always. We did Wonder of the Sea. Ocean view room. Jan 15-22 2023. Room #3248. Close to the elevators but to be honest we typically went down the wrong hall anyways and made our walk much longer. 😅 The room was pretty quiet, the ship did have a “gurgling belly” and we could hear the pipes “knocking” from what I assume was from the toilet. Overall no complaints. We let RC pick the room. We saved a TON of money and we’re able to do an Oasis class shop that otherwise would have been out of our price range. To be honest, I would have booked interior but they were sold out.
I had a room directly under the pool deck and never had an issue. This was on a Princess so maybe their insulation is better than Royal Caribbean. I went on one RC cruise, my first cruise, and I have yet to figure out what kind of room we had. It was like a closet in size. It had a potential for 4 people to sleep, but if you pulled down the bunks you found your life preservers, which you would have to find somewhere to store if you wanted to actually use the bunks. I seriously thought it was a staff bunk room. Barely had room to turn around. Put me off RC as far as accommodations. We had an otherwise great time. Great food, fun activities and super great service. Just hated the room.
We are sailing in March on Grandeur. I recently received an email to Royal Up. On a lark, I put in a small bid and didn’t expect it to be accepted. To my surprise, it was. We moved from a balcony to a grand suite. However, it meets 2 of your rooms to avoid criteria. It’s a connecting room under deck 10. Oh well, I’m hoping for the best.
As a solo I booked a inside gty on radiance OTS. Never crossed my mind I could get a small studio with a twin bed with a inside gty. I’m feeling ripped off. Cruise is jan 30, 10 days. I’m going to be a no show. I think rcl should post you might not get a regular cabin if you are solo. 1 pt not 2 as if I’d gotten a regular inside. Its sold out and was a huge amt to upgrade close to sailing. RIP off.
My first cruise was on an inside cabin on Carnival cruise and it was the last on Carnival and an inside cabin. It was dark, cramped and noisy. The noise was a constant hum,buzz from the engine. It was horrible and claustrophobic. Cruise for me has to be a balcony room and never again on Carnival. RC for me all the way in a balcony room.