![]() I see it as the necessary price to pay for eating three three-course meals every day. It’s my strict on-board mission to take the stairs and avoid the lifts. There’s nothing to see here folks, beyond four plain walls. It’s a sanctuary that removes auditory disturbances then goes an extra step to remove visual stimuli too. The only place on board to offer this sensory deprivation is an inside cabin. Inevitably I need respite from an overstimulating entertainment program. Things like flying fish extravaganzas and leaping dolphin pods get in the way of holiday goals. But on a cabin balcony, I don’t flip a single page. ![]() On every sailing it’s my goal to finish a book. I prefer to be lulled by the hum of air conditioning in my genuinely private inside cabin. People are calling out to their mates who are three balconies across or they’re desperately getting phone reception off the coast. Any attempt to enjoy the serenity of my private balcony is interrupted. Unfortunately cruise ship balconies don’t have signs on them like a train’s quiet carriage, warning people to shoosh. Sink back into an undisturbed sleep of the darkest night. An inside cabin with the lights off is like a cave tour when the guide flicks the switch and asks everyone to hold their hand in front of their face. Holiday-makers seeking a good night’s rest should forego holistic health resorts for a bog-standard inside cabin. An inside cabin is guaranteed multi-layered sound insulation. Down in the bowels of the ship, I can’t hear the pool deck party wafting through the windows or the nightclub pounding through the ceiling. It’s easy to join them, especially if you don’t know what you’re missing out on. The inside cabin-ers (typically young families or older couples) tuck up in bed early. Money can get you a room with a view but you cannot buy a peaceful hallway. And there’s no one knocking on the cabin door opposite (so loudly, I swear they’re knocking on mine) to rouse a matching loud-shirt wearer for the late-late comedy show. That means no tipsy cruisers clomping down the hallway after holding up the bar all night. Who needs windows anyway? Peaceful hallwaysĬheaper inside cabins attract fellow passengers who usually can’t afford anything that’s not already included in the ticket price.
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