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I used to book the cheapest inside cabin on every cruise, then a waiter on the Ruby Princess changed my mind
For years I figured a cabin was just a place to sleep, so I always grabbed the cheapest inside room I could find, usually somewhere near the back on deck 8. On a 10 day trip to Alaska last September, a waiter named Marco asked where I was staying and when I said inside, he just smiled and said I was missing half the trip. He told me to go up to the top deck at 5am the next morning and watch the fog roll off the water with a coffee in hand, and it hit me that I had been treating the whole ship like a floating hotel instead of a place to be. I booked a balcony for our next trip out of Fort Lauderdale and spent maybe 20 minutes a day just sitting there watching for dolphins. Has anyone else had a crew member say something small like that and end up changing how you cruise?
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the_jana6d ago
Oh man, this one got me. I was the same way for years, always inside cabins because I figured why pay for a room I'm never in. Then a bartender on a Mexico trip told me to just try sitting on my balcony during sail away instead of fighting crowds on the pool deck. First time I did it I was hooked, just watching the port shrink behind us with my feet up. Now I book at least a window if a balcony is too pricey, and honestly it does feel like two different trips. That waiter Marco sounds like a gem.
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