Cabin Location ?
Jan 6th, 2004 | 07:23 PM
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Is this motion issue true on such a big ship as the Voyager Class? On deck 10? I liked the cabin because it had such a large balcony? Would love to hear from others - especially anyone who has stayed in such a cabin. Thanks.
Jan 8th, 2004 | 06:04 AM
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emhg89: A simple way to explain this motion is to think of 3 people on a teater-taughter (spelling?) in a school playground. One person is at each end and one sits in the middle. Who will see the most motion? The people at both ends move up and down the most, the person in the middle just rocks a little. This same principle applies to ships (and yes all ship regardless of how large they are).
The general rule is, stay as close to the center of the ship and on the LOWEST possible deck to minimize motion problems.
Regarding which side of the ship is best is anyones guess. Unless you're on a cruise such as Alaska or the Panama Canal, there is no way to know which side will give you the best view. Generally your view will reverse itself half way thru the cruise, in other words, what one side of the ship saw on the way out will be what the other side will see on the way back. One advantage to cabins that face the back of the ship is you see a wider view and, what is happening on both sides of the ship..... but you will get more movement and perhaps, additional noise from the propulsion system, engines, etc.
Finally, all ships today do have stabilizers which help reduce motion, but even with it, you can still have problems with motion sickeness, etc.
Hope this helps.
The general rule is, stay as close to the center of the ship and on the LOWEST possible deck to minimize motion problems.
Regarding which side of the ship is best is anyones guess. Unless you're on a cruise such as Alaska or the Panama Canal, there is no way to know which side will give you the best view. Generally your view will reverse itself half way thru the cruise, in other words, what one side of the ship saw on the way out will be what the other side will see on the way back. One advantage to cabins that face the back of the ship is you see a wider view and, what is happening on both sides of the ship..... but you will get more movement and perhaps, additional noise from the propulsion system, engines, etc.
Finally, all ships today do have stabilizers which help reduce motion, but even with it, you can still have problems with motion sickeness, etc.
Hope this helps.
