Out onto an interior atrium). Many cruisers prefer inside staterooms because these rooms usually are the least expensive on the ship. They also may feel that a stateroom “is only a place to sleep.” Late sleepers like inside staterooms because early daylight won’t disturb them.
Suites are the most expensive accommodations on a ship. Some vessels have only a few, others boast an entire upper, conciergelike deck madeup of larger staterooms and/or suites. By the traditional definition, a suite should feature a living room, a sleeping room and a bathroom. This is not so on a ship. Except for the very largest-which resemble a room in a luxury hotel-shipboard suites typically feature, in the same rectangular space, a sitting area and a sleeping area, often divided by a curtain and featuring just under 300 square feet of living area. Suites can usually accommodate more than two people, making such accommodations popular for families (the sofa often converts into a bed). On certain vessels, an entire deck may be made up of suites and be called a concierge level. Guests on this deck may have access to concierge who helps arrange certain services for them. They may even have a butler at their call.
Here’s what you find in a typical stateroom:
Two single lower beds, either parallel to each other or at right angles. Sometimes the beds can be pushed together by staff to create a double or queen-sied bed. Larger staterooms boast double, queen, or even king-size beds. Staterooms with upper beds can accommodate three or four passengers; these uppers are recessed into the wall or ceiling during the day. In cruise jargon, a bed is often clled a berth. (Berth also can refer to the docking space of a ship.) * A bedstand between the beds or on each side * A vanity, often with a chair, along with built-in-drawers, cabinets and the like * A closet, perhaps with multiple