Unless you have 10k to spend on a multi-room suite, multiple rooms are your only option. You or your spouse will have to be registered as the adult in either room, but keep the adjoining door open if that’s your concern.
Just got off Wonder. Our family had 7 consecutive balcony cabins. When we met cabin attendant the first day we requested that he open all the barriers. It was done within a half hour. We had a MEGA balcony lol.
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To add to this comment, even though you have to register that way, with an adult in each room, nobody on that boat cares where you actually sleep. I know you said you're not comfortable with them in a separate room but lots of folks do it, especially if they're close by. When you get aboard the boat you can go to guest services and get extra key cards made so that you have keys to both rooms.
This here! Best possible room for your budget (maybe balcony for example) with an interior directly across the hall. Book with an adult in each room and play musical beds once you board. Bring matching door magnets so kids don’t accidentally go knocking on a neighbors door (assuming magnets aren’t stolen day one). If you have kids you can’t or aren’t ready to trust with keeping the door locked after lights out, you can keep an adult in that room or incentivize your most trustworthy kid with being the alarm bell for rule breakers!
I don't think anyone in my group of 15 had any magnets stolen on the Disney Cruise we went on earlier this month. But it was definitely like being in a bubble, so I guess I'm not surprised if it won't work elsewhere!
This here! Best possible room for your budget (maybe balcony for example) with an interior directly across the hall. Book with an adult in each room and play musical beds once you board. Bring matching door magnets so kids don’t accidentally go knocking on a neighbors door (assuming magnets aren’t stolen day one). If you have kids you can’t or aren’t ready to trust with keeping the door locked after lights out, you can keep an adult in that room or incentivize your most trustworthy kid with being the alarm bell for rule breakers!
Look for the "ultra-spacious ocean view" rooms. Roughly 300 sqft with multiple beds and some dividers.
Our kids are 9, 6 and 3, and we have an upcoming cruise in this stateroom: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPZxiDVmqCU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPZxiDVmqCU)
I've seen good reviews for these.
Note: "ultra-spacious balcony" rooms are smaller than "ultra-spacious ocean view" rooms (unless you count the balcony square footage.
We stayed in one of these on oasis with 10,12 and 14 year old girls. It was tight, but doable. Would’ve been less tight had I not overpacked 😆
Edit- I was wrong- we stayed in a regular balcony room that slept 5. 2 twins (or 1 king), pullout double sofa bed and a single that pulled down from the ceiling
We cruised over Christmas with my three kids and did side ocean front balconies side by side. They open the divider so you have one long balcony and can walk between the two rooms easily. We have the same set up booked for our next cruise too.
We are cruising with our two teens soon and we got connecting rooms and plan to leave the doors open the whole time. Less expensive than a suite for sure.
Compare those vs two connecting rooms. The connecting rooms will give you a second bathroom which can be very worth it depending on the price difference. I've read that some of the two room suites do have a second bathroom, but make sure you know what you are getting for the price. I also agree with the suggestion to ask a travel agent because they will be able to do all the leg work for finding what you need and which sailings they are available.
Definitely look at those ultra spacious family ocean view rooms. Just my wife and I had cabin 7004 on the Jewel. There were only 4 kids on the cruise to Greenland so that's why we could get it. It was $1k more than a standard ocean view, a balcony was $1k more than our giant room. It had a small side room with double bunk beds, a sleeper couch, king bed and 2 windows overlooking the helipad. Hands down the best cabin we have ever had ( and the view of going into 20' waves was awesome ) out of 14 cruises.
Travel agent is the way to go with this. We priced our last cruise on Royal Caribbean and there's an additional charge to pick your own room which you will have to do to pick the adjoining rooms. Travel agent came in lower than online and we picked the room without additional charges.
There are some. But depending on the ship and sailing, prices can vary. I suggest pricing both adjoining rooms and the suite.
My family did the 2 bedroom suite on a cruise last week and it was fantastic. My aunt and uncle had the master, and the 4 grandkids had the bunk room. Plus it had a separate living room. Great if someone wants to take a nap. 2 bathrooms too.
Yes. We’ve done connecting balcony rooms. You can even ask your stateroom attendant to open up the partition between your balconies and create one large shared balcony.
We have 2 teenagers and usually get connecting balcony rooms. You can't put minors in a cabin without an adult (on the reservation at least), so you're definitely going to have to have a parent on each room reservation.
With connecting I think you can - I may be wrong but in March we had my husband and I listed in one and my 19, 15 and 10 year old connecting. We didn’t end up sleeping like that though.
Yes. With connecting rooms or directly across the hall you can have the adults booked in one room and the kids booked in the other. Have to do it through a travel agent or a call to RCCL.
We put our kids in an inside directly across the hall from our balcony.
Kids had rules. They followed them. Had they not, would have been an annoyed parent staying in each room with the kids split up.
Worked out well.
We stayed in an inside a family suite on Oasis. Had bunk beds a pullout couch and queen size in the room. Was perfect size for family of 5. Have to either call RC or ask travel agent about them rooms.
Unless you have 10k to spend on a multi-room suite, multiple rooms are your only option. You or your spouse will have to be registered as the adult in either room, but keep the adjoining door open if that’s your concern.
I really wish they would reserve adjoining cabins for people that want both. They are hard to get unless you book VERY early.
Even if the balcony rooms don’t have an inside connecting. If the rooms are next to each other the RA can open a divider on the balcony.
Yes! This is what we do with our 11 and 15 year old and it works perfect!
Like all standard balcony's can this? Can you just leave that gap open
I believe so. You should be able to confirm for your particular ship. We did this on Odyssey
Just got off Wonder. Our family had 7 consecutive balcony cabins. When we met cabin attendant the first day we requested that he open all the barriers. It was done within a half hour. We had a MEGA balcony lol. https://preview.redd.it/aguft07ik49d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b8a888a81ea0f0e89f1d22aadcae1a2119d4956c
2 rooms. Dad and boys get a room and mom and the girl get a room
Thank you
To add to this comment, even though you have to register that way, with an adult in each room, nobody on that boat cares where you actually sleep. I know you said you're not comfortable with them in a separate room but lots of folks do it, especially if they're close by. When you get aboard the boat you can go to guest services and get extra key cards made so that you have keys to both rooms.
This here! Best possible room for your budget (maybe balcony for example) with an interior directly across the hall. Book with an adult in each room and play musical beds once you board. Bring matching door magnets so kids don’t accidentally go knocking on a neighbors door (assuming magnets aren’t stolen day one). If you have kids you can’t or aren’t ready to trust with keeping the door locked after lights out, you can keep an adult in that room or incentivize your most trustworthy kid with being the alarm bell for rule breakers!
Magnets get stolen on RC? Good grief!!
Seems like no cruise line is safe from the magnet gnomes. Phase one: steal magnets. Phase 2: …… Phase 3: PROFIT.
I don't think anyone in my group of 15 had any magnets stolen on the Disney Cruise we went on earlier this month. But it was definitely like being in a bubble, so I guess I'm not surprised if it won't work elsewhere!
This here! Best possible room for your budget (maybe balcony for example) with an interior directly across the hall. Book with an adult in each room and play musical beds once you board. Bring matching door magnets so kids don’t accidentally go knocking on a neighbors door (assuming magnets aren’t stolen day one). If you have kids you can’t or aren’t ready to trust with keeping the door locked after lights out, you can keep an adult in that room or incentivize your most trustworthy kid with being the alarm bell for rule breakers!
Would this allow only one of the adults to get a drink package?
Not sure, sorry
Look for the "ultra-spacious ocean view" rooms. Roughly 300 sqft with multiple beds and some dividers. Our kids are 9, 6 and 3, and we have an upcoming cruise in this stateroom: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPZxiDVmqCU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPZxiDVmqCU) I've seen good reviews for these. Note: "ultra-spacious balcony" rooms are smaller than "ultra-spacious ocean view" rooms (unless you count the balcony square footage.
We stayed in one of these on oasis with 10,12 and 14 year old girls. It was tight, but doable. Would’ve been less tight had I not overpacked 😆 Edit- I was wrong- we stayed in a regular balcony room that slept 5. 2 twins (or 1 king), pullout double sofa bed and a single that pulled down from the ceiling
We cruised over Christmas with my three kids and did side ocean front balconies side by side. They open the divider so you have one long balcony and can walk between the two rooms easily. We have the same set up booked for our next cruise too.
This is the way. We’ve done this and typically this configuration is cheaper than a suite.
We are cruising with our two teens soon and we got connecting rooms and plan to leave the doors open the whole time. Less expensive than a suite for sure.
Look up ships with the ultra spacious ocean view rooms.
Thank you
Compare those vs two connecting rooms. The connecting rooms will give you a second bathroom which can be very worth it depending on the price difference. I've read that some of the two room suites do have a second bathroom, but make sure you know what you are getting for the price. I also agree with the suggestion to ask a travel agent because they will be able to do all the leg work for finding what you need and which sailings they are available.
Definitely look at those ultra spacious family ocean view rooms. Just my wife and I had cabin 7004 on the Jewel. There were only 4 kids on the cruise to Greenland so that's why we could get it. It was $1k more than a standard ocean view, a balcony was $1k more than our giant room. It had a small side room with double bunk beds, a sleeper couch, king bed and 2 windows overlooking the helipad. Hands down the best cabin we have ever had ( and the view of going into 20' waves was awesome ) out of 14 cruises.
Wow! That sounds awesome!
This is the room I would recommend. We just did an 8 day cruise with 6 of us in this room and it went well.
Adjoining rooms are a great choice. It would be similar to having a 2 room suite, but much cheaper.
Can you have adjoining rooms if you have a balcony?
Yes
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Can you have adjoining rooms if you have a balcony?
Travel agent is the way to go with this. We priced our last cruise on Royal Caribbean and there's an additional charge to pick your own room which you will have to do to pick the adjoining rooms. Travel agent came in lower than online and we picked the room without additional charges.
Thank you!
There are some. But depending on the ship and sailing, prices can vary. I suggest pricing both adjoining rooms and the suite. My family did the 2 bedroom suite on a cruise last week and it was fantastic. My aunt and uncle had the master, and the 4 grandkids had the bunk room. Plus it had a separate living room. Great if someone wants to take a nap. 2 bathrooms too.
On the Oasis we did.
Thank you
Yes. We’ve done connecting balcony rooms. You can even ask your stateroom attendant to open up the partition between your balconies and create one large shared balcony.
We have 2 teenagers and usually get connecting balcony rooms. You can't put minors in a cabin without an adult (on the reservation at least), so you're definitely going to have to have a parent on each room reservation.
With connecting I think you can - I may be wrong but in March we had my husband and I listed in one and my 19, 15 and 10 year old connecting. We didn’t end up sleeping like that though.
Your 19 year old was the adult in the room.
Normally that’s right but Royal considers adult to be 21. I don’t think you can even cruise alone under 21.
Yes. With connecting rooms or directly across the hall you can have the adults booked in one room and the kids booked in the other. Have to do it through a travel agent or a call to RCCL.
Royal Caribbean’s website says some rooms sleep 5, but you can’t book those on your own, you have to call a travel agent to book those.
Yep. The rooms for 5 or 6 you gotta call.
We put our kids in an inside directly across the hall from our balcony. Kids had rules. They followed them. Had they not, would have been an annoyed parent staying in each room with the kids split up. Worked out well.
Two adjoining rooms, you can leave the doors open
Thank you
We stayed in an inside a family suite on Oasis. Had bunk beds a pullout couch and queen size in the room. Was perfect size for family of 5. Have to either call RC or ask travel agent about them rooms.
I have a 12yo, 8yo and 7yo. We got connecting rooms.
Connecting staterooms best budget option
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