In yee olden days, my Aunt used to go on cruises in an inside (no window) stateroom...

[brooklynite]

...because, of course, you never spend any time in there.

[kimbutgar]

1. My parents use to go on cruises when they were alive

They saved the extra money to not have an inside room. The cruises I have gone on I have passed these rooms and they look uncomfortable and I would be nauseated inside one.

[wryter2000]

2. Ditto here

Claustrophobic. No way to spend your vacation.

[OriginalGeek]

3. Just got off my 5th a couple weeks ago

it was my second time in an ocean view. I usually want a balcony but the price difference was too great this time. If I was on a ship and quarantined, I'd damn sure hope I was in a balcony room.

My son and his wife get inside cabins all the time. They'd rather be on a cruise than not on a cruise and they can do more of them if they pick insides. I just can't quite bring myself to do it. I'd rather go longer in between to save the extra money for a view, preferably a balcony view..

Of course, this is the same kid that thought a 24 pack of Bud Light was a better deal than 2 6-packs of craft beer. I don't know what I did wrong.

[dewsgirl]

6. My son is the opposite, he buys the fanciest organic foods

and plans their vacations down to the last detail. At the moment he is in the AF, in Qatar he messaged me all excited he found his favorite, 18 dollar candy bar over there.
He gets it from me, I haven't been like that for years, it certainly rubbed off on him.

[OriginalGeek]

17. lol, well now

I really wanna know what an 18 dollar candy bar tastes like!

[dewsgirl]

18. It tastes like a 2.00 candy bar to me...lol

[OriginalGeek]

21. Well then

I guess I really mean I wanna know what someone else's 18 collar candy bar tastes like.

[customerserviceguy]

8. Have you

re-evaluated your willingness to go on another cruise?

I've never been on one, and while the thought of doing so was a fleeting fancy, I never actually took any steps in that direction. After seeing all of the problems on Carnival cruises over the years, I simply lost all interest. Now, after seeing recent events, there's no flippin' way I'd ever get trapped on a boat, ever.

[OriginalGeek]

13. Nope - I love cruising and will do it as long as I can.

The kids talked us into going on our first a few years ago (they had already been on several) and now I kick myself for not starting sooner (I live within a 4 hour drive of 5 different ports and could have been going for the last almost 40 years if Id'a thunk I'd like it).

All but the very first one have been on Carnival and we have thoroughly enjoyed every single one from a quick 3 day to Nassau to an 8-day partial transit of the Panama Canal. Our bucket list includes Hawaii and Alaska and we almost pulled the trigger on booking for next April but alas, it's not like we're rich. We do have to save up for these things - we just do this instead of a lot of other things. Alaska will be twice the cost of cruises from here because we have to fly to the other side of the country to do it. But we're contributing to that fund and will get there eventually.

[customerserviceguy]

15. You should find them quite cheap

for the next several years, until some go out of business and market equilibrium is re-established.

[OriginalGeek]

20. I've seen a few deals talked about in cruise groups I follow

hope they still got them going when I am ready to book again lol.

[customerserviceguy]

22. Oh, I think

the cruise business will be on the skids for years to come.

[Wellstone ruled]

4. And they were the cheapest rate.

[genxlib]

5. I have never done an inside cabin

But then again, I don't really like people.

I would rather be chilling on my balcony watching the waves go by than to be up on deck with hundreds of people.

One of my favorite parts of the cruise is to order room service breakfast and relax on the balcony.

I am fortunate to have the means for this upgrade. I fully understand why it is a financial choice for others.

[customerserviceguy]

7. To me

that would be like being in prison.

I remember going on the self-guided tour of Alcatraz Island in 1999, and by myself, I went into "The Hole". I still get the creeps from that moment.

[flotsam]

9. "that would be like being in prison.

Yes, but with the plague AND a chance of drowning...

[customerserviceguy]

11. It's like

three disaster movies all happening at the same time!

[flotsam]

14. Yes! And prices have never been lower! N/T

[TlalocW]

10. I've never been on a cruise

And my only frame of reference for one is the Marx Brother's comedy, "A Night at the Opera." (Make that three hard-boiled eggs) Isn't the only view outside of a cabin through little round windows?

If so, I would choose inside rooms for the same reason I choose motel rooms - I'm going to be using it for sleep so I don't care how fancy it is, just so long as it's clean.

TlalocW

[flotsam]

16. Not any longer

on larger cruise ships many outside rooms either have balconies or even an exit to a deck/promenade. But I have been on brief cruises with just a A porthole and just once in an inside cabin with a shared toilet alternately known as the slave quarters...I seriously expected to find a port for my oar...

[Recursion]

12. My grandmother cruised because it was cheaper than a retirement home

If you take the long-haul cruises without the frills, it's usually cheaper than a retirement home for the same time period. She did it often enough that she got rewards point upgrades for the balcony rooms sometimes.

[Poiuyt]

19. In the olden days, cruises were much different than they are now

Your time was spent sitting on a wooden lounge chair out on the deck with a blanket over your lap, chatting with Dorothy Parker. You'd go on a cruise to relax and breath the fresh air.