Is the main deck on the koningsham a good location

DrKoob

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This really depends on which stateroom and what's above it. If you check on CruiseDeckPlans.com you can look over on the right side of the page for Konigsdam and find Cabin Guru. The Cabin Guru lets you click on a stateroom and see what is below it and what is above it. In the case of the Main deck, it can't show you what is below it because it is a crew deck, and they don't give out that information. Above much of the Main Deck is Plaza deck where pretty much everything on the ship happens. Performances, Main Dining Room, all the music venues. So if you decide to book on the Main Deck, stay to the rear of the ship on the starboard side. This is under the main dining room so all the noise from above should be done by the time you want to go to bed and won't start up again until the next day since they use the upstairs for breakfast. If you were to go on the port (left side if you are facing forward) at the aft, you would be under the kitchen. Don't want to be there.

One gamble is the crew public rooms downstairs. This is why that deck is less expensive. Because we just don't know. There is a crew bar, dining room and other public rooms and they won't get going until late at night when the crew gets off so you hope that you miss those. I wish I could give you some direct experience but we always book verandahs. Worth it to us to always know what is above and below us. Did a cruise (way back when) under the pool. What a huge mistake. The crew started dragging around chaise lounges to clean and get ready for the day at 5:00 am. You would not believe the racket. I think you would experience the same thing under the kitchen. Good luck.
 
BSeabob

BSeabob

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DrKoob said:
This really depends on which stateroom and what's above it. If you check on CruiseDeckPlans.com you can look over on the right side of the page for Konigsdam and find Cabin Guru. The Cabin Guru lets you click on a stateroom and see what is below it and what is above it. In the case of the Main deck, it can't show you what is below it because it is a crew deck, and they don't give out that information. Above much of the Main Deck is Plaza deck where pretty much everything on the ship happens. Performances, Main Dining Room, all the music venues. So if you decide to book on the Main Deck, stay to the rear of the ship on the starboard side. This is under the main dining room so all the noise from above should be done by the time you want to go to bed and won't start up again until the next day since they use the upstairs for breakfast. If you were to go on the port (left side if you are facing forward) at the aft, you would be under the kitchen. Don't want to be there.

One gamble is the crew public rooms downstairs. This is why that deck is less expensive. Because we just don't know. There is a crew bar, dining room and other public rooms and they won't get going until late at night when the crew gets off so you hope that you miss those. I wish I could give you some direct experience but we always book verandahs. Worth it to us to always know what is above and below us. Did a cruise (way back when) under the pool. What a huge mistake. The crew started dragging around chaise lounges to clean and get ready for the day at 5:00 am. You would not believe the racket. I think you would experience the same thing under the kitchen. Good luck.
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Hey Doc. Thanks for droppin' by with the great advice. Appreciate it.
 
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