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I took my first cruise on one of the largest ships of its kind. Booking the wrong room was my biggest regret.

June 6, 2025
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I took my first cruise on one of the largest ships of its kind. Booking the wrong room was my biggest regret.
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A composite image of the author standing on an outdoor cruise ship deck with plants and water slides in the background, and inside a cruise stateroom with a white bed in front of a rectangular window showing the front of the ship.
Business Insider’s reporter regretted booking a room at the front of Royal Caribbean’s Wonder of the Seas.

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The first night of my first cruise was terrifying. The floor trembled beneath me as I was startled by booming noises that sounded like the crashing of heavy items on decks above and below mine.

Determined to stay awake and prepared for disaster, I sat stiffly on the couch. I read the emergency instructions over and over for what felt like hours until I accidentally fell asleep.

When I woke up, I rushed out the door to ensure everything was all right. As seemingly unfazed cruisers filled the buffet and lined up for the water slides, I realized I’d experienced a normal night at sea.

This was back in April 2022 when I booked a room on one of the largest cruise ships in the world, Royal Caribbean’s 18-deck Wonder of the Seas.

For $2,000, I spent seven nights in a 179-square-foot ocean-view stateroom at the very front of deck eight. It was a mid-tier room — a step above the windowless interior staterooms, a step below staterooms with a balcony, and two steps below a suite.

The author, wearing a T-shirt, shorts, and a sun hat, sits on an unmade bed with white sheets in a stateroom.
The reporter sits on the bed in her stateroom.

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I unknowingly booked a room where movement on the ship felt the strongest

After my first rocky night aboard the ship, I wondered whether everyone had the same experience. So, I talked to some fellow passengers who were seasoned cruisers. They told me that the front of the ship is one of the worst places to be if you’re often seasick. They said that higher decks in the middle of the ship feel calmer and more stable.

Since my room on the 18-deck ship was situated at the front of the eighth floor, I felt constant motion in my room. As someone who gets motion sickness from the slightest movement of bathwater, this spoiled many aspects of my first cruise. 

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The reporter’s stateroom window shows the front of the ship.

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Some nights were rockier than others. On the roughest nights, I heard and felt a similar sensation to thunder beneath me every few minutes. Loud thumps and heavy vibrations in my room sounded like large pieces of furniture falling.

During the days at sea, it was especially challenging for me to eat and participate in activities. And I didn’t feel rested for my excursions at port stops, which included hikes in the sun.

Some cabins can be rockier than others, like those situated at the front of the cruise ship

The back of Wonder of the seas cruise ship docked
The reporter’s room was at the front of the ship.

Joey Hadden/Business Insider

Cruise passengers prone to motion sickness should book a room in the middle of the ship to feel the least amount of rocking.

I wish I’d researched how the location of a cabin can affect the amount of motion you feel while the ship is moving before booking my cruise. Next time, I’d choose a room in the middle of the ship.

The post I took my first cruise on one of the largest ships of its kind. Booking the wrong room was my biggest regret. appeared first on Business Insider.

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