River cruise cabins

Following on from my previous blog I wanted to enlighten you a little on River cruise cabins.

Most River cruise ships are only 4 levels high.

River cruise ships are naturally narrow and therefore do not have any Inside cabins, Just outside window , French balcony and Balcony and if you’re lucky enough a suite.

Most embarkations are done on deck 2 where you will find the reception area, your cruise director, the lounge and possibly a dining area.

On the Lower deck (deck 1) you will find the outside cabins, smaller in size and with a Picture window that will be at least 4-5 feet up. Any lower and the window will be under water. Also on this deck you will the spa rooms and a small gym.

Moving back to deck you can expect to get French balconies and balconies. The difference between the 2 being a French balcony only offers a rail and not a step on balcony/ platform. The benefit of this over an outside cabin is that you can open your sliding floor to ceiling door and look out at the scenery as well as enjoy the fresh breeze of the local countryside coming into your room.

Balconies need no describing although there some of the river cruise ships are now adding additions to their balconies, Scenic for instance allow you to shut off your balcony from your room with sliding glass panels and also have a switch to allow the a window to go either up or down from the balcony rail. When the window is up you can sit on the balcony, even on a wet or cold day and not get hit by the weather outside, it also adds more room to your cabin.

Above is a typical Balcony with the window open, with the flick of a switch the open area above the rail can be closed of with a clear glass side so you can still enjoy the view.

Up on to the upper deck (deck 3) are more Balcony cabins.

Lastly top deck is the observation deck, sun deck, BBQ and snack deck, pool deck, basically whatever you want to use it for. These decks run the length of the ship and are therefore very spacious.