Booking Options For Families of 4 or 5 Feature Article Discussion Forum

If you are traveling in a family of 4 or 5, many cruise lines actually offer you several different cabins or cabin combination that allow your family to cruise in comfort. Be sure to consider all of your options when looking for family accommodations and learn the ins and outs of booking these rooms.

Family Size Cabins
One of the most convenient ways to cruise as a family is in a family size cabin. These cabins can vary from cruise line to cruise line and even from ship to ship with-in the same cruise line. Generally, a family cabin is about the size of two cabins or a suite, but configured to provide accommodations for 4 or more people. We have stayed in two different versions of these types of cabins on our Celebrity cruises and will enjoy the newest version on our upcoming Solstice cruise.

Family Ocean View with or with out Veranda on Mercury
The first one was a Family Ocean View on the Celebrity Mercury. Then we stayed in the same cabin on the same ship after it had gone through a dry dock refit and the previously public deck outside the cabin had been converted to a private balcony. This cabin featured a double bed (actually a little small for 2 adults), two lower single beds, and an upper Pullman bed. During the conversion they removed one of the lower beds to add the door the balcony …