Has anyone out there ever cruised on Deck one on one of the Carnival smaller ships (Destiny in particular). I am looking into booking an inside room for a friend and her family who have never cruised before and was wondering if it is a rough ride that low. (They are on a budget, otherwise I would suggest upgrading to a higher floor!)

Thanks in advance for all your advice!

I have been on the Riviera deck many times and found it to be just fine. The Destiny isn't that small of ship. If you have the option to book in an inside "Guarantee" instead of "assigned" then your friend might get upgraded to a higher deck. No guarantee. But the bottom deck is still fine.

Thank you--that's what I needed to know...

I too have been on the Riviera deck a few times and have found it just fine. Like Cruise Fanatic said, there is always a chance they will be "updecked". I've booked the lowest deck many times on a "Guarantee" and have been "updecked". That's my terminology for being moved to a higher deck with the exact same cabin type.

It is funny in a way to read someone saying the Destiny is a smaller ship. When I first sailed on her, she was the largest cruise ship ever built.

Dwayne

True, I guess Destiny is not THAT small, it's just that I have been on some of the Really big ones, so in comparison, it is small :-)

I was on deck 3 of a small Celebrity ship a few years ago and it was pretty rough--but I was in the very front of the ship in an outside room. I think we felt every wave that crashed on the bow!

Thanks for the help!

I know what you mean about that. I was in a port hole cabin on the Celebration and thought my head was going to hit the ceiling during rough seas. Of course that was was a 47,000 ton ship though. Actually the Riviera deck on the Destiny should be pretty stable, especially near mid-ship during normal sea conditions.

Dwayne

Been on the Riviera deck at the back of the ship.ride was fine but had to put up with the engine noise,never again.

try to get the center.it is alot less noise.. front you will hear the waves hitting the ship.back the engines.other than that a smooth ride

I have been on the rivera deck on a smaller ship before. Personally, I didn't feel as much motion on the rivera deck as I have felt each time I have been on the empress deck. Our room was about two thirds back on the ship.

If you are cruising with them, do the guaranteed and "tie" them to your reservation that way they have a good chance of being "updecked" as Island Cruise puts it ... it has happened that way with us on at least 3 cruises.

Hey Jodiroadie,

I have been on the bottom deck of a 90,000 ton ship = right at the front in an outside cabin 2nd cabin actually from the front of the ship. It was not Carnival - it was Norwegian Jewel a number of years back. Worse experience of my life and I am a very hardy cruiser. The waves were crashing against us at night when we sailed faster. The noise from the engines was terrible. I could not sleep. I had to go sleep upstairs on the 7th deck in the middle to avoid the thought that I was going to perish. Really it was that bad for me. It did not bother my mom nor my kids in their inside cabin across hall from me. On another ship Liberty this past March our friends had a inside cabin (we had balcony on deck 9) on Deck 4 in the middle and they were fine. DId not hear engines because they were in the middle. So I guess the morale of the story is if you want cheap, choose outside on deck 4 in the middle. You are away from the wave crashing and the engine noise at the front. Stay away from the front. My opinion.