When you choose a cruise, do you like to see photos of different cabins before you make a selection? We do.
Which is why we try to share “A look inside” photo tours of cruise ship staterooms that we have experienced.
Easy Reference Guide to Cruise Ship Staterooms
This page links all of our cruise ship cabin tours one place. They are listed by cruise line (the majority are on Holland America Line.) They are listed by class of cruise ship — since most ships within the same class have similar or exactly the same deck plan. Finally, the cruise ship cabins tours are listed by the category, the stateroom number, and the name of the ship.
Holland America Line Cabin Tours
Holland America Pinnacle Class Ships
Holland America’s newest class of ships currently includes the Koningsdam, and the Nieuw Statendam. The Rotterdam (formerly to be named the Ryndam) — now re-scheduled for delivery at the end of July, 2021– will be the third ship in the Pinnacle Class.
- Category “A” – Vista Suite #5135 — Koningsdam
- Category “V” — Verandah Stateroom #5072 — Nieuw Statendam
- Category “VH” — Obstructed Verandah Stateroom #4079 — Nieuw Statendam
- Cateogry “D” — Ocean-View Stateroom #11001 — Koningsdam (this is a huge ocean-view cabin at the front of the ship.)
- Category “I” — Interior Stateroom #1111 — Koningsdam
Holland America Signature Class Ships
The Eurodam and the Nieuw Amsterdam make up Holland America’s Signature Class of ships. These were the first ships to include the Tamarind Pan Asian specialty restaurant.
- Category “VQ” — Spa Verandah Stateroom #10034 — Nieuw Amsterdam
- Category “V” — Verandah Stateroom #5078 — Eurodam
- Category “VF” Verandah Stateroom #4031 — Nieuw Amsterdam (has steel balcony)
- Category “H” Obstructed Oceanview Stateroom #4075 — Nieuw Amsterdam (has life boat in front of window)
- Category “HH” Obstructed Oceanview Stateroom #4061 — Eurodam
Holland America Rotterdam R Class Ships
Holland America Line’s Rotterdam or R class of ships includes the Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Volendam and Zaandam. Holland America has recently announced the sale of the Rotterdam and Amsterdam, leaving the Volendam and the Zaadam as the only R class ships left in the Holland America fleet.
- Category “C” Ocean-view Stateroom #2641 — Volendam
- Category “J” Accessible Interior Stateroom #2555 — Rotterdam (wheelchair accessible with a roll-in shower)
Holland America Statendam S Class Ships
Holland America Line’s oldest ships — until the recent announcement to sell them — were the S Class Ships including the 1,258 passenger Maasdam and the 1,350 passenger Veendam. The Veendam accomodates more cruise guests since a 2009 retrofit, when two decks of balcony cabins were added to the rear of the ship.
- Category “D” Ocean-View Stateroom #774 — Veendam (full picture window)
- Category “G” Ocean-View Stateroom #700 — Maasdam (has port holes rather than full picture windows.)
Holland America Prinsendam (now the Phoenix Amera)
One of our favorite ships — the Prinsendam — left the Holland America fleet on July 1, 2019. Phoenix Reisen, a German travel company, bought the ship and renamed it the Amera. After a conversion, the Amera sailed her first cruise as part of the Phoenix fleet on August 16, 2019.
- Caterory “G” Ocean-View Stateroom 421 — Prinsendam (has portholes rather than a picture window.
Princess Cruises Cabin Tours
There are three ships in Princess Cruises’ Grand Class: the Grand Princess, the Golden Princess and the Star Princess.
Royal Caribbean Cabin Tours
Royal Caribbean’s Oasis Class ships are the largest cruise ships at sea with capacity for 5,400 passengers at double occupancy and as many as 6,296 guests if all of available beds are filled with additional guests sharing the same cabin. The Oasis Class includes the Harmony of the Seas, the Allure of the Seas, the Symphonyof the Seas, andthe Oasis of the Seas. Under construction, the Wonder of the Seas is slated to launch in the spring of 2021, while an unamed sixth Oasis class ship is under order for deliver in the fall of 2023.
Windstar Cruises Suite Tours
Windstar bought the three “little sister” ships from Seabourn, transforming them to the Windstar brand in 2015. The three 208-passenger ships are the Star Pride, the Star Breeze and the Star Legend. When we sailed on the Star Pride in November of 2013, when it was still a part of Seabourn.
- Category S3 Ocean View Suite #325 — Star Pride (some details are different as a Windstar ship)
Does you like to see photos of a cruise ship cabin or suite before you book it? Do you have a favorite cruise ship stateroom?
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