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[WDWHarpua]

I'm not sure if I'm just not seeing it, but I don't see much out there about Rooms for 2 people. They all list 3 or 4 or even 5. We're looking into cruising on the Fantasy next May, and i don't want to book the wrong thing.

Are there rooms designed with couples in mind? is there a honeymoon suite or anything like that? not that we'd afford it, but I just haven't really seen the option.

Thanks in advance. My Passporter Cruise edition is in the mail, we ordered it last night.

[Dave Marx]

Thanks for ordering the cruise guide! Enjoy!

No, they didn't design couples-only rooms. Disney chose to make all their staterooms family-friendly. However, the layout and decor is still perfect for couples - the only "exposed" bed is the queen bed, so those staterooms that are 25% larger than industry average (in order to be family-friendly)? They're that much more luxurious for a couple. The other beds are either fold-out or fold-down bunks. If you don't need 'em, you'll never know they're there - stretch out on the sofa, and enjoy!

The only smaller staterooms are the Standard Inside rooms (no small rooms "with a view" - unless you count the Virtual Portholes on the new ships). Some do just sleep 2, none sleep more than 3. Most of the space reduction is due to having a single bathroom, rather than the split bathroom (which takes up more space). That split bathroom is still great for couples - two rooms, two sinks (one in each room), bath separate from the toilet... what can be bad?

Now, the same is true of the suites. While the decor is more elegant (so seemingly more adult, not that any staterooms are decorated for kids) and it's much easier to imagine a couple living in high style, entertaining, etc. than a family sharing the space... none are truly adult-only spaces. Nice life if you can live it, though.

[kcooley]

My wife and I don't have kids and we've done 5 Disney Cruises - going on number 6 in just under 2 weeks (the Fantasy inaugural). We've either booked a Cat 9 or a Cat 5 when we've cruised (depending on points - we are DVC members and use our points to cruise). We really don't notice the size difference between the Cat 9 and Cat 5 - just the balcony.

Like Dave said, the couch is nice to have and the bunks aren't folded down if there aren't enough passengers in booked in the room. The nice thing with only 2 people in the rooms is the luggage disappears - lift the mattress and put it under the bed. The split baths make life so much easier than a regular hotel room. Great idea to whomever came up with the idea to do that.

My advice - book a mid-ship balcony room if you can swing the cost and read your Passporter guide cover to cover, then do it again. We don't go Disney without ours (parks or cruises).

[chezp]

We cruise as a couple and we've stayed in various staterooms, from inside staterooms to ones with balconies and have found all of them to be absolutely fine for our needs. It's great that they're designed for more people, as you feel as if you have more room.

[pixie08]

DH and I are sans kids for now and we have cruised DCL a few times in Oceanview deluxe and inside deluxe rooms & standard inside (Dream).

All of the rooms were more then suitable for us, although we felt very claustrophobic in the standard inside room on the Dream regardless of the porthole and would probably never book that category again on that class ship. For us it would be cramped even with one child, but that is just us.

We have an ocean view deluxe booked for Alaska. Balconies are great and so are suites if you want to spend the money. We never spend too much time in our room, and prefer to spend our money on great excursions, palo, spa etc. Of course if we could do that and a suite i guess we would but we do have to draw a budget line somewhere