My family of 5 booked an interior cabin and an ocean-view room on a Carnival cruise. Here's how they compared.

Lisa GalekDec 26, 2022, 05:45 IST

I booked two rooms on the Carnival Legend for my family.Lisa Galek

I booked two 185-square-foot rooms on the Carnival Legend for my family of five.
My husband and I shared a windowless accommodation, and my three kids stayed in an ocean-view room.

I was searching for a getaway in November, so I booked a seven-day cruise on Carnival Legend for my family of five.

My family and I embarked on a seven-night cruise.Lisa Galek

My husband and I stayed in a windowless interior cabin that had a king-sized bed.

My husband and I had our own interior stateroom.Lisa Galek

We each had a bedside table with a reading lamp.

My husband and I sometimes go to sleep at different times, so the light in our room came in handy.Lisa Galek

My three children — aged 14, 11, and 8 — shared an ocean-view stateroom across the hall.

My kids' room had two twin beds and a sleeper couch.Lisa Galek

The kids' room had two twin beds and a sofa that converted into a third bed.

The couch in my kids' room turned into a bed at night.Lisa Galek

The kids' picture window offered lovely natural light.

Our kids' room looked out to the water.Lisa Galek

The bathrooms in both cabins were identical.

Even though my kids had an ocean-view stateroom, their bathroom, pictured here, looked the same as the one in our cabin.Lisa Galek

Cruise employees cleaned the bathrooms and replenished our towel supplies every day.

The kids' bathroom, above, was clean and well-stocked with freshly washed towels.Lisa Galek

The showers had shampoo and gel dispensers.

My kids' shower had complimentary soap and shampoo.Lisa Galek

Even with three kids sharing one small bathroom, the floor stayed dry thanks to the shower's well-designed drainage system.

The kids' bathroom never flooded.Lisa Galek

Both rooms' layouts made excellent use of the 185-square-foot space.

My husband and I had no trouble fitting our belongings in our interior cabin's storage spaces.Lisa Galek

Two of the closets had hanging rods for dresses and coats, with enough room to tuck away our suitcases in the bottom.

In our interior stateroom, we could put our luggage away after unpacking and didn't have to worry about it until we had to leave.Lisa Galek

Like many cruise cabins, our room had one outlet next to the desk.

All of our belongings fit in the interior room's storage spaces.Lisa Galek

The crew confiscated one of our power strips.

The interior stateroom had one outlet, which is common in cruise cabins.Lisa Galek

The TV screen was so small that my eyes felt strained by the end of the trip.

I like to watch movies before bed, so I was disappointed by the small size of the in-room TV in the interior stateroom.Lisa Galek

Inside a table, there was a mini fridge that was big enough to store two bottles of wine and a few snacks.

The mini fridge in the interior stateroom didn't keep our drinks and food as cold as I'd prefer them to be.Lisa Galek

Our rooms had thermostats, but I don't think they worked well.

We were supposed to be able to control the temperature in both rooms.Lisa Galek

Even though we were on a Thanksgiving cruise, we decorated our stateroom doors for Christmas.

We put this holiday decoration on the outside of the interior stateroom.Lisa Galek

On future family trips, I'm going to stick to booking two separate rooms.

Staying in a different room than our kids was the perfect way to give them their own space.Lisa Galek

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