The ship

Voyager of the Seas

Voyager-class · Royal Caribbean International
Entered service
1999
Guests
3,286at double occupancy
Decks
15
Cabin grades
12on this ship

What sets her apart

Voyager of the Seas at sea

The first cruise ship in the world with an ice rink and a rock-climbing wall, and the ship that introduced the Royal Promenade - the four-deck indoor street the whole class is built around.

Cabins on this ship

12 grades on this ship. What each costs depends on the sailing, so the prices are on the itineraries.

Interior

No window, and the cheapest way onto the ship. Completely dark with the lights off, which some people sleep better in and others find disorienting. The standard interior on a Voyager-class hull is modest by current standards, so it works best on an itinerary that keeps you ashore or on deck most of the day.

Interior with Virtual Balcony

An interior cabin fitted with a full-height screen showing a live feed from a camera outside. It supplies the time of day and the weather, which is the real complaint about interior cabins rather than the lack of a view. It costs less than a window, and it is a screen; it can be switched off.

Promenade View Interior

An interior cabin with a bay window looking down onto the Royal Promenade, the four-deck indoor street this class introduced. There are a hundred and fifty-seven, and they are a genuine novelty. They are also directly above late-running bars, bands and parades, and the window does very little about the noise.

Ocean View

A sealed picture window, mostly on lower decks. Daylight and a horizon for the smallest step up from an interior, and the horizon is what settles the stomach if anyone in the party feels the movement. Several categories within the grade are partly obstructed by lifeboats, so check the cabin number rather than the grade.

Spacious Panoramic Ocean View

Forward-facing with a wraparound floor-to-ceiling window nearly two metres high and over six metres wide - the best outlook on the ship short of a suite, and about two dozen exist. No balcony, no opening window, and the bow is the part of the ship that moves most, which is the trade you are making.

Ultra Spacious Ocean View

The largest ocean-view cabin on the ship and one of the largest rooms outside the suites, with no balcony and berths for four or more. Royal Caribbean did not offer it to one or two guests on any departure checked - it appears only once you ask for three - so a couple will not see it at all.

Ocean View Balcony

Private outdoor space and the grade that changes a sea day. Voyager's standard balconies are small by the standard of newer ships - the hull dates from 1999 - and this grade is the plain one, with the larger aft balconies and the roomier cabins sold as separate categories above it. Connecting pairs exist as their own category.

Spacious Ocean View Balcony

The same balcony but with meaningfully more cabin behind it, and berths for three or four. It is the grade to ask about for a family who want outdoor space without paying suite money. The balcony itself is no bigger than the standard one, which catches people out - what you are buying is the room, not the terrace.

Sunset Ocean View Balcony

Aft-facing over the wake, and the balcony is much deeper than the standard one for the same grade - which is why it is worth naming rather than accepting whatever the grade allocates. A Spacious Sunset version exists with more cabin behind it. Aft cabins carry more engine vibration, and on a 1999 hull that is not subtle.

Ocean View Panoramic Suite (No Balcony)

Forward-facing, behind floor-to-ceiling glass, with suite floor area and no balcony whatsoever - say that plainly to anyone considering it, because the word suite does the opposite of warning them. The view forward is the best on board. It is also the part of the ship that moves most, and the glass does not open.

Junior Suite

A bigger cabin with a separate sitting area, a bath and a larger balcony - but outside Royal Suite Class, so no suite restaurant, no lounge and no concierge. The name misleads more people here than on any other grade. Sound value if what you want is room; poor value if what you want is service.

Suite (Royal Suite Class)

Grand Suite and above, tiered by access rather than area: a private restaurant, a suite lounge, a concierge, priority boarding and tendering. On a ship launched in 1999 the suite count is small and the fittings are of their period, however well refitted. Suites are charged at the higher daily gratuity rate.

Sailings on Voyager of the Seas

1 sailing in the catalogue right now.

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