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AIDAcara cruise ship review with photos - Staterooms, cabins

Our home away from home is cabin 6133 on Deck 6, AIDAcara's wrap-around Promenade Deck. It's here that we notice a few interesting differences between a traditional cruise ship and our German 'Club Ship'.

Even the lifts are colorful

Five elevators will whisk you to any of the 9 decks and any of AIDAcara's xx staterooms. Ranging from comfortable inside cabins to suites with private balconies, you will always find living quarters that will suit your budget. The cabin corridors are wide for a ship of this size and the differently colored cabin doors make orientation relatively simple. 

The most important difference between AIDAcara's cabins and their mass market counterparts is service, or its apparent absence. Each AIDA cabin is serviced once a day between the hours of 11 and 3, which means your towels will only be replaced once a day. There is no mini bar, no room service, no chocolate on your pillow and you will have to close the curtain yourself at night - no big deals if you ask me! What you will also find is a great bathroom with glass-enclosed shower cubicle and ample storage space. On the dressing table, there is a glass carafe that you can fill with mineral water (still or sparkling) from any of the 'filling stations' in the corridor. The decor is very pleasing, too. The dark blue awning and the rattan furniture bring a lot of charm to the cabin. This truly feels like a home away from home.   

Innovative cabin signs

Category B outside cabin

Cat B outside cabin
Sunset

Cat B bathroom

Cabin corridor

Amidships elevator bank
Stairwell
Reception Lobby
Reception Lobby

 

Photos and text: © 2007 Bart de Boer - www.ShipParade.com

First published on March 3, 2007

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