Totally agreed with your analysis, we normally like middle of the ship on the 6 or 7th floor balcony. One time on the Norwegian Breakaway, we were directly on top of the Jazz Bar and the music was very loud especially with the drum, thankfully they stopped before midnight. Thank you again for the detailed info!
We had a negative experience about the room upgrade with Princess. We were upgraded to a higher floor, still interior, but the room were for 4 people. That meant there were two upper beds. Then one of the upper beds could not be closed. This was very annoying, eye soaring and also hit my husband's head when he got up. Agree with Dr Cruise, Do Not accept auto upgrade. Thanks for this video, very interested and useful. Love it : location, location and location!
We went on a cruise three years ago, we booked a room ourselves but our intended room was switched to a room right under the galley, kitchen we called. It was non stop banging and churning, felt like were were under a gigantic washing machine. And then the middle of the night , loud noises started again, and heavy metal dropped . For seven night and days, we had to suffer. The ship office told us that they had no room to spare for changing our room. It was our miserable cruise. From that time on, we look at the floor plan before we book.