Cruise passengers complained about cabin problem, now ships are making a big change

Royal Caribbean ships person recovered a mode to code 1 of the astir communal rider complaints astir connecting rooms connected cruises.

Two of the company's vessels, Icon and Star of the Seas, diagnostic exterior doors to connecting cabins — replacing the accepted interior door, arsenic Royal Caribbean Blog reported.

Guests are capable to adjacent disconnected the outer hallway doors portion leaving their main compartment doors unfastened oregon unlocked, making it easier to determination betwixt rooms without relying connected a shared interior door.

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The alteration is designed to springiness travelers much flexibility and privacy.

"I've stayed successful connecting rooms before, but there's a large quality with them connected Star of the Seas. Instead of a connecting doorway wrong the room, [there's a] diagnostic that I deliberation is axenic genius," said the blog, which is not affiliated with the institution itself. 

Royal Caribbean's Icon Class ships, Icon and Star of the Seas, are eplacing connecting compartment interior doors with 2 exterior doors. (iStock)

"Royal Caribbean added a brace of extracurricular doors to lick a occupation connecting cabins traditionally had — of the interior communal doorway being flimsy and not precise soundproof," the blog went on.

"The thought with these rooms is you tin adjacent disconnected the extracurricular doors and past support your superior compartment doorway unfastened oregon unlocked truthful you tin easy spell betwixt each."

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Royal Caribbean’s Icon people is the cruise line’s newest procreation of ships, which includes Icon and Star of the Seas. Introduced successful 2024 and 2025, the mega-ships harvester resort-style amenities and family-focused neighborhoods, the cruise enactment shared with Fox News Digital. 

The interior communal doorway [had been] flimsy and not precise soundproof."

Connecting cabins person agelong been a fashionable enactment for families and groups who privation abstracted sleeping areas but inactive request casual entree betwixt rooms.

Thin interior doors, however, positive a deficiency of dependable insulation person made them little appealing for immoderate travelers.

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The doors inactive necessitate a country cardinal oregon wearable instrumentality to access, allowing guests to power erstwhile the transportation is unfastened oregon closed, the blog said.

The update aims to connection travelers greater flexibility and enhanced privacy. (iStock)

For travelers, particularly families, the update could marque connecting rooms a much charismatic enactment without sacrificing privateness oregon quiet.

‘Constant crying and screaming’

The contented of sound betwixt connecting cabins has been a predominant ailment among cruise passengers.

In a Reddit thread discussing adjoining rooms connected cruises, 1 idiosyncratic described changeless disruptions from neighboring guests.

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"I person a balcony country with a connecting doorway to a household with 3 kids, and it’s conscionable changeless crying and screaming astatine each hours," the idiosyncratic wrote. 

"I can’t sleep."

The alteration makes connecting rooms much appealing portion improving privateness and reducing noise, a communal ailment among passengers. (iStock)

Others said the acquisition has made them debar booking connecting rooms altogether.

"The connecting country doors suck. I volition ne'er publication 1 again," different commenter wrote.

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Some noted the rooms enactment good lone erstwhile traveling with household oregon friends. 

"They are large erstwhile you really privation the connecting pair," 1 idiosyncratic wrote. "Terrible if you don’t."

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Icon of the Seas launched successful January 2024 arsenic the archetypal Icon-class ship, featuring 8 neighborhoods, 7 pools and a suspended infinity pool. 

Based successful Miami, it includes much than 40 eating venues.

Star of the Seas debuted successful August 2025 from Port Canaveral. 

The vas features 8 neighborhoods, much than 68 eating options and an iconic waterpark. It sails 7-night Caribbean itineraries with stops astatine Perfect Day astatine CocoCay.