Med4bike:
I am hesitant to discuss this any more, as people are starting to think I am "vibration sensitive"! This is far from the case, as the NAVIGATOR is our favorite ship!
Last April, we were in a Horizon Suite on the Voyager (784)on the stern and directly above the port side pod. Our friends were on deck 9 almost directly above us. At 15 knots or so, vibration was very minor, IMO. But above 20 knots, vibration became serious. At around 22 knots, the vibration became a shaking from side to side. And of course, there were the "rattles" and buzzes." Our friends on 9 had the same problem. But those with suites on the stern which were more to the center or starboard side reported only minor vibrations. Some people avoided the outside dining area on the stern on deck 10 because of the vibrations on some parts of it.
Because I otherwise loved the ship, and felt NO vibration in any other parts of it, I knew it was a ship I would want to take again ---- but with a suite in a different area. So during sea time, I walked around "tracing" where the vibration could be felt in the hall, and where it vanished. On all decks, the vibration diminished as I walked from the Horizon Suite doors toward the bow. By the time I reached the laundry rooms on each deck (or the cooresponding area on decks without laundry rooms)the vibration disappeared.
I understand that this ship has had no dry dock time since we cruised her. Therefore, unless or until I learn that this matter has been corrected, we will book future cruises on this ship only in suites that are forward of the laundry room areas on each deck. this is out of an abundance of caution, as fellow guests on our cruise in some suites near areas where I could feel SOME vibration in the hall said that they could feel no vibration in their suites. But I know from automotive experience that vibrations are difficult to track down in a mechanical device, and can "move around" in the device, depending on conditions.
Bottom line is this. I feel that if one books a suite forward of the laundry room locations on each deck, there should be no vibrations in the suite. Otherwise, there may not be a problem, but there could be one. Therefore, this is the "rule" I'll use when I book another cruise on this ship.
Thanks,
Richard :) :) :)
