LeeAnne and all:

Vibration problems on a ship are very difficult to discuss in print, just as are matters of color, for example. Being mechanical objects, all ships pick up an occasional stray vibration here and there, and this is something that we all come to accept. Then, all ships and suites therein almost always have a very small, almost imperceptible degree of vibration. In fact, many never notice any of it. Vibration becomes a problem only when it is persistant and rather severe. It WAS this way on our April '04 Panama Canal cruise in stern suite 784 on the Voyager WHEN (as was usual on that cruise) the ship was making over 20 knots.

There have been many posts from guests in the Voyager stern suites on other cruises who have said they had no vibration at all. My theory is that these accounts are truthful, and are a result of the ship having cruised under 20 knots on their cruise.

Again, on our cruise when the vibration was at its worst, I walked the halls in the stern portion of the Voyager to see where the vibration started and stopped. Other than the vibration, we loved the ship, and intend to cruise her again. I found the vibration totally gone by the time I reached the area of the laundry rooms.

All I can say is that if I cruise this ship again and if I book cat. H (probably will), I will try to book suite 654 or 663, as the most forward of all the cat. H suites. If you look at the deck plan, you will see that these suites are almost up to the laundry room area. From my experience, I would expect them to have little vibration, if any.

Hope this helps,
Richard :) :) :)