Sandy:

Suites 645 and 935 are well forward of the laundry room locations. Even on our rather "rocky" cruise (when directly on the stern) the locations of those suites were smooth as silk. Indeed, I've never seen a post complaining of vibration on any Voyager suite forward of the laundry rooms. And, it seems that the suites DIRECTLY over the stern are the most impacted, with things getting much better just a few suites to the front.

(Ignore the following if you have read it before.)

The vibration comes from the propulsion pods. The pods have been a problem since a minor colision when the ship was month's old. So the vibration comes from the pods and is felt mainly right above the pods. As the pods are mounted to the ship's frame using "shock absorber" type devices, the vibration does not go far from the part of the frame right above them. A look at the ship's diagram will show that the suites right on the stern are "at risk". If the pods vibrate due to speed or other conditions, the stern suites WILL be impacted. Then, the question here (and in so many other threads before it) is how far forward of the stern cabins do we need to book to be ABSOLUTELY sure of avoiding a vibration problem? The best answer I could determine by inspection while onboard is book forward of the laundry rooms on each deck. But that would eliminate all Cat. H suites. But, my inspection showed that the area of the Category H cabins should get little if any vibration --- especially the forward most ones. To me, that is an acceptable risk, given the Cat. H price advantage.

I found all areas of this ship forward of the laundry room areas to be totally vibration free --- unusually so.

Thanks,
Richard :) :) :)