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Why do the higher cabins cost more?
The only reason I know of that cabins higher up cost more is that people prefer to be higher, so higher is more in demand, and so the cruise lines charge more for the higher cabins. Why people want to be higher is probably a psychological feeling that higher up out of the water is safer (because if the ship were to sink, the lower decks would go under the water first). Not a happy thought, but also not at all likely to happen with modern cruise ships. The Titanic was not a modern cruise ship. As a matter of fact, her "watertight" compartments were all open at the top, so when they filled with water, they just kept overflowing until the ship went down. They not only were not watertight, they were not even compartments. Modern cruise ships not only have real watertight compartments, they have doors that close them automatically. They also have emergency measures that assure safety, like there are huge drains that can drain the swimming pools in a matter of minutes to lighten the ship and restore stability. Also, modern cruise ships have plenty of life boats for everyone, and electronics that assure the arrival of rescue vessels in a matter of minutes. You may look forward to a mandatory lifeboat drill on the first day of every cruise. There are now so many cruise ships in the Caribbean that it is seldom you cannot look out and see another cruise ship, even in open water, and especially at night. No modern cruise ship has ever sunk in recent times. So, the lowest passenger-deck cabins are fine, they are perfectly safe, and they cost less, so save your money for donations in the casino, etc.
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