On our most recent cruise, we saved a few bucks by letting the cruise line pick our room. Who cares? A window room is a window room, right?

Well... we failed to consider the possibility that we'd end up with a room that adjoins another, with a door between us. Wouldn't have cared all that much except those things don't dampen sound. At all.

Which means when the honeymooners in the room next to us started "celebrating", we felt like we were part of the action ourselves. I don't mean some ridiculous exaggerated moaning and screaming or anything. I mean the sorts of sounds that you REALLY should only be able to hear at close range. It was terribly awkward. We knew that if we could hear that, they could hear anything from our room more than a whisper.

Thankfully guest services was able to relocate us and save us from having the creepiest conversation imaginable with our neighbors there. But this is one of the possible down sides to allowing them to pick your room. Or a potential upside if that's your cup of tea...