Trying Cheap Way to Get Ocean View on Cruise, Worth It + Room Tour

As someone who's been on over 50 cruises, I've heard a lot of chatter about the "secret porthole" rooms on some Disney ships.

Even though these cabins have exterior-facing windows, the cruise line lists them as deluxe inside staterooms, and they're much less expensive than ocean-view staterooms.

But there's a catch: The portholes in these "secret" rooms have partially obstructed views.

So ahead of my family's cruise aboard the Disney Wonder, I decided to book one of the rooms and see if it was really possible to enjoy ocean views in a budget-friendly inside stateroom. Here's what it was like.

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