A deluxe room is larger with 2 queen beds and a sleeper sofa. It is arranged with a separate dressing, closet and vanity area, before you walk into the sleeping area. Our standard room was H/C so I am not sure of the bathroom arrangement compared to other standard rooms, but the bath was larger in our H/C standard than the deluxe. As to standard vs. prefered room views, I have only been offered garden or pool view, with pool view being more so I assumed pool view was prefered and garden was standard. We had a pool view last time, in our standard room, but due to the folliage and location, we actually saw only the ping-pong table and that area from our room.