What would you do?

What is the price difference? You can buy spa passes.

Keep the big balcony & buy spa passes.

What is the price difference? You can buy spa passes.

Less than $200 total. yes, I know that is the price of one spa pass. That's why this is so hard.

Breakaway balconies are small - 3 people can't sit out there.

I'd still keep the balcony. You may or may not use it on the first & last days but you'll definitely want it for the other 5. On the other hand, you probably won't want to use the spa for the 5 good weather days.....

Aft balcony? Hands down, keep it! Enjoy.

Go with the SPA cabins. We just got off the Breakaway yesterday. We had cabins 9918 and 9920. The space was wonderful but the balcony was almost completely covered. I was able to move a lounge chair and lay it right up against the railing to get some sun but it was not ideal. We did not use our balcony as much as expected as a result of it being covered.

Breakaway balconies are small - 3 people can't sit out there.

Aft balconies are very large.

Aft balconies are very large.

My point was that regular balconies are very small.

OP do you mean a regular balcony cabin in the aft section of the ship or an aft facing balcony? The aft facing will have a much larger balcony and also just watching the wake go by is so relaxing. I would not give that up. Only reason we don't have one for our upcoming cruise is that there is little to no wind or breeze back there and it was HOT on an April Caribbean cruise so July would be even hotter!

OP do you mean a regular balcony cabin in the aft section of the ship or an aft facing balcony? The aft facing will have a much larger balcony and also just watching the wake go by is so relaxing. I would not give that up. Only reason we don't have one for our upcoming cruise is that there is little to no wind or breeze back there and it was HOT on an April Caribbean cruise so July would be even hotter!

Just to clarify, we currently have an aft-facing balcony.

I appreciate everyone's input. My travel companions have been educated on the difference and they both agree that the advice of others would be helpful.

There is no way I would give up an aft facing balcony for a spa balcony. As pointed out elsewhere, you can buy a spa pass should you want one, but you can't buy that view!

I'd keep the aft. You can buy spa passes but once you get rid of your aft balcony you can't get it back. Plus, I don't think the spa is that impressive. Too much to do to spend all that time in the spa. I purchased a spa pass only to later ask for a refund because I personally couldn't find the time to use it. But you'll always love the view coming in and leaving ports. That being said, I rarely use the balcony either:)