vjmatty

They’re usually in the beverage centers at the buffet, next to the ice water dispenser. Given the lack of self serve beverages being reported on the Sun they may be few and far between.

I think this picture might answer your question. It’s taken from the sphere looking out onto the balcony of 9361

I also prefer Blu so I tend to go for Aqua Sky Suites.

The only issue I had with the CL on Oasis, other than the stairs getting old by the third day, was Deck 17 being so far away from everything you’d want to do on the ship. Also there’s no quick running up to your room if you need to change, grab something or drop anything off. Celebrity suites are a lot more convenient to the remainder of the ship. I mean if you’re just going to eat and drink all day and nothing else, the CL is ok but not if you’re interested in activities. Everything else as far as dining, service, amenities I found to be comparable. Size wise I’d compare the CL to a Celebrity Suite.

On the March 9 thread Canadian Burger said that both decks are accessible by either side. ETA: I’ve got to learn to read the entire thread before responding 🙂

I’m curious as well. There’s a part of the balcony that wouldn’t fit a human let alone a wheelchair…and I mean any human, not just a cruise passenger shaped human like me lol. That seems a waste of space as it could have gone to making the cabana wider.

😂😂😂 Our kids and grandkids all live there with the youngest being 4 year old twins. This will be their first cruise and we wanted to keep it short and simple with a quick trip to the port. NCL is coming to JAX in 2026 so there may be a new partner soon lol.

I’m a cruise bigamist….or maybe even a trigamist. Ok hell I’ve got a ship in every city. I sail Celebrity in Athens, Princess between Rome and Fort Lauderdale, Carnival in Jacksonville and RC in Bayonne.

That doesn’t seem like much to ask. There are always extra rooms that are not filled for just this kind of purpose. I’m sorry this happened to you and that there are people here giving you a hard time.

Some people can’t handle anything negative about a cruise line. Like Celebrity is their boyfriend.

Again, you don’t have to like or feel sorry for the OP to recognize poor customer service. People on this thread are making it about the OP rather than the conduct of Celebrity, as if using the word flunky negates the act.

Yes I saw, 4 of them on the whole ship 😕

Thanks for the warning, I haven’t seen their videos. There was one posted on crusideckplans that didn’t even show the bathroom or balcony, spent may too much time with the hair dryer and threw in a lot of promo crap.

Ok this I think I figured out…..he says “ocean view balcony” as opposed to a balcony facing the cabana deck. Probably taking the term from RC Oasis class ships, which is how they distinguish between outside balconies facing the ocean as opposed to inner balconies facing Central Park or Boardwalk.

His videos always show way too much of him talking and not enough of what he is there to film. Most YouTubers can give commentary while filming but he seems to need a lot of face time.

From the pictures I’ve seen of surrounding cabins, all Deck 9 balconies are open on top and visible from the balconies directly above on Deck 10.

A flunky is just someone who performs menial tasks, it doesn’t mean stupid as in flunking a test or a class…and the OP didn’t call them flunkies on the phone. You don’t have to feel bad for the OP to recognize poor customer service. Those are two different things.

You’re probably remembering one of the earlier promotional videos where the animated renderings did in fact show that the interior cabana doors would also fold away. In fact, one of the selling points for me was that presentation, which specifically said that you could use the cabana to make either the balcony or the cabin larger depending on which doors you opened. Obviously this part of the design was walked back….along with the better quality cabana furniture, wooden dividers between cabana deck balconies and clear rather than blue glass on deck 9.

I’m leaning toward the Ascent at this point, the only thing holding me back is that a cabana mini on Sun for 15 days is the same price as the SV on Ascent for only 13 days. This is with Plus on the Sun and AI on Ascent, so there’s also gratuities to consider which are no longer included fleetwide on X.

I saw some videos of those SV balcony cabins and was pretty impressed with the size and layout.

I’m coming to the conclusion that the choices for minis will be either a cramped room or a cramped balcony. I really don’t like the closets in the hallway and miss the open closet by the bathroom that was on the Grand class. The non-cabana minis have the closets next to the bed but the balconies are ledge style like on Royal class. Right now I’m trying to decide between Sun and the Celebrity Ascent, both for a westbound transatlantic in fall of 2025. I managed to book a Sunset Veranda on Ascent which is a find since Edge class ships have few true balconies, but I’m also considering Sun with a cabana mini on the sphere or a standard mini towards the aft, near the rear public decks to make up for the minimal balcony. Decisions decisions lol.

Interesting comparison. When you say the inside doors to the cabana don’t fold as on Deck 9, do you mean the doors between the cabana and cabin, or cabana and balcony? The first promo video during the build showed a schematic where both sets of doors could be folded away so that the cabana could either extend the size of the cabin or the balcony.

Agree there’s not much if anything in the way of damages. Though in the name of good customer service, I thought the one poster’s suggestion of still offering free laundry and specialty dining perks was a good compromise.

There in lies the problem. There is no such thing as a one-way contract, or it isn't a contract. Some of the posters keep saying it is intended to benefit the cruise line only, not the passenger. First of all, such a "contract" would be impossible. Second, just because a contract is intended to only benefit one side, doesn't mean the other side can't ever benefit from various clauses in the contract, again, assuming it is a true contract. If a company came to me and said " I want to write up a contract that only benefits me in any situation but can't work against me in any way" I'd have to say sorry, what you are describing is not a contract. ETA: Also, if Celebrity in their Move Up rules stated something like "Carrier has the right to revoke the upgrade even after the Move Up bid is accepted" then there would be notice and acceptance of that term. There is no such language in the T/C and cobbing it together from multiple clauses doesn't always work

Filming a movie about people stalking penthouse passengers.