tassiedevil

Thank you so much for your excellent review and amazing photos.

I have followed a few reviews of Regal and yours is the best by a long shot.

Really appreciate you taking the time to detail everything so well.

We are joining Regal on 30th August in Venice for 1st trip through Med and are getting very excited.

Happy future cruising.

Eileen & Benny

Hi everyone,

Watching all of this from Tassie, in front of a log fire!

Thank you to everyone who kept us up to date on her voyage so far, and the great shots ect... she looks amazing. Hopefully the pax on her next voyage will still post updates on this thread.

We cannot wait for 30/8 to sail out of Venice .

Eileen & Benny

We never left the balcony door open ever unless we were going in and out. It could play havoc with the air conditioning. Note though that when the ship is rolling, the sliding balcony door can swing back and forth. There is no way to lock the door from the outside. While on the balcony we used the ice tongs to hold the door shut.

 

In addition, curtains must be kept closed at night since light from the room could interfere with the view from the bridge.

 

All in all, we loved this stateroom and would book it again in a heartbeat.

Many thanks,

Great tip re ice tongs.

Of course I should have read the notices you included in your photos sorry about that.

Will be booking L102 and looking forward to sailing the Med and arriving at the various ports with same view as the Captain!

Hi emileg,

Great photos, and thanks for your great advice.

We are booked on the Regal for Grand Med cruise 30th August Venice to Barcelona. We had an aft facing Deluxe on Baja and now due to soot issues are looking at a forward on Lido ( same cat cabin as you had).

My only concern would be wind on the balcony, and as we have never cruised the Med before not sure what to expect. Appreciate that your cruise on the Royal was not the Med but interested to know if you experienced any significant wind problems, and did you ever leave the balcony door open at night?

Much appreciated,

Eileen

Prior to the launch of the Royal Princess there was some discussion about the forward facing balconies located on the decks above the bridge. We got the impression from Princess that access to the balconies would be restricted to when the ship is in port and that the doors would be locked while the ship is at sea. In fact, Princess's description of this "deluxe balcony obstructed" specifically states PART OBSTRUCTED VIEW NON-GLASS BALC RAIL BALCONY ACCESS WHEN IN PORT ONLY .

 

Here is the truth. We just came off the Royal Princess. We had cabin L101. There are no locks on the balcony doors. The cabin steward does nothing to these doors while the ship is at sea. No one cares if you go out on the verandah. Because of high wind while at sea, it would be uncomfortable to spend any amount of time out there. However, on one of our sea days, there was no apparent wind and we enjoyed the balcony immensely.

 

Here is the view from Cabin L101 with one specific and one general warning sign.

 

I hope not too many people book this wonderful cabin, because Princess might get wind and raise the prices.;)

 

Hi,

We are also booked on Regal for Grand Med 30 Aug Aft B736 Deluxe with large Balcony- took this because of balcony size and also view of wake....

After reading all issues about soot & fumes we are also considering changing and I am currently looking at L101 or L102.

Like you have not been able to source any photos of interior of these cabins, I suspect the will be similar to Aft Deluxe size.

Seems apparent from others comments that Balcony doors do not get locked despite Princess notations.

Our TA is currently checking with Princess to determine if soot issue will be resolved on Regal - not confident it will!! I suspect we will still go ahead with the change of cabin.

Appreciate getting any further info or photos on these cabins that you may receive.

Eileen