I had one of the forward mini-suites, last year in the Med on the Regal, & figured the balcony would often be unusable. I was wrong; it was great! Balcony was huge & the wind wasn't an issue at all! It got overly breezy one night, during a storm, but that was the only time. I liked it a lot &, in fact, have the same cabin booked on three other cruises.