Mercury Verandahs

[elemai]

We are getting ready to book a 2005 cruise on this ship. We are kind of hooked on balconies, but prefer them to be covered. Does anyone know if this ships are covered?
Thanks

[richsea]

Yes they are, unless you book a sky suite on the sky deck. Then they are only half covered.

Meridian Bermuda 1996
Century E Caribbean 1997
Century W Caribbean 1998
Zenith Bermuda 1999
Galaxy So Caribbean 2000
Galaxy So Caribbean 2001
Zenith Bermuda 2002
Mercury W Caribbean 2002
Constellation S Caribbean 2003
Infinity Hawaii 2004

[sueclark]

Most are covered. The Sky suite balconies on the Sky deck are huge and about 1/3 covered and 2/3 open. We also like covered balconies, but the covering on these balconies was fine. We found that when the sun was not too bright, we liked sitting in the open.

Sue

[B]Grand Princess - Western Caribbean[/B] - April 25, 2004
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[B]Constellation Transatlantic 9/7/04[/B]

[B]Infinity Panama Canal 4/17/05[/B]

[excitedofharpenden]

elemai

As Sue says most are covered, but on the Penthouse deck there is also an overhang from the deck above, which acts as an awning, cutting down the sun and keeping you dry if it is raining. You need to have a look at the deck plan and line up the elevators for reference and you will see that there are areas to the rear and also the first few at the front (up to 1014 and 1019 each side) that do not have this overhang. We liked both.

Phil

Mercury Western Caribbean November 2002
Galaxy Eastern Caribbean November 2003

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13th November 2004


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[elemai]

I thank everyone for the replies. I am anxious to cruise again and will be booking this ship. As always this site is great!