Ventura & Azura aft balcony cabins & suites: info re. beams & stanchions

[tom_uk]

I found this amazing thread on the Princess forum. Someone has taken pictures of the aft of the various Grand Princess class ships, annotated them with the locations of the various vertical beams & stanchions, and given the cabin numbers. OK, they're Princess numbers but you can work out Ventura & Azura cabin numbers very easily.

 

Here's the link.

[bogofman]

Tom,

Thanks for posting that, we were seriously looking at Aft balconies until i saw these pictures.

 

B750 :eek:

[u2cruiser]

Thanks Tom, this is the Princess thread I mentioned, about aft cabins. :) There seems to be lots of mixed feelings about them, but many Princess fans book early to secure them.

[tartanexile81]

We used this thread to book a cabin on Ruby Princess. We had B749 with no pillars or anything and we use our balcony a lot so loved the fact it was huge. Cabin was in a quiet location and being aft meant we had a fab view as we left the ports. We used the same thread to help us book an aft cabin for our cruise on Azura next year. Would definitey recommend these cabins.

[blitznbobs]

We had an aft cabin on Azura B741 I think and yes their was a beam on one side but the balcony was about 4 times the size of my Parents in law's who had one on the same deck on the starboard size... I would have that cabin again in a heart beat - in fact we tried to book an aft cabin on Ventura for June next but they'd all gone already...

 

Bx

[CRUMB]

We had suite E733 on Ventura and the beam was bigger than it looked on the link picture. It wasn't a major issue though.

[kevinyork]

I know some of those balconies are huge, albeit with beams in the middle of them, but the pics make them look very shady. Presumably each has quite a overhang.

 

Think a C deck balcony beats these any day,

[annieuk]

We had booked C751 on Azura next year until I saw the thread on the Princess site. I also saw someone's picture of the balcony with the beam. I knew that C749, next door, does not have the beam so I called my agent who called P&O and I was switched to C749. Our agent had not heard about the beam and according to the P&O person who she spoke to, those aft cabins and suites with the beam going through the balcony, are not classified as obstructed. When I saw someone sitting on the balcony with a beam it looked obstructed to me. Anyway we were lucky to be able to swap - no charge.

 

Carole

[u2cruiser]

We had booked C751 on Azura next year until I saw the thread on the Princess site. I also saw someone's picture of the balcony with the beam. I knew that C749, next door, does not have the beam so I called my agent who called P&O and I was switched to C749. Our agent had not heard about the beam and according to the P&O person who she spoke to, those aft cabins and suites with the beam going through the balcony, are not classified as obstructed. When I saw someone sitting on the balcony with a beam it looked obstructed to me. Anyway we were lucky to be able to swap - no charge.

 

Carole

 

LOL! I love this site. We're so picky :D

I spoke to so many people on Ventura who had no idea what or where their cabins were until they boarded! :eek:

Hope you enjoy your aft balcony. Let us know please.

[Megsdad]

Beam??:( It's a column/stanchion/post ie vertical in orientation.