No soot on the rear facing suites balcony

[CalBear37]

Just a quick comment about complaints of soot on the balcony of rear facing suites. We have been on three cruises in rear facing Penthouse suites. Jade 10 days, Star 12 days, and Jewel 5 days. Absolutely no soot, the railing could pass the white glove test. On the most recent cruise we were going down wind at about the wind speed, a real opportunity for soot to land but none appeared. We love rear facing cabins because the "weather" is so nice regardless of ship direction or speed.

[Nalagh]

Just a quick comment about complaints of soot on the balcony of rear facing suites. We have been on three cruises in rear facing Penthouse suites. Jade 10 days, Star 12 days, and Jewel 5 days. Absolutely no soot, the railing could pass the white glove test. On the most recent cruise we were going down wind at about the wind speed, a real opportunity for soot to land but none appeared. We love rear facing cabins because the "weather" is so nice regardless of ship direction or speed.

 

We have never found this a problem either on the Star or the Pearl.

[emcelh]

Only 2 cruises in aft cabins but we never saw any soot on either.

[Seanote]

Soot is not as big of an issue as it once was. Low sulfur bunker fuel is becoming much more common as local regulations require it. The soot problem was much more common 5-10 years ago. However, under the right weather conditions especially right after the ship fires up the engines, soot can and does still fall from the sky. The OP almost sounds disappointed.

Perhaps, now we can we can hope that paper napkins and other windblown debris can stop falling from the top deck on to the aft-balconies as well.

[Nalagh]

Soot is not as big of an issue as it once was. Low sulfur bunker fuel is becoming much more common as local regulations require it. The soot problem was much more common 5-10 years ago. However, under the right weather conditions especially right after the ship fires up the engines, soot can and does still fall from the sky. The OP almost sounds disappointed.

Perhaps, now we can we can hope that paper napkins and other windblown debris can stop falling from the top deck on to the aft-balconies as well.

 

LOL, we have had a lot of ping pong balls though...:rolleyes:

[Ilovesailing]

Numerous aft cabins on NCL fleet and only ever had one problem with soot on our 19 day cruise to South America 2008 on the Sun but haven't read anything recently.

[jaja]

We also never had soot..just occasional sugar packet, coffee stirrer or seagull poop...:rolleyes:

[dexddd]

The one I remember coming up the most was the Sun. We had it (not everyday) although others have been in similar or close by rooms and haven't. This was in 2010.