cibaygirls Posted February 2, 2014 #1 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Ok, so I am just looking for people's opinions, which I am aware will be very subjective. I have an aft balcony booked (the first one ever for us) for the repositioning on the Royal in October from NY to FL. It is a 10 day cruise with a lot of sea days. I am very worried about the soot issues and just read some reviews of the forward facing balconies and am now considering switching up. I am curious what other's experiences have been and what other's opinions are. I feel like there would very likely be sea days in a forward facing balcony we wouldn't be able to use the balcony but would save significant money, whereas we would roll the dice with an aft. Aghhhs:confused:Help, I am so confused. Dana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LittleMissMagic Posted February 2, 2014 #2 Share Posted February 2, 2014 I had an aft premium deluxe balcony on the Royal (D729) and had no soot complaints. I really enjoyed the aft balcony - ours was larger than most and was partially covered. However, we were originally looking to book a forward-facing balcony until we found a great deal on the aft balcony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetz Posted February 3, 2014 #3 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Ok, so I am just looking for people's opinions, which I am aware will be very subjective. I have an aft balcony booked (the first one ever for us) for the repositioning on the Royal in October from NY to FL. It is a 10 day cruise with a lot of sea days. I am very worried about the soot issues and just read some reviews of the forward facing balconies and am now considering switching up. I am curious what other's experiences have been and what other's opinions are. I feel like there would very likely be sea days in a forward facing balcony we wouldn't be able to use the balcony but would save significant money, whereas we would roll the dice with an aft. Aghhhs:confused:Help, I am so confused. Dana We are on the same sailing. :) Take a look at this thread. http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1977490 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbitoh_777 Posted February 3, 2014 #4 Share Posted February 3, 2014 . I had an aft premium deluxe balcony on the Royal (D729) and had no soot complaints. I really enjoyed the aft balcony - ours was larger than most and was partially covered. However, we were originally looking to book a forward-facing balcony until we found a great deal on the aft balcony. . . Thanks for this helpful info. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cibaygirls Posted February 4, 2014 Author #5 Share Posted February 4, 2014 I had an aft premium deluxe balcony on the Royal (D729) and had no soot complaints. I really enjoyed the aft balcony - ours was larger than most and was partially covered. However, we were originally looking to book a forward-facing balcony until we found a great deal on the aft balcony. That is the cabin I currently have booked.. that makes me feel a lot better thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexspepa Posted February 4, 2014 #6 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Aft balconies are our favorite - however on the Ruby Christmas cruise we had L310 and L312 forward on teh Lido deck - fantastic location; we could step out our door and take 10 steps to the pool bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Lady Arwen Posted February 4, 2014 #7 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Ok, so I am just looking for people's opinions, which I am aware will be very subjective. I have an aft balcony booked (the first one ever for us) for the repositioning on the Royal in October from NY to FL. It is a 10 day cruise with a lot of sea days. I am very worried about the soot issues and just read some reviews of the forward facing balconies and am now considering switching up. I am curious what other's experiences have been and what other's opinions are. I feel like there would very likely be sea days in a forward facing balcony we wouldn't be able to use the balcony but would save significant money, whereas we would roll the dice with an aft. Aghhhs:confused:Help, I am so confused. Dana We're also on this cruise and booked L101 forward facing balcony (huge). After I saw the pictures, I was sold! Also, the price was too good to turn down. I believe that there is only one left on Lido deck, as of today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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