Royal: forward vs. aft balconies

[cibaygirls]

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

[LittleMissMagic]

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.

[janetz]

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

[rabbitoh_777]

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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.

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Thanks for this helpful info.

 

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[cibaygirls]

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

[alexspepa]

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.

[Lady Arwen]

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.