CHAPULA Posted September 4, 2014 #1 Share Posted September 4, 2014 DH and I are booked on Liberty Southern Caribbean for Sept 26th. This is our 9th cruise and have always wanted to try a Lido balcony. We booked 'guarantee' balcony because the LIDO cabins at the time were $400+ more for two ppl. I've been checking Lido prices at least 3x a day for the last 8 weeks (knowing that I can 'upgrade' even after final payment). Unfortunately Lido prices never went down and then we received our balcony 'assignment' (Deck 6). I also noticed that there were no more LIDO balconies showing 'online'. I just assumed they were 'assigned' to other lucky 'guaranteed balcony' cruisers and gave up. Today I was reading another Cruise Critic post where they said 'that it doesn't hurt to call, just in case.' Well I did and to my surprise they had two LIDO balconies available! I jumped at it and only paid $172 total more! So, it does pay to call and not necessarily assume that 'online' availability is always true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pirate4me2 Posted September 4, 2014 #2 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Congrats! Enjoy your cruise, we had a great time on our Liberty Southern cruise. She's a great ship! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
092306 Posted September 4, 2014 #3 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Good for you! We love lido balconies. Enjoy it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHAPULA Posted September 4, 2014 Author #4 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Congrats! Enjoy your cruise, we had a great time on our Liberty Southern cruise. She's a great ship! Thank you so very much.....been very stressed at work and NEEEEEEED this vaca. Never been on Liberty and am looking very forward to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trixiegal Posted September 4, 2014 #5 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Have a wonderful cruise! We had our first Lido balcony this summer on the Breeze. It was perfect! I also called in and was assigned to that cabin by my PVP when I was pricing other balconies on Deck 8. She said she had the perfect cabin for me and, boy, was she right... Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kona_wahine Posted September 4, 2014 #6 Share Posted September 4, 2014 We had a lido balcony on the Liberty and loved it. So close to everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KPfromCT Posted September 4, 2014 #7 Share Posted September 4, 2014 As others have said, you are going to LOVE the Lido balcony. We have done them for the past two years on the Breeze:D:D Honestly, you cannot beat the convenience. Coffee, buffet, drinks, Guys, etc within minutes and back to your balcony to enjoy. And it is a SUPER quiet location. It's all we book now.......... Enjoy! You are going to LOVE it.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Middleager Posted September 4, 2014 #8 Share Posted September 4, 2014 As others have said, you are going to LOVE the Lido balcony.We have done them for the past two years on the Breeze:D:D Honestly, you cannot beat the convenience. Coffee, buffet, drinks, Guys, etc within minutes and back to your balcony to enjoy. And it is a SUPER quiet location. It's all we book now.......... Enjoy! You are going to LOVE it.:D So you enjoy the Guys you get from Lido.:D:p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootercruise Posted September 4, 2014 #9 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Love Lido deck cabins, whether they are balcony or interior. We prefer being forward on the ship anyway, as it makes it convenient to go down to the main showroom plus you can just walk out to all the fun without changing decks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracyelln Posted September 4, 2014 #10 Share Posted September 4, 2014 We just received our balcony guarantee assignment for the Valor on 9/21/14... It's a forward lido deck balcony! I feel much better now that I see people like the Lido deck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gt14 Posted September 4, 2014 #11 Share Posted September 4, 2014 We were assigned Lido cabin 9261 on our Liberty cruise last week...awesome location...almost wish it was a little tougher to get food and drinks if you know what I mean!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolphin2012 Posted September 6, 2014 #12 Share Posted September 6, 2014 do yall think the forward jr suite room would be ok? thinking about maybe getting it for my birthday cruise... Never had a suite and its not bad priced for next june... i wondered about the noise/wind in that area of the ship? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winddawn Posted September 6, 2014 #13 Share Posted September 6, 2014 DH and I are booked on Liberty Southern Caribbean for Sept 26th. This is our 9th cruise and have always wanted to try a Lido balcony. We booked 'guarantee' balcony because the LIDO cabins at the time were $400+ more for two ppl. I've been checking Lido prices at least 3x a day for the last 8 weeks (knowing that I can 'upgrade' even after final payment). Unfortunately Lido prices never went down and then we received our balcony 'assignment' (Deck 6). I also noticed that there were no more LIDO balconies showing 'online'. I just assumed they were 'assigned' to other lucky 'guaranteed balcony' cruisers and gave up. Today I was reading another Cruise Critic post where they said 'that it doesn't hurt to call, just in case.' Well I did and to my surprise they had two LIDO balconies available! I jumped at it and only paid $172 total more! So, it does pay to call and not necessarily assume that 'online' availability is always true. Enjoy your Lido balcony. I just got off Freedom today and had a Lido balcony. It was convenient but there was noise coming up from the Lobby deck parties in the evenings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare AtSeaWithChris Posted September 6, 2014 #14 Share Posted September 6, 2014 We stay in an inside cabin on Lido and we get one all the way back, towards the pool, and it more than makes up for the lack of balcony. The access to the room from the pool area is priceless. I can be from room to Guys in 20 seconds. 😎 Fist-pumping gleeful rum runner!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happywife0921 Posted September 6, 2014 #15 Share Posted September 6, 2014 We stay in an inside cabin on Lido and we get one all the way back, towards the pool, and it more than makes up for the lack of balcony. The access to the room from the pool area is priceless. I can be from room to Guys in 20 seconds. 😎 Fist-pumping gleeful rum runner!!! Hiya! I noticed you're in trussville, my hubby and I live in Hoover. I've been looking for other Alabama cruisers lol. We were on the Conquest at the same time last year, it was our honeymoon cruise :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare AtSeaWithChris Posted September 6, 2014 #16 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Hiya! I noticed you're in trussville, my hubby and I live in Hoover. I've been looking for other Alabama cruisers lol. We were on the Conquest at the same time last year, it was our honeymoon cruise :) Cool, nice to meet ya!! The Conquest is the only ship I have lost the hairy chest contest on. 😱 congrats on the honeymoon, we've been married 22 years now. We went on a cruise for our honeymoon. Fist-pumping gleeful rum runner!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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