Front, Middle, or the Back

[Smiley7863]

I have always booked at the middle of the ship, but am thinking of doing a forward hump balcony on the Getaway. I guess the humps are bigger than the regular balconies.

 

What are the advantages or disadvantages to being forward or on the back of the ship, compared to the middle?

 

Also, my vacation specialist said that I might want to do a balcony that I would not be over the Waterfront. What is a Waterfront?

Edited December 23, 2014 by Smiley7863

[ColinIllinois]

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Also, my vacation specialist said that I might want to do a balcony that I would not be over the Waterfront. What is a Waterfront?

 

 

http://www.ncl.com/cruise-ship/getaway/onboard/experience#tab_detail

[Oldgoat61]

I have only cruised mid-ship, and aft. It has been said that being forward or aft gives you the opportunity to feel the movement of the ship more than mid-ship. I have yet to experience any difference between mid-ship and aft, but that being said, I haven't been in very rough seas either.

 

Hope this helps! :)

[NorthernOntario]

We were just in the mid-aft area of the Epic 12th floor...really bad vibrations in the morning when docking. So if your an early riser, its not bad. Not sure about other ships.

[tumblew467]

We have done aft on the breakaway and really no more difference than being in middle. However when we did the cabin crawl on the breakaway we saw The Haven Forward-Facing Penthouse with Balcony (H7). alot of motion. This was in calm seas as well.

Now when we were on the Gem Had a Penthouse with Large Balcony (SF). Had seas 15-18 ft. There was motion, woke up in the middle of the night to alot of banging. THe closet door hinge broke and was opening and closing. all the items in the bathroom fell off of the shelves. I have been fortunate, the motion did not bother us.

But from I have read low and the middle is the best way to go. If you think of it as a seesaw, the middle has the less motion.

[sebas030]

Had a balcony 3 decks over the waterfront and 2 nights they were having groups in the venue below us and it was really really noisy.

 

Even being 3 decks up it was like they were right on my balcony. I would book over the waterfront again but maybe higher but surely away from a bar or a very popular venue.

 

Is a common consensus that smoothest location is mid ship, then aft and lastly forward.

 

Also, the lower the better.

 

But if you are not really sensitive to rough seas, you will be fine anywhere...it's not like mid ship is NOT moving and forward you are hitting your head on the ceiling from the rough sea....

 

Have fun !

 

 

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[rvsullivan]

Since someone actually mentioned a see saw, look at that example. The bow and stern will rise almost exactly the same amount, just at opposite times. People often mention the stern is better than bow, how would that work. The balance point in the middle of the ship moves less in an up and down motion, bow and stern is the same amount. We have been in 20 foot seas in a forward suite and the motion is not very bad. If your sensitive, it will be a problem anywhere on the ship. In normal Caribbean seas, almost never an issue.