Your Favorite Part Of Your Balcony

[cj_one2000]

Super fun watching Allure leaving Cozumel.

 

https://vimeo.com/193218195

[MicCanberra]

Cheers for the video.:D

[ekajun1957]

Have now done it a couple times and about to again, leaving New Orleans on our balcony, glass of wine until time to go to the Steakhouse for dinner.

Love the sail away in New Orleans

[island lady]

How's this for a balcony view. 😁

 

 

Beautiful as usual John...show off! ;) :)

[SmoothFlying]

What is your favorite part of having a balcony? We like drinking glasses of wine and having an appetizer on our balcony in the late afternoon. Recently our favorite thing to do is to bring the chairs and table inside and move our mattress out on the balcony floor so we can sleep outside and hear the waves crash. Our steward probably thinks we are crazy when he puts it back in the morning :eek:!

 

My wife and I really are hooked on a balcony.:) Our first wasn't because I wasn't sure if my wife would enjoy going on a cruise, but after the first, she was HOOKED on going cruising and then our second cruise on the Navigator of the Seas was our first balcony she was determined that from that cruise all of the rest would be a balcony. There's nothing quite like having your own little space of heaven, the bright blue ocean, the warm ocean breezes and the sunny salty mist. Ahhh, and it's even better knowing all you have to do is just take a few steps out the door. It might not appeal to everybody, but all should try it at least once.

 

Mac

[artmc]

Morning: sitting on the balcony wearing a bathrobe, eating breakfast.

 

Late afternoon/early evening before late seating: pre-dinner glasses of wine. I'm either sitting and reading as I sip my wine, or stand at the railing and look for other people doing the same and raise my glass to them. Rare are the people who don't return the favour.

 

Late, late evening - watching the stars and the lights of ships in the distance, maybe drinking wine.

 

We did five cruises with inside suites. That's not happening again.

[navybankerteacher]

Sometimes there has to be a trade-off- if the desired dates, itinerary and ship are also desired by too many others, we will sail in an outside. That is our order of preference. A bit of compromise is often necessary.

[marden1970]

Sometimes if I wake up in the middle of the night and can't get back to sleep, I'll sit out on the balcony for a while. So peaceful I've sometimes fell back to sleep in the chair.

[Nanny8]

We love to sit on our balcony while in port enjoy breakfast or lunch and people/boat watch. On sea days it's my favorite spot to read my kindle and just relax

 

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That's what I am looking forward too on this upcoming cruise. I usually just read in a quite deck area away from the crowds but I've recently broken my foot so I will definitely take advantage of having room service for breakfast and eating it on my balcony (while reading my kindle :)

[MicCanberra]

Sometimes if I wake up in the middle of the night and can't get back to sleep, I'll sit out on the balcony for a while. So peaceful I've sometimes fell back to sleep in the chair.

 

That can be wonderful, weather dependent of course.:D

[JTBCruiser]

The smile on my DW's face as she relaxes, plays games on her kindle and sips her glass of wine. When she is happy, I'm "really" happy. :D

[island lady]

The smile on my DW's face as she relaxes, plays games on her kindle and sips her glass of wine. When she is happy, I'm "really" happy. :D

 

As they say...."Happy wife, happy life!" :D

[MicCanberra]

As they say...."Happy wife, happy life!" :D

 

That has worked for me so far, I do need to keep getting more drinks for her though.:D

[island lady]

That has worked for me so far, I do need to keep getting more drinks for her though.:D

 

Sounds like you are a good catch also! :)

[MicCanberra]

Sounds like you are a good catch also! :)

 

Perhaps, I think my wife would agree or at least she has for the last 30 years.;)

[John&LaLa]

That has worked for me so far, I do need to keep getting more drinks for her though.:D

 

[jennybenny]

Having pre-teen/teenage boys....FRESH AIR!

 

Brilliant!! and true!! I have to agree with you there. Fresh air means something different to me (with 2 boys and a husband) than it does to people who love the fresh air of their balcony! :)

[GUT2407]

Have now done it a couple times and about to again, leaving New Orleans on our balcony, glass of wine until time to go to the Steakhouse for dinner.

Love the sail away in New Orleans

 

Ever tried it out of Sydney?

 

Spectacular.

[MicCanberra]

 

LOL, I like the socks but then if I don't want to put them on my feet, where do I hang the second sock ?:p

[MicCanberra]

Ever tried it out of Sydney?

 

Spectacular.

 

Yes, numerous times, and it is the best ever.

[GUT2407]

Yes, numerous times, and it is the best ever.

 

Pretty good isn't it next cruise departs 6:45 should be spectacular, one after that's not till midnight, be different.

[MicCanberra]

Pretty good isn't it next cruise departs 6:45 should be spectacular, one after that's not till midnight, be different.

 

Yes, at 6.45, there is still plenty of light to see everything and take some great photos. For midnight, the lights of Sydney and the harbour will be on show but a totally different aspect.

Edited December 1, 2016 by MicCanberra

[John&LaLa]

We do Sydney in April 2018. Looking forward to it. I also hear Venice is spectacular

 

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[GUT2407]

We do Sydney in April 2018. Looking forward to it. I also hear Venice is spectacular

 

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Venice is one I'm hoping to get too.

 

Sailing out of Sydney is best done from the deck though to get the full effect, somewhere on the rear of the ship is, in my opinion best, the sunset over the city and bridge is spectacular if they time sailaway right.

[MicCanberra]

We do Sydney in April 2018. Looking forward to it. I also hear Venice is spectacular

 

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Venice is also a very nice sail in, not quite the same as Sydney Harbour though. In Venice it feels like you a so huge, squeezing into the canals and looking down on the city and it's landmarks. Sydney is a very beautiful natural harbour with the iconic landmarks at the end, even on the largest ships, you do not feel like you are imposing.