Question - Silhouette Large Balconies on the Hump

[kdkstormy]

Hi all,

 

I searched but couldn't find any pictures or info for sure.  

 

Since refurbishment, do the large balconies on the hump on the Silhouette still have both regular chairs and lounge chairs? 

 

This pic is from our cruise on the Reflection in January 2020.  

Edited March 24, 2022 by kdkstormy
added specific ship in the body of the post

[PTC DAWG]

If loungers aren’t present, ask your room steward, they can be accommodating.

[s0479]

Ours didn’t have loungers on our Nov 2021 cruise - though we didn’t ask either.

[Gist Ducky]

We were in a hump balcony room on the Silhouette in January. No loungers present. I should have asked for them.

[Turtles06]

We were in a C2 on the slant of the hump (largest balcony) on the Silhouette in December.  We had two chairs with backs that reclined, and footrests.  Fine for us.  (Would not have been okay without the footrests.)

[phoenix_dream]

We just sailed in an AQ1.  We also had chairs that reclined and footstools.  With the footstools we really didn't need a recliner so didn't ask for one.  There might have been room for one (in addition to the chairs) but it would have been a bit tight.

[Reel Love]

When we sailed the Silhouette after refurb on the hump/slant balcony, only the regular deck chairs were there but our cabin steward brought a lounger at our request.

[shofer]

We were on Silhouette in 2018 and had a larger balcony.  Unfortunately, we had rough weather on a TA crossing and all the balcony furniture was removed. Ours was just folded up and tucked in a corner.  We had two adjustable loungers with foot rests and a table.  Don't know when the refurb happened.

[ladylemondrop]

15 hours ago, kdkstormy said:

Hi all,

 

I searched but couldn't find any pictures or info for sure.  

 

Since refurbishment, do the large balconies on the hump on the Silhouette still have both regular chairs and lounge chairs? 

 

This pic is from our cruise on the Reflection in January 2020.  

Wow! Thats a great balcony, which cabin number was this please? 

[upwarduk]

5 hours ago, shofer said:

Don't know when the refurb happened.

February 2020. Just one sailing pre COVID, then started sailing again in June 2021.

[kdkstormy]

8 hours ago, louise1809 said:

Wow! Thats a great balcony, which cabin number was this please? 

That was 8252 on the Reflection.  

[shofer]

This is our 1-A balcony 7264 on Silhouette in 2018.  There were foot rests but you can't see them in this photo.

[phoenix_dream]

19 hours ago, shofer said:

We were on Silhouette in 2018 and had a larger balcony.  Unfortunately, we had rough weather on a TA crossing and all the balcony furniture was removed. Ours was just folded up and tucked in a corner.  We had two adjustable loungers with foot rests and a table.  Don't know when the refurb happened.

Wow - we've never encountered seas that bad, and we've been in seas up to 30' high.  How bad was it?

[shofer]

31 minutes ago, phoenix_dream said:

Wow - we've never encountered seas that bad, and we've been in seas up to 30' high.  How bad was it?

I'm pretty sure the waves were under 30 feet!  Hurricane Oscar had been over the UK right before we arrived in London.  But there was another system directly to the west when we left Southampton so our itinerary was changed to adding another day at sea (7 total) and eliminating Nassau by sailing South for one day before heading west to Boston which was our first stop.

[Turtles06]

On 3/24/2022 at 10:30 PM, shofer said:

We were on Silhouette in 2018 and had a larger balcony.  Unfortunately, we had rough weather on a TA crossing and all the balcony furniture was removed. Ours was just folded up and tucked in a corner.  We had two adjustable loungers with foot rests and a table.  Don't know when the refurb happened.

 

6 hours ago, phoenix_dream said:

Wow - we've never encountered seas that bad, and we've been in seas up to 30' high.  How bad was it?

 

5 hours ago, shofer said:

I'm pretty sure the waves were under 30 feet!  Hurricane Oscar had been over the UK right before we arrived in London.  But there was another system directly to the west when we left Southampton so our itinerary was changed to adding another day at sea (7 total) and eliminating Nassau by sailing South for one day before heading west to Boston which was our first stop.

We were on that TA as well. Our original course would have taken us into a major windstorm blowing east across the Atlantic. So instead of heading straight for Boston, we dropped south past the Azores before turning northwest to Boston. The Captain had a chart like this put up daily in the atrium that showed the wind speeds and wave heights and where we were at noon (the red boat) and where we would have been per our original course (the yellow boat).  And yes, the furniture on our balcony was tied down for several days, and outer decks closed. It was still a great crossing. 😊

 

 

(photo by turtles06)

[shofer]

12 hours ago, Turtles06 said:

 

 

We were on that TA as well. Our original course would have taken us into a major windstorm blowing east across the Atlantic. So instead of heading straight for Boston, we dropped south past the Azores before turning northwest to Boston. The Captain had a chart like this put up daily in the atrium that showed the wind speeds and wave heights and where we were at noon (the red boat) and where we would have been per our original course (the yellow boat).  And yes, the furniture on our balcony was tied down for several days, and outer decks closed. It was still a great crossing. 😊

 

 

(photo by turtles06)

I'm surprised that we never saw that map.   It wasn't like there was that much to do that first week on the ship.  But we enjoy sea days so it didn't make us unhappy.   Only having to change our planned tours caused some anxiety.  Our daughter lives near Boston so our first stop was to see her and her family.  I also made use of her washer/drier before she took us back to the dock.  This was our first TA and we really enjoyed the ship and the crossing.

[phoenix_dream]

19 hours ago, shofer said:

I'm pretty sure the waves were under 30 feet!  Hurricane Oscar had been over the UK right before we arrived in London.  But there was another system directly to the west when we left Southampton so our itinerary was changed to adding another day at sea (7 total) and eliminating Nassau by sailing South for one day before heading west to Boston which was our first stop.

I know alot of the issue is not just the waves but the winds as well.  You probably had much worse winds than we had on our cruise.

[shofer]

7 hours ago, phoenix_dream said:

I know alot of the issue is not just the waves but the winds as well.  You probably had much worse winds than we had on our cruise.

They had to drain the hot tubs as they were splashing all over the deck.  The pools were empty until Bermuda which was our last stop.  The inside pool was open at first but the deck area was flooded most of the time.  So they emptied that one also.

[ladylemondrop]

I would love to see more balcony photos think we should share as many as possible just to cheer us all up! Here is our CS angled balcony 1618 from Silhouette many years ago, we had a lovely dinner on it one evening. 

Edited March 27, 2022 by louise1809

[Travelnana6]

Are you able to have these balconies opened up to adjoining staterooms? Booked in 1229 and would like to open up to 1227.