JustAPilot Posted May 31, 2022 #1 Share Posted May 31, 2022 I’d like to get why you book the club balcony rooms and if the upgrade to club balcony from regular balcony is worth it. We know the sparkling grape juice they try to disguise as wine is used as a door stopper and the ships are not sailing full these days so priority dining reservations are not really applicable. So cruisers is the upgrade worth it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ColeThornton Posted May 31, 2022 #2 Share Posted May 31, 2022 Depends on what you consider "worth it". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phissy Posted May 31, 2022 #3 Share Posted May 31, 2022 For us, it is the larger bathroom . Specifically, the great shower. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNcruisingcouple Posted May 31, 2022 #4 Share Posted May 31, 2022 Personally, we wouldn't book a club balcony for the price they normally charge, but we did win a bid on one for our last sailing. The bigger bathroom was worth it for what we bid. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare wolft927 Posted May 31, 2022 #5 Share Posted May 31, 2022 I Agree, I believe the Club Balcony bathroom is nice, and typically bid from Balcony to Haven. I would never simply pay the extra only would bid on them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexddd Posted May 31, 2022 #6 Share Posted May 31, 2022 Heck, let's just be happy after all these years they don't still call them mini-suites. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare wolft927 Posted May 31, 2022 #7 Share Posted May 31, 2022 1 minute ago, dexddd said: Heck, let's just be happy after all these years they don't still call them mini-suites. Right! I have done the Haven my past 2 cruises, December and March, now those are Suites. I have had an ocean Suite on Carnival and was not at all impressed with the room Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vacation44 Posted May 31, 2022 #8 Share Posted May 31, 2022 We also enjoy the larger bathroom so for us, yes, it is worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbxlady Posted May 31, 2022 #9 Share Posted May 31, 2022 We are booked in a club balcony cabin with a large balcony for me, my husband, and our two kids. I wanted the slight amount of extra room and, more importantly, the bigger shower, and my husband wanted the bigger balcony. It wasn't that much more over and above a regular balcony cabin when we booked. If it were just me and my husband, I would have booked a regular balcony cabin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Seas2mountains Posted June 1, 2022 #10 Share Posted June 1, 2022 On the Encore and Bliss, the club balcony suites not only had bigger bathrooms but multiple shower jets in the shower. On the Jewel class ships, the curtain between the bed area and sofa area may be handy if traveling with kids. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiserbear55 Posted June 1, 2022 #11 Share Posted June 1, 2022 21 hours ago, dexddd said: Heck, let's just be happy after all these years they don't still call them mini-suites. On my e-docs for 4/8 sailing they were still calling them mini-suites. They say: Stateroom: Mini-Suite MA Guess the e-doc folks haven't caught up yet with the promotional material folks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PTC DAWG Posted June 1, 2022 #12 Share Posted June 1, 2022 (edited) 21 hours ago, phissy said: For us, it is the larger bathroom . Specifically, the great shower. This, I have sailed this category twice, would do it again in a heartbeat. Both in Away class ships..the other classes, I don't have any experience. Edited June 1, 2022 by PTC DAWG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkrickles1 Posted June 1, 2022 #13 Share Posted June 1, 2022 17 minutes ago, PTC DAWG said: This, I have sailed this category twice, would do it again in a heartbeat. Both in Away class ships..the other classes, I don't have any experience. It's all about the bathroom. Lmao We're sailing Joy 6/26 and upgraded from balcony after final payment for like $75 and we're very excited about the bathroom. Extra space and the shower looks awesome. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrumpyNor Posted June 1, 2022 #14 Share Posted June 1, 2022 I recently did a bargain on purchasing an upgrade for our August cruise on the Escape, I had originally booked a standard inside cabin for 2 persons, and when there was a pricedrop after final payment I purchased an upgrade to a club balcony cabin for only $300 in total for a 10 days cruise. From a small inside to a club balcony with a LARGE bathroom AND a balcony +++ 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAPilot Posted June 1, 2022 Author #15 Share Posted June 1, 2022 What about on the Epic? I’m not seeing any nicer bathroom in the club rooms. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyBerard Posted June 1, 2022 #16 Share Posted June 1, 2022 3 hours ago, Seas2mountains said: On the Encore and Bliss, the club balcony suites not only had bigger bathrooms but multiple shower jets in the shower. On the Jewel class ships, the curtain between the bed area and sofa area may be handy if traveling with kids. We originally booked regular balcony rooms on the Pearl for August 2023. However, prices went down, so for about the same price, we switched to the club balcony room. It looks to me like the club balcony rooms on the Pearl have considerably more storage space. I understand that the bathroom will be a bit larger too though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillygwm Posted June 1, 2022 #17 Share Posted June 1, 2022 My last cruise was in a Club Balcony. The toilet and shower were great. The free bag of laundry and other goodies were nice too. But, as others have said, it depends on the incremental cost. I might pay a couple hundred more, but when I priced it out for my next cruise, it was $1000 to upgrade. Wasn't worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jed12345 Posted June 2, 2022 #18 Share Posted June 2, 2022 (edited) We won an upgrade bid for $50PP on our last cruise on the Bliss. Well worth it for the larger bathroom and bag of laundry. Not worth it if it's several hundred for us. Edited June 2, 2022 by Jed12345 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geleisen Posted June 2, 2022 #19 Share Posted June 2, 2022 On 5/31/2022 at 6:56 PM, dexddd said: Heck, let's just be happy after all these years they don't still call them mini-suites. Is 'Club Balcony Suite' really that much different? If anything, it sounds like an upgrade to me. 'We have mini-suites or we have club balcony suites, which would you prefer?' To me it just sounds like a type of suite, and 'club' sounds like you get access to some club or something, the way in a hotel, 'club' rooms generally include access to the lounge. But on our sailing, they were cheaper than balconies, so we happily booked 3 of them and won't turn down the free bag of laundry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdawg954 Posted June 2, 2022 #20 Share Posted June 2, 2022 15 hours ago, JustAPilot said: What about on the Epic? I’m not seeing any nicer bathroom in the club rooms. Upgraded from Inside to Club in December on the Epic. It was 100% worth it. In fact I believe the upgrade is most noticeable on the Epic as the shower was huge, separate and opposite of the toilet. Was a fantastic upgrade for $200 total over 7 days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRSeeker Posted June 2, 2022 #21 Share Posted June 2, 2022 The bathroom alone is worth the upgrade price to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woppo Posted August 14, 2022 #22 Share Posted August 14, 2022 On 6/2/2022 at 1:29 AM, Jed12345 said: We won an upgrade bid for $50PP on our last cruise on the Bliss. Well worth it for the larger bathroom and bag of laundry. Not worth it if it's several hundred for us. Do you get the laundry and other perks if you upgrade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BirdTravels Posted August 14, 2022 #23 Share Posted August 14, 2022 34 minutes ago, Woppo said: Do you get the laundry and other perks if you upgrade? The post you quoted stated that they got their laundry perk. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix1181 Posted August 14, 2022 #24 Share Posted August 14, 2022 56 minutes ago, Woppo said: Do you get the laundry and other perks if you upgrade? I'm curious about this as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jed12345 Posted August 14, 2022 #25 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Yes, it was an upgrade we bid on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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