Spa Verandah?

[amandas friend]

Let me know what you find out. We are going the end of April on NA on deck 10

[chisoxfan]

Glad I ran across this. Goes to show you need to be ever vigilant when cruising.

We booked Nieuw Statendam Club Orange and took 10027. We like balconies in front if aft not available and I thought what the heck the VQ must be better than standard balcony. The deck plan doesn't show a smaller balcony. It sounds as if we book on 11 ie probably 11027 we would at least have a normal balcony? I am going to do some more searches but appreciate any comments/ input. Thanks.

[crystalspin]

7 hours ago, chisoxfan said:

I thought what the heck the VQ must be better than standard balcony. The deck plan doesn't show a smaller balcony. It sounds as if we book on 11 ie probably 11027 we would at least have a normal balcony? I am going to do some more searches but appreciate any comments/ input.

If you zoom in on the HAL website deckplans, you might be able to see (once I tell you what you are looking for) that decks 11 and 10 have balconies 2 narrow 'boards' deep, while deck 8's are 2 wide boards deep (AKA "standard") and deck 4-forward balconies are FOUR wide boards deep. But beware, the VF cabins there have solid steel rail/ings; you would want to take a VB.

https://halfacts.com/pinnacle-class/11044-nieuw-statendam/

https://halfacts.com/pinnacle-class/10031-koningsdam/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5QV1fEwSSM

Balcony starts at about 4:40

https://halfacts.com/pinnacle-class/4025-rotterdam/

 

[chisoxfan]

48 minutes ago, crystalspin said:

If you zoom in on the HAL website deckplans, you might be able to see (once I tell you what you are looking for) that decks 11 and 10 have balconies 2 narrow 'boards' deep, while deck 8's are 2 wide boards deep (AKA "standard") and deck 4-forward balconies are FOUR wide boards deep. But beware, the VF cabins there have solid steel rail/ings; you would want to take a VB.

https://halfacts.com/pinnacle-class/11044-nieuw-statendam/

https://halfacts.com/pinnacle-class/10031-koningsdam/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5QV1fEwSSM

Balcony starts at about 4:40

https://halfacts.com/pinnacle-class/4025-rotterdam/

 

Thanks so much for sharing this. I wasn't expecting to count number of boards on balcony

and it appears 10 and 11 deck balconies are the same and 8 was a 'normal' balcony.  I was always aware of the 'giant' balconies everyone wants but never realized these more narrow balconies existed (we have only been on Westerdam and Eurodam). Thank you again.