BarbinMich Posted August 31, 2009 #176 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I was just looking through my shots of the Crown from land last March and found this one pictures.cruisecritic.com/showphoto.php?photo=12271&cat=522 There is a white box a few cabins in front of the balcony cabins on Emerald. It must be outside E706, 708 and E705, 707 because they're Cat FF, not Cat F as are cabins E632, 633, 701. This isn't the best angle for those cabins, but there doesn't appear to be much between the box and the first tender. So this will have to do for now. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monakayk Posted August 31, 2009 #177 Share Posted August 31, 2009 (edited) E610 Crown Princess: Above is my photo of our cabin E-610 last year on the Crown that Cherylandtk found on my Webshots page...below is another photo of the cabin showing the view: Edited August 31, 2009 by monakayk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monakayk Posted August 31, 2009 #178 Share Posted August 31, 2009 (edited) Insides and OV generally have the head of the bed crosswise to the length of the ship. On OV's it's against the outside wall of the ship(as the pic of Sapphire E425). The balcony rooms and minis have the desk and TV (and sitting area in minis) by the sliding door and the head of the bed running parallel to the length of the ship. A GG on Ruby would be as shown in the above picture. Cherylandtk, :confused: Are all the OB-OV cabins on the Sapphire-Emerald deck have the bed under the window instead of against the wall? We were originally booked to have Cabin #E-405, but got upgraded (WoooHooo:D) to a balcony. Just wondered if #E-405 would have the bed under the window? Personally, I don't care for that layout as well as when the bed is against the wall. Edited August 31, 2009 by monakayk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Jolly Posted September 1, 2009 #179 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Cherylandtk, :confused: Are all the OB-OV cabins on the Sapphire-Emerald deck have the bed under the window instead of against the wall? We were originally booked to have Cabin #E-405, but got upgraded (WoooHooo:D) to a balcony. Just wondered if #E-405 would have the bed under the window? Personally, I don't care for that layout as well as when the bed is against the wall. Our OV cabin on Emerald Deck Diamond Princess had the bed under the window. The twin beds in our our teens room next door were each against the wall. I am sure your cabin steward will put your bed where you prefer it to be. Have a great cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stduck Posted September 1, 2009 #180 Share Posted September 1, 2009 I'm taking my DD on a graduation cruise on the Ruby Grand Med 5-5-10. Due to the cost, I booked Cat F Guarantee in hoping for an upgrade. This will be my third princess cruise and hoping this helps. Anyone else ever tried this cat and upgraded? I usually stay in Balcony, but cost of 12 day kept me to Cat F. Hoping there's lots of time for upgrades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian_Made Posted September 1, 2009 #181 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Great thread! Last year was our first cruise on Ruby Princess and we stayed in room e628 obstructed view. I have attached photos from this room. This year we have booked Emerald Princess obstructed rooms e630, e631, e632 and e633. If anyone has pictures of these views that would be great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyv Posted September 1, 2009 #182 Share Posted September 1, 2009 (edited) Great thread! Last year was our first cruise on Ruby Princess and we stayed in room e628 obstructed view. I have attached photos from this room. This year we have booked Emerald Princess obstructed rooms e630, e631, e632 and e633. If anyone has pictures of these views that would be great! I don't see a link or attachment for the photo for E628, will you please try again? Thank you! Edited September 1, 2009 by sunnyv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LAFFNVEGAS Posted September 1, 2009 #183 Share Posted September 1, 2009 I apologize for my earlier incorrect info. Don't know where my head or eyes were when I thought I was looking at E632. See my response to sunnyv, who caught the error, in the post above. Barb, thanks so much:) Although in looking at your photo I am not so sure that E632 will not be behind that big white box:o Just tonight I was relooking at prices to move up to maybe even a balcony but since I had been unemployed for 8 months amd just now started a new career a few months ago I am back into playing it rather cheap. Not that we are normally cheap for many years we booked Full Suite but I also know when to not over spend so we had figured we would be cautious with our money for this cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monakayk Posted September 1, 2009 #184 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Our OV cabin on Emerald Deck Diamond Princess had the bed under the window. The twin beds in our our teens room next door were each against the wall. I am sure your cabin steward will put your bed where you prefer it to be. Have a great cruise. I would think moving the bed and end tables from one area of the room to the other would be a lot of work. Plus the desk/vanity table with TV would not move...so you really wouldn't be able to move the bed around. I was just wondering why the beds are placed differently on some ships and different in some cabins on the same ship? The OV cabins with the bed under the window look small in size than the cabins with the bed against the wall. Is this just an optical allusion or are the cabins different sizes? :confused: The cabins with the bed under the windows look about the same size (sq. ft.) as the insides. And OV are listed as having more sq. footage.:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SereneLdy Posted September 1, 2009 #185 Share Posted September 1, 2009 I will be traveling on Nov. I have never had an obstructed view but the deal I got was too good not to. I don't think I will see much of the port but itr looks like I will be able to see some stuff over the lifeboat. Thanks again.;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stduck Posted September 2, 2009 #186 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Just looked at my booking and my Cat F Guarantee is now Cat F Cabin E225 on the Ruby. Any pics or comments on this cabin? We'll be in this cabin for 12 days and would hope to see out the window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherylandtk Posted September 2, 2009 #187 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Not the same cabin, but the view should be similar to this one based on location and adjacent lifeboat size: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btregoning Posted September 2, 2009 #188 Share Posted September 2, 2009 We are doing an Alaskan cruise next July on Island. I have booked a cat. HH for my DH, DD and myself, and have chosen the furthest back E622, which should at least give us daylight. I booked my Mother and DS into a balcony into the cheapest category, BH in cabin E207. Nowhere online did it indicate this balcony was partially obstructed, but when I got e-mail from TA, it states this. When I looked at the online pictures, it almost looks like the balcony is covered top to bottom with a wall that has a porthole, can anyone confirm this? Not sure it is worth anything more if that is true. It is nice to have the extra space, but not if there is no view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idjaffe Posted September 2, 2009 #189 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Would love to see a picture..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted September 2, 2009 #190 Share Posted September 2, 2009 You were lucky. The one time I took an obstructed view the whole tender was blocking my window. My TA told me it would probably be like your cabin was but it wasn't. If you consult deck plans for your ship of choicethere are always cabins situated between the lifeboats which should allow you a view like these nice shots posted above. Makes sense to go thru the deck plans and make a list of the specific cabin numbers so that when you talk to your TA you can ask for specific numbers. It's worth a shot, and might just get you a cabin.. with interesting 'foreground interest' -if you're a photographer like me! ;) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stduck Posted September 10, 2009 #191 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Just changed my obstructed E225 to E611. Even though I have the larger lifeboats around, there is an open space. Any photos or thoughts on this move? I'm still hoping for an upgrade, but never have received one in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbowler Posted September 10, 2009 #192 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Hello all - Wow, this is quite a thread! I just read the whole thing but did not see anything mentioned about any of the obstructed cabins on the Royal/Pacific/Tahitian ships. Does anyone have any pictures of these cabins? We're trying to decide what type of cabin for a Mediterranean cruise. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy7 Posted September 15, 2009 #193 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Great information and pictures everyone!!! Any pictures of E301 & E307 on the Ruby, Crown or Emerald ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chloe kitty Posted September 15, 2009 #194 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Does anyone know how obstructed the view is on the Diamond in room e633. Also, I was on the Star in E708. It did not have tenders outside, it had a platform. Pretty good view. I would book that cabin again. chloe kitty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshine426 Posted September 15, 2009 #195 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Has anyone been in Caribe 106 or 109 on the Sapphire or Diamond?? Wondering what is obstructing the view, since I can't see anything on the deck plans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billet Posted September 15, 2009 #196 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Great information and pictures everyone!!! Any pictures of E301 & E307 on the Ruby, Crown or Emerald ??? This is E505 on the Crown which is in a very similar position to E307 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy7 Posted September 15, 2009 #197 Share Posted September 15, 2009 This is E505 on the Crown which is in a very similar position to E307 Thanks, I was told there was a white box possibly in front of E307. Do you happen to know anything about that or the cabin numbers the white box is in front of ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scmexico Posted September 25, 2009 #198 Share Posted September 25, 2009 Here is a picture of E632 on the Grand. We were on a 14 day Med cruise and were very happy with this cabin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treven Posted September 25, 2009 #199 Share Posted September 25, 2009 (edited) I've a reservation on the Sea Princess for next May, full transit of the Panama Canal. It will be interesting as my TA recently told me that I'd been upgraded from an interior cat JJ cabin to a "partially obstructed" oceanview HH cabin. This will be my first cruise with an ocean view cabin. The interesting part will be how obstructed will it be. I guess it won't really matter; it's different than an interior cabin, and at least I'll be on a cruise ship going somewhere I've never been before. Edited September 25, 2009 by Treven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbinMich Posted September 25, 2009 #200 Share Posted September 25, 2009 (edited) As promised, SunnyV and LAFFNVEGAS, I looked at these two on the Crown TA I was just on. For E701 there is nothing blocking the view whatsoever! For E631, there was just a small cable hanging down on one side. Both great buys, IMHO. I was also in E616 (seemed to have a lot of friends on Emerald :D). There was a boat outside that one. In all 3, the beds were against the wall, not under the window. Barb Edited September 25, 2009 by BarbinMich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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