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[leane]

looking for some input on the cabins on deck 10 cat 6a. I was able to locate a corner 6a on deck 10. It appears the balcony is larger or am I loosing it?

We currently have a 4d room (6598) booked on deck 6. I can save about $350 if we downgraded...any ideas if this would be a good idea?

We are a party of 4 2a2c (9 and 11) I tend to get sea sick on smaller vessles have never been on a cruise and don't know how I will do on a larger ship.
I booked 6598 because it was mid ship mid deck which I thought would be good.

I don't know if we should save the money and down grade or stick with what we have.

 

[UmmGooD]

looking for some input on the cabins on deck 10 cat 6a. I was able to locate a corner 6a on deck 10. It appears the balcony is larger or am I loosing it?

We currently have a 4d room (6598) booked on deck 6. I can save about $350 if we downgraded...any ideas if this would be a good idea?

We are a party of 4 2a2c (9 and 11) I tend to get sea sick on smaller vessles have never been on a cruise and don't know how I will do on a larger ship.
I booked 6598 because it was mid ship mid deck which I thought would be good.

I don't know if we should save the money and down grade or stick with what we have.

Check out this post.

http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=39622535&postcount=4

Now click on the link in that post and see what the room looks like. The TV is on the same side as the bed so it might be hard to view. This is a deck 10 corner room. Not sure if you have the very corner like this one or one closer to the center in that case who knows if the TV is moved.

 

[leane]

I noticed this one too. It is the same room just the other side of the ship. I am going to assume the kids will be, for the most part, the only ones watching TV and that location should be ok.

I am just drooling over that verandah............. I think with that one DH would say it isn't the same as all of the others.

 

[justmestace]

It seems like 5026 would be a neat verandah to have, though, or am I alone in that thought? I like that you can look out AND back towards the ship and see all that behind you, too, because your verandah rails curl around the bump. To me you are getting more "view"... does that make sense?

We're in 5546 on the Fantasy and am loving some shots of these 5E verandahs at last!

The only thing I don't like about those extended balconies (and it's not a big dislike) is that there isn't any privacy as far as the balcony next to it is concerned.

 

[ll_california]

The TV is on the same side as the bed so it might be hard to view. This is a deck 10 corner room.

Maybe you can pull out the TV and turn it?

For me, I'm more concerned about lacking of storage around the desk area. Not sure if it has additional spaces on the other side of the room...

 

[HallsofVA]

Maybe you can pull out the TV and turn it?

For me, I'm more concerned about lacking of storage around the desk area. Not sure if it has additional spaces on the other side of the room...

I also don't see the privacy curtain that is in most rooms to separate the one sleeping area from the other. With kids that go to bed early, that'll make it hard for us!

 

[Piecey]

The only thing I don't like about those extended balconies (and it's not a big dislike) is that there isn't any privacy as far as the balcony next to it is concerned.

I saw a picture somewhere that showed that some of them DID have the dividers extending all the way out, fully separating the verandahs. I'll see if I can find it again but I know I saw one.

 

[gumby013]

Anyone have pictures of the T rooms on deck 12 that are over the "bump"? It looks like their verandahs might be larger than other T rooms, but I can't tell from all the long range shots.

 

[Piecey]

The only thing I don't like about those extended balconies (and it's not a big dislike) is that there isn't any privacy as far as the balcony next to it is concerned.

I saw a picture somewhere that showed that some of them DID have the dividers extending all the way out, fully separating the verandahs. I'll see if I can find it again but I know I saw one.

Here it is:

Picture by MSTANG88

 

[goingsouth]

Anyone have pictures of the T rooms on deck 12 that are over the "bump"? It looks like their verandahs might be larger than other T rooms, but I can't tell from all the long range shots.

I'd like to see that too! or the cat V's which also extend.

Thanks!

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

I think any of the extended verandahs will be good. I think I'm record as saying that 5546 and it's mate on the other side are perhaps the 5E rooms that I'd be most likely to book (if I ever booked one) since they are least likely to be impacted by noise from below, and are non-connecting rooms.

As with anything on this ship, though, benefits always come with minuses, and on the 5E rooms you trade large extended verandahs for some lost privacy and exposure to the elements since they are open to the rooms and skies above.

That's true, it is a trade off. I mean part of it IS covered, isn't it? The part closest to the verandah door to go out on the verandah? If not, then ugh! But if so- then you have half covered and half not... and can choose not to go out on the uncovered part if it's too sunny or raining. Although I imagine if it's raining your entire verandah will be soaked anyway. Hopefully they have a good drain system going on there with the verandahs extended so far out. I have no idea how previous "large" verandahs on Wonder/Magic- ones that aren't completely covered- handle rain flooding the verandah. I just know on the normal sized verandahs we've been on, they don't drain well. but that might be due to age and all the drains painted over and stuff like that.

I also don't see the privacy curtain that is in most rooms to separate the one sleeping area from the other. With kids that go to bed early, that'll make it hard for us!

Do all the rooms not have the privacy curtain?

I really don't understand their thought process on some things.
I mean I really REALLY would not like not having a sofa in the room. Only one of us could have a seat and the other would have to sit on the bed?
I don't get the tv being the same wall as the bed so you can't watch it while in bed either.
And no privacy curtain in the room is a HUGE bummer. (probably mainly because DH is an early bird and I'm a nightowl. We NEED that curtain!) I mean seriously. NEED. If my room doesn't have it I'll have to bring a blanket or tarp or something and try to pin it up. Seriously. Not joking.

 

[HallsofVA]

Here it is:

Picture by MSTANG88

I think what we're looking for is the divider that would go between the connecting verandahs, like the first gap in the picture posted, and also seen on the Passporter video.

 

[HallsofVA]

Hopefully they have a good drain system going on there with the verandahs extended so far out. I have no idea how previous "large" verandahs on Wonder/Magic- ones that aren't completely covered- handle rain flooding the verandah. I just know on the normal sized verandahs we've been on, they don't drain well. but that might be due to age and all the drains painted over and stuff like that.

Our first cruise we upgraded at the port to room 8100 on the Magic, which is an aft corner Cat T (now) accessible suite. The verandah for that room is wedge shaped, very narrow by the door, and tapering out from there toward the back of the boat. It is completely exposed to the elements, though the shadow from the decks above helps on sunny days. We woke up every morning to a soaking wet verandah, and luckily we weren't morning verandah sitters, as many have reported being drenched when they walked out there while they were washing down the decks on the Topsiders seating area above. Needless to say, our verandah had good drainage holes built into the bottom of the metal wall. Our stateroom host would go out and squeegee our verandah every morning as part of the normal freshening process since some of the water would sit, especially in the shadowy areas.

 

[HallsofVA]

Do all the rooms not have the privacy curtain?

I really don't understand their thought process on some things.
I mean I really REALLY would not like not having a sofa in the room. Only one of us could have a seat and the other would have to sit on the bed?
I don't get the tv being the same wall as the bed so you can't watch it while in bed either.
And no privacy curtain in the room is a HUGE bummer. (probably mainly because DH is an early bird and I'm a nightowl. We NEED that curtain!) I mean seriously. NEED. If my room doesn't have it I'll have to bring a blanket or tarp or something and try to pin it up. Seriously. Not joking.

My comment on the privacy curtain is directly only at the pictures of room 10658. I don't see a curtain in that room to separate the couch from the bed. (Hopefully I'm just missing it.) Since I have 8006 booked for our Dream cruise, which is also a corner room, this part greatly concerns me, since we rely on that curtain to enable DH and I to lounge on the bed and go and come as we please once the kids are down for the night.

 

[HallsofVA]

My TA just got off the christening cruise today. She posted the following comment about whether you can get from the forward to the aft part of deck five. She had originally been told that there was a way, but from her first reports, it doesn't seem that you can. But she did have good things to say about the lack of noise from the theatre during a show, and confirmed that the Vibe access is on Deck 4, not Deck 5 as many had feared.

Here's what she posted: "You cannot get from aft to forward on deck 5. You can only get aft from aft, mid from mid and forward from forward.

The access to the Vibe is also on deck 4, not deck 5. Forward deck 5 was very quiet last night during the show."

 

[justmestace]

I saw a picture somewhere that showed that some of them DID have the dividers extending all the way out, fully separating the verandahs. I'll see if I can find it again but I know I saw one.

I'm absolutely certain the dividers will close all the way. I'm talking about the room on the other side.....to the right in the picture posted. The people on that balcony can look right over to the extended.
I like to go out in the morning in my nightgown (a long sleep shirt) and have my coffee. I'm fully covered, but I still wouldn't want people sitting right there looking at me. Unless they have an extender that goes all the way out on the right side of that one in the picture, too.

 

[justmestace]

Our first cruise we upgraded at the port to room 8100 on the Magic, which is an aft corner Cat T (now) accessible suite. The verandah for that room is wedge shaped, very narrow by the door, and tapering out from there toward the back of the boat. It is completely exposed to the elements, though the shadow from the decks above helps on sunny days. We woke up every morning to a soaking wet verandah, and luckily we weren't morning verandah sitters, as many have reported being drenched when they walked out there while they were washing down the decks on the Topsiders seating area above. Needless to say, our verandah had good drainage holes built into the bottom of the metal wall. Our stateroom host would go out and squeegee our verandah every morning as part of the normal freshening process since some of the water would sit, especially in the shadowy areas.

Yep....when it rains, or they hose off the outside area at the buffet above those aft staterooms, the water clogs up something fierce. You could swim in it!

 

[justmestace]

My TA just got off the christening cruise today. She posted the following comment about whether you can get from the forward to the aft part of deck five. She had originally been told that there was a way, but from her first reports, it doesn't seem that you can. But she did have good things to say about the lack of noise from the theatre during a show, and confirmed that the Vibe access is on Deck 4, not Deck 5 as many had feared.

Here's what she posted: "You cannot get from aft to forward on deck 5. You can only get aft from aft, mid from mid and forward from forward.

The access to the Vibe is also on deck 4, not deck 5. Forward deck 5 was very quiet last night during the show."

We heard the same. Deck 5 forward ends at the last staterooms. Beyond that is the balcony area of the theater....a solid wall....that you can only access from Deck 4.

 

[justmestace]

I think what we're looking for is the divider that would go between the connecting verandahs, like the first gap in the picture posted, and also seen on the Passporter video.

These are two examples that I drew lines on to show what I meant.

This first one is still showing an opening from the verandah on the right. I believe that they WILL have a divider for this one. I can't imagine any cruise line expecting total strangers to share what is billed as "private" space. The divider you can see beyond it, is the one for the stateroom to its left.

And this is what I meant by saying I wouldn't want my other neighbors (to the right of this extended balcony...the obstructed view roo,) to be able to simply look to the side and basically see my whole balcony. IMO, there should be a wall to the right of the extended balcony...even if that meant it would obstruct the other view even more.

 

[justmestace]

That's true, it is a trade off. I mean part of it IS covered, isn't it? The part closest to the verandah door to go out on the verandah? If not, then ugh! But if so- then you have half covered and half not... and can choose not to go out on the uncovered part if it's too sunny or raining. Although I imagine if it's raining your entire verandah will be soaked anyway. Hopefully they have a good drain system going on there with the verandahs extended so far out. I have no idea how previous "large" verandahs on Wonder/Magic- ones that aren't completely covered- handle rain flooding the verandah. I just know on the normal sized verandahs we've been on, they don't drain well. but that might be due to age and all the drains painted over and stuff like that.

Like you said, I bet because they're new, they'll drain much better.
But yes, there's a pretty good amount of coverage from the overhang above on those extended balconies.