What's with the CP beams on the balconies?

[lmmn]

Are they random or just certain decks?

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[Nitemare]

Coral Princess or Caribbean Princess?

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[CruiseFever]

What mean "beams" on the CP's balconies?

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Chris

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[lmmn]

In some of the recent posts there is mention about "beams" (meaning large posts) in the middle of some balconies on the Caribbean Princess.

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Caribbean Princess ~ 8/14/04
Adventure of the Seas ~ 1/30/05

[isujim]

I believe in reading the threads......they were talking about "beams" on the Emerald deck, with some of the mini suites?????

Could this possibly have something to do with the life boats??

Jim

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[spongerob]

The outboard PS/VS suites on Caribe and Dolphin have a 16" vertical I-beam that pierces the balcony. It causes a minor obstruction but it's not even close to being equivalent to having a lifeboat hanging outside your window.

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[bellagio]

If I had paid for an obstruction I would understand. I paid for a full suite a year in advance! The suite next to us was wonderfull. We ended up just being able to use half of our balcony! If ou have any guestions just let me know.

Janet

[rtroeh]

I'm not aware of this problem on the sides of the ship, only on the back. If you look at the picture at http://community.webshots.com/photo/143063204/143064321fgnSST, you can see the beams obstructing the view. The decks starting from the top row of balconies are Aloha, Baja, Caribe, Dolphin and Emerald. The absolute worst of any of these cabins would be B750 and B751, the second in on either side on the Baja deck (second deck down). These are just regular-width balcony cabins so the beam in the middle is a major obstruction. I've paid for a minisuite in September and I would gladly accept an upgrade to one of the suites with the beam since this would still be more usable deck space and view than I have paid for. I woud be disappointed if I had paid the same price as the totally unobstructed suites, though.

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[spongerob]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by bellagio:
We ended up just being able to use half of our balcony! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

The beam took up a little room (D736), but as to consuming half the balcony, that's a bit of an overstatement.

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[Jerlyn]

Actually I started the thread yesterday when I had a concern over the support beam in cabin B750. But thanks to all the people that responed I decided to keep the cabin and not change, because it sounded like they had enough room for table, chairs and lounges. Princess said that the cabin was 285 sq ft compared to some of the other ones on the aft.

So I will put a smiley on the beam and enjoy my cruise, since that is the most important part.

Happy crusing
Jerlyn.

[lmmn]

Jerlyn -

Love your attitude!!! I didn't realize it was only the aft balconies. A beam like that on a regular size balcony would be much more of an obstruction. Enjoy your cruise!

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Caribbean Princess ~ 8/14/04
Adventure of the Seas ~ 1/30/05

[bellagio]

We did have an aft suite. C750 I am not overstating that it did waste half of our balcony. We had all of the nice teak furniture but it was stacked and cramed together! We had an aft suite on the Sea Princess last year, and there is no comparrison. The suite was twice the size!! (For the same price) Has anyone noticed that the size of the cabin's on the Sun class are much roomier than the Grand class?

[christiansmom]

Bellagio:

My parents had C751 and also had the beam and were a bit disappointed. It did definitely make for a cramped balcony. Because of it, they would not book this suite again. They are real balcony people. You are not alone in your thoughts.

Lisa
christiansmom

[bellagio]

Cristiansmom...Thank you for responding. Some people tried to make me feel like I was whinninig.

[spongerob]

"Overstating an issue" is not the same as an accusation of whinninig [sic]. My opinion as to the severity of the obstruction differs. It IS possible to make a mountain out of a molehill, after all.

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> Has anyone noticed that the size of the cabin's on the Sun class are much roomier than the Grand class? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> The suites and mini-suites, yes - standard cabins, no.

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