Chesneygirl

Many thanks to the OP for starting this thread!

We just got back from our July 1 - 10 sailing on the Caribbean Princess. We had C753 corner aft and the kids were just down the small hallway in C747 interior cabin.

It was an AWESOME location for us!! The cabin was great and the views were amazing. The location very quiet and private. I would book this cabin again in a heartbeat!

For anyone interested please check out the videos in my signature below.

There is footage of both C753 & C747 cabins, the balcony & the little hallway leading to the interior cabin from C753. Also any of the wake footage was taken from our balcony. In Part 2 at the very end is the view we had leaving St Thomas. It was just beautiful.

Again thanks for starting this thread. :)

Do they still do the dunking and the stamping of the passport?

We will be there in June (2010) with the kids and I would love to get their passports stamped and view the dunking.

Thanks Chesneygirl. I appreciate your added comments I just wish I had taken your review a bit more serious before giving up my inside cabin on the 14th floor mid ship. But no use crying over spilled milk, we still have wonderful memories of our vacation. As they say, not everything can be perfect.

I would never go out of my way to purposely book a room in this area of the ship again BUT.....

If my only choices were between an inside room or an aft balcony room, I would do the aft balcony again. I LOVE having a balcony and that would be my trade off for putting up with the noises and rumblings.

You are right, nothing is perfect and sometimes we just need to live and learn. :)

I had previously sailed on the starboard aft side for 9 straight days on the Caribbean Princess and LOVED everything about it. We had some rough seas and high winds from NYC to Bermuda for a day and half. The ship was really "moving" and when the thrusters were on the ship really shook. Having said all that, we loved everything about that location.

So much so that we purposely booked in the aft for the Orchestra...

I am not in the least bit sensitive to sea sickness so that was not the problem. The issue was just as Sashasasha wrote about. It was a constant creaking/rumbling/vibration that never stopped.

It was not as noticeable during the daytime because we were busy and did not spend much time in the room.

It drove me "crazy" at night when I was laying in bed.

The walls and ceiling and the sliding balcony door never stopped creaking.

The room itself never stopped shaking or vibrating.

We had 2 seperate incidents with glasses shattering. One just shattered on the dresser from the vibration and the other vibrated itself off the dresser onto the floor and shattered. Both times it happened during the night while at sea.

When the thrusters were on it was not much different then our previous experience on Princess. The only issue I had with that was when we pulled into port in St Martin at 4AM instead of 7AM. After laying in bed awake for most of the night and finally having dozed off to sleep only to be awakened at 4AM to the thrusters was not good for me. :eek:

In the defense for the Orchestra, our seas for the 7 days were quite rough and there was high winds. This could of been a contributing factor.

Knowing what I know now, I would of booked a cabin mid ship on this ship.

Aside from our cabin location, everything else was wonderful.

I have lots of GREAT memories from our cruise onboard the Orchestra.:)

This was in the Miami Herald article that was floating around.

All passengers on the sailing will be given a credit toward a future cruise, with the amount to be determined, said Sasso. The line will contact the cruise agents involved; passengers who booked with the line directly will be contacted directly. Passengers can contact Sasso by writing Richard Sasso, MSC Cruises (USA) President, 6750 N. Andrews Ave., Fort Lauderdale 33309.

We are actually interested in the VS suites located aft on the Dolphin and Emerald decks. On the travel websites they list the VS as aft starboard and aft port. So I was wondering if there is a beam in the VS and which cabins have it?

Can someone please tell me which side of the ship the "dreaded beam" is on? Also, the suites are located on the Dolphin and Emerald Decks. Is there one deck better then the other for these suites?

Thanks for your help! :)