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I've used Princess live chat in New Zealand a few times, it appears to be open the same hours as the Australian Call Centre, only Monday to Friday.

Hi

We recently booked 6292 on the Solstice and found this thread useful for making our decision:

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1922563

I believe the obstruction is the same for 6295/6297: just the blue roof sticking out from Blu/specialty restaurants. Will not prevent you looking out like the lifeboats would but will prevent looking straight down to the sea.

Here's a video of 6295 on the equinox, should be the same as solstice:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-woureQkP0g

There is a little more information in this article:

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2014-01-28/business/fl-royal-cruise-canadian-charter-tophat-20140128_1_charter-service-cruise-passengers-miami-international-airport

and a couple more pictures:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/96852848@N02/15723431475/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/28132040@N07/15693547346/

SHIP: Solstice

CABIN #: 2153

DECK #: 12

CLASS: S2

AREA: Aft

BED NEAR: Bath

QUIET?: Mostly quiet, noticed some scraping of chairs from above around 5am the first couple of mornings but then didn't notice it the rest of the trip.

BALCONY VIEW: Great view, unobstructed

BALCONY SIZE: Normal sized for the class. Plenty of space for two with two chairs, two footstools, and a nice table.

WIND A PROBLEM?: No

SOOT A PROBLEM?: No soot

PROBLEMS/COMMENTS: Had thought the overhang would be a problem but turned out to be great as it provided shelter from the mid day sun and meant our balcony was still usable on the rare occasion it rained unlike lower aft cabins which appear to have no shelter. Also no problem with soot on this balcony. We had thought this cabin would be very noisy but found it to be mostly quiet especially in the evenings and late night, no noise from corridors or neighbors, just the occasional scraping of chairs from above early morning and peak dining times.