Balcony Rooms on Coral

[kingsgirl]

What tips should I know for buying a regular balcony room on Coral? It will be an a Northbound Alaskan cruise.

 

Do I want a covered balcony?

 

What about the humps? Should I be as far away as possible? It seems the lack of privacy on the corner may be annoying. What about the middle or inside of the hump?

 

I notice that rooms go very high on this ship (compare to what I'm used to on Royal Caribbean) with rooms up to deck 12. Which deck would be best? We had rough seas last cruise and I couldn't imagine deck 12 would be fun in rough seas!

 

Thank you!

[Colo Cruiser]

What tips should I know for buying a regular balcony room on Coral? It will be an a Northbound Alaskan cruise.

 

Do I want a covered balcony?

 

What about the humps? Should I be as far away as possible? It seems the lack of privacy on the corner may be annoying. What about the middle or inside of the hump?

 

I notice that rooms go very high on this ship (compare to what I'm used to on Royal Caribbean) with rooms up to deck 12. Which deck would be best? We had rough seas last cruise and I couldn't imagine deck 12 would be fun in rough seas!

 

Thank you!

 

 

We spend hours on the balcony in Alaska. The weather can turn ugly in an instant. Rain/Snow/wind/ and it can also get warm etc.

We stay outside regardless of the weather!

We try for a covered balcony. We stay away from the bumpout because of privacy as you mentioned. Here is a great site to see if a balcony is covered or not.

 

http://www.cruisedeckplans.com/Princess/odell/res76zxu/princessbalconies/id3.html

 

We like to go all the way forward or all the way aft so we have access to the forward and aft viewing areas.

Edited February 5, 2016 by Colo Cruiser

[kingsgirl]

We spend hours on the balcony in Alaska. The weather can turn ugly in an instant. Rain/Snow/wind/ and it can also get warm etc.

We stay outside regardless of the weather!

We try for a covered balcony. We stay away from the bumpout because of privacy as you mentioned. Here is a great site to see if a balcony is covered or not.

 

http://www.cruisedeckplans.com/Princess/odell/res76zxu/princessbalconies/id3.html

 

We like to go all the way forward or all the way aft so we have access to the forward and aft viewing areas.

 

Thank you. I was looking at the website you mention and also the princess website for the deck plans, but they don't seem to match up? I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but the numbers don't match. Do you see something I don't?

 

Here are the two pages.

 

Caribe deck plans from web:

http://www.cruisedeckplans.com/Princess/odell/res76zxu/princessbalconies/id3.html

 

Caribe deck plans from Princess:

https://book.princess.com/reserve/stateroom.do?sessionToken=5e4b2c71-34f3-483e-b06c-099aa279c9a7

[Colo Cruiser]

Thank you. I was looking at the website you mention and also the princess website for the deck plans, but they don't seem to match up? I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but the numbers don't match. Do you see something I don't?

 

Here are the two pages.

 

Caribe deck plans from web:

http://www.cruisedeckplans.com/Princess/odell/res76zxu/princessbalconies/id3.html

 

Caribe deck plans from Princess:

https://book.princess.com/reserve/stateroom.do?sessionToken=5e4b2c71-34f3-483e-b06c-099aa279c9a7

 

 

That Princess link you posted does not work.

Did you try and post a link when you were logged into your booking?

 

I just looked at the Coral deck plans on the Princess website and they are the same.

Edited February 5, 2016 by Colo Cruiser

[kingsgirl]

I don't have a princess account, so no I wasn't logged in.

 

Here is the link again.

 

https://book.princess.com/reserve/stateroom.do?sessionToken=5e4b2c71-34f3-483e-b06c-099aa279c9a7

 

Click "choose my own"

 

and then Forward Caribe deck. The number/letters from Princess start at C101 but the other website start at C201.

 

I don't know what I'm doing wrong :(

[Colo Cruiser]

I don't have a princess account, so no I wasn't logged in.

 

Here is the link again.

 

https://book.princess.com/reserve/stateroom.do?sessionToken=5e4b2c71-34f3-483e-b06c-099aa279c9a7

 

Click "choose my own"

 

and then Forward Caribe deck. The number/letters from Princess start at C101 but the other website start at C201.

 

I don't know what I'm doing wrong :(

 

Yeah not working, I think you tried to post a link while in the booking mode looking at available cabins? That wont work. Need to just go to the main Princess page and choose ships/Coral/deck plans

[kingsgirl]

Yeah not working, I think you tried to post a link while in the booking mode looking at available cabins? That wont work. Need to just go to the main Princess page and choose ships/Coral/deck plans

 

Okay, so why would the room labels be different between looking at deck plans and booking the room?

 

Learning a new cruise line is stressful :(

Edited February 5, 2016 by kingsgirl

[testerlady]

I have one other suggestion. You want to be on the side of the ship that is facing the land. The views are wonderful. Otherwise, you'll see mostly water.

[katisdale]

Booking rooms only show available rooms and usually only 6 or so rooms.

[sunsetbeachgal]

We are just off the Coral and did a guarantee and were assigned C421, which is mid ship on the "bump out". We thought it was an excellent location and we enjoyed being close to the stairs/elevators as it is so convenient.

[villager13]

What tips should I know for buying a regular balcony room on Coral? It will be an a Northbound Alaskan cruise.

 

Do I want a covered balcony?

 

What about the humps? Should I be as far away as possible? It seems the lack of privacy on the corner may be annoying. What about the middle or inside of the hump?

 

I notice that rooms go very high on this ship (compare to what I'm used to on Royal Caribbean) with rooms up to deck 12. Which deck would be best? We had rough seas last cruise and I couldn't imagine deck 12 would be fun in rough seas!

 

Thank you!

We had a corner hump balcony (B504) on the Coral (these are mini suites) and the view was amazing! I am attaching two pictures of the view from the balcony. There is a lack of privacy because the cabins that are recessed can look into your balcony (you can see from the picture) but that did not bother us. It is a covered balcony. A couple of things to consider, because of the curvature of the glass on the corner, the balcony is pretty small. Also, if you decide to get a corner hump make sure it's on the back of the balcony. The corner hump balconies on the front of the hump have high winds because there are no cabins to shield them.

Edited February 8, 2016 by villager13

[lah3185]

I had a bump out balcony on the Coral B309. I loved it because I could see the water behind and aside. I wouldn't trade it. As a matter of fact, I have B310 scheduled for July 2017. I love being on the land side and watching going into ports.