Choosing an aft balcony cabin on Jewel OTS

[craig01020]

Does anyone have an aft balcony cabin they would recommend on Jewel of the Seas? Thanks.

[njkruzer]

2 hours ago, craig01020 said:

Does anyone have an aft balcony cabin they would recommend on Jewel of the Seas? Thanks.

Love aft cabins. Have 9660 on b2b cruises later this month for 20 nts.  On Brilliance,  a sister ship, we had 8672 and our drive had 8172.  We had our balcony dividers opened to connect the balconies.  All good choices.

[Ashland]

2 hours ago, craig01020 said:

Does anyone have an aft balcony cabin they would recommend on Jewel of the Seas? Thanks.

Of course I'm going to say the #1100 JS. we've also had #1602.

And # 9256 was great also. I would say that any true afts on deck 10 or 9 are good options.

[Ashland]

17 minutes ago, njkruzer said:

Love aft cabins. Have 9660 on b2b cruises later this month for 20 nts.  On Brilliance,  a sister ship, we had 8672 and our drive had 8172.  We had our balcony dividers opened to connect the balconies.  All good choices.

Interesting I didn't think the true aft balcony dividers could open...thanks.

[Eddie Wilson]

DW and I were in 7172 in December.  Loved it.  Any specific question 

 

Eddie

Edited April 7, 2022 by Eddie Wilson

[BobH5849]

We had 7676. and it was great.  Larger balcony and the room was a bit larger.  Would book again.

[MizT]

16 minutes ago, BobH5849 said:

We had 7676. and it was great.  Larger balcony and the room was a bit larger.  Would book again.

We are in that cabin in June for the Greek Isles on Brilliance. 

Any noise from the lounge below?

Thanks

Edited April 7, 2022 by MizT

[craig01020]

Thanks everyone!

 

I just booked 9660. I had the same cabin on Brilliance and was very pleased with it.

[NC State]

9 hours ago, Ashland said:

Of course I'm going to say the #1100 JS. we've also had #1602.

And # 9256 was great also. I would say that any true afts on deck 10 or 9 are good options.

We will have 1604 come Saturday for 8 nights....can't wait!

[island lady]

Don't book 9256...it's just awful...awful.  😮   (Save it for me).  😉 

[cruiseguy1016]

13 hours ago, njkruzer said:

Love aft cabins. Have 9660 on b2b cruises later this month for 20 nts.  On Brilliance,  a sister ship, we had 8672 and our drive had 8172.  We had our balcony dividers opened to connect the balconies.  All good choices.

 

12 hours ago, Ashland said:

Interesting I didn't think the true aft balcony dividers could open...thanks.

 

I feel the same as Ashland, I didn't think aft dividers could be opened. njkruzer, would you please confirm it was aft dividers that you had opened? 

[lola2013]

Another vote for 9660.  Our group took the entire back of the ship on our Med sailing...everyone was great.

[orville99]

Any aft-facing cabin is good, and on the corner aft cabins the higher up you go the larger the balcony becomes. The corner aft cabins have the largest balconies.

 

1100 and 1602 are Junior Suites, and 1600 is a Grand Suite.

Edited April 7, 2022 by orville99

[Scottee25]

31 minutes ago, cruiseguy1016 said:

 

 

I feel the same as Ashland, I didn't think aft dividers could be opened. njkruzer, would you please confirm it was aft dividers that you had opened? 

Some can and some can't. If you look at Orville's pic, you can see the support divider between 1102 and 1104, as well as between 1604 and 1602. Those run all the way down and can't be removed. However, all of the rest of the dividers are not supports and can be removed.

[njkruzer]

43 minutes ago, cruiseguy1016 said:

 

 

I feel the same as Ashland, I didn't think aft dividers could be opened. njkruzer, would you please confirm it was aft dividers that you had opened? 

Dh says you're right and I'm wrong!  I can dream.

[orville99]

53 minutes ago, Scottee25 said:

Some can and some can't. If you look at Orville's pic, you can see the support divider between 1102 and 1104, as well as between 1604 and 1602. Those run all the way down and can't be removed. However, all of the rest of the dividers are not supports and can be removed.

We have sailed in 1100 on numerous occasions, and the divider between 1100 and 1102 cannot be opened (although it doesn't extend all the way to the railing so I suppose a skinny kid could squeeze through the opening}. If you look you can see that the divider between 1102 and 1104 is a solid wall. There are no openable dividers anywhere on the aft facing cabins.

Edited April 7, 2022 by orville99

[Ashland]

1 hour ago, orville99 said:

Any aft-facing cabin is good, and on the corner aft cabins the higher up you go the larger the balcony becomes. The corner aft cabins have the largest balconies.

 

1100 and 1602 are Junior Suites, and 1600 is a Grand Suite.

This is my favorite picture. I wish there was a site that we could see this for all the RCI ships. Any one feeling like doing this ???? Come on now...put your skills to work !!!!

[Ashland]

34 minutes ago, orville99 said:

We have sailed in 1100 on numerous occasions, and the divider between 1100 and 1102 cannot be opened (although it doesn't extend all the way to the railing so I suppose a skinny kid could squeeze through the opening}. If you look you can see that the divider between 1102 and 1104 is a solid wall. There are no openable dividers anywhere on the aft facing cabins.

Bingo...a winner....I didn't think so !!!!

[George C]

My favorite grand suite is 1600 corner aft cool suite , wish more rccl ships had aft grand suites.

[island lady]

21 minutes ago, Ashland said:

This is my favorite picture. I wish there was a site that we could see this for all the RCI ships. Any one feeling like doing this ???? Come on now...put your skills to work !!!!

 

9256 on twin sister Radiance.  Will this do?  😉 

 

 

[island lady]

21 minutes ago, George C said:

My favorite grand suite is 1600 corner aft cool suite , wish more rccl ships had aft grand suites.

 

Isn't that the one with the "dancing pole" in the middle of the room.  😉 

[George C]

6 minutes ago, island lady said:

 

Isn't that the one with the "dancing pole" in the middle of the room.  😉 

No pole , it did have a unique shape which we liked . 

[crzerhiker]

4 hours ago, island lady said:

Don't book 9256...it's just awful...awful.  😮   (Save it for me).  😉 

You had me going there for a minute. We have that cabin booked next January,

and our friends are in 9258. We had a hump balcony last time and wasn’t impressed

[Dillybelle]

5 hours ago, island lady said:

Don't book 9256...it's just awful...awful.  😮   (Save it for me).  😉 

We booked 9256 for our January 2023 sailing. Can’t wait!

[island lady]

1 hour ago, crzerhiker said:

You had me going there for a minute. We have that cabin booked next January,

and our friends are in 9258. We had a hump balcony last time and wasn’t impressed

 

It's our favorite cabin for calmer seas, especially inland passage to Alaska and back.  We had it for Australia and to do the NZ fiords that was just cancelled.  😞  Huge aft wrap balcony...great for viewing both sides of the passageway.  🥰

 

Not a fan of the aft cabin location on the smaller ships in rough sea areas though.  (Think "see-saw" action).  

 

We usually do a JS and above on other ships, but not a fan of JS 1100 just above 9256 due to outdoor WJ area.  "Outside" voices and lots of chair scraping and cleaning just over 1100.  Prefer one deck insulation to public decks...but that's just me.  Many love it.