Sapphire Baja Deck balcony overlooked or no?

[latterdayesther]

My TA advised me that my Baja stateroom B706 is covered-that

is not looked down upon by the decks above.

Berlitz' guidebook states: "Cabins with balconies on Baja, Caribe, and Dolphin decks are also overlooked by passengers on balconies on the deck above;they are, therefore, not at all private."

 

Who is right? :confused:

latterdayesther

[dbail4]

I read the same thing in Berlitz and on this website's review. I am trying to book on the Aloha deck....

[Pia1913]

Baja is covered, Caribe is 1/2 covered 1/2 uncovered and Dolphin is uncovered.

[Schplinky]

The Berlitz book is wrong a lot. I would not count on it; he seems to sail one ship in a class and then say that the same issues exist across sips he hasn't sailed. Most notably, he recently complained about the dining room seats on a Celebrity ship that wasn't even built yet. He was basing his comments, it seems, on the artistic renderings online.

[latterdayesther]

Thanks, Pia!

'Think I'll call Princess and tell them I want to stay where I am! :D

 

latterdayesther

[carmensmom]

We had B710 on the Sapphire last year and it is covered. You overlook those below you, but cannot be seen from above.

[nzggator]

we booked our cabin on lido for this reason. (on sapphire)

Figured it was as high as you go so no worries.

 

A friend showed us a picture of balconys below lido and you can see the overlook pretty well.

[latterdayesther]

Thanks, all, for your thoughtful replies. I appreciate the kindness and helpfullness of folks on this board. :)

latterdayesther

[navybankerteacher]

I booked B-431 on Baja (Nov 14 sailing) after receiving specific confirmation from Princess' booking agent that balconies are fully covered --she acknowledged that a number of passengers have expressed disappointment with their experience on other decks where people above look down on them -- occasionally dropping cigarette butts, etc.