We've been cruising a lot recently due to their affordable pricing and having a toddler. One thing I've taken notice of for the balcony cabins is that they aren't always organized in the same way, and it makes a huge difference (for me at any rate).
I've not yet figured out how to know which is which, but if you take our cabin from the Escape recently, it was not like this floorplan:
Instead, our cabin was flipped around so that the order was: Bathroom>Sofabed>Bed>Balcony. I found that this really changed the 'flow' of the room in that it created two living zones, the one near the Sofa, and another on the Balcony, both of which were more cramped. Whereas, if you had what would be in the photo above, you'd get an indoor/outdoor living space that would be a lot more usable.
I poked my head into next door and saw that they had the opposite design to us.. but haven't figured out how one could tell in advance. We have one more cruise booked this year (thus far) and would like to ensure the Feng Shui is on point. As an aside, for those booking cabins and looking at the size of the floorspace, that is a lot of wasted room in the bathroom!
I've not yet figured out how to know which is which, but if you take our cabin from the Escape recently, it was not like this floorplan:
Instead, our cabin was flipped around so that the order was: Bathroom>Sofabed>Bed>Balcony. I found that this really changed the 'flow' of the room in that it created two living zones, the one near the Sofa, and another on the Balcony, both of which were more cramped. Whereas, if you had what would be in the photo above, you'd get an indoor/outdoor living space that would be a lot more usable.
I poked my head into next door and saw that they had the opposite design to us.. but haven't figured out how one could tell in advance. We have one more cruise booked this year (thus far) and would like to ensure the Feng Shui is on point. As an aside, for those booking cabins and looking at the size of the floorspace, that is a lot of wasted room in the bathroom!