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Wow!!  Thank you all for your thorough answers.  We are definitely going to change our cabin selection.  I thought about the mini suites in the bow but sorry that the wind would make it too cold to sit there in May for a northern Ca., Oregon, Washington, and Canada cruise.  Thoughts anyone?  Thanks... Pam

I have just booked cabin c743 on the Royal Princess and have been reading reports about soot and fumes in the rear facing cabins.  I have been wanting a wake cabin for ages but am concerned.  Most of the reviews are quite old (2013-14) and hopefully this issue has been fixed.  Has anyone been in one of these cabins on the Royal recently?  I was to be sure this is no longer a problem.  Thanks for your help!    Pam

The for your help.  Wonder why they show a deck out there in the deck plan drawing?

Oops...the ship is the Grand Princess not the Star.  On lido deck 14 in the bow.  Sorry about the confusion!  Thanks again for your help.   Pam

I have been trying to get info about the deck on the front of deck 14 of the Star Princess.  It is pictured in the deck diagrams but with no further info.  Some postings have said it is off limits due to bridge access, but others say it is above the bridge and available to passengers.  We are thinking of getting an inside cabin up there IF we can access this deck. Has anyone been on the Star recently who can answer my question?  I so appreciate your help!

Just back from a week's cruise on the Escape and want to warn fellow cruisers about our cabin. We were in 14631 (inside cabin) and it was quite the experience, As I love cruising and have never had a "bad cruise" since I feel your cruise is what you make it, this is just a heads up. This cabin had peculiar swooshing noises above and next to it. Best we can tell, it was from the pool on 16. Plus the bathroom drains gurgled periodically, quite loudly. Sometimes the bathroom smelled like chlorine, other times not so pleasant! Then there were the shrieks and ghostly sounds from who knows where. Plus the crew sounds from the "white space" next door, especially on the last night with moving suitcases around. It certainly didn't ruin our trip, but if you are a light sleeper you might want to avoid this cabin. We joked that it was "haunted" but fortunately the ghost didn't follow us home!

Seasprite, cruisin' fan

Whew! No shade and only 4 inches of water sounds pretty steamy to me. Thanks all for the info. I think the sundeck pool may remain empty!

Hi there,

Does anyone know if there is any shade up on the sun deck (yeah, I know there's sun up there lol) where the small splash pool is forward on deck 16 of the Coral? I love to be in the bow of the ship, but am sure I'll broil after a couple of minutes in that hot sun. The small pool sounds good to cool off. Just wondering. I'm getting psyched, since we leave to drive to Florida on Mon. and our cruise leaves Feb. 5th. Almost here! Thanks in advance for those of you familiar with the Coral!

Yeah! Glad to hear about the beds. We will be on the Coral on Feb 5th and I love being rocked to sleep on a new mattress!

Thanks for the information, both of you. It sounds we may not have shade after all. I can't see renting chairs for 45 minutes, which is all the time the tour allows. TG for sunscreen!

Thanks so much for your response. You have set my mind at ease about the roughness of the ride and I can't wait to see the beach! Only one month to go till se shove off! Wahoo!

Wow, Bob! That was a great video tour. I would imagine the Breakaway rooms are the same as the Getaway. I like the window seat and the arrangement of the bed and outlet plugs is perfect for my husband's cpap machine lol We usually have cords dragging on the floor and have to separate the beds to make it less hazardous. Thank you for sharing this!

This thread has gotten to be really lively! Who'd have thought my little old question would start all of this craziness lol. I had read about cabin 12704 on the Breakaway too, and that was what prompted me to ask about this. It sounds like the rooms are so special with the view and window, so I'm going to take my chances. I'll stay on deck 12, rather than move up to 13 directly under the bridge. Square dancing might get on my nerves lol. With all of the varied opinions, I'll just hope it's a quiet area and that people aren't up flushing their toilets all night! I'll let you know how it goes...but my cruise isn't till next Oct., so be patient!

Thanks Monte and Trumpy, for the replies. LOL Trumpy at the drone pun!

Thanks, Novice for the pics. Awesome!

carpeted, really? I hadn't thought of that. The captain Mark wrote about must really be a bigfoot lol!

Thank you, Mark. I had to laugh at the captain having a big stomp!! I wondered about those sort of noises, but I like to be as high up as possible, so maybe its worth risking it. Hmmmmm....

Hi there,

I always look above and below the cabin I'm booking and I'm thinking of switching to a cabin that would be on the bow, directly below the bridge (deck 13, cat OA, Breakaway). Has anyone had experience with bow cabins under the bridge on NCL? I'm wondering if you get noise under the bridge? Thanks again for the help!

Just learned that the beach is Arashi Beach, so I know from pictures that they have some huts for shade. But no restrooms, it says.

Just learned the beach is Arashi Beach, so I know they have some huts for shade, but it says no restrooms?

Hi all,

Wondering how rough to Princess landover tour excursion is? I don't know which company they are using. It goes to various sites (rock formations, gold mine, lighthouse, chapel, baby bridge) and then ends at a beach for swimming. It does NOT say it goes to the natural pool, but a beach instead. I'm thinking maybe this trip is less rocky? I'd really like to do it, despite some joint issues. But some reviewers have said it is really daredevilish and hang on for dear life type rough! Seatbelts necessary. I'm not up for boulder climbing lol. If any of you have experience with this excursion to the sites and beach, please let me know what you think. Also, which beach is it and do they have any facilities? Thanks!

Hi every1,

I'm posting this to Princess specifically, because I don't know which tour company they use for their Aruba landover tour, and I've read about all of them online. On our cruise, the description is a 4 1/2 hr. tour to various sites (rock formations, lighthouse, baby bridge, chapel) ending at a beach for a swim. Others online mention the natural pool, but this does not appear to be part of the one for Princess. I'm wondering if any of you have been to this one, and which beach you end of at for swimming. Is there any shade or chairs available? Also, I do want to know how ROUGH the ride really is. Some folks have written about leaving their seats and needing seatbelts, but those were to the natural pool. I do have some joint issues, but I still want to try this if I can. Thanks for helping with my decision!

One more quick question, Chris. Are you planning to go to Tiki on your own or through a ship excursion? I've been trying to do a comparison, as I hate to book an excursion and then have bad weather. But I do want access to shade and chairs, facilities, etc. Thanks!

Thanks so much, Chris. I will be leaving the beginning of Feb. to drive down to Florida, but I will have my computer with me and see how you make out. My cruise is on Feb. 5th. Have a great cruise!

Thanks, Dreamgirl. I noticed that the cabins in the front that ended in 100 all seemed a bit larger...they were next to the ones that are labeled handicap accessible. But none of them were available for the time period we needed to travel. So I have booked cabin 12104, hoping for a little better view being higher up. We love the motion of the ocean and a quiet cabin, so it sounds good to us. Thanks for the advice! Has anyone else been in one of these cabins?