Brilliant replies! Will give us good discussion and some of the 'cons' are not things that bother us too much. Movement is ok, long walks are something we do to offset our increased eating patterns lol as well as never using elevators....
We are booked in an OV room currently on a cruise with many seadays and we do tend to spend time in our room. There is much appeal with the balcony, but the increased price would have a fair impact on other aspects of our holiday and must be considered. But it is also a year away and I am a motivated saver of funds LOL
We did have a balcony on our first cruise in Alaska on the Zandaam and did not use it much at all but that was quite a while ago and we do things differently now and it is worth reconsidering.
Thank you all for your help with your experiences, much appreciated 🙂