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What is the difference between balcony cabins BA-BE?


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Pretty much just the location.

 

The highest ranked balcony cabins have a numeral for the second digit (B1, B2, et al). They are located either midship on a middle deck or overlooking the stern.

For standard balcony cabins (BA, BB, etc.) Princess proiritizes them by presumed location preference:

Closer to midship better than more forward or aft;

Towards the aft usually a letter better than equivalent forward cabins;

Lowest ranked are cabins with a public deck above or below rather than between two decks of cabins only.

Also note Royal/Regal/Majestic Princess have Obstructed View Balcony cabins with codes from the bottom of the alphabet (BZ, BY. BX...)

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It's just the location on the ship. The cruise line considers BA the best location. BE is less favorable to them. However, people's personal preferences decide what location works best for them. The two categories will be the same "cabin" just different location on the ship

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talking about the Sapphire here. I could get a BB closer to the front or a BD closer to the rear. BD is across the hall from the laundry so I wondered about noise from that

 

On Sapphire the BB cabins are mid-forward or mid-aft on Baja deck; or midship on Aloha deck.

The BD cabins are towards the rear on Baja or Caribe deck. But the ones on Caribe will have larger balconies than the others.

So higher and closer to midship get the better ranking. But many people prefer Caribe deck due to the larger half covered/half open balconies throughout.

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