Is the Royal aft balcony soot issue over?

[chamima]

The open closet configuration is a little strange, but it actually works quite nicely.

 

 

 

 

And finally.... the balcony!

 

12.22.13 by vshingl, on Flickr

 

I highly recommend getting an aft balcony on the Dolphin deck. Sure, there is a little more vibration and ship noise in the rear of the ship, and you feel a lot more movement, but the balcony itself is spectacular, especially in comparison to what they consider a "deluxe" balcony on the Royal Princess (aka just enough room to squeeze in two chairs, and ottoman, and a table). Ours was partially covered and partially uncovered. We could look onto the balcony below us (deck 8/Emerald - completely uncovered and half the size of our balcony) and the balcony above us was setback and looked down on us (deck 10, also smaller than the deck 9 balcony).

 

12.22.13 by vshingl, on Flickr

 

 

 

Thank you!

 

I never saw visible soot on the balcony, but I went on it barefoot at night after it had rained, and when I came back inside, my feet were black! That was the only time I had a problem.

 

 

From someone on the Christmas cruise.

She was on Dolphin deck and she and her parents had 729 and 731.

[Alaskanb]

The open closet configuration is a little strange, but it actually works quite nicely.

 

 

 

 

And finally.... the balcony!

 

12.22.13 by vshingl, on Flickr

 

I highly recommend getting an aft balcony on the Dolphin deck. Sure, there is a little more vibration and ship noise in the rear of the ship, and you feel a lot more movement, but the balcony itself is spectacular, especially in comparison to what they consider a "deluxe" balcony on the Royal Princess (aka just enough room to squeeze in two chairs, and ottoman, and a table). Ours was partially covered and partially uncovered. We could look onto the balcony below us (deck 8/Emerald - completely uncovered and half the size of our balcony) and the balcony above us was setback and looked down on us (deck 10, also smaller than the deck 9 balcony).

 

12.22.13 by vshingl, on Flickr

From someone on the Christmas cruise.

She was on Dolphin deck and she and her parents had 729 and 731.

 

Thanks--we have D731 reserved for 2015! I asked the question on the Princess Facebook page and they replied that there are two teams looking at the problem.

Edited January 5, 2014 by Alaskanb