2 ? on Coral

[travlnblueberries]

Hi folks, Two questions on the Coral.

 

#1 What deck do you disembark on?

 

#2 We have a balcony on deck 10. Can you tell

me if it's one of those balconies where you have

the decks above you looking down on your balcony.

[CruiserBruce]

The deck you disembark from will depend on a variety of things. There is 3, or possibly even 4 decks, depending on dock configuration, tides, and a couple of other things, that can be used.

 

It isn't just one deck. I have even seen this change during the day. In the morning it may be one deck, and a different deck when we returned to the ship in the afternoon.

Edited October 4, 2014 by CruiserBruce

[travlnblueberries]

The deck you disembark from will depend on a variety of things. There is 3, or possibly even 4 decks, depending on dock configuration, tides, and a couple of other things, that can be used.

 

It isn't just one deck. I have even seen this change during the day. In the morning it may be one deck, and a different deck when we returned to the ship in the afternoon.

 

Thank you Bruce for replying. I never knew (or took notice). I really thought there was only one deck (go figure). Thank you for the bit of knowledge.

[Arlened236]

Deck 10 or Caribe deck is 1/2 covered and 1/2 open. The deck below deck 9 is competly open and you can look right down on them. We always try to book the Caribe deck, it is larger (on the Coral and Island Princess) and it gives you the choice of shade or sun,

Arlene

[Pam in CA]

Princess usually embarks either on deck 6 or 7, depending on the port and tides. They also usually embark you mid-ship into the Atrium/Piazza.

[AKman2495]

Princess usually embarks either on deck 6 or 7, depending on the port and tides. They also usually embark you mid-ship into the Atrium/Piazza.

 

When we were in Vancouver we embarked fore and aft depending on cabin numbers.

 

We were abaft on that cruise so we boarded aft and took the aft elevators.

Edited October 4, 2014 by AKman2495

[h20skibum]

On the Coral PC Cruise, they had two gangplanks depending on your cabin numbers.

 

Some of the balconies are visible from some parts of the ship as well as from above. The Caribe deck does not extend much beyond the Baja deck above it, but your neighbors above can look down on you.

 

Photo from deck 15

 

Photo from Baja deck midship hump balcony (Caribe and Dolphin decks show up in photo)

[redtogo]

We have embarked on different levels on different ships. Last cruise on the Ruby it was deck 5. Doesn't matter, it will be near the center of the ship unless the port has the fancy boarding processes that routes you to a set of numbers, like cabins 100-300 this line and 400-700 in this line, etc.

[BananaAnna]

http://www.islandpanama.org/meet-the-ship/covered-balcony-guide/

this is a great resource for which balconies are covered vs not covered.

Edited October 4, 2014 by BananaAnna

[travlnblueberries]

Thank you all again and also for the link. The link was very helpful.