Carnival Freedom - Rooms 7207 and 7208?

[Trin1103]

We are looking at cruising on the Freedom next March, and we are really curious about the two balcony rooms on Empress deck at the very front - 7207 and 7208. Does anybody have any experience with these rooms?

 

We have researched them online, and so far we haven't managed to find too much except a single video on Youtube of 7208.

 

We are looking for a balcony room, and we've never sailed in a balcony room before. We are going to be on Empress deck, but can't decide on aft balconies (I know they are the darling of most on here), regular midship balconies, or these funky forward-ship balconies in the form of 7207 and 7208.

 

We like the idea of being right up front, because you only have one neighbor as opposed to two, although on your other side IS the public space at the bow of the ship on Empress. We also like the idea of being right up by the bridge and watching the motion of the wake beneath us - however we are wondering about just HOW much motion you feel up there. We are OK with *some* motion, but if it's literally rocking around all the time that might deter us. :o

 

We WERE considering an aft balcony, but the SIZE of the balcony we have doesn't really bother us. It also troubles us that we might be stuck at the back with a lot of others who utilize their extended/attached balconies for parties. Is that common? Also heard of some occasional issues with soot/debris from upper decks on the aft balconies. :confused:

 

Anybody with any input would be much appreciated!! Thanks!

[Essiesmom]

I would be more concerned about noise with those two cabins. First, they are connecting cabins, inner door connects to the next cabin. But more important, there will be a heavy double door next to your forward wall that leads to the public deck forward. These doors inevitably slam when people go in an out. At all hours. As for motion, I had one of the forward facing cabins (on Splendor) and it felt like we hit every pothole in the road...EM