cruzingambler Posted November 8, 2018 #1 Share Posted November 8, 2018 Hi Everyone, I will be sailing on the Bliss Oct 2019. I booked cabin 14832 which has an angled balcony. In reading some of the posts it looks like those that have had angled balconies before Love Them so much they would bypass an upgrade to a mini suite. I've been on several cruises and mostly in balconies but never an angled one. What do you like about the angled balcony? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtkenmore Posted November 8, 2018 #2 Share Posted November 8, 2018 5 minutes ago, cruzingambler said: Hi Everyone, I will be sailing on the Bliss Oct 2019. I booked cabin 14832 which has an angled balcony. In reading some of the posts it looks like those that have had angled balconies before Love Them so much they would bypass an upgrade to a mini suite. I've been on several cruises and mostly in balconies but never an angled one. What do you like about the angled balcony? Thanks Our last cruise was an angled rear facing balcony on Escape. I say rear because it was one of the ones where if you were standing at the edge, you'd be facing more towards the back of the ship... Not rear as in aft though. We enjoyed it very much. It was a deck 15 Spa Balcony so it actually ended up being a bit more covered by an overhang on Deck 16. I liked having more space than just the typical balcony to be completely honest. I know a mini-suite gets more space in the room itself too though. I'm always concerned with bidding on upgrades to get a room in a location that I don't care for as much as my original room. I specifically pick out rooms for reasons like the angled balcony, convenience to stairs, not under loud venues, etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenq99 Posted November 8, 2018 #3 Share Posted November 8, 2018 Just came off of the Escape and had cabin 9300 aft facing angled balcony and we really liked it. I would choose it over the mini suite we had on the getaway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachys Posted November 9, 2018 #4 Share Posted November 9, 2018 We had one and it gave us more balcony room, but I would take a mini suite over an angled balcony because I valued the larger bathroom. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
need2cruisesoon Posted November 9, 2018 #5 Share Posted November 9, 2018 55 minutes ago, beachys said: We had one and it gave us more balcony room, but I would take a mini suite over an angled balcony because I valued the larger bathroom. On Bliss now, 13292 angled, prefer because we like the bed next to the slider. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zqvol Posted November 9, 2018 #6 Share Posted November 9, 2018 The angled balconies are larger, but unless you spend a lot of time on the balcony, I would take a mini suite every time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyboutdisney Posted November 9, 2018 #7 Share Posted November 9, 2018 (edited) We are booked in Rm 12892 on the Bliss Feb 16th 2019. I can try and remember to come back and tell you what we thought. We have never had this type of balcony so I am excited to check it out! I believe ours is rear facing angled Edited November 9, 2018 by crazyboutdisney 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzingambler Posted November 9, 2018 Author #8 Share Posted November 9, 2018 17 hours ago, crazyboutdisney said: We are booked in Rm 12892 on the Bliss Feb 16th 2019. I can try and remember to come back and tell you what we thought. We have never had this type of balcony so I am excited to check it out! I believe ours is rear facing angled That would be awesome! Thanks so much! Enjoy your cruise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzingambler Posted November 9, 2018 Author #9 Share Posted November 9, 2018 18 hours ago, zqvol said: The angled balconies are larger, but unless you spend a lot of time on the balcony, I would take a mini suite every time. Thank you, I appreciate your input:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzingambler Posted November 9, 2018 Author #10 Share Posted November 9, 2018 18 hours ago, need2cruisesoon said: On Bliss now, 13292 angled, prefer because we like the bed next to the slider. I like the bed next to the slider too!! Thank you:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzingambler Posted November 9, 2018 Author #11 Share Posted November 9, 2018 19 hours ago, beachys said: We had one and it gave us more balcony room, but I would take a mini suite over an angled balcony because I valued the larger bathroom. Thank you beachys! Appreciate your input! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzingambler Posted November 9, 2018 Author #12 Share Posted November 9, 2018 23 hours ago, rtkenmore said: Our last cruise was an angled rear facing balcony on Escape. I say rear because it was one of the ones where if you were standing at the edge, you'd be facing more towards the back of the ship... Not rear as in aft though. We enjoyed it very much. It was a deck 15 Spa Balcony so it actually ended up being a bit more covered by an overhang on Deck 16. I liked having more space than just the typical balcony to be completely honest. I know a mini-suite gets more space in the room itself too though. I'm always concerned with bidding on upgrades to get a room in a location that I don't care for as much as my original room. I specifically pick out rooms for reasons like the angled balcony, convenience to stairs, not under loud venues, etc. Thank you. I have been reading the Upgrade posts, not used to the bidding process as we haven't cruised on NCL in years. Curious to see if we get an upgrade offer closer to our cruise & I appreciate all of the input which was one of the reasons I was asking the question. When they offer an upgrade do they tell you what cabin # you are bidding on or is it just done by category? I like the location of the balcony we booked, like to be mid-ship and of course not under the pool area, etc. Thanks again:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzingambler Posted November 9, 2018 Author #13 Share Posted November 9, 2018 22 hours ago, stevenq99 said: Just came off of the Escape and had cabin 9300 aft facing angled balcony and we really liked it. I would choose it over the mini suite we had on the getaway. Thanks so much for your response. I appreciate it:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtkenmore Posted November 9, 2018 #14 Share Posted November 9, 2018 (edited) 2 minutes ago, cruzingambler said: Thank you. I have been reading the Upgrade posts, not used to the bidding process as we haven't cruised on NCL in years. Curious to see if we get an upgrade offer closer to our cruise & I appreciate all of the input which was one of the reasons I was asking the question. When they offer an upgrade do they tell you what cabin # you are bidding on or is it just done by category? I like the location of the balcony we booked, like to be mid-ship and of course not under the pool area, etc. Thanks again:) NO! They do not tell you the cabin number, only the category... So you're essentially bidding on a sail away within that category and could be anywhere within that category. Be sure you are okay with any room if you bid because there is no undoing it either. They may immediately upgrade someone else to your vacated room. Some categories guarantee a general vicinity like mini-suites on Dawn for instance, they are all located together on the same deck so you would know what deck you would be on... But if you're going from an Inside to a Balcony, it could be ANY balcony including one on a lower deck even than you already were... Edited November 9, 2018 by rtkenmore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzingambler Posted November 9, 2018 Author #15 Share Posted November 9, 2018 2 minutes ago, rtkenmore said: NO! They do not tell you the cabin number, only the category... So you're essentially bidding on a sail away within that category and could be anywhere within that category. Be sure you are okay with any room if you bid because there is no undoing it either. They may immediately upgrade someone else to your vacated room. Thank you for your quick response! It's tough accepting an upgrade if you don't know where it is. I will definitely take that in to consideration if I receive an offer:) Take Care Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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