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If you go down a few floors you may get a deeper balcony. Just got off the Mera on 2/2/20, we were in 10267 (see below). These are only sought after cabins if you like a larger balcony and the oddly satisfying sound of prop wash (like a waterfall) at night. The only drawback for aft cabins on this ship is lack of stairs and elevator at the back of the boat. This means you will be doing a considerable amount of walking. If you know that going in you'll have a great cruise.

 

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6 minutes ago, hummer88 said:

We will be staying in one of the super family plus rooms on deck 14 in March, I can report then.

 

 

See if you can peek in Cabin 14268 and see what it's like. Probably right next to your cabin.

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1 hour ago, Ray_Ray said:

If you go down a few floors you may get a deeper balcony. Just got off the Mera on 2/2/20, we were in 10267 (see below). These are only sought after cabins if you like a larger balcony and the oddly satisfying sound of prop wash (like a waterfall) at night. The only drawback for aft cabins on this ship is lack of stairs and elevator at the back of the boat. This means you will be doing a considerable amount of walking. If you know that going in you'll have a great cruise.

 

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I was pretty hard as it was to find the one on deck 14, not sure how lucky I could get to find one on one of the lower decks.

 

How does this cruiseline handle booking 2 people in a cabin that holds 3 or 4? Do they allow it if my travel agent calls and asked to be switched to a cabin that holds 3 or4 even though there will be only 2 of us?

 

Walking won't bother us, we have stayed in other aft cabins before on other cruiselines.

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2 hours ago, Jimbo said:

 

 

See if you can peek in Cabin 14268 and see what it's like. Probably right next to your cabin.

 

2 hours ago, hummer88 said:

We will be staying in one of the super family plus rooms on deck 14 in March, I can report then.

I  am scheduled to be in 14215 on March 29. Which rooms and sailing are you on in March?

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On 2/3/2020 at 6:58 PM, titanic27 said:

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Thank you for the pictures we just reserved 10386 on the mera next January .

 

Did you bring your hammac ? 


I did, ordered it off Amazon (Brazilian Hammock) for $30. 

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44 minutes ago, Ray_Ray said:

@Jimbo There were only 2 of us. I booked on the MSC website and selected this cabin. I hope that helps.

Called my travel agent, your same cabin became available and we got it. Thanks for the pics. We now are on deck 10. :)

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The hammock included two long straps and carabiners. Wrap each strap around a metal beam, run the carabiners through each end of the strap AND ring at the ends of the hammock. That's it, it'll take you maybe 4 - 5 minutes to hang it.

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On 2/5/2020 at 5:54 PM, Ray_Ray said:

BTW, I can’t describe how nice it was to have a hammock on the balcony. The Meraviglia is a beautiful ship but on sea days the pool decks were a real sh*t show and this provided perfect R & R.

The hammock is a brilliant idea! BTW, are there outdoor stairs that lead up to the Horizon Pool area from the aft of the ship?

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On 12/28/2021 at 8:26 PM, revrick3 said:

Hammock is great. OK would you guys tell me the good and bad of an aft cabin. Seems it would be peaceful, but maybe hot with no wind. 

The reason I like aft cabins is the length of the balcony...on some ships they even provide a lounger or two. Divina and Meraviglia have some similarities in that the higher up from deck 10 ( with deck 10 being the largest) the balconies get progressively smaller... 

Also on Divina there are really nice exterior stairs at the aft of the ship....but I am learning that is not so on Meraviglia. I don't mind a long walk to the stairs and elevators but was hoping for a similar layout. 

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2 hours ago, kruz said:

The reason I like aft cabins is the length of the balcony...on some ships they even provide a lounger or two. Divina and Meraviglia have some similarities in that the higher up from deck 10 ( with deck 10 being the largest) the balconies get progressively smaller... 

Also on Divina there are really nice exterior stairs at the aft of the ship....but I am learning that is not so on Meraviglia. I don't mind a long walk to the stairs and elevators but was hoping for a similar layout. 

I was just in an aft on 10 and it was amazing, very deep and enough room for a lounger plus chairs.   I’ve also done an aft on Divina and it was very similar although no stairs as you mentioned.  I did run into just a bit of a soot issue one day though but a quick note to my cabin steward and it was cleaned up.  

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I'm going to be in 14268 at the end of January. While Deck 10 aft balconies are the longest, unlike Divina (on which I had a wake-view balcony) last December, Deck 14 on Meraviglia "kicks out" several feet, and therefore has loner balconies than the decks immediately below.

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Did you end up in aft cabin on 14?  I had an aft balcony cabin on deck 12 in October and I loved it.    I just booked an aft balcony on 9 for January,.  I just saw the dead center aft balcony is available on 14 but I wondered if you heard people from Buffett above?  On 12 my balcony was large. Im pretty sure 9 is large, but less covered (which is OK with me).  Was is noisy?

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On 2/4/2020 at 8:05 AM, Ray_Ray said:

If you go down a few floors you may get a deeper balcony. Just got off the Mera on 2/2/20, we were in 10267 (see below). These are only sought after cabins if you like a larger balcony and the oddly satisfying sound of prop wash (like a waterfall) at night. The only drawback for aft cabins on this ship is lack of stairs and elevator at the back of the boat. This means you will be doing a considerable amount of walking. If you know that going in you'll have a great cruise.

 

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Did MSC provide the Hammock or did you bring your own?  Looks serene

Sorry should have read all the posts before posting my question

 

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