Best Iona Balcony Cabin For Long Trip

[daveoc]

We are booking the 35 night Caribbean in Jan 2025 when it goes on sale. Given that we will be in the cabin for such a long time I would appreciate peoples thought on what balcony cabin, be it standard or deluxe (not conservatory), they would pick for this longer cruise.

[bobstheboy]

We are booking this cruise and having a standard GF balcony on Deck 9. Given our TA a choice of 4, not going to say exactly where, but not far from the forward lifts.

 

Cruised on Iona three times and found these cabins very nice for us.

[SarahHben]

My sister had a mid aft standard balcony cabin on deck 10 and said the balcony seemed a bit bigger on that stretch of cabins.

[daveoc]

1 hour ago, bobstheboy said:

We are booking this cruise and having a standard GF balcony on Deck 9. Given our TA a choice of 4, not going to say exactly where, but not far from the forward lifts.

 

Cruised on Iona three times and found these cabins very nice for us.

Looking at the deck plan the deck 9's forward seem to all have bigger balconies--is that right?. Also, did you experience any noise from deck 8 below?.

[daveoc]

1 minute ago, SarahHben said:

My sister had a mid aft standard balcony cabin on deck 10 and said the balcony seemed a bit bigger on that stretch of cabins.

Looking at the deck plan would that be cabins from 10602 thru to 10633, they do seem to be bigger on the plan.

[bobstheboy]

26 minutes ago, daveoc said:

Looking at the deck plan the deck 9's forward seem to all have bigger balconies--is that right?. Also, did you experience any noise from deck 8 below?

Some are a little bigger not enough to make a real difference. We have had that location before and no problem of noise. You might have a problem nearer the aft.

[SarahHben]

1 hour ago, daveoc said:

Looking at the deck plan would that be cabins from 10602 thru to 10633, they do seem to be bigger on the plan.

If I remember correctly she was in 10:622. She said her balcony was a fair bit bigger than our balcony, we had a conservatory suite on deck 9. She’s booked a cabin in the same area for her cruise next year because of the bigger balcony.

[Megabear2]

Here is a list of the cabins on Iona which have the largest balconies:

9236

9239

9320 (sleeps 3)

9321

10238

10245 (sleeps 3)

10320

10321

10509 (sleeps 3)

10514 (sleeps 4)

11242 (sleeps 4)

11243

11320

11321

11514 (accessible)

11515 (sleeps 3)

11711

11712

12242

12255

12320

12321

12514 (accessible)

12515 (sleeps 3)

12711

12712

14242

14255

14320

14321

14512

14515 (sleeps 3)

14711

14712

15242

15253

15316

15317 (sleeps 4)

15514

15515

15711

15712

16242

16253

16320

16321 (sleeps 4)

17317

17320

[davecttr]

And the biggest standard balcony is 17219 followed by 17221, 17301 and 17303. These cabins have a different layout with 2 balcony doors but they are classed as overlooked and shaded

[daveoc]

Thanks for all your replies, much appreciated.