Sky Princess forward cabin

[awatt]

Hello! Booked an obstructed view balcony gty, and have been assigned M103. Looks very nice, with larger balcony. Wondering if balcony not useable during sailing with wind? But I like the size and lounge chairs. Trying to decide whether to bid for upgrade or not.

[karatemom2]

We have been in the similar cabin on both Royal and Discovery just one floor up on Lido deck. They are amazing. We actually have M103 booked next summer on the Sky for our Land of the Midnight Sun cruise. The size of the balcony and the stunning full panorama views provided are so worth it. If it was very windy it could be problematic but that’s true of any balcony cabin. You will not regret booking - we are hooked on these forward facing balconies!

[Lady Arwen]

This cabin is cat. DW obstructed deluxe cabin.  The balcony is huge, but it does get windy at sea.  If you move further back towards the sliding door you will get some protection from the elements.  You will also feel more motion that high up and that far forward.
 

If you upgrade to a non obstructed deluxe cabin the room itself will be exactly the same but with a much smaller balcony on either the port or starboard side.  Just depends on what’s important to you.  We really like the far forward deluxe balconies or mini suites on Lido deck.  Personally, I would not upgrade, but that’s just me.

[awatt]

Thanks @karatemom2 and @Lady Arwen, that is so helpful. Going to stay where I am and enjoy it I'm sure

[RV Queen]

We are looking to book the same type cabin on Sapphire.  C100-105 or B100-105.  Do they in fact lock the balcony doors on sea days?  Doing a 32 day South Pacific/Hawaii with 23 sea days.  It would be a bummer if we could not use the balcony on those days. 

[karatemom2]

25 minutes ago, RV Queen said:

We are looking to book the same type cabin on Sapphire.  C100-105 or B100-105.  Do they in fact lock the balcony doors on sea days?  Doing a 32 day South Pacific/Hawaii with 23 sea days.  It would be a bummer if we could not use the balcony on those days. 

 

There is a disclaimer on the door stating that door and curtains must be kept closed at night but it is not at all enforced in our experience. We have had these forward cabins on four different cruises now on two different ships, and the doors were never locked and we had no issue using our balcony on sea days. We like to keep our cabin door slightly open at night for the fresh air and never had a problem with that either. Fortunately we experienced calm seas and good weather on all of our cruises where we had forward balconies.  

Edited October 20, 2023 by karatemom2

[avonlady6390]

To A watt just curious as to when your cruise is I have the sky booked January 6th with a DW guarantee and have not been assigned yet.

[RV Queen]

Thanks mom

[awatt]

@avonlady6390 sailing right after you on Jan 13.

[avonlady6390]

I check a few times a week for a cabin number it will probably not be issued until a week before.  I would have booked a DW cabin on deck 8 Emerald mid ship is a favorite area but no cabins were available so I just went with a gty. Hope you have a wonderful cruise.

[avonlady6390]

I check a few times a week for a cabin number it will probably not be issued until a week before.  I would have booked a DW cabin on deck 8 Emerald mid ship is a favorite area but no cabins were available so I just went with a gty. Hope you have a wonderful cruise.

[avonlady6390]

Sorry don't know how a double post happened. A watt have you checked your roll call for your cruise there is a large group on board it's a polka group.

[awatt]

@avonlady6390 yes I'm aware. Hoping it won't be an issue🤞

[awatt]

A question. When a room is assigned do they ever change it again? This is my first time doing a gty

[avonlady6390]

Anything is possible if you don't want to risk having princess change your cabin I would call and ask for no upgrades.