Aft Junior suite

[AZDENNY]

I just booked Southern Caribbean cruise for 01/17/09 on the Serenade for my 50th B-day and choose a JS (#1602). I have heard these are wonderful cabins especially since they have larger balconies. Is the motion of the ship going to be worse in this cabin or do I have little or nothing to worry about.

[critterchick]

Little or nothing. We love those cabins. If you want a sneak preview of your balcony, click on the link in my signature - we had 1602 on Serenade. 1100 on Radiance is identical on the inside, for pictures of the interior. Happy sailing!

[cb at sea]

Actually, it depends on how sensitive to motion you are! While we never felt any major swaying or "up and down" motion, we did have quite a bit of vibration. Didn't notice it during the day, but while lying in bed....Well, it got a tad annoying at times.

[GF2045Cruiser]

We had an AFT last year on Mariner - felt no movement, but I didn't like the cabin, couldn't see where the ship was headed - drove me crazy! Plus did get some soot on the balcony at times. Plus did not look down onto water directly below us. This year we are booked in a side balcony.

 

Pros of Aft: Larger balcony, a bit larger cabin (JS) and in our case on that particular cruise, no detectible ship movement.

 

Enjoy!!

[OleMissMom]

We absolutely love the aft balconies. We have had them on the Radiance and the Jewel. And we've booked 1602 on the Radiance for Hawaii in 2008!!

[ladylawyer]

We had 1602 on the Radiance (same class as Serenade). It's a fabulous cabin with an incredibly huge balcony. We hosted the sailaway party - 20+ people and plenty of room!

 

We had some rough seas and the motion was never bad. The only drawback is that reeeeeeeeeeeally long walk to everything. I considered it to be an excuse to have dessert! :rolleyes: