P&O newbuild size restriction on balconies.

[towny44]

Royal Princess, and therefore the new P&O ship, has balconys which are only 4 ft deep, anyone even slightly obese is likely to get stuck on one sooner or later.

[Dark Knight]

easy solution
don't sell fat porkers balconies

[Kendhni]

Royal Princess, and therefore the new P&O ship, has balconys which are only 4 ft deep, anyone even slightly obese is likely to get stuck on one sooner or later.

I never really understood most of the balconies on ships which are little more than postage stamp size allowing just about enough space for a couple of chairs and a small table. I know that at the back end of some of the ships there are some decent balconies and on some ships they also have decent balconies elsewhere (some even come with jacuzzis and I have seen one with its own gym equipment.

[Manoverboard]

It is not a problem.

You both sit in a corner and face inwards but may need to change places from time to time to split the sun and the shade

[Kendhni]

... or as I heard one lady joking ... you need to change position to get your other leg sun tanned ... and right enough she had one very tanned leg and the other was pure white

[towny44]

Found an article on balcony size with a photo of a new balcony from Royal Princess. I really think this is a backward step in ship design, just one more reason why I will continue to favour Celebrity.



http://www.cruisedeckplans.com/DP/Main/ ... p=&search=

[oldbluefox]

Small balconies, no promenade deck - not impressed at all.

[Dark Knight]

my bath is bigger than that, what a rip off, how can they charge hundreds of pounds extra for that??
one more reason I will not be cruising with Celebrity

[oldbluefox]

I think the photo was Royal Princess, not a Celebrity ship, DK.

[Dark Knight]

oh sorry I was aiming for balance, rather than propaganda and dogma
so it is another reason I wont be cruising with Princess or celebrity, if that it the size of the balconies, mugs, oops, people pay hundreds extra for



ok ?

[david63]

And remember that P&O's new ship in 2015 is of the same design

[Quizzical Bob]

That's not a balcony, it's a shelf! Its even narrower than Azura's promenade deck. How is it that a big ship can have so little space? No prom deck, no balcony, not for us.

[Orpheus]

C deck on Ventura is a good size balcony.

[Dark Knight]

Quizi bob

I would ,being the cynic I am, say that they want you inside the ship, spending money , not walking about and lazing on your balcony spending nothing
its all about revenue and getting you to part with your cash.........simples

[david63]

Quizi bob

I would ,being the cynic I am, say that they want you inside the ship, spending money , not walking about and lazing on your balcony spending nothing
its all about revenue and getting you to part with your cash.........simples

You are more than likely right

[Dark Knight]

if I had paid for a balcony and saw that, I would go ballistic !!

[david63]

Just wait for the moans from those who get an upgrade to a balcony - they will be priceless

[Orpheus]

It's only a cruise

[Dark Knight]

that's why we don't pay silly money for a book shelf, when we cruise, would rather spend my money on other things rather than waste it on that

[qbman1]

Bet the prom deck doesn't go all the way round either.....!!

[Mervyn and Trish]

Just wait for the moans from those who get an upgrade to a balcony - they will be priceless

Well at least it's a bigger balcony than they'd get on the inside or outside cabin they'd paid for!

Anyway the answer is simple. Smaller chairs.

[Quizzical Bob]

Just wait for the moans from those who get an upgrade to a balcony - they will be priceless

Well at least it's a bigger balcony than they'd get on the inside or outside cabin they'd paid for!

Anyway the answer is simple. Smaller chairs.

Stools?

[Kendhni]

Just wait for the moans from those who get an upgrade to a balcony - they will be priceless

Well at least it's a bigger balcony than they'd get on the inside or outside cabin they'd paid for!

Anyway the answer is simple. Smaller chairs.

Stools?

They have toilets for that

[Mervyn and Trish]

Just wait for the moans from those who get an upgrade to a balcony - they will be priceless

Well at least it's a bigger balcony than they'd get on the inside or outside cabin they'd paid for!

Anyway the answer is simple. Smaller chairs.

Stools?

They have toilets for that

Thought toilets were fpr mobile phone storage?

[Kendhni]

Thought toilets were fpr mobile phone storage?

... therein was my mistake
Phone still working though