Upgrade or not to upgrade

Hi all,

My wife and I are currently book on the 9/4/04 sailing of the carribean
princess. We are currently in cat BC on the Aloha deck. We have the
oppourtunity to upgrade to a cat BA on the Lido deck for the same price. I
realize that our balcony would be more private...but it is on the same deck
as the pool nad a longer elevator ride/walk from the dining rooms and other
public rooms.

I just want some opinions.

Thanks in advance,

Dave

P.S. Ray..I'll be calling you myself to get your opinion verbally.

On 05/08/2004 12:17 AM David & Amanda Proujan plucked Senior Frog's
Magic Twanger and said:

Hi all,

My wife and I are currently book on the 9/4/04 sailing of the carribean
princess. We are currently in cat BC on the Aloha deck. We have the
oppourtunity to upgrade to a cat BA on the Lido deck for the same price. I
realize that our balcony would be more private...but it is on the same deck
as the pool nad a longer elevator ride/walk from the dining rooms and other
public rooms.

I just want some opinions.

Thanks in advance,

Dave

P.S. Ray..I'll be calling you myself to get your opinion verbally.




The higher up you are on any ship, the less the sensation of motion. If
the boat hits some 20 ft waves you're less likely to feel it. So it
takes a little more to get to public rooms. After dinner and those
buffets you'll welcome the chance to walk it off. The real plus, you
can fall out of bed practically and go to the pool. You can bring your
breakfast back from the buffet and have it on your balcony.

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On Sat, 08 May 2004 04:59:36 GMT, Brian K
wrote:

The higher up you are on any ship, the less the sensation of motion. If
the boat hits some 20 ft waves you're less likely to feel it.

Hi Brian,

As a matter of clarification, the higher you are on a ship the more
likely you are to feel the motion.

Best regards,
Ray
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The higher up you are on any ship, the less the sensation of motion. If
the boat hits some 20 ft waves you're less likely to feel it.

Hi Brian,

As a matter of clarification, the higher you are on a ship the more
likely you are to feel the motion.

To further expand Ray's point, the least amount of motion is felt in the
middle of the ship (e.g., see
http://www.traveljobz.com/cruise-shi...iling-tips.asp). It is no
surprise therefore, that on many of Carnival's ships, the most expensive
staterooms are located in the middle of the ship. But, some folks obviously
like the view and other amenities from being higher up on the ship.

David & Amanda Proujan wrote:

Hi all,

My wife and I are currently book on the 9/4/04 sailing of the carribean
princess. We are currently in cat BC on the Aloha deck. We have the
oppourtunity to upgrade to a cat BA on the Lido deck for the same price. I
realize that our balcony would be more private...but it is on the same deck
as the pool nad a longer elevator ride/walk from the dining rooms and other
public rooms.

I just want some opinions.

Thanks in advance,

Dave

P.S. Ray..I'll be calling you myself to get your opinion verbally.

Dunno about the Carib Princess, but on the Grand and Golden, the balcony
cabins on lower decks have much large balconies.

Howie

"David & Amanda Proujan" wrote in message ...
Hi all,

My wife and I are currently book on the 9/4/04 sailing of the carribean
princess. We are currently in cat BC on the Aloha deck. We have the
oppourtunity to upgrade to a cat BA on the Lido deck for the same price. I
realize that our balcony would be more private...but it is on the same deck
as the pool nad a longer elevator ride/walk from the dining rooms and other
public rooms.

I just want some opinions.

Thanks in advance,

Dave

P.S. Ray..I'll be calling you myself to get your opinion verbally.



Ray Goldberg is right about the motion. My lady and I sailed RCs
Splendor over Thanksgiving last year and were offered an upgrade which
we took. (Dumb move).
I have been told, since, an upgrade is a less desireable location.
They put us in the most forward cabin two decks higher and we
encountered rough seas coming back to Galveston. I know the front of
the ship went up and down at least 10-15 feet. We went to the middle
of the ship that had lots less motion just to keep our dinner down. We
gave up an assigned cabin in the middle of the ship for this. Never
again. Just my opinion.
R.
Texas