Balcony on cold-weather itinerary?

Hi all. We are considering a fall cruise to Canada/New England and
can't decide between a significantly larger cabin with windows (no
balcony) or a smaller cabin with a balcony. The extra space would come
in very, very handy.

We had a balcony on a springtime cruise to central america and loved
it, but that was in warm weather. And I remember that it got pretty
darn cold on that balcony in the afternoons and nights because of the
wind. I remember trying to get some sun but it was too windy.

So I was wondering if anyone had any experience with a balcony on a
cold-weather cruise and whether you actually went outside and sat on
it. P.S. we do love cold weather. Thanks very much.

Crispee

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Hi all. We are considering a fall cruise to Canada/New England and
can't decide between a significantly larger cabin with windows (no
balcony) or a smaller cabin with a balcony. The extra space would come
in very, very handy.

We had a balcony on a springtime cruise to central america and loved
it, but that was in warm weather. And I remember that it got pretty
darn cold on that balcony in the afternoons and nights because of the
wind. I remember trying to get some sun but it was too windy.

So I was wondering if anyone had any experience with a balcony on a
cold-weather cruise and whether you actually went outside and sat on
it. P.S. we do love cold weather. Thanks very much.

Crispee



On a Norwegian Fjords cruise we were out there a lot, but there is not a
lot of wind in the fjords. I have had warm weather cruises where I hardly
used it becasue it was either too hot or too windy.

Canada New England in the fall is beautiful especially the St Lawrence. I
would go for it just for looking out in Quebec.

--
Joseph Coulter
Cruises and Vacations
http://www.josephcoulter.com/

Crispee wrote:

So I was wondering if anyone had any experience with a balcony on a
cold-weather cruise and whether you actually went outside and sat on
it. P.S. we do love cold weather. Thanks very much.

A lot of it has to do with itinerary. We were on a very, very small
ship in Alaska - no balcony cabins (I think 4 had private entrances
from the upper-most deck directly into the cabin). Had we had a
balcony, we would have been outside on it, regardless of the weather.
As it was, we spent hours on deck, freezing our butts off, but wouldn't
have missed a moment of it. I would imagine that it would be a similar
situation on your itinerary - too many beautiful things to see that
you'd probably miss, sitting inside (yes, you could look out a window,
but how much time will you really spend with your nose against the
glass?).

Lee

Crispee

On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 10:51:45 -0500, Crispee wrote
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Hi all. We are considering a fall cruise to Canada/New England and
can't decide between a significantly larger cabin with windows (no
balcony) or a smaller cabin with a balcony. The extra space would come
in very, very handy.

We had a balcony on a springtime cruise to central america and loved
it, but that was in warm weather. And I remember that it got pretty
darn cold on that balcony in the afternoons and nights because of the
wind. I remember trying to get some sun but it was too windy.

So I was wondering if anyone had any experience with a balcony on a
cold-weather cruise and whether you actually went outside and sat on
it. P.S. we do love cold weather. Thanks very much.

Crispee


At lot depends on the layout of the cabin. I am looking at Silverseas (for
example) for around South America. Their windowed cabins have very large
window with a nice chair and table next to it. IMHO that is better than going
out on a cold veranda....