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Adventure of the Seas- Port or Starboard side better?
My fiance and I will be taking our honeymoon cruise on Adventure of the
Seas in April. Our destinations include: St. Thomas, St. Martin, St. Lucia, Antigua and Barbados. We are currently booked in a port side balcony room but have heard conflicting advice on whether the views are better on the port side or starboard side of of the ship. Has anyone been on this ship and to these destinations? If so, which side offers the best views of the towns/countries when docked? Thanks! : ) |
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"ShaBob" wrote in news:1128301705.352186.243410
@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com: My fiance and I will be taking our honeymoon cruise on Adventure of the Seas in April. Our destinations include: St. Thomas, St. Martin, St. Lucia, Antigua and Barbados. We are currently booked in a port side balcony room but have heard conflicting advice on whether the views are better on the port side or starboard side of of the ship. Has anyone been on this ship and to these destinations? If so, which side offers the best views of the towns/countries when docked? Thanks! : ) You will only be in port in the daytime when you are mostly out and about. I would probably prefer a port side for most of the ports but just when you get it all figured out, the ship backs in and boom you are on the "wrong" side. Don't sweat it. it really doesn't matter that much. If you are looking to land you often look to industrial dock, I prefer to look out to water and you should have a great view of the harbor at Charlotte Amalie (St Thomas) -- Joseph Coulter Cruises and Vacations http://www.josephcoulter.com/ |
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The cow and I pay a little extra to get aft side. The captain is always
happy to put the "load" in the middle! haha "jcoulter" wrote in message .. . "ShaBob" wrote in news:1128301705.352186.243410 @g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com: My fiance and I will be taking our honeymoon cruise on Adventure of the Seas in April. Our destinations include: St. Thomas, St. Martin, St. Lucia, Antigua and Barbados. We are currently booked in a port side balcony room but have heard conflicting advice on whether the views are better on the port side or starboard side of of the ship. Has anyone been on this ship and to these destinations? If so, which side offers the best views of the towns/countries when docked? Thanks! : ) You will only be in port in the daytime when you are mostly out and about. I would probably prefer a port side for most of the ports but just when you get it all figured out, the ship backs in and boom you are on the "wrong" side. Don't sweat it. it really doesn't matter that much. If you are looking to land you often look to industrial dock, I prefer to look out to water and you should have a great view of the harbor at Charlotte Amalie (St Thomas) -- Joseph Coulter Cruises and Vacations http://www.josephcoulter.com/ |
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"clint" wrote in message .. . The cow and I pay a little extra to get aft side. The captain is always happy to put the "load" in the middle! haha Aft 'side'? And which is the aft side? Port or Starboard? |
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"ShaBob" wrote in message oups.com... My fiance and I will be taking our honeymoon cruise on Adventure of the Seas in April. Our destinations include: St. Thomas, St. Martin, St. Lucia, Antigua and Barbados. We are currently booked in a port side balcony room but have heard conflicting advice on whether the views are better on the port side or starboard side of of the ship. Has anyone been on this ship and to these destinations? If so, which side offers the best views of the towns/countries when docked? Thanks! : ) Aft facing cabins are the best. Especially on that class of ship. --Tom |
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"Tom K" wrote in :
"ShaBob" wrote in message oups.com... My fiance and I will be taking our honeymoon cruise on Adventure of the Seas in April. Our destinations include: St. Thomas, St. Martin, St. Lucia, Antigua and Barbados. We are currently booked in a port side balcony room but have heard conflicting advice on whether the views are better on the port side or starboard side of of the ship. Has anyone been on this ship and to these destinations? If so, which side offers the best views of the towns/countries when docked? Thanks! : ) Aft facing cabins are the best. Especially on that class of ship. --Tom I would agree that for sitting out while underway, one cannot beat an aft balcony; however, while in port such a cabin will most likely have a brilliant view of another ship's bridge. -- Joseph Coulter Cruises and Vacations http://www.josephcoulter.com/ |
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jcoulter wrote: "Tom K" wrote in : "ShaBob" wrote in message oups.com... My fiance and I will be taking our honeymoon cruise on Adventure of the Seas in April. Our destinations include: St. Thomas, St. Martin, St. Lucia, Antigua and Barbados. We are currently booked in a port side balcony room but have heard conflicting advice on whether the views are better on the port side or starboard side of of the ship. Has anyone been on this ship and to these destinations? If so, which side offers the best views of the towns/countries when docked? Thanks! : ) Aft facing cabins are the best. Especially on that class of ship. --Tom I would agree that for sitting out while underway, one cannot beat an aft balcony; however, while in port such a cabin will most likely have a brilliant view of another ship's bridge. It depends where ... On the Zuiderdam in Nassau we had a terrific view of Paradise Island ... On leaving Miami ... we had a terrific view of the QM2 ... but on return we dwarfed a Seabourn ship docked behind us .... |
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"number6" wrote in
ups.com: Aft facing cabins are the best. Especially on that class of ship. --Tom I would agree that for sitting out while underway, one cannot beat an aft balcony; however, while in port such a cabin will most likely have a brilliant view of another ship's bridge. It depends where ... On the Zuiderdam in Nassau we had a terrific view of Paradise Island .. Which underscores the uncertainty of port or starboard, in Nassau one can easily have a view to a ship beside you or Paradise island or if in an aft cabin Paradise Island or the entrance to the harbor, or a ship docked behind .. On leaving Miami ... we had a terrific view of the QM2 ... but on return we dwarfed a Seabourn ship docked behind us ... -- Joseph Coulter Cruises and Vacations http://www.josephcoulter.com/ |
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Thanks everyone for your input! We will actually be leaving out of San Juan... Unfortunately there are no aft cabins available. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that we picked the "better" side. : ) |
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"number6" wrote in message ups.com... It depends where ... On the Zuiderdam in Nassau we had a terrific view of Paradise Island ... On leaving Miami ... we had a terrific view of the QM2 ... but on return we dwarfed a Seabourn ship docked behind us On the Westerdam, we had a glorious view of Malta at sunset when we were leaving..On the Empress of the Seas, we had the Owner's Suite which was on the aft and had wonderful views of the middle of the wake while sailing and the moon light glistening on that same wake as we sat out on the balcony at night..We've lucked out getting an aft balcony four times. If one is not available, I'd take a mid-ship balcony on the port side. JMHO, --Jean |
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