Originally Posted by
CDTraveler
This I don't think is correct for most ships. We were on Deck 11 of the Dawn Princess - basically the top deck of cabins - and there was no way to see onto anyone else's balcony. The ship's sides are close to vertical, not staggered, so you really can't overlook anything on the ship from a balcony.
You are not well informed. Princess' fleet contains very different TYPES of ships. While the Dawn (and Sun/Sea) Princess ships may not have terraced balconies, a number of their other (more recent) ships DO have them, such as the Star Princess (and her sister ships). From my Aloha deck balcony cabin on the Star, I could look down at certain of the balcony levels below (the Caribe and Dolphin levels), which jutted out. Also, of course those on the Caribe and Dolphin levels could look up and see those in balconies above them (not that they actually did so very often
). I don't think anyone out on their balconies on these types of ships could reasonably have any expectation of complete privacy.
See the two photos here (courtesy of a poster on CruiseCritic):
http://good-times.webshots.com/photo...03442853TnzlLM