Originally Posted by
philemer
If you were traveling from the Panama canal to Long Beach would you rather your balcony cabin be on the port/left side or starboard/right side? The hot afternoon sun makes me think I'd rather be on the starboard side facing land. This will be in March.
In my experience, ships seem to sail pretty far away from land so it's barely visible if visible at all, unless the ship is starting or heading for a port. I'd choose based on desire for or lack of solar exposure.