Obstructed Balcony Rooms on Carnival
 

Does anybody have any experience on taking an obstructed balcony room on Carnival? We're going on the Legend and I would love some opinions on what these rooms are like, which one(s) might be better and would even love to see a picture. I've spent hours on Cruise Critic and nobody talks about these rooms.

Did you post this question on the Carnival Forum on CC? Personally, I want an unobstructed view from my balcony. Be cautious of your deck and cabin location; we ended up under the bandstand on the Legend. I forget the numbers, but I am sure you can find it on the deck plans. Big mistake for us, but we did have an unobstructed balcony view!

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll post a question there. I looked at the deck plans and there were nothing but rooms above and below us, so we should be safe. I actually don't mind the obstructed view rooms and like the idea of having a balcony. I'm really asking my questi0n since we had an obstructed view on a Princess Cruise and I pretty much know how to select the room number on Princess based on the deck plans. I haven't been on Carnival in years, and was hoping that somebody would know about the obstructed balcony rooms..

Obstructed view cabins can be a GREAT BARGAIN. They sometimes cost little more than an INSIDE cabinet, but you get the benefit of full light in your cabin.

I don't know how a 'balcony' can be obstructed, but generally oceanview cabins that are 'obstructed' have views that are less than 40% obstructed by the bottom of the tenders.

Or, consider booking a 'guarantee' for that category and then take your chances that you get upgraded to a 'full view' ^

I also look at the deck above and below the cabin, to make sure I'm not over a bar or the theater -- that would be a much bigger drawback to me than an 'obstructed' view.

Good luck.

Congrats on choosing the Legend. I'll be on her in a few weeks, myself.

Aside from the obstruction, there's nothing wrong with the cabins. They are the same layout as the non-obstructed ones.

Pictures from class 7A cabin (via another forum.)

Best view you can get from a 4K cabin (via another forum.)

Thanks... That's exactly the type of info that I was looking for. That view doesn't seem to be that bad at all. The Obstructed View room that we had on the Star Princess was truly OBSTRUCTED and I would never recommend somebody take the rooms on the Star Princess that has the larger life boat outside it. You got sunlight, but that was about all. We saw the ocean through maybe a 4' high window through the lifeboat. Princess's deck plans are pretty much true to life with the size of the life boat depicted, but the deck plans on Carnival's web site show all lifeboats being the same size.

And enjoy your Trip....

I assume it depends on what the obstruction is. On the Sensation if you get the first obstructed cabins from the front the obstruction is a small crew Zodiac style boat and not a large lifeboat.

Last time I was on the Legend I attended the future cruise certificate presentation and they had some photos of obstructed cabins, some of them were more of a fake balcony with french doors. You could open them to get air, but you weren't standing out on anything and you had the lifeboat at your level. The best you could hope for a view was between the boats, but as someone mentioned they are quite cheap. They showed some that were even classified as interior cabins.