Help!! Navigator vs. regular Veranda About This Page:

[DrsG]

We are just about ready to book but can't decide. Please help! We will be with our 7 year old so will need it in the evenings while he sleeps and for coffe in the morning. What do you love/hate about your choice? Has anyone stayed in both?

[iamgrumpy]

I really liked being able to look out over the ocean from the chair on the verandah and a navigator's verandah would have made that difficult. So for us we would go with a non Navigator's.

Plus Navigator Veranda's tend to be aft or forward and we prefer to be midship so that leaves regular veranda's.

[Dave Marx]

Navigator's Verandahs feel like cozy nooks - they're mostly enclosed, so when you're seated it's true - you don't have much of a view. Your room won't be quite as brightly illuminated by the verandah, either - but sometimes that's a good thing. Jennifer has very fair, burnable skin, so she doesn't seek-out places to sun herself - Navigator's Verandahs provide the extra shade she craves.

Regular verandahs feel expansive, because you've got a big, broad view of the sea and sky. They're also a bit more prone to wind.

You know the stories about newscasters wearing boxer shorts while sitting behind the news desk? Well, a Navigator's Verandah is sort of like that - unless you're really, really tall, you may not feel the need to wear pants.

[DrsG]

Dave, now we are picturing you without pants behind your veranda...

We've decide to go with the regular veranda for the extra sun and view as you both stated. Still thinking that cozy nook seems nice though. Thanks for your quick replies and great info.

PS to Dave:
We are sure we saw you and Jennifer on your honeymoon wearing your bride and groom "Ears" but didn't realize it was you two until seeing a photo in the next PassPorter!

[Cheriemek]

We needed two rooms, so we opted to save several hundred dollars by getting two navigator verandahs. I had never been on a cruise before, so had nothing to compare it to, but I have to say I loved it. Sunshine, fresh air, extra space, great view - and CHEAPER!!!!

[Dave Marx]

Originally Posted by DrsG

Dave, now we are picturing you without pants behind your veranda...

I hope you're imagining only good things!

You've reminded me about one of my favorite bits at the Adventurers Club. Hathaway Brown is dressed in flowing, desert robes to perform "I'm the Sheik of Araby." Newly-crowned "Adventurer of the Year" Emil Bleehall from Sandusky Ohio manages to worm a confession from Hathaway - that normally, the Sheik would be wearing nothing under his robes.

Emil: You mean, he's got no pants on?!!!
Hathaway: Yes, that's right, little man.... It's a different culture!

Hathaway (sings): I'm the Sheik of Araby...
Emil: With no pants on!
Hathaway: Your love belongs to me...
Emil and audience: With no pants on!
Hathaway: At night when you're asleep...
Emil and audience: WITH NO PANTS ON!
Hathaway: Into your tent I'll creep...
Emil and audience (even louder): WITH NO PANTS ON!

Well, maybe you had to be there.

PS to Dave:
We are sure we saw you and Jennifer on your honeymoon wearing your bride and groom "Ears" but didn't realize it was you two until seeing a photo in the next PassPorter!

Cool! (I can hear my Jewish grandmother in my head, "And it's taken you this long to start posting on our boards?" Seriously, welcome aboard! Next time you see us, be sure to say hi!

[DrsG]

Hey, we've posted before. Maybe even twice over the last 4+ years! We attend to the theory: "If you don't have anything important to add, keep your mouth shut!". It may come from years of seminars with those few people who always keep talking so nobody can leave and go home! We make good lurkers though.

By the way, after planning to book the cat 6, we found out that the cat 6 & cat 7 were on a GTY basis so we decided to just go with the 7, hope for an upgrade to 6, save the $200 and be happy regardless of which we get.