I am so happy to find a new cruise site!
If I may weigh in on the balcony debate, it really depends on the price. We just came back from the Baltic on the Celebrity Constellation. We originally booked an inside (as we agree totally with the previous poster that you can cruise MORE) but we always check the prices in relation to each other. If an outside cabin is only $100 more on a 12/14 night sailing, then of course we book it. On our Baltic sailing, they kept lowering the prices so we moved from inside to outside for $50pp. Then to a balcony for an additional $100. When we got there, we had been upgraded to a suite! First time in 70 cruises.
In any case, we totally enjoyed our balcony because it was nice to be able to escape and sit outside in the sun in the peace and quiet.
Those who mention the sailing into Stockholm thru the archipelego are right, it is a NOT TO MISS part of the sailing... however sitting on our balcony sipping coffee was just a little bit nicer than the first time I did it up on deck. Moral... price relevant!
Nice to see all the lovely pets, too!
Nice greetings from Warnemünde, Germany.... maybe we will see you here!
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