- Icon of the Seas and Wonder of the Seas are Royal Caribbean’s newest and largest cruise ships.
- I stayed in both of their balcony cabins – a difference of $130 per person per day.
- The Icon’s more expensive cabin looked more modern but lacked the functionality and comfort of the Wonder’s.
Do you know what $900 could buy you? Three-plus years of Netflix’s premium package, a new Gucci handbag, or 2,059 Spicy Chicken McNuggets.
Or, in the case of Royal Caribbean’s two largest and newest cruise ships, money could be the difference between a cheap but functional balcony cabin and, ironically, a more expensive but less comfortable cabin.
Balcony cabins are the most popular category of cruise cabins. After all, if you’re going on vacation to the seaside, wouldn’t you want to be able to feel its breeze from your room?
But not all staterooms with private outdoor spaces are equal, even on two new mega-ships owned by the same cruise line.
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