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<\/a>Premier Custom Travel’s Jennifer Grum in front of a demo of Royal Caribbean’s “Virtual Balcony”<\/p><\/div>\n
\nBASICS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n What is a Virtual Balcony stateroom?<\/strong><\/em> When is this feature coming to the fleet?<\/strong><\/em> Is there sound? Can the sound level be adjusted?<\/strong><\/em> Is there an \u201cOn\/Off\u201d switch?<\/strong><\/em> Where is the screen in the room? How is the room laid out?<\/strong><\/em> Does the Virtual Balcony give off heat?<\/strong><\/em> Will every Virtual Balcony show the same view?<\/strong><\/em> Is it actually the view outside?<\/strong><\/em> Are the cameras on day and night?<\/strong><\/em> What is the quality of the picture?<\/strong><\/em> Can you switch between cameras and views?<\/strong><\/em> Can the view be blocked \/ obstructed?<\/strong><\/em> What else can the Virtual Balcony be used for?<\/strong><\/em> How many Virtual Balcony staterooms are on Navigator of the Seas?<\/strong><\/em> What categories are they?<\/strong><\/em> Do all interior rooms have them?<\/strong><\/em> Are they in any staterooms that accommodate 3 to 4 guests?<\/strong><\/em> Will there always be a premium added that makes them more expensive than some Ocean View staterooms?<\/strong><\/em> Are Virtual Balconies going fleet wide or on any other ships?<\/strong><\/em> <\/p>\n For more information or to book your cruise vacation, please call Premier Custom Travel at (281) 301-5818 or toll-free at (800) 304-6789.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Navigator of the Seas, sailing year round from Galveston starting this November, will be the first ship in the Royal Caribbean International fleet to have a Virtual Balcony added to select staterooms when the ship is revitalized in February 2014. So just how will this innovative industry-first feature will work? Here’s a quick Q & A.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[496],"tags":[164,210,100,272],"class_list":["post-1566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruises","tag-navigator-of-the-seas","tag-quantum-of-the-seas","tag-royal-caribbean-international","tag-virtual-balconies"],"fifu_image_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1566"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1573,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1566\/revisions\/1573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThis new inside stateroom category features an 80-inch, high definition screen that spans nearly floor to ceiling. It offers expansive real time views, bringing guests closer to the sights and sounds of the sea and destinations on their itinerary.<\/p>\n
\nThe Virtual Balcony stateroom will make its debut onboard Navigator of the Seas\u00ae after it is revitalized in February 2014.<\/p>\n
\nThe Virtual Balcony features real time, ambient sounds happening outside. The guest can adjust the volume level.<\/p>\n
\nYes.<\/p>\n
\nThe location of the Virtual Balcony differs according to the layout of each stateroom.<\/p>\n
\nThe screens are extremely energy efficient and give off almost no heat.<\/p>\n
\nVIEWS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n
\nWith this new innovation, Royal Caribbean International\u00ae plans to deliver a balcony experience that is as authentic and true-to-life as the real thing. With that in mind, the view from each Virtual Balcony will be relative to the position of the screen in the room. For example, a Virtual Balcony on the port side of the room will feature a live view from the port side of the ship.<\/p>\n
\nThe view is being captured live via a camera mounted to the ship. It is the actual, real-time view of the world outside.<\/p>\n
\nThe cameras will operate 24\/7, with the exception of very limited occasions when they are cleaned or otherwise maintained.<\/p>\n
\nThe quality is full high definition.<\/p>\n
\nNot at this time.<\/p>\n
\nThe Virtual Balcony staterooms will be as true to life as a real balcony view as possible. As such, there will be times (such as in port) when the view may be obstructed by a building or another docked ship, for example.<\/p>\n
\nAt this time, real-time, scenic views will be featured.<\/p>\n
\nAVAILABILITY AND PRICING<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n
\n98 total.<\/p>\n
\nCategory J.<\/p>\n
\nNo; on Navigator, only the select 98 interior staterooms will feature Virtual Balconies.<\/p>\n
\nThere are 17 quad staterooms included in this category as well as 81 double occupancy staterooms.<\/p>\n
\nRoyal Caribbean International prices accommodations at market level, however, we would consider it unusual to find a Virtual Balcony stateroom priced higher than an Ocean View stateroom.<\/p>\n
\nAt this time, we have plans for 98 Virtual Balcony staterooms on Navigator of the Seas as of February 2014, and Virtual Balconies in every interior stateroom onboard the new Quantum of the Seas debuting in Fall 2014.<\/p>\n