Balcony Room Review P&O Encounter Room 12235

Travelling a little further a field than or usual Oz travels. We boarded a 10 night cruise on the P&O Encounter in November 2022. This was an island hopper around the Papua New Guinea islands leaving from Brisbane. First stop Alotau Island, then Kiriwina Island, next was Rabaul & lastly was the magical oasis that is Conflict Island.
In this short episode we show you around our balcony room, which was room 12235. This room got the sunrises on the way to the islands & the sunsets all the way home. Fully covered balcony, very spacey, not noisy or problematic. Not sure what the other rooms are like but always check your door locks when you leave!! Several times we had to re insert the card to activate the locking mechanism. Even had an unexpected couple enter our room by mistake, we all got a big shock! 😆😆 Lucky we were decent by then! 🤣

[@bethanyeaton4049]

Lovely. We went on the Encounter July 23. Two floors down, the balcony actually has double depth, so some undercover near the door, like floor 12, and then some out of the shade for the sun loungers. Level 11 is a small balcony with no cover. We always book interconnecting rooms for the four of us, so two bathrooms, two TVs, space to move around each other. That was our first balcony cruise and we enjoyed our dessert, morning tea, pre-activity time out on the balcony. On a longer cruise we did spend time in the room, just lounging. Kids were 10 and 14.

[@davidlogan4329]

Thanks so very much. Am on the Mutiny on the Bounty cruise leaving Brisbane on 13th July this year!

[@jotuhaka7092]

Do they supply soap, shampoo, conditioner or was that yours in the bathroom. Thank you for your tour 😊

[@familytrippersozstyle6255]

You're welcome. Yes they supply shampoo/ conditioner/ body wash but I bought my own shampoo/ conditioner

[@manfredk7986]

We had Cabin 11514 on the same Cruise but was in October 2022. Our Cabin looked just like yours. Was Cruise number 3 for us. We had Cruise number 4 the Month after to NZ on the Explorer.

[@familytrippersozstyle6255]

Just planning my next cruise now!! They're so much fun!

[@KarenBrianHarris-hl6qu]

Silly question for a first timer, when you are laying on the bed are you looking in the direction you are travelling? I need to see where I’m going, motion sickness.

[@familytrippersozstyle6255]

Every room is different, some are facing the direction, some are across the ship & some are probably the other way

[@bethanyeaton4049]

that's a very reasonable question. It depends what side of the ship you are on, and the type of room. The ship is never going fast enough to feel direction like a vehicle. You'll just feel the sway. We love being rocked to sleep. If it does feel weird, you can always put your pillow at the other end.

[@grace7059]

No electric kettles in the room?

[@familytrippersozstyle6255]

No there wasn't