I Cruised in a Balcony Stateroom onboard Cunard’s Queen Anne: Here’s my Review.
I cruised onboard Queen Anne, the newest ship to join the Cunard fleet at the point of writing this article. I often cruise in inside or interior staterooms, but as I was cruising with a friend on this sailing, we opted to share a cabin and upgrade to have our own balcony.
We cruised in a BE-grade balcony stateroom on Deck 6 of Queen Anne, and that’s the room that I’m going to show you around today.
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In the below video, my friend and I are taking you on a full ship tour of Queen Anne, showing you every venue around the ship.
How many grades of Balcony Stateroom are on Queen Anne?
The answer to this question might surprise you. Would you believe that there are actually 9 different grades of Balcony Stateroom onboard this cruise ship? 7 of these are standard Balcony offerings, with the other 2 being what’s known as Club Balconies. This can confuse so many people, particularly those that have never cruised before - what on earth is the difference between these types of cabin, and how do you possibly pick one to cruise in?
It’s fairly simple - it mostly comes down to location. If you look below at the ‘Balcony’ tier, the more premium (and therefore more expensive) staterooms are found in the Midships location, meaning that they’ll be in a central position onboard. It’s commonly known that cabins here will experience less motion than those at the front or back of the ship, hence the premium price point.
You can see all of the grades of Balcony and Club Balcony staterooms below.
There are 7 grades of Balcony Stateroom onboard Queen Anne! © Fraser at Sea.
What stateroom type did I cruise in, and where was it located?
As I mentioned above, the stateroom or cabin grade that I cruised in was a BE-grade. Look at the image above - this means that I was booked in a lower grade of stateroom, and I was almost all of the way at the front of the ship. In fact, there were very few other cabins further forward than mine!
On some ships, that could prove problematic, but we had no issues at all on here. The itinerary for my cruise was short, as it was a 4-night trip out of Southampton. That meant that we remained in relatively protected waters for our whole cruise - it’s rare to have extreme weather when you’re visiting ports that are all fairly local to Southampton, especially in August (when my cruise was).
You can see my stateroom on the deck plan below - I was in number 6014, which I’ve marked with a red arrow and circle for you. The front of the ship is on the left of the image, so you can see that there are very few cabins that are in a more forward location than this one.
I cruised in stateroom 6014 onboard Cunard’s Queen Anne. © Fraser at Sea.
Okay, let’s now take a look at the stateroom itself.
I’ll now show you around my ‘home from home’. Size-wise, this was a slightly smaller cabin than what I’ve had on lots of other cruise ships, and this probably wasn’t helped my the dark colour palette that’s been used. That said, I absolutely loved this room, and found it to be incredibly comfortable throughout our cruise.
I cruised in Stateroom 6014 on Deck 6 of Queen Anne. © Fraser at Sea.
As I was cruising with a friend, our beds were set up as a Twin formation, but you can also have this room configured with the two beds together. In that case, the bedside table in the middle of the beds in the above image would move to the other side of the bed.
In this cabin, you’ve got the beds on your left side as you walk in with a television mounted on the wall directly at the end of the beds (on your right as you walk in). At the far end, there’s a desk / vanity unit, and also a small sofa - I’ll come back to these aspects shortly.
I found the lighting around this cabin to be a really well thought-out aspect. As you can see above, there are trendy cantilever-style desk lamps on either side of the bed, and another at the far end of the room. These gave off a lovely light, with our main roof lights being used only a few times throughout the cruise. There’s also a night light in here towards the bathroom door, which you can control using the light switch to the side of the bed.
If you’re wondering about power outlets, then you’ll find both US outlets and U.K. outlets in this cabin. I always recommend packing an international travel adaptor in your bag incase you have any issues connecting your appliances - better safe than sorry! There are also USB and USB-C power outlets available in this cabin, so I’m confident that you’re not going to struggle to keep your appliances charged while you’re cruising in this stateroom type.
At the far end of the stateroom, you’ve got a small sofa. This sofa is MUCH smaller than I’ve seen on many other cruise ships - I’d consider it to be a comfortable seating option for one passenger, and a tight squeeze for two…
The sofa in this stateroom type are a tight squeeze for two passengers! © Fraser at Sea.
There’s also a small desk or vanity area directly opposite the sofa.
This area has a desk with power outlets, an LED back-lit mirror with a feature wall behind it, and some storage. There’s also a refrigerator over here, which you can use to store your own drinks to keep them cool while you’re onboard!
This area is also where you’ll find all of your literature - for example, room service menus and ship maps will be here - and also your hospitality tray.
On Queen Anne, every stateroom has tea and coffee making facilities inside - I always think this is such a British touch on a cruise ship, and I always LOVE having the ability to make a coffee before I leave the cabin in the morning to face the rest of the ship. Your hospitality tray includes a kettle, two mugs, instant coffee (both caffeinated and decaffeinated), tea, sugar, sweeteners and milk.
If your favourite flavour or brand of tea isn’t here, check the food hall (the onboard buffet) hot drinks station - there’s lots to choose from up there, and you can easily bring a few of your preferred bags back to your cabin!
Here’s the vanity area or workstation in cabin 6014 on Queen Anne. © Fraser at Sea.
You’ll also find things like a box of tissues and a hair dryer out here, so don’t worry about packing either of these things for your cruise!
The eagle-eyed among you may have noticed the small bottle of fizz in the above images. In every stateroom onboard Queen Anne, you’ll have a complimentary bottle of fizz waiting for you on embarkation day with two glass flutes. This is perfect to toast your trip with, or perhaps to save for formal night!
Personally, I’d recommend popping that on day one and watching the ship leaving from your own private balcony - bliss, right?!
Every stateroom onboard Queen Anne comes with a small bottle of fizz, which is perfect to toast your cruise with! © Fraser at Sea.
Speaking of the balcony, let’s head outside to take a look at that now.
One of the first things you’ll notice is that the door to access the balcony isn’t a sliding door like you’ll find on many cruise ships - it’s a push door that opens outwards. This seems to be a feature of many more modern cruise ships - the advice I’d give you here is to be careful when pushing that open, especially if you’re fighting against stronger winds.
This type of door also makes it more difficult to keep your door open - a sliding door will usually simply stay open, whereas these doors will try to automatically close. I don’t mind this as I don’t tend to keep my door open, but I suspect this would frustrate some people when they cruise.
Here’s the balcony of Stateroom 6014 onboard Cunard’s Queen Anne! © Fraser at Sea.
Here’s the balcony of Stateroom 6014 onboard Cunard’s Queen Anne! © Fraser at Sea.
On the balcony for this stateroom, you’ll find two chairs and a small table.
Queen Anne’s a Halifax-class cruise ship, which is a slightly extended ship of the Pinnacle-class, which I’ve cruised on multiple times mostly under the Holland America Line brand. On the Holland America Line ships, you tend to also get a small footstool per chair, which is something that I’d like to see Cunard add to these balconies.
There’s a small light out here too, making it easy to relax out here after dark and still be able to see what you’re doing.
One aspect of this stateroom that I won’t cover in this written tour today is storage. If you’d like to see the storage capabilities of this stateroom, come over and watch my full tour over on YouTube - the link’s below!
The final part of this stateroom to show you in this tour today is the bathroom - let’s head in there now to take a look!
Here’s the bathroom in Stateroom 6014 onboard Queen Anne. © Fraser at Sea.
Here’s the bathroom in Stateroom 6014 onboard Queen Anne. © Fraser at Sea.
I should apologise - we had unpacked in the bathroom before I took the above photos, so please excuse our toiletries!
This class of cruise ship features SUCH premium-feeling bathrooms across all stateroom types - doesn’t think look much more premium than you’ve seen on so many other cruise ships?
A few quick points to call out from this space:
All of the toiletries are Penhaligon’s - a really nice inclusion.
There’s a retractable washing line, perfect for drying any clothes throughout the cruise.
The shower head is moveable, and also has a detachable head.
There’s plenty of in-shower storage, and also storage over by the sink on the shelves to the side.
There’s no shower curtain - hooray!
Bathroom charging is available in here through the power outlet by the sink.
There’s one more thing to show you from this stateroom - the view due to its’ location. I mentioned earlier that you’ll find this accommodation at the very front of the ship, which means that you’re almost directly underneath the Bridge when you stand out on the balcony.
As you look to your left, you’re treated to some wonderful views down the side of the ship - take a look at the shots below to see what I’m referring to!
Here’s the view ‘looking up’ towards the Bridge from stateroom 6014. © Fraser at Sea.
Fancy a view of the ship? Well, this stateroom can offer you exactly that! © Fraser at Sea.
That’s a full tour of my Balcony Stateroom onboard Cunard’s Queen Anne. As I mentioned towards the start of this post, I absolutely loved this stateroom, and would have absolutely no issues recommending this to you for your future cruises on this ship.
If you’ve enjoyed this post, then why not come across to YouTube to watch my full review of this cruise? You can find that via the link below.
Underneath the video below, you’ll find more of my Cunard content from this website - hopefully you’ll find something else down there that’s of interest!
