Celebrity Millennium-class “Sweet 16” cabins: double the balcony at no extra charge

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Celebrity Millennium “Sweet 16” balcony, cabin 6030. The balcony of our neighbor to the right ended at the midpoint rib in the privacy wall.

The “Sweet Sixteen” cabins on Celebrity’s Millennium-class ships are a little-known anomaly: 8 cabins on each side of Deck 6 offer double-deep balconies for the same price as their otherwise-identical neighbors. For some reason, the Sweet Sixteen don’t appear on the deck plans (which depict the cabins as having shallow balconies just like the others on that deck). In researching our trans-Pacific cruise, I came across mention of these cabins and, since we booked very early, I found that nearly all of them were still available. (My booking agent had never heard of these cabins, but secured my preferred cabin.)

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Close up of Deck 6 plan showing no difference in balcony size between the Sweet 16 and their neighbors

I deliberately chose the aft-most cabin on the starboard side, 6030, as I was curious about the view toward the stern and liked the idea that one of our neighboring balconies would be set back from our own. I liked my choice and we did have an extra element of privacy and a more open view sternward.

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View toward the stern from balcony of 6030
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Sweet 16 cabin 6030 is just above the “C” in “Celebrity” with the other Sweet 16’s on starboard going to the right until just over the “E” in “Millennium”

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While these cabins don’t come with lounge chairs, there is plenty of room for them and I did read of one cruiser who was able to have two delivered after tipping his steward. The primary negative of these balconies is that the people above you can look down on the front half of your balcony. I knew this going in, and it didn’t bother me at all, but it might be a consideration for some.

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Looking up and toward the bow from the balcony of 6030. Shows “gap” in deck over the balconies above

All of the Sweet Sixteen balconies are not identical. The first 3 have thick support columns that run from 3 levels above to the front of their balconies and a full roof at that level above them. (The smaller balconies above these Sweet Sixteen are in a recessed, cave-like setting that wouldn’t be at all to my liking.) The lowest numbered of the Sweet Sixteen on the starboard side (6016) has a solid wall on the left as you look off the balcony, rather than the usual opaque privacy walls. The front half of our balcony and those of most of the remaining 6 cabins on each side are shaded by a deck overhang 4 stories above. (The back half of each balcony is shaded by the 3 levels of balconies immediately above.) However, cabin 6026 on starboard and cabin 6031 on the port side fall within a gap in the above deck and might get more sun (and less protection from rain).

Celebrity has four Millennium-class ships: Summit, Constellation, Infinity and Millennium.

9 thoughts on “Celebrity Millennium-class “Sweet 16” cabins: double the balcony at no extra charge”

    1. We had no problem with noise. We booked the aft-most Sweet 16’s both times we’ve booked this category, so we were as far from the stage as these cabins get. That may have been a factor, but I can’t say for sure. NOTE: In reviewing the deck plans, I see that Celebrity is changing Deck 6 to a “Penthouse Deck” starting April 15, 2023. The new deck plans shows the current Sweet Sixteen as they really are and classifies them as “Deluxe Veranda.” Sadly, it looks like April 2023 will be the end of this hidden deal.

  1. We were upgraded to one of these gems from an Oceanview, they are a fantastic little secret, especially during our Alaskan cruise, the balcony is doubly important.

    1. 6035 will be the last Sweet Sixteen on the port side. It’s the mirror of the starboard-side cabin we had that I described in this post. (Sorry to be slow responding. We were on a trans-Atlantic cruise back from Europe when you posted your comment. I had no internet then and have been out of touch much of the time since we got back to the States. Sometimes, it’s nice just to drop out for awhile. Anyway, happy sailing.)

  2. Great little secret!!! Nicely described! Its really helpful to see the pictures of the deck and the large boat picture showing of the room’s location.

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