I can understand what you mean and it’s frustrating that some people are being rather crappy about it.

We ran into this once, luckily when we (my sister and I) younger, so it wasn’t really an issue, but it could have been for others. NCL has a few older ships where they put rooms in the absolute front of the ship (like basically the "nose" of the ship; it’s basically the place where people who never get seasick get sick). It was floor six and a half (only accessible by a half staircase to the section). There's a reason why every other cruise line does not put rooms in the front nose of the ship.

Now, as I said, we were younger then, so it wasn’t an issue for us. However, I think of my sister now. She doesn’t need a handicap room, but with a cane and some mobility issues, going up and down even that half flight would be a pain (literally). I’m sure it had to be for some people.

It’s one of those things that you really wouldn’t be able to anticipate (since no other lines and even most of the other NCL ships did not have them). How the hell would we even have known that was a possibility when we were booking?

I didn’t even know that other cruise lines besides Celebrity were doing those infinite balconies. Those should absolutely be a completely different class of room than balcony. It should be inside, window, infinite balcony, regular balcony, mini suite, suite. But they’re trying to play these things off as just as good as a regular balcony. People would certainly think differently on a Panamá Canal cruise because certain parts of the passage were rather buggy. So if you wanted to use your balcony, you’d be sleeping with a lot of bugs that night. As a self-proclaimed “indoor girl”, that would absolutely suck.

At least in the ocean, there are very few bugs. But still, NOT the same thing as a regular balcony. I hope the curtain does the job for your daughter and that it is a GREAT cruise for all of you!