After a somewhat rocky start (not the fault of RCCI)we boarded the spectacular Liberty of the Seas. As soon as we started to walk onto the ship we were greeted with pleasant and cheerful staff that were ready to assist you.
Our cabin,an aft cabin with an "obstructed view", was fantastic... After reading a mixture of reviews on this particular cabin and it's obstructed view we were pleasantly surprised. The only visible part of the structure is a pole leading from the top of the balcony to the bottom on the far left hand side. The only thing that it is likely to obstruct is if you decided to try and climb from this balcony to the neighbouring one. Not something I tried.
We boarded at lunch time so our first point of call was the Windjammer.. Walking in it was as if the place was brand new and never been used! It was clean and tidy and the staff were superb.
9704 corner aft is a fantastic balcony cabin. The obstructive view mentioned with this cabin is a bar (part of the super structure)this bar is down the left hand side of the balcony and the only thing it obstructs is you from climbing into next doors balcony! Being on the corner this means you get a little extra space and a fantastic almost complete panoramic view.
There was mention in some reviews of soot on this balcony too... In our 14 night cruise we experienced a very small amount of soot on the floor at the front of the balcony which has unless you planning on crawling around on the floor putting your hands into the corners of this balcony it shouldn't bother you.
All in all you pay the same amount for a normal balcony and get an awesome one with a door and a porthole (which by the way is fun to sit in but still little hard to get back up).
My only complaint being that the door is heavy to open.