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Should be one just past the Country Inn and Suites  and Residence Inn on the same side of the road.  I think it is the Race Trac station that is pictured.  It is only like 100 yards from the Hertz.

Should be one just past the Country Inn and Suites  and Residence Inn on the same side of the road.  I think it is the Race Trac station that is pictured.  It is only like 100 yards from the Hertz.

I've stayed in a JS in that area and had no issues (1244).  I liked the easy access to the forward elevators.  Voyager class isn't so big that being anywhere means long walks.  
On Mariner the suite lounge is near the aft elevators on deck 14 but it's an easy walk across the pool deck to reach the Viking Crown Lounge.
Here are some GS pictures from sister ship Navigator

I've got two DD.  We for years have gotten them a connecting room for just your reasoning.  Many ships have a JS with connecting OB.  Usually only one or two of these per ship.  May also be a GS with OB?.
We are doing the Mariner double dip in Aug 2020 on Mariner.

I've got two DD.  We for years have gotten them a connecting room for just your reasoning.  Many ships have a JS with connecting OB.  Usually only one or two of these per ship.  May also be a GS with OB?.
We are doing the Mariner double dip in Aug 2020 on Mariner.

How many are in your party?   Grand suites are only on deck 10 forward of the hump.  Two bedroom GS at the rear of the ship.  Sailed on Mariner and stayed in a GS on starboard side.  No problems.  GS is still my favorite room layout.

Ah, there's just nothing like a Viking Crown Lounge ❤️

Most ships have a tailor and he will come to your room to measure for a Tux.  Let your stateroom attendant know he will give you the number or call for you.
 

Booked one for Day 2 at Coco Cay on Mariner, Aug 2020.  $1499.  Doing the cabanas at the Thrill Water Park on Day 1 at CoCo Cay.
Waiting to read and see what the floating cabanas are like.

I'd consider the Spacious Ocean View Balcony if the current price is more than $300 than your current cabin.
As for a JS, it is not much larger on most ships than a Spacious Ocean View Balcony.  A GS is very nice upgrade and if you want the extra space I'd do it.  I love the room layout of a GS.
 

The title says it all. 
Looking forward to a New England and Canada Cruise in 2022.

The title says it all. 
Looking forward to a New England and Canada Cruise in 2022.

I have had many an adjoining room and don't recall the sofa being lost.  The last two cruises the sofa I know was there, HOS and Radiance.  
I hope there is a a price drop.  $69 a day is about what my next cruise cost is as well.

If you come to Charleston walk down town and take a tour.  See a plantation or three .  Middleton, Boone Hall and Magnolia are all great.  Take in a museum.  Walk along the Battery and rest in the shade of White Point Gardens.  Do a house tour or two.  Tour the Old Customs House and Dungeon.  Learn about pirates.  Visit Fort Sumter and Moultrie.  If it is Friday afternoon get over to The Citadel and watch a dress parade.  Get out of the City and hike the Francis Marion Forest.  See ancient oyster mounds, wolves, raptors.  Lots to do.
Try fried green tomatoes, red rice, shrimp and grits, okra, she crab soup, seafood of all kinds.
I hope you enjoy your stay.

Was on HOS in June.  DD 17 did attend adult karaoke a couple of nights with us and no problem. 
We were asked to leave an evening adult (18+) dance party in Dazzles.

I take my breakfast every morning on the balcony.  I read and nap there too from time to time.  
Did HOS this past June never found it too hot or windy on our eastern caribbean cruise. 

I noticed this as well when looking at the Alaska itineraries for 2021 last night ... i think they have figured out a new way to fleece people. Oh you want two rooms with an adjoining door ... upcharge ?
It was clearly coming up as a whole separate category of room with a higher price, regardless of occupancy levels.

Check to see how many persons each room can sleep.  I have noticed if your room is a 3 or 4 person room there is an up charge for that room if you only book two persons.  So if the rooms as connecting and each can sleep up to 4 persons you may see an up charge.  Price each room separably with two and then 4 persons.
Or RCI has figured out what many of us figured out years ago.  Booking connecting rooms is like a two room suite at a fraction of the cost of a two room suite.

The BSoA have been camping on the USS Yorktown for decades.  In college I'd sneak on the ship after hours with dates knowing that the security would think I was with the BSoA.  

If you come to Charleston walk down town and take a tour.  See a plantation or three .  Middleton, Boone Hall and Magnolia are all great.  Take in a museum.  Walk along the Battery and rest in the shade of White Point Gardens.  Do a house tour or two.  Tour the Old Customs House and Dungeon.  Learn about pirates.  Visit Fort Sumter and Moultrie.  If it is Friday afternoon get over to The Citadel and watch a dress parade.  Get out of the City and hike the Francis Marion Forest.  See ancient oyster mounds, wolves, raptors.  Lots to do.
Try fried green tomatoes, red rice, shrimp and grits, okra, she crab soup, seafood of all kinds.
I hope you enjoy your stay.

It's killing me too, but for different reasons.  I'm looking for a new job, and want to secure some bookings so I can negotiate the time off on hiring.  I'm not looking forward to going back to two weeks vacation a year.  That cuts into my cruise time too much. 

More Trivia:  Charleston is home to the oldest museum in the USA and the oldest municipal college in the US and oldest college in SC, The College of Charleston.  
The City was the sight of the first major defeat of the British in 1776.
The first shots of the Civil War were fired on the Federal supply ship Star of the West, then later Fort Sumter.  
 

More Trivia:  Charleston is home to the oldest museum in the USA and the oldest municipal college in the US and oldest college in SC, The College of Charleston.  
The City was the sight of the first major defeat of the British in 1776.
The first shots of the Civil War were fired on the Federal supply ship Star of the West, then later Fort Sumter.  
 

On a more positive note, here is some Charleston trivia:  Charles Towne was first settled in 1670 by the British on the west bank of the Ashley River.  Currently the location is known as Charlestowne Landing State Park.  It includes a replica of the original settlement and 17th century sailing vessel, a zoo of native animals, and the plantation that was owned by Dr. and Mrs. Waring.  Mrs. Waring deeded the land to the state upon her death.  Dr. Warring was famous for his painless injections and the MUSC historical library is named after him.  He was also brother to Federal Judge J. W. Waring famous for beginning school desegregation cases that would lead to Brown vs Board of Education.  The Waring House would become known as the Governor's House after the plantation was deeded to the state.
If you are in Charleston, Charlestowne  Landing is a great place to start your tour.  It is not down town but only 10 minutes by car or taxi, Uber, Lyft, etc.

Charleston is much smaller than New Orleans and much of it is at or above mean high tide.  Road flooding is the real issue with little damage to homes or business.  Lower Market Street (eastern most market) shops flood from time to time and I have seen the water there knee deep and deeper in spots.  Wife got a nasty infection in her toe back in the summer of 1990, when we were dating, walking through the water on Market Street on her way to work.  I forgot to mention that the storm sewers still have some household and business waste/sewage that leaks in from pipes dating back to the late 1800's.  Please don't walk or play in Charleston's flooded streets.  It is not just rain water.
Medical side note: if the brackish water is warm (80+F) it can grow Vibrio vulnificus, which can cause a nasty infection if you have an open wound, scrape or scratch and wade in the water.  This organism killed many folks who waded in the waters following Katrina in New Orleans.  Originally their deaths were reported as caused by Vibrio cholerae or cholera. 
I grew up being told not to play or wade  in the flood waters.  My wife who grew up in Rock Hill (did you catch that) was attending the College of Charleston in 1990 and did not know better.