At the prices we paid for the rooms I could stay there for a month. Great deal including breakfast for two. We spend so little time in or near our room the lack of balcony or outside seating was of ZERO concern to us. We have stayed in the Junior Suites and the larger Suites on the 2nd floor of the original CCLP before and, for US, found it to be a huge waste of money. We head to the beach first thing in the morning and do not return to the room until we are done for the day. If we are going to sit and read, it is on the beach. If we are going to sit somewhere and have a relaxing cocktail, it is on the beach. If we are going to sit or lay down and relax or snooze, it is on the beach. But again that was us. Different strokes for different folks. I have a beautiful lanai and a large deck over the water at home and sit there all the time. However we do not have a beach in our back yard. When it Negril it is feet in the sand all the time.