Cabana Squatters

*I didnt want to hijack PaulMedik's Cabana Roll Call thread

But after seeing the posts of people coming up to use your cabana shower, wanting to use your floatees, set their stuff down etc., For me, thats almost like someone wanting to come over to your cabin and use your balcony...you didnt pay for it, its not yours.

I'm just wondering if anyone has even posted another PRIVATE sign? Ever had an issue with someone getting upset because you asked them to not use your cabana amenities?

Just curious about the experiences.... :)

Well, there are certainly some stupid people out there who do not realize the cabanas are not part of the public facilities.

Just shoo them away like pesky flies :D!

Well, there are certainly some stupid people out there who do not realize the cabanas are not part of the public facilities.

 

Just shoo them away like pesky flies :D!

Ever seen Summer Rental with John Candy? When all of those public beachgoes stroll on into his rental and use the bathroom, the phone, tv lol!

*I didnt want to hijack PaulMedik's Cabana Roll Call thread

 

But after seeing the posts of people coming up to use your cabana shower, wanting to use your floatees, set their stuff down etc., For me, thats almost like someone wanting to come over to your cabin and use your balcony...you didnt pay for it, its not yours.

 

I'm just wondering if anyone has even posted another PRIVATE sign? Ever had an issue with someone getting upset because you asked them to not use your cabana amenities?

 

Just curious about the experiences.... :)

We had rented the Oasis Cabana with signs posted all over the place that it was "Private" and still had knuckleheads wanting to use our stuff

Ok maybe a dumb question ... but, what cabanas???

do you mean ON or OFF the ship?? Are there cabanas on a ship that I have no clue of? LOL

Ok maybe a dumb question ... but, what cabanas???

 

do you mean ON or OFF the ship?? Are there cabanas on a ship that I have no clue of? LOL

The private cabanas that are offered off the ship as part of a Carnival excur$ion. Those like you'll find in Mahogany Bay or Half Moon Cay that can accommodate 2-4 people.

Ok maybe a dumb question ... but, what cabanas???

 

do you mean ON or OFF the ship?? Are there cabanas on a ship that I have no clue of? LOL

Cabanas are on Half Moon Cay (private island) that Carnival uses....

Ok maybe a dumb question ... but, what cabanas???

 

do you mean ON or OFF the ship?? Are there cabanas on a ship that I have no clue of? LOL

We ended up having to get security as the group in front of our cabana got mad when we asked them to leave our stuff alone and decided to park a clamshell at the base of the stairs, effectively blocking a couple people in. I was out, taking pics of the kids in the water, so walked down to the rental hut and asked security to come and take care of it. Did not care for a confrontation.

Later that day we saw the same group descend like vultures on the cabana next door when the occupants "left". Turned out they had gone to get lunch. :eek: Security was called again and this time they made them move down the beach to a different location as I think they were afraid that everyone around us might riot if they reamained in our vicinity. They were pretty awful. We saw security remove a couple of the same people from the casino one night and also arguing with one of them about keeping kids out of the aft pool - "we paid the same as these people" was the standard line - um, no, not exactly - we paid for the cabana, and the kids get a cool club with ice cream parties, lol. they don't need the adult pool.

Sounds like the best answer is to not book a cabana and just horn in on someone else's. :D

Sounds like the best answer is to not book a cabana and just horn in on someone else's. :D

Believe me, HMC is so nice, you don't need to improve it with a cabana or anything else.

The beach is perfect and there are lots of nice places to sit in the shade, up where the picnic tables are.

Believe me, HMC is so nice, you don't need to improve it with a cabana or anything else.

 

The beach is perfect and there are lots of nice places to sit in the shade, up where the picnic tables are.

We ended up having to get security as the group in front of our cabana got mad when we asked them to leave our stuff alone and decided to park a clamshell at the base of the stairs, effectively blocking a couple people in. I was out, taking pics of the kids in the water, so walked down to the rental hut and asked security to come and take care of it. Did not care for a confrontation.

 

Later that day we saw the same group descend like vultures on the cabana next door when the occupants "left". Turned out they had gone to get lunch. :eek: Security was called again and this time they made them move down the beach to a different location as I think they were afraid that everyone around us might riot if they reamained in our vicinity. They were pretty awful. We saw security remove a couple of the same people from the casino one night and also arguing with one of them about keeping kids out of the aft pool - "we paid the same as these people" was the standard line - um, no, not exactly - we paid for the cabana, and the kids get a cool club with ice cream parties, lol. they don't need the adult pool.

All I can say is wow!!!! :eek: Sounds like they just had issues all over the place!

Sounds like the best answer is to not book a cabana and just horn in on someone else's. :D

Yea really!!!! Sounds like lunchtime is the best time for pickins!

You know, some of the folks who came up to our cabana were simply unfamiliar with HMC. We pointed out the public showers just up the hill and they were fine. Another group (a HUGE family) went away, but didn't seem too happy. We ran into them later, cutting in line for the tender. Some people are just special....:rolleyes:

lol!!! Special indeed! And a huge family at that!

I'm seriously thinking of just doing a quick MS Word sign printed "Private Cabana, No Entry" or something like that...

I am worried that if we don't take the early tender people will just move into our cabana. Has this ever happened to anyone who decided to go a little later?

we never had an issue with this and our cabana was a fairly low number so closer to the crowds.

We did have a lot of people looking at us with envy, but not one asked to use our stuff.

lol!!! Special indeed! And a huge family at that!

 

I'm seriously thinking of just doing a quick MS Word sign printed "Private Cabana, No Entry" or something like that...

Perhaps because HMC is Carnival's "private" island, people are thinking the "Private" signs refer to that and not the fact that it is a rented cabana.

Better than "Private Cabana" would be a sign stating, "Reserved For [your name]. Please see the Shore Excursion desk for rental information."

Lady Jag I like that...take the word Private out completely. A RESERVED sign sounds good.

As you can see, the signage is there, but some people just don't care.

There is a website somewhere that allows you to see how many ships are there on the day you are there but unfortunately I did not bookmark it. In any case we had a cabana on a day when only our ship was there so there were less people. We stayed in the yellow #12 cabana and had no problem with this. I read that it can be a problem though before booking it. I like the idea of telling them where the public shower is as was said above. Great way to handle it since many who may use the shower may not understand that the cabanas are private. That way you don't embarrass them. Very good!

*I didnt want to hijack PaulMedik's Cabana Roll Call thread

 

But after seeing the posts of people coming up to use your cabana shower, wanting to use your floatees, set their stuff down etc., For me, thats almost like someone wanting to come over to your cabin and use your balcony...you didnt pay for it, its not yours.

 

I'm just wondering if anyone has even posted another PRIVATE sign? Ever had an issue with someone getting upset because you asked them to not use your cabana amenities?

 

Just curious about the experiences.... :)

I was thinking of making a big sign that says RESERVED.

I think I will also try and get a cabana further down the beach.

There is a website somewhere that allows you to see how many ships are there on the day you are there but unfortunately I did not bookmark it.]

 

 

I believe the website you are thinking of is this:

http://www.cruisett.com/ports.php

Hope this helps!

I was thinking of making a big sign that says RESERVED.

I think I will also try and get a cabana further down the beach.

Im going to try it out with the RESERVED sign....