Balcony Door Question

[ejeffo]

So, I know about the wind tunnel deal if you leave the balcony door open, and that the A/C turns off. I also know that some people have been visited by unwanted flying guests... However... Are you allowed to prop the balcony door open? If so, what is the best way to do so? What do I need to bring?

[cookmg40]

From my experience, most balcony doors are sliders and need no prop to open. In very rare cases, the door is not a sliding door, and can usually be propped up by a balcony chair or table. I know people who have used that handy roll of electrical tape to tape down the mechanism on the door that shuts the A/C when the door is slid open. You then get the wonderful breeze and sound of the ocean, and your A/C stays on.

[Kurbanfan]

RCCL have sliders.......no need to prop open......

[ejeffo]

RCCL have sliders.......no need to prop open......

 

That is awesome! Thanks! Can't wait!

[reallyitsmema]

RCCL have sliders.......no need to prop open......

Not completely true, some aft balconies only have a single door, not a slider.

[Kurbanfan]

Not completely true, some aft balconies only have a single door, not a slider.

 

Ooops.........lol I never book aft.......

[serene56]

Something to consider this time of year-- it is warm- and humidity is high

keeping your balcony door open will cause a lot of condensation to form in the cabin making everything feel damp-- so be careful there

[Bakincakes]

RCi does request that you not leave your balcony door open while you have the AC running.

 

they usually have a sign posted by the balcony door.

[cruiselvr04]

We were afraid once to shut it while out on the balcony for fear it would lock. (Handle was loose.) I had heard of this happening. So any way we had rolling seas and couldn't get the thing to keep from rolling back and forth while we were napping on the balcony. I couldn't figure out how to keep it open - drove me nuts. We put shoes and more shoes and lined them up in the track - still didn't work well.

[cruiseguy1016]

Use the door stop that will be behind your cabin door. The steward uses it to hold your door open when he cleans but you can use it to hold your balcony door open.

[cruiselvr04]

Oh good grief - never thought of that!!!!

[Kurbanfan]

Oh good grief - never thought of that!!!!

 

I don't think the door stop they use on the front door would hold that big slider open.........it is made for swinging doors..........

[negc]

I guess the question might be "how open" do you want the balcony door to be. If only open sufficiently that you can be out on the balcony and not have to worry about it closing and locking, the door stop should be sufficient. It should also be sufficient to allow some fresh sea air into your room while you sleep. If you want it to be totally wide open and are willing to risk the problems you mention (wind tunnel effect, uninvited flying guest, AC shutdown and attendant humidity, perhaps a chair will do the trick. On the sliding door of our D1 on the JOs, the handle has to be turned all the way down to unlock the door,and all the way up to lock it. Highly unlikely that those doors could lock themselves once the handle is in the down position.:)

[compuryan]

No stopper should be required on the sliding balcony doors to keep them open, simply turn the large lock handle which retracts the slider wheels on the bottom and the door will be effectively "sitting" on the frame instead of rolling on it. This method has never failed for me on RCCL or Celebrity.

[Beowulfpk]

If you do get the swinging door. A chair will keep it open. Door stop won't work because the of the "step".

[djhuff]

Handle down allows it to slide, turn the handle and it locks in whatever position it is in. You can set it to be open all the way, or just a few inches. It's that simple.

[Mark_K]

So, I know about the wind tunnel deal if you leave the balcony door open, and that the A/C turns off. I also know that some people have been visited by unwanted flying guests... However... Are you allowed to prop the balcony door open? If so, what is the best way to do so? What do I need to bring?

Allowed to, no. RCI specifically requests that you not do so. Able to, yes. Open the door and (assuming it's a sliding door) just turn the handle down like you do when closing it.

[ejeffo]

I do believe it will be a sliding door, as it is not an "aft" cabin. This will be my first time sailing with a balcony and I am really looking forward to it. We will be in a Radiance midship junior suite (if that makes any difference).