Balcony Dividers

[KMSpa]

My DH & I and another couple have booked on the Mariner of the Seas 14 day around the Horn in Feb. We booked balconies on the back of the ship, but could not get connecting cabins in the levels we wanted. Can you ask them to open the dividers or remove them. Since this is a longer cruise and quite a few sea days, we may relax a little on the balconies. I do realize i won't be doing this in the middle of the cruise around the horn.

[g8rmomx2]

We never had the aft cabins that face the wake of the ship on the Mariner, but in any other cabins we had sailing out of Port Canaveral, on three different occasions with two different captains, the balcony dividers were opened within about an hour of our request. Our experience was that on Mariner and Freedom they opened them. Monarch, Grandeur and Enchantment couldn't be opened. Hope that helps.:)

[Aquahound]

Sorry. The aft facing balcony dividers do not open.

[reallyitsmema]

My DH & I and another couple have booked on the Mariner of the Seas 14 day around the Horn in Feb. We booked balconies on the back of the ship, but could not get connecting cabins in the levels we wanted. Can you ask them to open the dividers or remove them. Since this is a longer cruise and quite a few sea days, we may relax a little on the balconies. I do realize i won't be doing this in the middle of the cruise around the horn.

If you have true aft balconies, the dividers do not open. If you have side balconies in the aft section of the ship, those dividers can be opened at the discretion of the captain.

[g8rmomx2]

Good to know. Thanks Aquahound!:)

[Pam713]

I'm traveling with 3 other couples on Navigator in November. We have 4 adjacent balcony cabins "on the hump". Does anyone know if these balconies have ever been opened up? Who would we make the request to?

TIA!

[goldiemom]

I was on the Mariner a few weeks ago. DH and I had several long conversations with our cabin steward and her boss. Capt. Per has mandated that no balcony dividers be opened. Apparently someone was playing with them and hurt their hand. Ruined it for everyone else. Also, towel animals are only done every other night as it takes too many towels out of use to make the animals (per head of housekeeping on the ship).

[Pam713]

I was on the Mariner a few weeks ago. DH and I had several long conversations with our cabin steward and her boss. Capt. Per has mandated that no balcony dividers be opened. Apparently someone was playing with them and hurt their hand. Ruined it for everyone else. Also, towel animals are only done every other night as it takes too many towels out of use to make the animals (per head of housekeeping on the ship).

OMG, no towel animals!!!! What kinda cruise ship is this!!! :D

[goldiemom]

Pam713: I made the same comment to my cabin stewardess. She said RCI had instituted the new policy two weeks prior. I also confirmed this with her boss (he was inspecting her work, but stopped to talk to my DH and I). They both suggested that we write a complaint on the comment card at the end of the cruise...and I did. I really missed not being greeted by a new towel animal every night.

[Pam713]

Goldie, I agree totally. Towel animals are just.... well... a part of cruising! I don't know about the rest of you, but I personally don't go anywhere else that someone folds up the towel to look like a monkey with my sunglasses on it!

I mean what's next? Get rid of the chocolates on the pillows??? Hmmmmmmm, wait a sec.......