KMSpa Posted June 8, 2010 #1 Share Posted June 8, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g8rmomx2 Posted June 8, 2010 #2 Share Posted June 8, 2010 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.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquahound Posted June 8, 2010 #3 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Sorry. The aft facing balcony dividers do not open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reallyitsmema Posted June 8, 2010 #4 Share Posted June 8, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g8rmomx2 Posted June 8, 2010 #5 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Good to know. Thanks Aquahound!:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam713 Posted June 8, 2010 #6 Share Posted June 8, 2010 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldiemom Posted June 8, 2010 #7 Share Posted June 8, 2010 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). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam713 Posted June 8, 2010 #8 Share Posted June 8, 2010 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldiemom Posted June 9, 2010 #9 Share Posted June 9, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam713 Posted June 9, 2010 #10 Share Posted June 9, 2010 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....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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