What time do they open the Halls to the rooms?

[BoDidly]

The past few cruises there have been crew members in red "Ask Me" shirts at the stairwells. They have asked us to come back around 1:30 when the cabins are accessible. We showed our Platinum cards and they told us to go ahead.

 

I usually see those Ask people hanging around at the atrium elevators ,which I avoid because they can get congested . I normally take the forward or aft elevators , less traffic ;)

[richfret]

You'll come off more knowledgeable and savvy if you use correct terminology.

 

Rooms are cabins or staterooms.

Halls are passage ways.

 

While we're at it I'll throw out some more:

 

Ceilings are overheads

Floors are decks

Bathrooms are heads

Where you sleep is called a berth

Dining rooms and buffets are mess halls

Food is prepared in galleries

Front of ship is fore; where the anchor is is called forecastle

Rear of ship is aft

Right side is starboard

Left is port

Middle of the ship is admidships

Beam is the widest point of a ship

Belay is to stop whatever you're doing

Displacement is the weight of water displaced by the immersed volume of a ship's hull, exactly equivalent to the weight of the whole ship.

Flag of convience is the business practice of registering a merchant ship in a sovereign state different from that of the ship's owners, and flying that state's civil ensign on the ship. The practice allows the ship's owner to reduce operating costs or avoid the regulations of the owner's country.

Lee is the side of the ship protected from the wind.

 

Remember a few of these and you'll soon sound like an old sea dog.

 

Might want to add GEE DUNK (Spelling?) which would be the soda fountain and AHOY, Hi and who goes their?

[HeidiHo]

We will be sailing on the Dream in Feb for the first cruise out of dry dock. Since there won't be any guests leaving the ship that day, does anyone know if we might be able to get to our cabins early?

[glrounds]

Sad part of this, On most Carnival ships there isn't anyone at the doors that will even bother to check. We have been cussed at by people waiting by the doors while going through the doors to our cabin . Moments latter they enter behind us :eek:. Even though there are signs on the door for those that are allowed to enter ,most people ignore .

 

I quite agree. I've seen that many times and actually only remember being checked once. :confused:

 

It really doesn't matter that much if, indeed, their cabin is already made up, but if it isn't yet and they put their belongings in their cabin prematurely and make cleaning the room more laborious, housekeeping should just put them at the very back of the list of cabins to be cleaned and made up. Imagine coming back to their cabin thinking they'll get ready for early dinner and discovering that "Sorry, we haven't been able to get to your cabin quite yet" . . . I'd love it. :D

Edited October 16, 2016 by glrounds

[glrounds]

We will be sailing on the Dream in Feb for the first cruise out of dry dock. Since there won't be any guests leaving the ship that day, does anyone know if we might be able to get to our cabins early?

 

My guess, and it most definitely is a guess, is they won't have the time constraints usually associated with "turning the ship around in port" and ALL the cabins will be ready. Did I mention that was a guess ?

[jimbo5544]

My guess, and it most definitely is a guess, is they won't have the time constraints usually associated with "turning the ship around in port" and ALL the cabins will be ready. Did I mention that was a guess ?

 

While I do not know either, your guess sounds pretty good to me.

[riclop]

Will be on the Sunshine in November. We have a 12 o'clock check in time. We're planning on getting there for 12 o'clock, but was curious as to what time they allow people to their rooms. I was on the Dream a few years back and I could recall that it was around 1:30 ish. Has anyone been on the Sunshine recently that could tell me the approximate time?

 

Trying to figure out if we want to wait to check in, until the time when we might be able to go straight to our rooms. Since we'll have children with us, and it mt be easier to drop off carry-on and such prior to going to eat lunch etc.

 

Around 130.

[HeidiHo]

My guess, and it most definitely is a guess, is they won't have the time constraints usually associated with "turning the ship around in port" and ALL the cabins will be ready. Did I mention that was a guess ?

 

That's exactly what I am guessing too but I am hoping to hear from someone who has actually been on a ship right after dry dock.

[glrounds]

Many years ago I boarded the GLORY in New York. Don't know whether it was coming from Drydock or was just being moved. It had no passengers getting off. I was the 3rd passenger to board her (there was a couple with a wheel chair ahead of me) [emoji4] I went right to my cabin which was ready, but I was PLATINUM so I can't say that all cabins were ready, but I think so.

 

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[Buckimion]

Now this is just for fun right! I have one more to add

 

A Ship IS A SHIP NOT A BOAT:)

 

I blame "The Love Boat". :p

[ItsAllAboutTheSass]

You'll come off more knowledgeable and savvy if you use correct terminology.

 

Rooms are cabins or staterooms.

Halls are passage ways.

 

While we're at it I'll throw out some more:

 

Ceilings are overheads

Floors are decks

Bathrooms are heads

Where you sleep is called a berth

Dining rooms and buffets are mess halls

Food is prepared in galleries

Front of ship is fore; where the anchor is is called forecastle

Rear of ship is aft

Right side is starboard

Left is port

Middle of the ship is admidships

Beam is the widest point of a ship

Belay is to stop whatever you're doing

Displacement is the weight of water displaced by the immersed volume of a ship's hull, exactly equivalent to the weight of the whole ship.

Flag of convience is the business practice of registering a merchant ship in a sovereign state different from that of the ship's owners, and flying that state's civil ensign on the ship. The practice allows the ship's owner to reduce operating costs or avoid the regulations of the owner's country.

Lee is the side of the ship protected from the wind.

 

Remember a few of these and you'll soon sound like an old sea dog.

 

So the food is prepared next to the art and photos???

[deborahjo]

People are rude and walk or try to get into their cabin without being d, p or FTTF

 

 

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[Donh44]

The standard is 1:30, unless you are VIP, purchased FTTF, or the type to just go to your room anyway. No one stops you.

 

They will stop you if they see you. Take it from one who has been stopped and turned back until after 1:30.

[mrpayroll]

I must have missed the small print saying if you want to quickly drop your bags off in your room, feel free to do so. :)

[Je Souhaite]

I'm so tempted to get FTTF just to unpack and get that out of the way early but I know in the past when I tried to sneak into my room it seemed like those big bulkhead/ fire proof/ passageway doors were locked out so you couldn't get to your room. I don't want to pay for FTTF and not get to drop things off so how do you get to your room if you have FTTF? Do you just try to open the hallway door and wait for someone to unlock it or?

 

It's illegal to lock fire doors.

 

If the door is closed, you open it, and walk right through it, directly to your stateroom. One time someone on the other side of the door actually escorted me to my room. And as it turned out, he was my steward.

[Je Souhaite]

That's exactly what I am guessing too but I am hoping to hear from someone who has actually been on a ship right after dry dock.

 

We had that once. The rooms were ready, but THE SHIP WAS NOT.

 

So drydock activities continued our entire cruise. HORRID!

[DebJ14]

They will stop you if they see you. Take it from one who has been stopped and turned back until after 1:30.

 

On our cruise on the Liberty on September 19 just as we entered the hallway to our cabin we were confronted by a housekeeping supervisor. He asked to see our S&S cards. As soon as I pulled out my card and he saw it was Diamond, he greeted me by name. I was the only Diamond on that deck that cruise.

 

He then escorted us to the cabin and did a quick check to make sure everything was done. Our room steward appeared and seemed nervous that the supervisor was in our cabin, as if we had already called to complain. To make him feel at ease I said, "This nice gentleman escorted us to our cabin. We are so pleased you had it ready for us."

 

The supervisor came by several more times during the cruise to make sure everything was satisfactory.

[RWolver672]

It's illegal to lock fire doors.

 

Fire doors can be locked. BUT, only from preventing people from going in, not out. Those doors have panic bars on them. If you are inside the passageway and want to get out, you just push on the panic bar and the door will open.

 

On a ship, you want the passengers to get out of their cabins and passageways and head to the muster stations in case of an emergency. You don't want them to enter that area.

 

As for the people that aren't allowed in but go anyway just to drop off their carry-ons, from what we've seen, the cabin stewards don't close the cabin doors until that cabin is cleaned. So, your belongings may be up for grabs for anyone that walks past your cabin.

[cmukid87]

Or you can be like my buddy and I on our first cruise and board by noon and go right to your room and drop off your stuff anyways. Needless to say we were very green.

 

PS. Don't be like my buddy and I.

[deborahjo]

Now this is just for fun right! I have one more to add

 

 

 

A Ship IS A SHIP NOT A BOAT:)

 

 

Correct.

 

 

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[StolidCruiser]

We had that once. The rooms were ready, but THE SHIP WAS NOT.

 

So drydock activities continued our entire cruise. HORRID!

 

It's called karma. Consider that next time.

[Je Souhaite]

It's called karma. Consider that next time.

 

Why? We got mega $$ after letting them know we were displeased, not only for us, but the passengers in three other cabins we sailed with on our subsequent cruise.

[Je Souhaite]

Fire doors can be locked. BUT, only from preventing people from going in, not out. Those doors have panic bars on them. If you are inside the passageway and want to get out, you just push on the panic bar and the door will open.

 

On a ship, you want the passengers to get out of their cabins and passageways and head to the muster stations in case of an emergency. You don't want them to enter that area.

 

As for the people that aren't allowed in but go anyway just to drop off their carry-ons, from what we've seen, the cabin stewards don't close the cabin doors until that cabin is cleaned. So, your belongings may be up for grabs for anyone that walks past your cabin.

 

You may get away with that on an exit to "the outside", but NEVER a two way passage within a structure.

[Sitzmark]

You'll come off more knowledgeable and savvy if you use correct terminology.

 

Rooms are cabins or staterooms.

Halls are passage ways.

 

While we're at it I'll throw out some more:

 

Ceilings are overheads

Floors are decks

Bathrooms are heads

Where you sleep is called a berth

Dining rooms and buffets are mess halls

Food is prepared in galleries

Front of ship is fore; where the anchor is is called forecastle

Rear of ship is aft

Right side is starboard

Left is port

Middle of the ship is admidships

Beam is the widest point of a ship

Belay is to stop whatever you're doing

Displacement is the weight of water displaced by the immersed volume of a ship's hull, exactly equivalent to the weight of the whole ship.

Flag of convience is the business practice of registering a merchant ship in a sovereign state different from that of the ship's owners, and flying that state's civil ensign on the ship. The practice allows the ship's owner to reduce operating costs or avoid the regulations of the owner's country.

Lee is the side of the ship protected from the wind.

 

Remember a few of these and you'll soon sound like an old sea dog.

 

a ship is most certainly a Boat. (contrary to what others may think)

 

Fore and Aft are directions not places or things, the front of a ship is the Bow, the back is the Stern.

 

Food is made in the Galley, not gallery.

 

The Beam is the greatest width of a boat, not the point at which it occurs.

[RWolver672]

You may get away with that on an exit to "the outside", but NEVER a two way passage within a structure.

 

I have seen them locked on several cruises before it was allowed to enter if you were P/D and FTTF. As I said before, they can be locked to keep people from entering but not from leaving. If there is an emergency, they do not want you entering the cabins. How many fire doors do you see in schools and stores that say fire exit. DO NOT ENTER. If there was a fire and you needed to get out, all you had to do was push that bar and walk through.