What ships have rooms with connecting door inside stateroom?

[andymattmom]

What ships have the actual connecting door in the wall like hotels? We are planning a Mediterranean cruise in 2020. I’ve recently read that certain X ships have those types of cabins. Which ones are they? I want to avoid when booking. Also are they clearly marked ? 

 

Thanks!!!

[CEOofVacation]

Every ship has them and they are marked that way to denote connecting doors.  You just need to look at the deck plans when you choose your room.

[Duanerice1]

3 minutes ago, CEOofVacation said:

Every ship has them and they are marked that way to denote connecting doors.  You just need to look at the deck plans when you choose your room.

Nope, only certain ones.  Some of the older S class have the connecting doors on the outside, i.e. the main door is your connecting door, so all cabins are "good"  

[CEOofVacation]

Just now, Duanerice1 said:

Nope, only certain ones.  Some of the older S class have the connecting doors on the outside, i.e. the main door is your connecting door, so all cabins are "good"  

But the deck plan will tell you that.

[cruisestitch]

On the M-class ships, rooms which are "connecting" will have the door in the wall like you see in hotels

 

On the first four S-class ships, there is a different set up.  The doors lead to the corridor but there is also another set of doors that can be closed.  With the inner doors open and the corridor doors shut, there is a kind of vestibule for access between the two staterooms. 

 

on Reflection, they went back to the original plan -- doors in the wall.  I don't know why they didn't use the system you find on the other four S-class ships.  It was clever and seemed to be popular.

 

The connected rooms are all marked on the deck plans

Edited November 19, 2018 by cruisestitch

[Duanerice1]

22 minutes ago, CEOofVacation said:

But the deck plan will tell you that.

Agree but they are not connecting through the room which is what they were asking.  All the S class except Reflection have this set up so they are not true connecting rooms and will not diminish your enjoyment.

[CEOofVacation]

1 hour ago, Duanerice1 said:

Agree but they are not connecting through the room which is what they were asking.  All the S class except Reflection have this set up so they are not true connecting rooms and will not diminish your enjoyment.

Good to know.  Thanks.  

[cruisestitch]

Have a look at the photos in this thread

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2607123-x-solstice-class-adjoining-cabins-question/

 

[Covepointcruiser]

This should also be taken as a warning to cruisers who don’t want connecting staterooms.   The inside doors carry a lot of noise and you will hear every sound from the connected stateroom.   Really avoid unless you are saving money by getting this as a guarantee.    Study all of the staterooms and indicators to make sure you avoid them unless you really want to know what is going on in the stateroom next door.

[Luvcrusn]

40 minutes ago, Covepointcruiser said:

This should also be taken as a warning to cruisers who don’t want connecting staterooms.   The inside doors carry a lot of noise and you will hear every sound from the connected stateroom.   Really avoid unless you are saving money by getting this as a guarantee.    Study all of the staterooms and indicators to make sure you avoid them unless you really want to know what is going on in the stateroom next door.

I think it depends on your neighbors. We've stayed in rooms with connecting doors in the wall like in hotels on some of the M-class ships without any noise issues at all. OTOH we've stayed in rooms without connecting doors with neighbors who were so noisy that we could hear them so consistently and so loudly and so early and late that we've had to contact GS to ask for some quiet. We also have had neighbors who decided to sit on their balcony and play guitar and sing (translate that to read caterwauling) at all hours of the day and night. They were neither good guitarists, nor good vocalists but were certainly robust and loud!  We unfortunately heard them clearly with verandah doors closed and without any connecting doors.