gm217 Posted May 21, 2019 #1 Share Posted May 21, 2019 (edited) Just came off the Crown Princess last week and was wondering why the cruise line took the extra chair in the balcony cabins out. I asked the stateroom attendant and she said they were taken out last year. I sailed the Diamond in Feb 2018 and we had the extra chair in our balcony cabin. Edited May 21, 2019 by gm217 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richsea Posted May 21, 2019 #2 Share Posted May 21, 2019 Unfortunately, Princess has indeed removed the barrel chair from all of the standard balcony rooms. There was a 40 page or so thread here a while back where most, not all protested their removal. Numerous calls to Princess were answered saying that if you wanted one to request it, but they couldn’t guaranty there would be one available. Princess must think only one person needs a chair; the other can stand or sit on the bed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefchick Posted May 21, 2019 #3 Share Posted May 21, 2019 Are we talking about the chair that is used for the vanity/desk area? Will I have to stand while putting my makeup on? 😱 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm217 Posted May 21, 2019 Author #4 Share Posted May 21, 2019 12 minutes ago, chefchick said: Are we talking about the chair that is used for the vanity/desk area? Will I have to stand while putting my makeup on? 😱 No the desk chair is still there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCruisers Posted May 21, 2019 #5 Share Posted May 21, 2019 12 minutes ago, chefchick said: Are we talking about the chair that is used for the vanity/desk area? Will I have to stand while putting my makeup on? 😱 The chair by the vanity/desk area is still there! The chair by the vanity/desk area (for putting on makeup, doing hair, etc.) is still there. It's the other chair (the barrel chair) that has been removed in standard balcony cabins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare oskidunker Posted May 21, 2019 #6 Share Posted May 21, 2019 Cost savings measure . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCruisers Posted May 21, 2019 #7 Share Posted May 21, 2019 Some people really do like the extra space not having the barrel chair gives them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XBGuy Posted May 21, 2019 #8 Share Posted May 21, 2019 On our recent cruise in a balcony cabin on the Ruby Princess, Mrs. XBGuy brought one of the two chairs from the balcony into the cabin. It worked well for us. Also, when the chair was left out on the balcony, there was noticeably more room in the cabin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm217 Posted May 21, 2019 Author #9 Share Posted May 21, 2019 I just thought it was odd having to eat one person at the desk chair and one person on the bed. We were on a cruise that it was too cold to use the balcony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richsea Posted May 21, 2019 #10 Share Posted May 21, 2019 4 hours ago, oskidunker said: Cost savings measure . How so? The chairs were already in the rooms. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare oskidunker Posted May 21, 2019 #11 Share Posted May 21, 2019 Cleaning and reupholstering. Plus they changed the colors in the room and the blue chairs won’t go with the orange and brown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasbo49 Posted May 21, 2019 #12 Share Posted May 21, 2019 I think it's worth noting that Princess was already behind the competition before this move. Most major cruise lines (HAL, Celebrity, NCL, RCCL, Carnival) have a sofa in a standard balcony cabin. People who've sailed primarily Princess don't seem to know this. Princess can't even provide two chairs to sit on if two people want to spend an hour or two reading or watching TV. I'll continue sailing Princess because we usually like the space of a mini-suite and the minis still have some sitting room. But If we wanted primarily balcony cabins, we would look at Celebrity or HAL for our main cruise squeeze. Jim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richsea Posted May 22, 2019 #13 Share Posted May 22, 2019 1 hour ago, oskidunker said: Cleaning and reupholstering. Plus they changed the colors in the room and the blue chairs won’t go with the orange and brown. Did they change the colors of the rooms on the entire fleet? I didn’t realize that. Not sure about how often they clean or reupholster the furniture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare oskidunker Posted May 22, 2019 #14 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Saw only on the Grand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm217 Posted May 22, 2019 Author #15 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Just another annoying thing that makes you look at other cruise lines. The first night on this cruise we had prime rib for dinner, the absolute worst I ever had. The only good meal we had was in the Crown Grill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kartgv Posted May 22, 2019 #16 Share Posted May 22, 2019 To those who say removing the chair provides extra space in the cabin, what would you use the extra space for??? It's not like you're going to be dancing or doing aerobics in there! I could see someone wanting it removed if they were storing a wheel chair or walker, but that could be handled easily on a case by case basis. We are among those who will never again book a balcony cabin on Princess with no place to sit to watch TV, enjoy room service, just sit and chill while spouse is finishing getting dressed. There are much better options on other cruise lines at the basic balcony level. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare oskidunker Posted May 22, 2019 #17 Share Posted May 22, 2019 57 minutes ago, Kartgv said: To those who say removing the chair provides extra space in the cabin, what would you use the extra space for??? It's not like you're going to be dancing or doing aerobics in there! I could see someone wanting it removed if they were storing a wheel chair or walker, but that could be handled easily on a case by case basis. We are among those who will never again book a balcony cabin on Princess with no place to sit to watch TV, enjoy room service, just sit and chill while spouse is finishing getting dressed. There are much better options on other cruise lines at the basic balcony level. Exactly. I sometimes wonder if these people that are gladvthe chair is gone work for Princess. Stupid idea, I know. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caribill Posted May 22, 2019 #18 Share Posted May 22, 2019 10 hours ago, gm217 said: I just thought it was odd having to eat one person at the desk chair and one person on the bed. We were on a cruise that it was too cold to use the balcony. It is rare than cannibals book a Princess cruise. 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bemis12 Posted May 22, 2019 #19 Share Posted May 22, 2019 3 hours ago, caribill said: It is rare than cannibals book a Princess cruise. It's not. It's just one of those things that is not discussed. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phabric Posted May 22, 2019 #20 Share Posted May 22, 2019 I had a barrel chair in an aft cabin D734 on the Caribbean in March 2019. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocklinmom Posted May 22, 2019 #21 Share Posted May 22, 2019 gm217, other than the missing barrel chair and gross prime rib, how was your cruise? We are on Crown in June. Were you on the British Isles cruise or the TA? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare oskidunker Posted May 22, 2019 #22 Share Posted May 22, 2019 The prime rib is usually good but once in a while the quality of the meat can be bad. I would send it back and get something else if this happens. I just wish they would get rid of the over cooked corn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggie777 Posted May 22, 2019 #23 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Happy to see the barrel chair topic has returned to CC. We will continue to cruise Princess in standard balcony cabins. If bringing a balcony chair into the cabin becomes an issue we will switch cruise lines. We like itineraries and most everything about Princess except the chair removal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasbo49 Posted May 22, 2019 #24 Share Posted May 22, 2019 8 hours ago, caribill said: It is rare than cannibals book a Princess cruise. Yes. Usually they sail on Carnivore. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madio Posted August 13, 2019 #25 Share Posted August 13, 2019 On 5/21/2019 at 7:59 PM, jasbo49 said: I think it's worth noting that Princess was already behind the competition before this move. Most major cruise lines (HAL, Celebrity, NCL, RCCL, Carnival) have a sofa in a standard balcony cabin. People who've sailed primarily Princess don't seem to know this. Princess can't even provide two chairs to sit on if two people want to spend an hour or two reading or watching TV. I'll continue sailing Princess because we usually like the space of a mini-suite and the minis still have some sitting room. But If we wanted primarily balcony cabins, we would look at Celebrity or HAL for our main cruise squeeze. Jim I fully agree. Recently, choosing a Holiday cruise, we agreed that if we chose Princess, it would have to be a mini-suite, as the standard balcony is too cramped, and we were constantly moving that barrel chair around. When my DH suggested that we have them remove it, I said "Then we have no place to sit!" Celebrity and HAL have a little love seat that works for us. But we are booked in a mini-suite on Princess in December because we like the date and the itinerary . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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