permanentlyengaged Posted July 29, 2019 #1 Share Posted July 29, 2019 With all the cruises under my belt, it's embarrassing to admit that, when I get out of an elevator on a ship, I sometimes can't tell if forward is to my right or left. I know the weekdays are indicated on the floors, but is there some secret arrow that points forward? Many's the time I've walked a good distance in the wrong direction & had to backtrack. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coevan Posted July 29, 2019 #2 Share Posted July 29, 2019 2 minutes ago, permanentlyengaged said: I know the weekdays are indicated on the floors, OK There are ship maps near every elevator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare shof515 Posted July 29, 2019 #3 Share Posted July 29, 2019 4 minutes ago, permanentlyengaged said: I know the weekdays are indicated on the floors carnival ships do not have this 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbethel11 Posted July 29, 2019 #4 Share Posted July 29, 2019 22 minutes ago, permanentlyengaged said: With all the cruises under my belt, it's embarrassing to admit that, when I get out of an elevator on a ship, I sometimes can't tell if forward is to my right or left. I know the weekdays are indicated on the floors, but is there some secret arrow that points forward? Many's the time I've walked a good distance in the wrong direction & had to backtrack. Norwegian has fishies that swim forward, but in pertinence to Carnival, as Coevan said, there are ship maps at every elevators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3redheads Posted July 29, 2019 #5 Share Posted July 29, 2019 No need to be embarrassed. I don't know either. 😃 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbethel11 Posted July 29, 2019 #6 Share Posted July 29, 2019 An easy solution to both @3redheads and @permanentlyengaged's problem, the cabin numbers decrease going forward, and increase going aft. 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scpirate Posted July 29, 2019 #7 Share Posted July 29, 2019 I'm no newby either but the first couple days we usually make a wrong turn somewhere.i booked lido deck for this last upcoming carnival cruise so at least the cabin should be easy to find.cant go but one way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coevan Posted July 29, 2019 #8 Share Posted July 29, 2019 We always have trouble going back to the cabin after a night of partying. We have to look left and right to finds the even numbers. 😄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butterbean1000 Posted July 30, 2019 #9 Share Posted July 30, 2019 I love the idea of the forward facing fish on the carpet. I wish Carnival would do something like that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbethel11 Posted July 30, 2019 #10 Share Posted July 30, 2019 5 minutes ago, Butterbean1000 said: I love the idea of the forward facing fish on the carpet. I wish Carnival would do something like that. They could do something like their funnels on the carpet. The left whale fin depicts port side, the right whale fin depicts starboard side. And then the direction in which the two fins face is forward. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lensonlife Posted July 30, 2019 #11 Share Posted July 30, 2019 33 minutes ago, coevan said: We always have trouble going back to the cabin after a night of partying. We have to look left and right to finds the even numbers. 😄 I have totally ended up way lost before, but always meet the best people when I’m lost! 🤪😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknoge3k Posted July 30, 2019 #12 Share Posted July 30, 2019 51 minutes ago, scpirate said: I'm no newby either but the first couple days we usually make a wrong turn somewhere.i booked lido deck for this last upcoming carnival cruise so at least the cabin should be easy to find.cant go but one way. That's only if you're entering from the outside. If you're taking an elevator to lido, you can still go either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillyFan33579 Posted July 30, 2019 #13 Share Posted July 30, 2019 57 minutes ago, jbethel11 said: An easy solution to both @3redheads and @permanentlyengaged's problem, the cabin numbers decrease going forward, and increase going aft. Very good point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butterbean1000 Posted July 30, 2019 #14 Share Posted July 30, 2019 18 minutes ago, jbethel11 said: They could do something like their funnels on the carpet. The left whale fin depicts port side, the right whale fin depicts starboard side. And then the direction in which the two fins face is forward. You should definitely make that suggestion. 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbethel11 Posted July 30, 2019 #15 Share Posted July 30, 2019 6 minutes ago, Butterbean1000 said: You should definitely make that suggestion. 😀 I accept payments to my bank account, or OBC for all my cruises for my services! 😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bankofdad Posted July 30, 2019 #16 Share Posted July 30, 2019 1 hour ago, jbethel11 said: Norwegian has fishies that swim forward, but in pertinence to Carnival, as Coevan said, there are ship maps at every elevators. Yep, always wondered why other cruise lines don't do something like that too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roscoe13 Posted July 30, 2019 #17 Share Posted July 30, 2019 If you smell sewage like smells then that's aft... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyntil8ing Posted July 30, 2019 #18 Share Posted July 30, 2019 (edited) On Vista, at least, there are these handy-dandy signs on every floor when you come off the forward and aft elevators. Not sure about mid-ship elevators. And I know I've seen signs with 'Even numbered cabins' and 'Odd numbered cabins' to help with port and starboard but can't find any photos. (And for anyone wondering why we took our photo with these, it was for a camp scavenger hunt) Edited July 30, 2019 by cyntil8ing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Essiesmom Posted July 30, 2019 #19 Share Posted July 30, 2019 Days of the week carpets are in HAL elevators. I used to take a picture of one first thing in the morning so I would know all pictures following were taken that day. EM 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbethel11 Posted July 30, 2019 #20 Share Posted July 30, 2019 13 minutes ago, Essiesmom said: Days of the week carpets are in HAL elevators. I used to take a picture of one first thing in the morning so I would know all pictures following were taken that day. EM As well as RCI's elevators. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oskarNZ Posted July 30, 2019 #21 Share Posted July 30, 2019 (edited) It always takes me a moment to get my bearings every time I step out of a cruise ship elevator, so I agree that little touches like fish on the carpet is good thinking on the cruiseline’s part. Disney have stars and compasses in their carpet which navigate North, and there are hooks on the doors with Starfish (or I think Seahorses on some ships) on the Starboard side and fish on the port side. It all made it very quick and easy to navigate to the correct side of the ship. Edited July 30, 2019 by oskarNZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keywest1 Posted July 30, 2019 #22 Share Posted July 30, 2019 I got turned around on NCL even with the fish 😵 I just build my wandering time into my schedule. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandmarnnurse Posted July 30, 2019 #23 Share Posted July 30, 2019 11 hours ago, shof515 said: carnival ships do not have this No. I believe that was on RCCL. NCL has fish printed on the hallway carpets, swimming forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ontheweb Posted July 30, 2019 #24 Share Posted July 30, 2019 9 hours ago, cyntil8ing said: On Vista, at least, there are these handy-dandy signs on every floor when you come off the forward and aft elevators. Not sure about mid-ship elevators. And I know I've seen signs with 'Even numbered cabins' and 'Odd numbered cabins' to help with port and starboard but can't find any photos. (And for anyone wondering why we took our photo with these, it was for a camp scavenger hunt) The you are here signs always makes me laugh. There was a Drabble cartoon once where he is looking at a you are here sign and says, "how do they know that?". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djptcp Posted July 30, 2019 #25 Share Posted July 30, 2019 Don't be embarrassed. We almost always have cabins on the starboard side and go right for forward and left for aft. On the very occasional times we have port side cabins, I sometimes get confused and have wasted time going the wrong way until the light bulb goes off in my head 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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