zekekelso Posted May 26, 2021 #51 Share Posted May 26, 2021 On 5/1/2021 at 3:41 PM, Gabriele73 said: AIDA does. They have hammocks on every balcony. I have cruised with AIDA 3 times. The hammocks are great. There are also 2 chairs and a little table on the balconies. Now I want to check out an AIDA cruise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mom says Posted May 26, 2021 #52 Share Posted May 26, 2021 7 hours ago, zekekelso said: Most ship balconies are big enough for a pac n play, for when the little one has gone to sleep and mom and dad want to stay up and talk, watch tv or whatever. Yeah, leaving a small child unattended on a balcony all night seems like a great idea. Better yet, put it out there for a couple of hours so Dad can watch tv; then wake it up when you can bring the pac n play back inside. And good luck getting it back to sleep again. How about leaving the baby safely inside and the adults go sit on the balcony? If Dad needs screen time that badly, he can bring along a tablet and ear buds. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getting older slowly Posted May 26, 2021 #53 Share Posted May 26, 2021 On 3/8/2021 at 1:40 AM, codeyell0 said: What have people done to improve or make better use of the balcony? Get a suite so you get a big balcony with a real table and 4 chairs and 2 lounges..... Basically Balcony uses getting fresh air and sunshine standing looking, sitting eating drinking reading , if lounge available snoozing.... You can't really improve a tiny balcony..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codeyell0 Posted June 1, 2021 Author #54 Share Posted June 1, 2021 On 5/26/2021 at 7:48 PM, getting older slowly said: Get a suite so you get a big balcony with a real table and 4 chairs and 2 lounges..... Basically Balcony uses getting fresh air and sunshine standing looking, sitting eating drinking reading , if lounge available snoozing.... You can't really improve a tiny balcony..... My balcony on the MSC maraviglia is a longer balcony, room 8191 but the one video didn't show any more furniture huge balcony basically the size of a small room. I thought about inflatable chairs or something in the camping relm where it quickly deflates. nohting I would leave out there just something comfy to chill in for hours. Think the staff would give me another chair or two? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msmayor Posted June 2, 2021 #55 Share Posted June 2, 2021 This is the size of my balcony on my upcoming HAL cruise...a regular veranda stateroom but one of just two on this ship with a double-wide, extended balcony. My hack will be to pass some greenbacks to my stateroom attendant on day 1 to see about a couple of loungers and a larger table, if they aren't already there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iancal Posted June 2, 2021 #56 Share Posted June 2, 2021 We enjoy it as we find it. No issue whatsoever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OVgirl Posted June 4, 2021 #57 Share Posted June 4, 2021 On 6/2/2021 at 7:24 AM, msmayor said: This is the size of my balcony on my upcoming HAL cruise...a regular veranda stateroom but one of just two on this ship with a double-wide, extended balcony. My hack will be to pass some greenbacks to my stateroom attendant on day 1 to see about a couple of loungers and a larger table, if they aren't already there. Please come back and let us know how this works out for you. You'd expect that with all that room, it shouldn't be a problem. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Posted June 5, 2021 #58 Share Posted June 5, 2021 Most of my 1,469 cruises were NOT on mass market ships. You can probably guess what my profession was. Some of my very clever guests convinced their cabin steward to bring electric extension cords, small electric lamps, electric fans, extra furniture, etc, so they could customize their balconies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuiteTraveler Posted June 6, 2021 #59 Share Posted June 6, 2021 I brought a small electric fan to use on the balcony while my husband was photographing the Panama Canal from our balcony. It is very hot and humid going through the canal even though our balcony was shady and the fan was a lifesaver. But I don't think that would be allowed now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reeinaz Posted June 10, 2021 #60 Share Posted June 10, 2021 On 6/2/2021 at 7:24 AM, msmayor said: This is the size of my balcony on my upcoming HAL cruise...a regular veranda stateroom but one of just two on this ship with a double-wide, extended balcony. My hack will be to pass some greenbacks to my stateroom attendant on day 1 to see about a couple of loungers and a larger table, if they aren't already there. I think this might be bigger than my backyard 🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codeyell0 Posted July 22, 2021 Author #61 Share Posted July 22, 2021 This is what our balcony will be like. I'm surprised with its size no lounge chairs. I'm going to try for the greenback option I did buy an inflatable lounge chair figured I would use it on the beach on MSC's private island it was only 15.00 and takes minimal room once deflated 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ColeThornton Posted July 22, 2021 #62 Share Posted July 22, 2021 13 minutes ago, codeyell0 said: This is what our balcony will be like. I'm surprised with its size no lounge chairs. I'm going to try for the greenback option I did buy an inflatable lounge chair figured I would use it on the beach on MSC's private island it was only 15.00 and takes minimal room once deflated While that is big I don't think I would enjoy it. Doesn't seem like much of it is really functional for enjoying the view of the ocean. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codeyell0 Posted July 22, 2021 Author #63 Share Posted July 22, 2021 1 hour ago, ColeThornton said: While that is big I don't think I would enjoy it. Doesn't seem like much of it is really functional for enjoying the view of the ocean. view is fine but its very deep. i know its not wide, width is usually where the cost goes up. but I'll take more room where i can. but a pair of lounge chairs would make this area just right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tropicalkerry2002 Posted July 22, 2021 #64 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Could you not request 2 loungers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codeyell0 Posted July 22, 2021 Author #65 Share Posted July 22, 2021 this is my first cruise since i was a kid. I don't know how things work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tropicalkerry2002 Posted July 22, 2021 #66 Share Posted July 22, 2021 ask on the board for your cruise line, or ask your TA to put in a request. Enjoy your cruise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codeyell0 Posted September 1, 2021 Author #67 Share Posted September 1, 2021 so i saw this on a video on the MSC Meravigliahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWJD6YHiDk8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mom says Posted September 1, 2021 #68 Share Posted September 1, 2021 1 hour ago, codeyell0 said: so i saw this on a video on the MSC Meravigliahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWJD6YHiDk8 Nice. Is your balcony this big, or would you have to remove all the balcony furniture? I don't recall exposed steel beams on Celebrity balconies that you could use to loop those straps holding the hammock. Perhaps someone else could verify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codeyell0 Posted September 1, 2021 Author #69 Share Posted September 1, 2021 1 hour ago, mom says said: Nice. Is your balcony this big, or would you have to remove all the balcony furniture? I don't recall exposed steel beams on Celebrity balconies that you could use to loop those straps holding the hammock. Perhaps someone else could verify. on my msc cruise we have a corner balcony like in the video but its not that wide but it is deep. that video was 3 rooms all opened up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evandbob Posted September 2, 2021 #70 Share Posted September 2, 2021 On 4/26/2021 at 9:40 AM, Lois R said: Which ship? Years ago I had an AFT balcony on Summit..........that was a BIG balcony! Lois, it was the Celebrity Equinox. Very first cabin off the hump. Sorry for the delayed reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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