Cabin Door Slammers on the Sapphire!

[LACruiser88]

We are currently onboard the Sapphire and I want to throw our neighbor overboard!  Just kidding, but I'm not happy.

 

This morning at 5:00 am our neighbors let their cabin door slam not once, not twice, but three times in a matter of 10 minutes.

 

We are always very careful to hold onto the cabin door and carefully (and quietly) close it.  We have heard our neighbors door slam during the day, which is also very annoying, but come on at 5 am!

 

Funny, as I'm writing this their door slammed again (it's now 8:30 am).  I have spoken to prior door slamming neighbors in the past with not so positive results.

 

Ok, I feel better.  Thank you for letting me rant.  🙂

[avonlady6390]

Just slam your door a few times but people like that probably won't get the hint.

[wowzz]

In the past we mentioned this sort of thing to our steward, who then has had a quiet word with the offenders. The steward can say he has had compaints from various passengers in the corridor, so your anonymity is maintained.

Worth a try ?

 

[sttopmh]

We had this issue as well on the Regal. We were next door to a family of six passengers. Supposed to be Mom and child in the mini suite next to ours and Dad and other three kids in the inside cabin across the hall. Well, you know it really turned out to be Mom and Dad in the mini suite and all four kids across the hall. The kids kept running back and forth slamming the doors at all hours. One day the Mom jokingly "apologized" for her kids' behavior, but never did anything about it.

I never thought of saying something to the room steward. I'm sure they'd know it was us who complained.

[LACruiser88]

52 minutes ago, wowzz said:

In the past we mentioned this sort of thing to our steward, who then has had a quiet word with the offenders. The steward can say he has had compaints from various passengers in the corridor, so your anonymity is maintained.

Worth a try ?

 

We had that conversation with our room steward a couple of days ago.  We will revisit the topic with him today. 

 

Luckily for us, our neighbors disembark this coming Saturday. We stay on for an additional 18 days.

[TwoBadKnees]

I've only been on the older ships, so I don't know if this still an issue with the newer ones - sometimes doors slam when a balcony door is left open.  You can tell who leaves their balcony door open by the whistling sound.

[mkitchy]

We leave a nicely worded post it note on the door. Usually works. Good luck.

[roxievegas]

I agree - leave a note on their door.

 

When cruising started up again, we boarded the ship and unpacking our suitcases and two ladies entered the cabin next door - they were banging their stuff around and talking so loud we could hear everything - it was like we were in the same cabin.   I told my husband that I was going to say something, but he said to wait.  We waited and it continued.  Later that day when ship was leaving the port I was on the balcony to watch and one of the women came out on their balcony.

 

She looked over at me and said - I hope we aren't very loud ?.  (now if you have to ask then you know you are).  I said - yes, you are being very loud and it would be nice if you would tone it done.

 

We had very quiet neighbors for the rest of the trip.  I think this was the Emerald

[dweidensaul]

I frequently am in / out of my room from 5AM to 7AM for workouts.  Sometimes our door closes forcefully to ensure the locking mechanism is fully engaged and recognized by the Medallion system.  That being said, the time of day is irrelevant.  I get annoyed at noisy neighbors walking halls cackling after 8PM or 9PM as we wake early.  We all have to understand that our normal is not necessarily others' normal.  

[wowzz]

6 minutes ago, dweidensaul said:

I frequently am in / out of my room from 5AM to 7AM for workouts.  Sometimes our door closes forcefully to ensure the locking mechanism is fully engaged and recognized by the Medallion system.  That being said, the time of day is irrelevant.  I get annoyed at noisy neighbors walking halls cackling after 8PM or 9PM as we wake early.  We all have to understand that our normal is not necessarily others' normal.  

I agree about differences in normal. But there is absolutely no need to allow a cabin door to slam shut. Just a firm pull once the door is in place is all that is required. 

If someone is unable to close their door quietly at 5am, I for one would be complaining to the deck manager.

[SCX22]

Not defending the offender, but the cabin doors on ships are designed to slam shut because they are fire doors.  

 

Sorry to hear about your inconsiderate neighbors.

[CaptainPedantic]

Add drawer-slammers to that list 😡

[wowzz]

1 minute ago, CaptainPedantic said:

Add drawer-slammers to that list 😡

Absolutely ! 

Why do people have to open and shut every drawer in their cabin two or three times at 7am ?

[startedwithamouse]

If their balcony door is open, sounds like that's an assist for the slam.

[MissP22]

I'm all for slamming my own cabin door when they slam theirs & get everyone in an uproar. 😇 Since no one will know which door it was, everyone will get a note to quiet it down.

[Serious Cruisers]

Sadly now a days it's not always the best to approach your fellow guests next door who you do not know how they will react

 

I always call security that's their job (at 5am) and let them deal with it...it's almost a full proof fix

[arizonaperson]

@LACruiser88 feel your frustration with your next door neighbor door slammer. But perhaps there is a reason for this happening so many times. Like others have said ,maybe their balcony door is open and it just catches the wind with the cabin door part, maybe the person doesn’t weigh very much and the door is too heavy for them ?

well I hope by now you  have figured it out or perhaps just contact guest services and or security and see if something can be done to quiet your door slammers down.

 

[wowzz]

I thought that the experts on this forum had established that you should not leave your balcony doors open at night,  for a myriad of reasons, door slamming being one of them.

[LACruiser88]

1 hour ago, arizonaperson said:

@LACruiser88 feel your frustration with your next door neighbor door slammer. But perhaps there is a reason for this happening so many times. Like others have said ,maybe their balcony door is open and it just catches the wind with the cabin door part, maybe the person doesn’t weigh very much and the door is too heavy for them ?

well I hope by now you  have figured it out or perhaps just contact guest services and or security and see if something can be done to quiet your door slammers down.

 

Our room steward had another talk with them today and he advised that they are not keeping their balcony door open.  The past 5 days have been very cold and windy. Remember we are just above the Antarctic Circle, currently traversing the Straits of Magellan

Edited March 15, 2023 by LACruiser88

[cjpj]

Have to tell a funny story here. On one of our cruises the couple next door were fairly loud and often had their TV blaring. One night there was a noise coming from what I assumed was a drawer they'd left open. The ship was rocking pretty good and it was slamming back and forth with the ship and they weren't in the cabin. Called security and asked them to check if a drawer open or something, but that didn't resolve the problem. All night bang, bang. The next day I opened our fridge and found the slamming drawe. It was  some cans of soda that had been placed in the fridge so they were rolling back and forth with the rocking of the ship and banging! Thank goodness I didn't go banging on their door!

Edited March 15, 2023 by cjpj

[antsp]

Ahhhhhhh. Had that on a transatlantic, our cabin was an aft Vue, nest to crew stairs, convinced it was something from there, nope can of Coke rolling backwards and forwards in the fridge

[SomewhereGirl]

On my last cruise on Emerald one day I heard all these slamming doors.  I finally poked my head out and asked the steward what was going on.  It was HIM slamming the doors.  He said he was checking them so he was opening and slamming every door in the vicinity.  WTH.  I was completely disgusted and still am.  

[LACruiser88]

Update:  Since our room steward spoke with our neighbors yesterday afternoon, all we hear now is a light clicking sound of their door closing.  

 

Peace and quiet has been restored!  🙂

 

 

[wowzz]

9 minutes ago, LACruiser88 said:

Update:  Since our room steward spoke with our neighbors yesterday afternoon, all we hear now is a light clicking sound of their door closing.  

 

Peace and quiet has been restored!  🙂

 

 

Excellent news !

Your steward deserves a special thank you! 

[billco]

58 minutes ago, LACruiser88 said:

Update:  Since our room steward spoke with our neighbors yesterday afternoon, all we hear now is a light clicking sound of their door closing.  

 

Peace and quiet has been restored!  🙂

 

 

You must have really good ears. But, now it's time to move on to next complaint - Room service plates left on deck outside door.

Edited March 15, 2023 by billco