Hinged Balcony Door

[lextrvlr]

Has anyone come up with a way to block the hinged balcony door in the open position long enough to maneuver a tray or drinks to the balcony?

[PORT ROYAL]

1 minute ago, lextrvlr said:

Has anyone come up with a way to block the hinged balcony door in the open position long enough to maneuver a tray or drinks to the balcony?

Have room service deliver.  
Then when they attend, open door, wait staff will carry through to balcony for one.

Simples….

[CCWineLover]

If you are DIY (not room service), keep door open by blocking it with chair or carryon.

[PORT ROYAL]

Now fully understand, one will be visiting the Buffet for self selection.  
Therefore, when browsing completed consider asking a member of the wait staff to carry the tray back to one’s stateroom.  Then one can hold open the door to allow the carrier to enter and place the laden tray on the table of one’s balcony.

[CCWineLover]

You all are making this way more complicated than it needs to be.

We found it easy to do it ourselves (open and brace open the door) for whenever we wanted to take something out to the balcony - and not tied to Viking staff either.  Certainly if you use them they will gladly help out however.

[TayanaLorna]

How about one person carries the tray and the other stateroom resident holds the door open.

[PORT ROYAL]

Although have occasionally observed it, one is at a loss to understand what is enjoyable, seen as a must do.  
To first have the thought, then to deliberately walk to the buffet, browse, load a tray with food, drink, napkins, cutlery etc..  The carefully carry (avoiding spills) the load all the way back to a stateroom. To then have to juggle the tray and it’s contents whilst performing contortions to open a door.
Just a big no-no

 

Edited March 22 by PORT ROYAL

[PORT ROYAL]

49 minutes ago, TayanaLorna said:

How about one person carries the tray and the other stateroom resident holds the door open.

Very fair point.  But then the OP will probably be seeking a “2 Tray” solution to the problem.😊

[TayanaLorna]

On 3/21/2024 at 9:46 AM, PORT ROYAL said:

Have room service deliver.  
Then when they attend, open door, wait staff will carry through to balcony for one.

Simples….

True.  They never want to hand the tray to us at the door but carry it to where you want it.  Even if we are still in our jammies.