Open Connecting Balconies

[nlcentralchmps03]

I have a question. Our friends and us have two balcony rooms side by side. I know usually, they open the balconies up for you, if you ask. However, we both have aft cabins. Can they still open the barrier if they are aft cabins?

 

 

Thanks for the answers.

[NorbertsNiece]

I see you're travelling on Mariner..... there's a few threads running live from there right now.... you could pop your question there too.....

[nlcentralchmps03]

This is true. I've added many questions in there already. I fear I may become annoying if I do that ;)

 

But if nobody can answer my question here, I will venture over there and ask again.

[MrZoey]

I actually asked the same question yesterday, and was told you can't open the dividers on the aft cabins:(

[nlcentralchmps03]

I actually asked the same question yesterday, and was told you can't open the dividers on the aft cabins:(

Aw maaaaan.

That really stinks.

[garnettc]

I posed the same question to RCCL (about regular adjacent balconies on AOS, not even aft) and they told me they do not open the dividers anymore due to safety concerns. I am hoping that is inaccurate, but that was their official word.

[NorbertsNiece]

The steward opened dividing balcony screens on Indy for us last year....

[cb at sea]

The balconies are so large, you won't need to have them opened, anyway---all of you will fit on one or the other just fine! (and, you won't lose your privacy by having an accessible balcony!)

[purescottish]

we had ours opened on our B2B Mariner last July, as my daughter kept trying to lean over to talk to grandma and grandad in the cabin next door.. ( I swear I have a few more white hairs now LOL ) I explained this to the room steward, who had to go and get permission, but we had it opened for our 2 weeks

 

wendy

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[madforcruising]

If partitions between the balconies are opened up or not depends on mainly two points.

1. Can they be opened at all or not. THis can not only vary from ship to ship, but from cabin to cabin. Some ships like Freedom class have dividers that are easy to open. While on others balcony partitions are part of the steel structure of the ship. Most ships have at least between part of the balcony cabins solid walls that are part of the steel structure.

 

2. If it´s techincally possible to open the dividers it depends on the decision of the Captain if they are opened or not. S/He has the last word to it and has to permit it.

[wrp96]

I posed the same question to RCCL (about regular adjacent balconies on AOS, not even aft) and they told me they do not open the dividers anymore due to safety concerns. I am hoping that is inaccurate, but that was their official word.

 

The answers vary by ship and by cabin location. On AOS the dividers are fixed and can't physically be opened. Same is true with Voyager, Explorer, and the Radiance class.

 

The dividers between aft balconies on all ships are fixed and can't be opened.

 

On Mariner and Navigator it is possible for the dividers to be opened but because of the way they are designed there isn't a satisfactory way to keep them secure so it is up to the Captain whether or not he will allow them to be opened. Some cruises it is allowed, some it isn't. Usually based on how rough they think the seas will be that sailing.

 

On the Freedom class the dividers are designed to safely slide open and stay in place, so there is no restriction on the dividers being opened.

[chazg]

I posed the same question to RCCL (about regular adjacent balconies on AOS, not even aft) and they told me they do not open the dividers anymore due to safety concerns. I am hoping that is inaccurate, but that was their official word.

 

 

AOS Balconies are part of the Super Structure of the ship and are steel and cannot be openned.