Connecting balconies

We will be on the Journey in February. My sister has the adjacent cabin. Will we be able to connect our cabins through our balconies?? Are there dividers or doors and can they be unlocked??

We will be on the Journey in February. My sister has the adjacent cabin. Will we be able to connect our cabins through our balconies?? Are there dividers or doors and can they be unlocked??

The dividers do open, but only for maintenance.

Wonder if Bonnie will see this and check whether you can ask to have them open?

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They open, but the way it was explained to me is there is no way to secure them in the open position when it's done. When the ship is sailing they can swing and break so for safety reasons they keep them locked except for crew to access when cleaning or varnishing the balconies in port for instance.

They open, but the way it was explained to me is there is no way to secure them in the open position when it's done. When the ship is sailing they can swing and break so for safety reasons they keep them locked except for crew to access when cleaning or varnishing the balconies in port for instance.

Hello cruisesoon,

I second what excitedofharpenden says..the balcony doors do open, but typically for maintenance.

P.s. Very cute name :)

We were on Carnival for a two week trip our daughter and 2 granddaughters were in the next cabin and they opened the balcony door and it stayed open the whole trip, we also had them open on a Princess T/A

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We were on Carnival for a two week trip our daughter and 2 granddaughters were in the next cabin and they opened the balcony door and it stayed open the whole trip, we also had them open on a Princess T/A

 

 

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The question was about Azamara.

You did not state Azamara in your post we're not mind readers!!!

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You did not state Azamara in your post we're not mind readers!!

The OP's question was about Journey, which is an Azamara ship!

You did not state Azamara in your post we're not mind readers!!!

 

 

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But the question is being asked on the Azamara board and refers to an Azamara ship so it should have been pretty obvious!!!

Hello goldenrod,

I welcome you to the Azamara board! And I speak for the whole company when I say we'd love to welcome you and your extended family aboard an Azamara Club Cruises ship soon.

P.s. I for one found it interesting that your other lines' balcony doors can be secured open. As already mentioned, ours cannot be. I may have to investigate...

Bonnie,

On the Celebrity S-class ships the balconies (or at least most of them) can be opened and secured. So there is some precedent within the corporation. Whether or not a secure latch could be added simply is another question. Celebrity has not (yet) retrofitted the M-class balconies so it may not be practical.

Bonnie, the reason I asked is because on Princess ships they can be left open. It is so nice to be able to do this when traveling with someone else too. Wish it was like this on the Journey.

They can also be secured open on Holland America ships.

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Bonnie, the reason I asked is because on Princess ships they can be left open. It is so nice to be able to do this when traveling with someone else too. Wish it was like this on the Journey.

Are you specifically referring to the Princess R ships like Pacific Princess that are sister ships to Quest and Journey? We've sailed twice on Pacific and saw the balconies opened for cleaning but not latched open. We were traveling alone so didn't explore options for adjoining balconies..

Hoyaheel it was not R ships.

Bonnie,

 

On the Celebrity S-class ships the balconies (or at least most of them) can be opened and secured. So there is some precedent within the corporation. Whether or not a secure latch could be added simply is another question. Celebrity has not (yet) retrofitted the M-class balconies so it may not be practical.

Bob, the S-Class balconies are deeper so the hinged part doubles back on part of the divider itself. On the Azamara ships because the balconies aren't as deep the glass divider actually hinges back over the patio door so there's no way to make it "safe". Well that's been my observation.

You did not state Azamara in your post we're not mind readers!!!

 

 

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No mind reading required:confused:

C'mon, folks, it is all about the design of the ship(s).

Some ships have balcony dividers that can be opened and secured by design.

Other ships have dividers that cannot be opened at all and some that can be opened but not secured. That is the case of R-class ships.

What can and cannot be done on other lines/ships has no bearing here. Square peg, round hole. :)