OV Windows - Can you actually see out of them?

[4merlurker]

I've been browsing pictures of the OV's. Looks like the windows are pretty dirty (salty/wet) most of the time......can you actually see out of them? Take pictures? :confused:

 

Thanks!

[mn_isla_girl]

I've been browsing pictures of the OV's. Looks like the windows are pretty dirty (salty/wet) most of the time......can you actually see out of them? Take pictures? :confused:

 

Thanks!

 

You are right, OV's have a salty film. You can definately see out enough to know if you are in port or out to sea, but no good for taking pictures.

[elspeth]

I agree. You can see well enough to tell where you are, but pictures will probably not work well. The windows in the public areas can suffer from the same salt spray. They clean the windows periodically, but they can't keep up completely.

[golfadj]

If you want good pictures go up on deck.

[cruizinisthebest]

You can see out of the windows.

[Pine Bluff]

I've been browsing pictures of the OV's. Looks like the windows are pretty dirty (salty/wet) most of the time......can you actually see out of them? Take pictures? :confused:

 

Thanks!

 

LOL. They can be either way. Sometimes I wish I had a winsheild wiper and a spritzer on some rooms. But its never been so bad that it,s caked.

 

We often even both sat in the window well enjoying cocktails before dinnr.

 

We also graduated to balconies when the "balcony" ships made their appearance, so its no longer an iSsue.

 

And, no, the windows don't open.

[Aplmac]

You can see out of the windows.

You can do more than just see out the windows.

 

 

Sure there's some some salt residue on the outer surface

- so the keen photographer cleans what he can (his inner side of the perspex)

gets the camera up close, to sufficiently blur the outer residue

and get some fairly OK pics!

 

 

 

OV2 tenders -to and from Cannes.

 

 

 

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Edited November 11, 2013 by Aplmac

[gertiesmom]

I had an ocean view once. We could see just fine... Yes, we could see the dead fish on the window ledge just fine. It was there all week.

[jandjtexas]

I took several pictures out of my OV. I also spent some time leaning on the ledge watching the water. I love being closer to it, you can see the flying fish so much better.

[KillaFee]

Soooooo.....while we're on this subject, we have an OV on deck 2 for our upcoming Splendor cruise. How close is it to the water?! Will we feel like we're in an aquarium?! LOL. Seriously though, does the water ever come close to the windows on deck 2? We have a square window, not porthole, but we are very close to the bow so I'm wondering what type of spray or views we'll be seeing. :D

 

Thanks!

Laura

[Mysticks1]

Soooooo.....while we're on this subject, we have an OV on deck 2 for our upcoming Splendor cruise. How close is it to the water?! Will we feel like we're in an aquarium?! LOL. Seriously though, does the water ever come close to the windows on deck 2? We have a square window, not porthole, but we are very close to the bow so I'm wondering what type of spray or views we'll be seeing. :D

 

Thanks!

Laura

 

Take a look at this youtube video. It might answer your question. :D

[RuthlessBoss]

LOL. They can be either way. Sometimes I wish I had a winsheild wiper and a spritzer on some rooms. But its never been so bad that it,s caked.

 

We often even both sat in the window well enjoying cocktails before dinnr.

 

We also graduated to balconies when the "balcony" ships made their appearance, so its no longer an iSsue.

 

And, no, the windows don't open.

We had a balcony on 8th floor on Liberty. Couldn't see anything through the plexiglass until the second day when the stewards cleaned them.

[KillaFee]

Take a look at this youtube video. It might answer your question. :D

 

OOOOOOMG thank you SO much for posting! That's INSANE! That would be so rad!!!!! Wow. :D

 

Laura

[Colorado Kat]

Soooooo.....while we're on this subject, we have an OV on deck 2 for our upcoming Splendor cruise. How close is it to the water?! Will we feel like we're in an aquarium?! LOL. Seriously though, does the water ever come close to the windows on deck 2? We have a square window, not porthole, but we are very close to the bow so I'm wondering what type of spray or views we'll be seeing. :D

 

I love the oceanviews on deck 2. Fun to look out the window at the water below - mesmerizing.

 

My favorite was night-time when I saw a school of glow-in-the-dark flying fish. wonderful!

[Aplmac]

OOOOOOMG thank you SO much for posting!

That's INSANE! That would be so rad!!!!! Wow. :D

Now you know why they're sealed with a big ole rubber gasket!!

 

 

I'm fairly sure Deck 2 cabins don't often get that kinda 'treat' unless it's really bad

but those windows are sealed too. You have to wonder why! :D

 

 

http://pictures.cruisecritic.com/showphoto.php?photo=24160

 

 

 

 

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Edited November 11, 2013 by Aplmac

[Vitamin_Sea]

Yes!!!

 

Thats the nice part of having a window.

But, when your out at sea you probably will not see anything BUT water!

[OrlandoGirl57]

I've been in OV on the last several cruises and they were all fine. At each port they were cleaned. I did take a few pictures- and they were fine too. Of course, it's always better on deck for photo ops.

[4merlurker]

Thanks everyone - I wasn't really worried about taking pictures just wanted to know if the windows were ever "clean" enough to.

 

Hopefully the water line will stay BELOW our window LOL. :eek:

 

~C

[FlyingCruiserNJ]

I've been browsing pictures of the OV's. Looks like the windows are pretty dirty (salty/wet) most of the time......can you actually see out of them? Take pictures? :confused:

 

Thanks!

 

Sure you can. The lower deck ones might have a little contamination but not so you cannot see out them. Of course you can't see anything at night as it is dark. :) It isn't even a factor on higher decks. I was just in an oceanview on upper on the sensation a few weeks ago and it was perfectly clear. It is probably the same for portholes. Oceanview rooms are good for if you just want to sit in the cabin and look out at the ocean on a sea day or a departure or arrival into a port, but IMO I don't usually even pay the premium for one. I am perfectly happy with an interior room. If I want to splurge it will be on a balcony, and even that is rare. I would rather spend that extra 50 or a hundred bucks on other stuff onboard or in a port.

 

FlyingCruiserNJ

[purplemusik]

I love this post! We are going to be on the Rivera deck with an OV and now I can't wait!

[YesJeffery]

Take a look at this youtube video. It might answer your question. :D

 

Oh i saw that video last night. Now being back on land i thought the video was awesome. But if you read this OP, ships today are built Ford tough so don't let a little baby storm scare ya. :p

[riclop]

I've been browsing pictures of the OV's. Looks like the windows are pretty dirty (salty/wet) most of the time......can you actually see out of them? Take pictures? :confused:

 

Thanks!

Not very clear.

[virginiab]

On my first Caribbean cruise, we had an oceanview on the riviera deck. I fondly remember leaning on the window ledge as we were leaving ports, looking into the water. We saw a fair amount of floating garbage but we also saw rays swimming close to the surface. Very cool!

[maureencruiser]

Take a look at this youtube video. It might answer your question. :D

 

 

That's awesome! The scariest thing was the creaking of the cabin. It sounded like they were coming over on the Mayflower! :D

[Aplmac]

That's awesome! The scariest thing was the creaking of the cabin.

It sounded like they were coming over on the Mayflower! :D

Ship hulls flex and bend a little, in larger seas.

It's nothing out of the ordinary.

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