POA - temp in cabins

[kkwm]

Hi all. We will be on the POA in a few weeks. Just wondering if each cabin (we are in an inside cabin) has its own temperature controls or if we are at the whim of the ship. If the temperature is the same throughout, how cool do they keep it? Want to know if we will freeze at night due to too high ac. Thanks!

[triptolemus]

Each cabin has its own temperature control.

[casofilia]

The system may take a little while to adjust to how you like it but then it works really well.

[sanger727]

You will not freeze at night. Each cabin has its own temp control and we have a really hard time getting it cool enough to sleep (prefer 67/68 plus a fan at home).

 

 

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[chengkp75]

Cabin A/C is two fold. There is fresh outside air introduced at the rate of 20% of the cabin's volume per hour, and this air is cooled and supplied to an entire bank of cabins in large air handlers, and is set by central control. This balances the 20% of volume that is removed each hour by the bathroom exhaust. 80% of the cabin's volume is recirculated through a cooler that is individual to each cabin, and is controlled by the cabin thermostat. Note, however, that the cruise industry uses the same model as the hotel industry, and does not guarantee that the system will provide cooling more than a couple of degrees below the "standard" temperature of 72*F in the cabin. If your cabin is between 70-74*F, there will be typically nothing done to remedy it, and no compensation will be offered.

[kkwm]

Thank you all for the replies!

[Son of a son of a ...]

Cabin A/C is two fold. There is fresh outside air introduced at the rate of 20% of the cabin's volume per hour, and this air is cooled and supplied to an entire bank of cabins in large air handlers, and is set by central control. This balances the 20% of volume that is removed each hour by the bathroom exhaust. 80% of the cabin's volume is recirculated through a cooler that is individual to each cabin, and is controlled by the cabin thermostat. Note, however, that the cruise industry uses the same model as the hotel industry, and does not guarantee that the system will provide cooling more than a couple of degrees below the "standard" temperature of 72*F in the cabin. If your cabin is between 70-74*F, there will be typically nothing done to remedy it, and no compensation will be offered.

 

Chief - Should we leave the bathroom door open to exhaust (obviously, when not in use)?

[cb at sea]

There is a large enough gap under the door for air to be exhausted...but we always keep the bathroom door open, when not in use!

[chengkp75]

Chief - Should we leave the bathroom door open to exhaust (obviously, when not in use)?

 

Surprisingly, CB got it right this time. Yes, there is enough gap under the door to allow sufficient air flow to the bathroom vent. Your cabin is also kept under a slight overpressure, so that air flows from the cabin (actually as part of the 20% exhaust) into the passageway. This is designed to prevent any smoke from a fire from passing from one cabin, down the passageway, and into another cabin. This is why, when someone leaves the balcony door open, I can walk down the passageway and tell who it is right away, from the "sucking" sounds coming from under the door to the cabin, as the passageway is now overpressured to the wide open cabin.