Quad Balcony Cabin Question

[tikcho]

For anyone who has been in a balcony cabin for 4 people, especially on one of the newer ships - all the balcony cabins have a note that the balcony door does not open if the 3rd/4th bunks are open OR that the lower beds cannot be put together if the bunks are open. How can that be??? Dosn't that defeat the purpose of having a balcony, if you cannot open the balcony door??? Can someone elaborate on this or post a picture maybe? I searched online but could not find any pictures of how the bunk blocks the door.

[ceilidh1]

 

This in on Royal Princess. When the bunk is down, you can't access balcony, desk, or refrigerator. It comes down at exactly head height - worst design ever!

[Colo Cruiser]

19 minutes ago, tikcho said:

For anyone who has been in a balcony cabin for 4 people, especially on one of the newer ships - all the balcony cabins have a note that the balcony door does not open if the 3rd/4th bunks are open OR that the lower beds cannot be put together if the bunks are open. How can that be??? Dosn't that defeat the purpose of having a balcony, if you cannot open the balcony door??? Can someone elaborate on this or post a picture maybe? I searched online but could not find any pictures of how the bunk blocks the door.

On Royal Class ships.........only when the bed is made up it drops down across the balcony door. 

It can still be opened but you have to be a contortionist.

The bed is stowed during the day.

I will try and post a photo.

[ceilidh1]

[vampiress]

the room steward hides the 3/4 beds during the day and brings them back out during turn down.  so you have balcony access during the day.

[tikcho]

If you remove the ladder, can you still sort of lean down under the bed and slide the balcony door? My problem is that we like to sit on the balcony after we put the kids to sleep and we are used to have access to the balcony easily on all other ships we have been on. But if we can't go to the balcony at all at night, then that defeats the whole purpose of getting a balcony cabin.

[Colo Cruiser]

6 minutes ago, tikcho said:

If you remove the ladder, can you still sort of lean down under the bed and slide the balcony door? My problem is that we like to sit on the balcony after we put the kids to sleep and we are used to have access to the balcony easily on all other ships we have been on. But if we can't go to the balcony at all at night, then that defeats the whole purpose of getting a balcony cabin.

Yes you can. What ship are you looking at?

 

[tikcho]

Sky Princess. We were on the inaugural without the kids and loved the ship but this balcony situation is really stressing me out. I cannot believe someone designed these cabins so poorly, it's like they want to discouage families to go.

 

[Colo Cruiser]

8 minutes ago, tikcho said:

Sky Princess. We were on the inaugural without the kids and loved the ship but this balcony situation is really stressing me out. I cannot believe someone designed these cabins so poorly, it's like they want to discouage families to go.

 

I was on her for the Med cruise and the TA.

For the evening just put up with it.

You can still get out on the balcony

During the day it is not an issue.

Not worth stressing over IMO.

She is a beautiful ship!

 

[ceilidh1]

24 minutes ago, tikcho said:

If you remove the ladder, can you still sort of lean down under the bed and slide the balcony door? My problem is that we like to sit on the balcony after we put the kids to sleep and we are used to have access to the balcony easily on all other ships we have been on. But if we can't go to the balcony at all at night, then that defeats the whole purpose of getting a balcony cabin.

You can definitely duck underneath and go out to the balcony but just be careful. Between myself and two kids, we must have hit our heads a couple of times a day. My 8 year old son ducked under the first night to get a drink from the refrigerator and forgot about the bed. He stood up quickly and walloped himself!

[ceilidh1]

The only other issue with it (for me) is that I wasn't able to access the desk area with mirror and hair dryer after taking my shower in the morning....

[tikcho]

What category balcony were you guys in? Because some balcony categories also say that you cannot have the lower beds together if the bunks are down. I believe only the deluxe balcony categories do not say that.

[Colo Cruiser]

2 minutes ago, tikcho said:

What category balcony were you guys in? Because some balcony categories also say that you cannot have the lower beds together if the bunks are down. I believe only the deluxe balcony categories do not say that.

Thats a standard statement.

You can still put them together but it just makes it difficult to walk around them.

You just need to ask Stewart to move them how you want.