Allure Junior Suite Hump Cabins

[slyster]

I'm thinking about moving to a junior suite and I noticed that Deck 8 on Allure has junior suites on the hump.  Some have connecting doors and only one available that is not a connecting stateroom (8240, 8640).  Does the connecting door make any difference?  Can you hear through the door or does it not matter in this case?

 

I can grab 8642 or 8644 but they are connecting and wanted your feedback.  Thanks in advance!

[Biker19]

33 minutes ago, slyster said:

Does the connecting door make any difference?  Can you hear through the door or does it not matter in this case?

The door may allow slightly more noise from the connecting cabin (compared to a wall), but it depends on your neighbor (which you usually can't fix) and the sealing around the door (which may be fixable if missing/damaged). The safe thing to do is grab the non-connecting cabin.

Edited October 27, 2022 by Biker19

[slyster]

3 minutes ago, Biker19 said:

The door may allow slightly more noise from the connecting cabin (compared to a wall), but it depends on your neighbor (which you usually can't fix) and the sealing around the door (which may be fixable if missing/damaged). The safe thing to do is grab the non-connecting cabin.

 

Good to know...in all these years, I have never had a connecting cabin so I have no idea if you can hear through them or not.  Thank you!

[RedIguana]

18 minutes ago, Biker19 said:

The safe thing to do is grab the non-connecting cabin.

@Biker19gives good advice here., Plus it saves the connecting for those that may need it. As far as noise from the other cabin is concerned, even with a connecting it should not be an issue. if your neighbors are loud, they are loud. Door is actually 2 doors, so it actually muffles sound better than just the main door into the cabin from the hallway. Last JS with a connecting door I was on (Explorer, we had originally booked the JS and the connecting, the folks in the connecting ended up canceling before final), I never heard a peep from whoever was in it.

I loved the deck 8 hump JS location on Harmony when I had one.

[John&LaLa]

10 hours ago, slyster said:

I'm thinking about moving to a junior suite and I noticed that Deck 8 on Allure has junior suites on the hump.  Some have connecting doors and only one available that is not a connecting stateroom (8240, 8640).  Does the connecting door make any difference?  Can you hear through the door or does it not matter in this case?

 

I can grab 8642 or 8644 but they are connecting and wanted your feedback.  Thanks in advance!

 

Pretty sure all the aft humps have JS's

 

Look at another deck, avoid 7 and 14 though

[mek]

I was in cabin 6250 on Allure last week.  It's the first cabin on the aft hump and it connected to the room next door.  Occasionally we could hear a little noise through the door, but nothing loud and if they talked we certainly didn't notice that.

Edited October 28, 2022 by mek

[poocher]

10 hours ago, RedIguana said:

@Biker19gives good advice here., Plus it saves the connecting for those that may need it. As far as noise from the other cabin is concerned, even with a connecting it should not be an issue. if your neighbors are loud, they are loud. Door is actually 2 doors, so it actually muffles sound better than just the main door into the cabin from the hallway. Last JS with a connecting door I was on (Explorer, we had originally booked the JS and the connecting, the folks in the connecting ended up canceling before final), I never heard a peep from whoever was in it.

I loved the deck 8 hump JS location on Harmony when I had one.

We have 2 booked on Harmony in May!

[slyster]

11 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

 

Pretty sure all the aft humps have JS's

 

Look at another deck, avoid 7 and 14 though

 

Deck 7 and 8 seems to be the only ones where the hump is all junior suites. Deck 9 has mostly junior suites, but on the rest of the deck plans, it seems there are only 1 or 2 on the hump.  We grabbed 8640.  It's not a connecting cabin so I'm happy about that.

Edited October 28, 2022 by slyster

[angela12345]

On 10/27/2022 at 8:08 PM, John&LaLa said:

Look at another deck, avoid 7 and 14 though

Why avoid deck 7, please ?

First time ever on Royal.  We're currently booked in 7314 on Harmony, but considering other cabins ... 6250, 6288, 7680, 7690, 11727, 12727.  Any advice on cabin locations / best decks to choose or avoid ?  6250 is angled larger(?) balcony next to the hump and close to elevators.  7680 is closer to elevators than our current location, that was available a moment ago but is not currently showing up, 6288 or 7292/7690 are next closest that's still showing.  On Harmony, which side can access the deck by the rock climbing wall that overlooks Aqua ... 7200-7300 side or 7600-7700 side ?  11727 and 12727 are both the 2nd regular balcony from the end/aft overlooking Aqua.  

About us ... from looking at the deck plans, it appears that most of the things we would be interested in ... casino, food, flowrider, aqua theater ... would be closest accessed by the aft set of elevators.  I like to be "close" to the elevators when possible but at least a couple/few cabins away.  The forward elevators we would be close to Royal theater, what else am I missing that is best accessed by the forward elevators ?  We do like to participate in a lot of activities.  I don't know yet what's available on Royal or where its usually held, but things like trivia, lectures, ice carving demo, dance / craft / cooking / towel folding / etc classes, we're pretty much up for anything.  I almost never sit by the pool, and have never even gotten in a cruise ship pool or hottub, hubby will rarely sit by the pool for an hour or two.

This cruise is for a balcony cabin of my pick (no suite).  We have stayed in balcony cabins before, and are 100% fine with not having oceanview balcony.  But maybe(??) would use it more if it was larger?  In fact, the Boardwalk view balconies all the way aft are intriguing to us for watching aqua theater, people watching, and still having an ocean view out the aft.  We typically leave the cabin in the morning and don't come back until the wee hours of the night, except to change.  We do like to sleep in a little later like 8-9am so that's a plus for Boardwalk view that might be slightly darker.

edit:  haha, I shouldn't have jumped onto this thread with my question.  I was only going to ask why avoid deck 7.  I don't know what happened, I just started pouring out all my thoughts.  LOL
 
 

Edited December 9, 2022 by angela12345

[truffles2]

There is no way to cross over from port to starboard side when you are on deck 7.  You must be on the side your cabin is on when you board the elevator.  I believe this is only the aft elevators.

[angela12345]

41 minutes ago, truffles2 said:

There is no way to cross over from port to starboard side when you are on deck 7.  You must be on the side your cabin is on when you board the elevator.  I believe this is only the aft elevators.

At the elevator banks, you cannot access them from both sides ?
On the deck plans it looks like the hallway enters from both port and starboard.
This is Harmony deck plans, aft set of elevators.  Wondering if Allure was different and the deckplan was changed by the time they built Harmony ?
 

[John&LaLa]

40 minutes ago, angela12345 said:

At the elevator banks, you cannot access them from both sides ?
On the deck plans it looks like the hallway enters from both port and starboard.
This is Harmony deck plans, aft set of elevators.  Wondering if Allure was different and the deckplan was changed by the time they built Harmony ?
 

 

Doubtful, but I can check tomorrow 😁

[Ourusualbeach]

43 minutes ago, angela12345 said:

At the elevator banks, you cannot access them from both sides ?
On the deck plans it looks like the hallway enters from both port and starboard.
This is Harmony deck plans, aft set of elevators.  Wondering if Allure was different and the deckplan was changed by the time they built Harmony ?
 

OA, AL, HM and SY are all the same.

[angela12345]

3 hours ago, truffles2 said:

There is no way to cross over from port to starboard side when you are on deck 7.  You must be on the side your cabin is on when you board the elevator.  I believe this is only the aft elevators.

1 hour ago, Ourusualbeach said:

OA, AL, HM and SY are all the same.

Yikes !!  Thanks SO much for letting me know.  OK, so all the criteria and questions in the post above still apply, but cut down the cabins in consideration to 6250, 6288, 11727, 12727, and any other areas on the ship I should consider.  Any pros/cons ?
 

[slyster]

On 12/8/2022 at 11:11 PM, angela12345 said:

Yikes !!  Thanks SO much for letting me know.  OK, so all the criteria and questions in the post above still apply, but cut down the cabins in consideration to 6250, 6288, 11727, 12727, and any other areas on the ship I should consider.  Any pros/cons ?
 

 

 

Okay, so you are asking about non suite cabins...you may want to start a new thread.  It's confusing being in a junior suite thread.

 

6250 and 6288 are balcony cabins while 11727/12727 are boardwalk balcony suites.  6250 is at the end of a hump on an angle.  It looks a little larger, but again it's on angle.  It's also closer to the elevators, between the two elevators.

 

I think it depends on whether you want a ocean view balcony or boardwalk balcony.  

[angela12345]

3 hours ago, slyster said:

Okay, so you are asking about non suite cabins...you may want to start a new thread.  It's confusing being in a junior suite thread.

haha, I know, sorry !!  I started out just to ask why avoid deck 7 and then all the sudden I realized I had posted a novel.  

Yeh, new post is a good idea.  My main problem is I can't decide what's more important ... close to elevators on a super convenient deck level or overlooking aqua/ziplines/rockclimb/people watching/while still having an ocean view.  I've just learned about the "not-so-secret" deck that overlooks Aqua by the climbing wall on deck 7.  So, one option is to book on deck 6 and then walk over to that deck for viewing.  See, now here I am doing it again !  I'm basically typing up the thoughts as they go thru my head.  hahahaha

[slyster]

I think the first question to ask yourself is do you want a boardwalk cabin or an ocean view cabin.  For me, I prefer to be more mid.

 

I have done Oasis class, and deck 7 is just a pain.  To get to one side of the ship, I have to go up one deck, or go down one deck.  That's a no go for me.