Azamara Journey-Connecting Balconies?

[LMADAMS91]

We have our first Azamara cruise booked for December '24 on Journey. We have three side by side staterooms on deck 8. Do the balconies open up so they can be connecting?  I know some of the Princess ships have doors between balconies that can be opened by request for groups sailing together. Thanks!

[takemewithyou]

2 hours ago, LMADAMS91 said:

We have our first Azamara cruise booked for December '24 on Journey. We have three side by side staterooms on deck 8. Do the balconies open up so they can be connecting?  I know some of the Princess ships have doors between balconies that can be opened by request for groups sailing together. Thanks!

Are you on the 16 day Christmas cruise?

[LMADAMS91]

39 minutes ago, takemewithyou said:

Are you on the 16 day Christmas cruise?

No, we are on a 9 night Panama Canal cruise leaving on 12/13.

[takemewithyou]

21 minutes ago, LMADAMS91 said:

No, we are on a 9 night Panama Canal cruise leaving on 12/13.

Ok, I was going to invite you to join the roll call for the Christmas cruise. 

I was waiting to see if someone else might answer your question, but I do not believe Azamara opens those dividers for people, but I am not certain.  
let’s see if someone else knows for certain.

[Dr H]

I know the doors can open, whether or not the crew will open them for you or not, you'll have to find out on board. I don't recall seeing any hooks to keep the doors open or not. Ask...

[uktog]

They are opened for cleaning when in port but for safety reasons cannot be opened at any other time. If you ask it will be a no 

[excitedofharpenden]

Unlike say Celebrity which has a locking mechanism to hold them firmly open, Azamara's ships don't have any way to secure them open, so as uktog unfortunately you can't have adjoining balconies. 

 

Phil 

[combine]

In our experience….Yes they can be.

 

We had two adjoining balcony staterooms on Quest in July. We asked if the balcony dividers could be opened. 
This was allowed and they were opened not  by the stateroom attendant but a security guy. They were opened after we docked (usually whilst we were at breakfast ) and closed before sail-away  (usually whilst we were at evening meal) . They were not allowed to be open at all on the sea day.

[excitedofharpenden]

12 minutes ago, combine said:

In our experience….Yes they can be.

 

We had two adjoining balcony staterooms on Quest in July. We asked if the balcony dividers could be opened. 
This was allowed and they were opened not  by the stateroom attendant but a security guy. They were opened after we docked (usually whilst we were at breakfast ) and closed before sail-away  (usually whilst we were at evening meal) . They were not allowed to be open at all on the sea day.

The issue here and why they shouldn't be opened for guests is that once they do this there is an onus on someone to come and close them again before the ship sails. You were lucky someone agreed to do it, but it's not something that is generally done. 

 

Phil 

[uktog]

1 minute ago, excitedofharpenden said:

The issue here and why they shouldn't be opened for guests is that once they do this there is an onus on someone to come and close them again before the ship sails. You were lucky someone agreed to do it, but it's not something that is generally done. 

 

Phil 

I suspect some Safety Officers, whose decision it would be, will say no from the outset as has been the position in the past as they would also have to come round it the winds got up as can happen in port

Edited October 17, 2023 by uktog

[combine]

Im sure they are agreed or not  on a case by case scenario. If they had said no  that would of been fine also, but someone who could make that decision said yes for us and we were happy. It was certainly not a decision to be made by  state room  attendant. We never saw the person who opened them. 

[Traveler67]

My wife and three lady friends are on the Azamara Journey at this time holding two balcony cabins.  My wife reports that the divider between the two cabins has been opened.