Arubalisa Posted March 27, 2006 #1 Share Posted March 27, 2006 In the past few years dh and I have been traveling with my parents and grandmother in one cabin and dh and I, and now, since her adoption, our dd as well in a second cabin. The Grand Princess had connecting balconies on the mini-suites, but the steward refused to oblige. Blew us off by saying they did not open. Gee, then why are there doors? Funny how others had them open and at the end of the cruise the cleaning crew had them all open to wash down the ship... HAL Zaandam, verandah cabins, again no luck. Also traveling with my brother and his kids, we had 4 adjoining cabins, but none of the cabins connected nor did the balconies. Celebrity Galaxy did not have any balconies which could be opened to join one another. Even the Sky Suites, which if they had we could have just had dinner out there every night. These balconies are huge :eek: So my question for you all...Here is a challenge to you all. Has anyone been on ship (besides Carnival- 93 yo grandmother will not sail Carnival :rolleyes: ) or remember seeing a ship, where they had some real nice connecting balconies? We all love sitting out on our balconies, but as a family it would be nice to be able to do it together without a partition. Certainly would save on the neck strain from having to lean out over the railing to chat :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
besito20 Posted April 27, 2006 #2 Share Posted April 27, 2006 I heard that some NCL ships have the connecting balcony doors that they will open them for you. But I'm not 100% positive on that. I'll try to find out more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitty9 Posted May 2, 2006 #3 Share Posted May 2, 2006 I've been on both Celebrity and Cunard that had balconies that opened up. All we did was open them ourselves. I usually get a room by myself and my mom and sister get the connecting cabin, and we always open the balcony dividers so we can have a really large balcony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arubalisa Posted May 2, 2006 Author #4 Share Posted May 2, 2006 I've been on both Celebrity and Cunard that had balconies that opened up.The Galaxy's Sky Suite balconies did not open up :( Thanks, keep the suggestions coming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whale-watcher Posted May 2, 2006 #5 Share Posted May 2, 2006 I have never heard of a problem on Princess before...we have always had connecting balconies...note that some cabins have structural elements in the wall and do not have a door that can be opened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrp96 Posted May 2, 2006 #6 Share Posted May 2, 2006 Royal Caribbean used to allow people to open connecting balcony doors, but they don't anymore. EXCEPT, the new Freedom has sliding partions which look they will open between the balconies. You might check into the new Freedom of the Seas. They have an entire board on the Royal Caribbean board dedicated to the Freedom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayguz Posted May 2, 2006 #7 Share Posted May 2, 2006 Each Princess cruise- on the Sea and Grand- we had our balcony partition opened. It wasn't "wide open" but we could walk thru it with no problem. We are on the Mariner of the Seas later this month- both our TA and the RCCL people said that the balcony divider can be opened (since our rooms are adjoining but not connecting- we wanted that with the babysitter.) We'll see if the people at RCCL know what they are talking about. Kay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrp96 Posted May 2, 2006 #8 Share Posted May 2, 2006 Each Princess cruise- on the Sea and Grand- we had our balcony partition opened. It wasn't "wide open" but we could walk thru it with no problem. We are on the Mariner of the Seas later this month- both our TA and the RCCL people said that the balcony divider can be opened (since our rooms are adjoining but not connecting- we wanted that with the babysitter.) We'll see if the people at RCCL know what they are talking about. Kay It really depends on the Captain, but most people on RCCL have been reporting that they haven't been allowing the connecting doors to be opened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mar915 Posted May 20, 2006 #9 Share Posted May 20, 2006 Carnival Glory we had the balconies open, it is a great way to connect the rooms. We will miss it on the Adventure this year. Mary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Cruise4Ever Posted May 21, 2006 #10 Share Posted May 21, 2006 Norwegian Dawn has connecting balconies. Several families had multiple cabins booked and all the partitions were opened. Happy Cruising! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arubalisa Posted May 21, 2006 Author #11 Share Posted May 21, 2006 Norwegian Dawn has connecting balconies. Several families had multiple cabins booked and all the partitions were opened. Happy Cruising! Do you think the Pride of Hawaii has connecting balconies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Cruise4Ever Posted May 23, 2006 #12 Share Posted May 23, 2006 Hi, Lisa, I looked at the deck plans and it seems that there are many cabins that connect so I don't see why the balconies of those cabins would not open up. That has been a big request of family cruisers lately. And, seeing how the Pride of Hawaii is a new ship, I can't see NCL not accommodating. I would go to the NCL board and search "Pride of Hawaii" and search through some reviews to be sure. Or, simply call NCL to find out. Happy Sailing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeleBrat Posted May 27, 2006 #13 Share Posted May 27, 2006 We had two adjoining cabins on the Norwegian Star, and were able to have the balcony door opened between the two cabins. This made the HUGEST balcony ever! The kids loved it! CeleBrat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arubalisa Posted June 1, 2006 Author #14 Share Posted June 1, 2006 Thanks everyone for your replies. My Mom just booked 2 adjoining cabins BA 10126 & 10128 on NCL POH sailing June 26. So we she gets back I will surely post here to let you all know how she made out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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