Are rooms on the magic/dream with adjoining doors louder?

[slg]

we booked a 9c GTY which is what we always book, but we never get a room with an adjoining door. That is my one concern about GTY. How bad is the noise leak?

 

[PrincessShmoo]

we booked a 9c GTY which is what we always book, but we never get a room with an adjoining door. That is my one concern about GTY. How bad is the noise leak?

We've had connecting and non-connecting rooms (with the interior door). On all ships. We've never noticed more noise in connecting rooms, than non-connecting ones.

I worry more about the neighbors and how loud they are, it has nothing to do with whether there's a door between the two rooms or not.

BTW "adjoining" in ship's room-speak means next door to each other (with no interior connecting door). It also means across the passageway from each other.

 

[slg]

We've had connecting and non-connecting rooms (with the interior door). On all ships. We've never noticed more noise in connecting rooms, than non-connecting ones.

Thank you. I meant connecting. I don’t know why I said adjoining.

What do you think of GTY rooms? What are the odds of being upgraded?

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Thank you. I meant connecting. I don’t know why I said adjoining.

What do you think of GTY rooms? What are the odds of being upgraded?

Depends on what you call an upgrade. You've booked a 9C. You are very likely to get exactly what you've booked. You could be assigned to a 9B (an upgrade). Or a 5A. No one knows.

 

[slg]

I love 9c so that is fine. Just curious how often people get an upgrade

 

[PrincessShmoo]

I love 9c so that is fine. Just curious how often people get an upgrade

Not as often as it seems on this board.

 

[KVH]

Having had a cabin (cat5) without previously and, just last month, an interconnect (with our youngest and oldest DDs), I would also have to say the doors do tend to focus the sound a little more. Sharp sounds tend to carry more effectively. It's not like you can hear basic conversation, or even the TV. But laughter, well, you'll know when somebody is happy. Or, possibly even more "amorous" situations.

BUT. Don't let any of that discourage you. A good deal is a good deal.

 

[Spiffy MacSpiff]

Maybe we've been lucky, but my family has always had a connecting room on the Dream and we've never heard much noise from our neighbors through the interior doors. From the verandah, yes, and sometimes when they were entering / leaving via the hallway door, but pretty much nothing from inside the room. YMMV.

 

[ACQUADUCK]

We have had connecting rooms and yes we had some increased noise but not to much.
We clearly knew when they were coming in and out, by talking, maybe an excited family, we could hear the front door slam shut. We knew when they would be going out.

We have experienced snoring, now the beds shouldn't be that close and maybe it was a loud snorer.

But overall didn't spoil things too much.

Adjoining rooms, no issues at all.

 

[Dug720]

We've had connecting and non-connecting rooms (with the interior door). On all ships. We've never noticed more noise in connecting rooms, than non-connecting ones.

I worry more about the neighbors and how loud they are, it has nothing to do with whether there's a door between the two rooms or not.

BTW "adjoining" in ship's room-speak means next door to each other (with no interior connecting door). It also means across the passageway from each other.

In travel-speak in general that is how it is. I used to work in a hotel in reservations and while we would always clarify when someone said "adjoining" rooms, there were always some people who insisted that yes they meant "adjoining" and then would complain when the rooms were across the hall from each other or next to each other but no door. (I was a youth minister chaperoning on a youth choir trip once where I had not made the reservations, and in the hotel for the last couple of nights (other times we were with families), the person making the arrangements had in fact requested "adjoining" which is what we got. When some of the other chaperones started to fuss and were going to gather the others and go down to the desk to complain that they were not "adjoining", I politely explained that yes, actually being across the hall was in fact adjoining and asked if they had requested adjoining or connecting. The paperwork clearly showed "adjoining rooms requested". They did go to the desk to ask if a few of them could be changed to connecting, but it was a much more pleasant conversation because the choir director (who made the reservations) was able to lead with "I messed up when I reserved the rooms and requested adjoining when I meant connecting. Is it possible to change some of these?" They were not able to change the rooms in general as the hotel was full, but we were able to switch around the rooms a bit within the group to make it more workable.

But i agree with Shmoo. I heard more noise (very loud snoring) from a cabin without a connecting door than I have with a connecting door. Even when I was next to my parents in connecting cabins...and I KNOW my dad snores. So lord help the person in the cabin next to me without the door that I heard!!

 

[dcassetta]

The loudest experience I ever had was from an across the hall room. They always let the door slam and would stand right in front of the cabin and have conversations. I think I have been fortunate in the side neighbors as I have never had issues, whether connecting or not.

 

[cruiser21]

I was in a inside room no connecting doors. I never heard a peep from the room on the right. The room on the left I could hear everything. Every word of their conversations, the little girls cough, the dad's snore, a burp, sneeze, fart....I heard it. Most of the time I don't hear a lot from my neighbors... connecting room or not.

 

[dvcdisney]

I don't want to sway you either way. I'm just letting you know our experience. We had a connecting stateroom on our 2nd DCL cruise on the Dream. Not to scare you, but we vowed never to get one again. I wasn't aware that it would be an issue. On occasion, we've been assigned DVC resort rooms that were connecting and, although you can hear some things, it wasn't this loud. We heard EVERYTHING from the other stateroom. I don't know if they were just loud talkers, but it was very disturbing. I don't think they would have appreciated knowing that we were privy to all their arguments...we surely didn't.

However, I think it does depend on the neighbouring stateroom. It's a risk that I'm not willing to take. And you would need to take that risk, among other things when you book a gty room. Although I've never booked a gty because I NEED to choose my stateroom, there are so many people here that have had no significant issues with it. It's important to be aware of possible issues.

As others have said, you could hear a lot of neighbour noise even if you don't have a connecting stateroom. On one of our Fantasy cruises, we were on Deck 7. The guests above us were circus people (that's what it sounded like) and would jump constantly all through out the stateroom. The good thing was that they were not too loud in the evening or over night, but early morning came and I'm pretty sure there were gorillas up there. But the next cruise I chose the same stateroom and it was quiet.

 

[ACQUADUCK]

I don't want to sway you either way. I'm just letting you know our experience. We had a connecting stateroom on our 2nd DCL cruise on the Dream. Not to scare you, but we vowed never to get one again. I wasn't aware that it would be an issue. On occasion, we've been assigned DVC resort rooms that were connecting and, although you can hear some things, it wasn't this loud. We heard EVERYTHING from the other stateroom. I don't know if they were just loud talkers, but it was very disturbing. I don't think they would have appreciated knowing that we were privy to all their arguments...we surely didn't.

However, I think it does depend on the neighbouring stateroom. It's a risk that I'm not willing to take. And you would need to take that risk, among other things when you book a gty room. Although I've never booked a gty because I NEED to choose my stateroom, there are so many people here that have had no significant issues with it. It's important to be aware of possible issues.

As others have said, you could hear a lot of neighbour noise even if you don't have a connecting stateroom. On one of our Fantasy cruises, we were on Deck 7. The guests above us were circus people (that's what it sounded like) and would jump constantly all through out the stateroom. The good thing was that they were not too loud in the evening or over night, but early morning came and I'm pretty sure there were gorillas up there. But the next cruise I chose the same stateroom and it was quiet.

You just reminded me of a funny experience.

We worked out our neighbour next door was a DCL VIP.

I told my family to keep the noise down due to who he was.

Then my Travel agent did his usual contact to me, how's your room? Is the set up okay? Any issues?

I said it's all fine, thank you.

My TA responded, that's great, you will never know who is in the room next to you?

I Said, Yes we knew, we worked it out and hope we are keeping the noise down for him. We had seen him in Cabanas. And going in and out of his room.

Then we had a knock on our door, it was Karl Holz, former, executive for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, in charge of DCL at that time. He said, I understand from your TA ( actually quoted name not sure if I can post that here), that your worried you may have made too much noise, well you haven't!

We then had a very nice hour long chat there, and concierge turned up as well and joined in. He was really nice, seeing us at concierge meets as well.

 

[Anchors Away 2016]

We had a connecting room with my sister, her husband and their two daughters. I can tell you that even when we TRIED to contact them through the connecting door, like to get them to open it, they could not hear us and vice versa. We found the sound proofing to be quite effective.

Only once did I hear them through the door when they were being quite loud, and only our door, not theirs, was shut. Even then I couldn't tell for sure what I had heard. So I opened the connecting door quickly to tease my nieces for being too loud. Of course, when I opened the door, it was my own sons making the racket, not my nieces.

 

[Fldogmassage]

On our last cruise on another line, we had a connecting door and the people next to us kept me up late. I could hear every word. I am a light sleeper but they were also loud. Never again, if I can help it.

 

[dvcdisney]

You just reminded me of a funny experience.

We worked out our neighbour next door was a DCL VIP.

I told my family to keep the noise down due to who he was.

Then my Travel agent did his usual contact to me, how's your room? Is the set up okay? Any issues?

I said it's all fine, thank you.

My TA responded, that's great, you will never know who is in the room next to you?

I Said, Yes we knew, we worked it out and hope we are keeping the noise down for him. We had seen him in Cabanas. And going in and out of his room.

Then we had a knock on our door, it was Karl Holz, former, executive for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, in charge of DCL at that time. He said, I understand from your TA ( actually quoted name not sure if I can post that here), that your worried you may have made too much noise, well you haven't!

We then had a very nice hour long chat there, and concierge turned up as well and joined in. He was really nice, seeing us at concierge meets as well.

That must have been an exciting experience for you!

 

[ACQUADUCK]

That must have been an exciting experience for you!

He was so down to earth and genuine.

 

[dvcdisney]

He was so down to earth and genuine.

I'm sure he appreciated how considerate you were.

 

[ACQUADUCK]

I'm sure he appreciated how considerate you were.

Not sure about that!