Bathroom Door in Room--pinch concerns?

[eangel12]

Hi,

I have a quick question. I was reading online that the bathroom doors slam and can potentially pinch a child's fingers pretty badly. I was thinking about purchasing door guards so prevent this from happening. Does anyone with young children have experience? It is another thing to pack and take up space...if it isn't necessary, I would prefer to not worry about them.

Thanks!

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Hi,

I have a quick question. I was reading online that the bathroom doors slam and can potentially pinch a child's fingers pretty badly. I was thinking about purchasing door guards so prevent this from happening. Does anyone with young children have experience? It is another thing to pack and take up space...if it isn't necessary, I would prefer to not worry about them.

Thanks!

Well, if you want to prop the door open, you can just use the old "towel over the top of the door" trick. Nothing extra to pack then.

Or, just keep the bathroom door closed(that's what we do). That way it doesn't bounce around with the movement of the ship also.

 

[sefowler1]

I don't recall those doors slamming on their own. You have push or pull those doors closed. They do not close automatically.

 

[eangel12]

I'm most worried about my 4 year old opening and closing the door on his own. He is 100% independent in the bathroom. It is hard to open the bathroom door? It doesn't slam shut? I'm just concerned about possible fingers in the door.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

I'm most worried about my 4 year old opening and closing the door on his own. He is 100% independent in the bathroom. It is hard to open the bathroom door? It doesn't slam shut? I'm just concerned about possible fingers in the door.

It does close, to a point. But to actually latch it, you must push or pull (depending on what side of the door your are on) it all the way closed.

 

[mkymouse40]

The towel over the door trick mentioned above seems like a perfect, inexpensive solution. I have also seen a video that shows that the drawers are automatically shutting slow action also if you were concerned about his fingers in the drawers. Disney seems to think of everything.

 

[OKW Lover]

The bathroom doors don't have a propensity to slam shut. Yes, its possible that when underway the ship may sway slightly that could cause the door to close by itself if left open. Easy solution is to simply close the bathroom door when using the facilities and when done afterwards. No need to fear for your fingers.

 

[Jennifer777]

The stateroom door is the one that automatically closed somewhat forcefully (very forcefully if the balcony door is open) and is the only one we have had any concern about while cruising with our kids. As others mentioned, the bathroom doors had to be pulled shut.

 

[Dug720]

Hi,

I have a quick question. I was reading online that the bathroom doors slam and can potentially pinch a child's fingers pretty badly. I was thinking about purchasing door guards so prevent this from happening. Does anyone with young children have experience? It is another thing to pack and take up space...if it isn't necessary, I would prefer to not worry about them.

Thanks!

Just looking at "door guards" they look adhesive and/or over the door things - both of which are not allowed by Disney.

 

[thepicklebee]

When my daughter was little, she had a bad habit of going into bathrooms and locking the door - thinking it was hiiiiiilarious to lock me out. I solved this problem in hotels by cutting off about a foot of pool noodle and slicing it open so I could put it over the top of the door, preventing her from closing it at all. It was lightweight and barely took up room in a suitcase.

 

[MPS516]

As PP notes, the stateroom door is the one with a heavy closer which can shut forcefully. The bathroom doors do not have auto closers on them so opening or closing is manual. We have had closet doors slide open or closed in very rough seas but never had a bathroom door slam shut, does not mean it could not happen. Agree that is it is a concern just hang a towel or washcloth over the door.

 

[jdrobinson06]

Another alternative to a towel or washcloth is just to cut a pool noodle in a few inch segment and then slice the edge to open it up. Then it can go on the door and act as a door guard without spending lots of extra. I use them on my classroom doors as a door stop and it is wide enough to stop the door if fingers are inside.

 

[eangel12]

The pool noodle is a great idea and so is the towel!! I found some door bumpers that would do exactly what a pool noodle would do.

Honestly, a slammed finger in a door would quickly ruin a vacation so I would rather be as cautious as possible. Thanks for all of the responses!

 

[Starwind]

As others have noted, the stateroom door is more likely to be the one slamming -- even adult fingers.

We keep the bathroom doors closed, whether someone is in the bathroom or not. There is enough noise from the closet doors and hangars moving around and the room creaking to not need to add to it by having a door left open

SW

 

[newtodis]

In October 2014 we took the shortest Disney Cruise in history on the Disney Dream thanks to the bathroom door in our stateroom. My then almost three year old was in the bathroom coming out and I had no idea how forcefully the doors closed on their own. She caught her thumb in the door and broke it. After several hours in the ship's infirmary we were escorted off the ship and to the emergency room. My poor boys sat in the lobby at the ER watching the "Mickey Ship" leave without us... Once my little girl realized we weren't going, she had even the doctors and nurses in tears because she kept screaming "I want Mickey! I want Minnie!". Really not a fun situation for anyone. We wound up doing a "redo" cruise a few months later and she wasn't allowed to go to the bathroom on her own, I brought plastic door stops with us (stuck them between the door and the wall so she could have a little privacy), and no hands near the door at all. She still tells people how the Mickey Ship ate her thumb and has no interest at all in another cruise. I'm happy to answer more specific questions you might have but my advice would be to be VERY CAREFUL of the doors!!!!

 

[MickeyEarrings]

Aww....

 

[tee11]

In October 2014 we took the shortest Disney Cruise in history on the Disney Dream thanks to the bathroom door in our stateroom. My then almost three year old was in the bathroom coming out and I had no idea how forcefully the doors closed on their own. She caught her thumb in the door and broke it. After several hours in the ship's infirmary we were escorted off the ship and to the emergency room. My poor boys sat in the lobby at the ER watching the "Mickey Ship" leave without us... Once my little girl realized we weren't going, she had even the doctors and nurses in tears because she kept screaming "I want Mickey! I want Minnie!". Really not a fun situation for anyone. We wound up doing a "redo" cruise a few months later and she wasn't allowed to go to the bathroom on her own, I brought plastic door stops with us (stuck them between the door and the wall so she could have a little privacy), and no hands near the door at all. She still tells people how the Mickey Ship ate her thumb and has no interest at all in another cruise. I'm happy to answer more specific questions you might have but my advice would be to be VERY CAREFUL of the doors!!!!

Oh so sorry that happened!!!
I'm glad you posted this, because I had a false sense of security- the bathroom doors did not slam at all on our past DCL cruises - I mean you couldn't have had it shut on you by accident! It stayed in whatever position you put the door! I thought that was awesome and perfect with little kids! So maybe we were just lucky with our cabin?!?

Other cruise lines - the doors will all slam shut. I know multiple people (adults!) getting injured!

 

[Bear3412]

My sincere condolences.

This is horrible.

Doors aboard are deadly. Use extreme caution with all doors regardless. If winds are high, use extra caution.

We have been aboard when winds were high, and it was deadly using any doors.
Including the auto doors.

Stateroom doors slam very powerfully. All parents and pax should use caution.
Thanks for reminding us of this particular danger.

There was a recent thread about the bathroom door slamming. And whether the parent should be worried about an injury due to the bath door slamming regardless of ship state.

Where is that thread ? will look now.
ETA; Oh my, this is that thread.

All pax please use extreme caution with all doors. There was also a pax who got hurt on another line with the auto close doors.

So please use caution, and observe the function prior to entering if possible.

Observe wind direction. If you see doors slamming due to wind, move to the other side of the vessel, to avoid that door pressure vessel/vacuum.

Don't forget about those pocket doors aboard some vessels. They are super deadly. IME

Be Safe