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[HallsofVA]

Did I read somewhere that on connecting rooms, the verandah's connect as well. We have rooms 9174 and 9176. This thread is so long, it was taking me too long to skim thru. Thanks!

Yes. The verandahs are supposed to connect!

 

[Sunshineminnie]

Did I read somewhere that on connecting rooms, the verandah's connect as well. We have rooms 9174 and 9176. This thread is so long, it was taking me too long to skim thru. Thanks!

We have these two rooms too! We would love to see pictures and hear the scoop when you get back, have fun!

 

[ll_california]

I like the size of the verandah there, but TV and desk is on the same side as the bed, meaning no watching TV in bed.

Also, the desk has no drawers and there are no cabinets above the desk. I wonder if there is additional storage space near the door entrance?

 

[jenseib]

So if we have a room that connects, even though though we don't know the people next door, our verandah is going to connect? I do NOT like that at all.

edited...ok looks like there is a door between them from waht I read. Good! I got worried. LOL

 

[disneymagicgirl]

Thanks! Hopefully the aft ones will connect too.

 

[DisneyDudet]

I have combed quite a few pages of this thread and am wondering if #6184 is a verandah room?

I just looked at our luggage tags for our February 10 Dream cruise and originally booked room 6000, which was an outside stateroom (the very forward room). But these luggage tags said 6184 on them, and, looking on deck plans, appears to be a 6B room!! We were magically upgraded!!

 

[Silverfox97]

I have combed quite a few pages of this thread and am wondering if #6184 is a verandah room?

I just looked at our luggage tags for our February 10 Dream cruise and originally booked room 6000, which was an outside stateroom (the very forward room). But these luggage tags said 6184 on them, and, looking on deck plans, appears to be a 6B room!! We were magically upgraded!!

It is one of those sweet aft verandahs - congrats!!

 

[mjf]

Hi,

We just got our GTY-5E room assigned and got a 10650 (5A). We will have the overhang from Cabanas right above. Being a first timer I'm assuming we got a good upgrade? But not sure. Any thoughts?

 

[quirty30]

Lots of great info in this thread. I am in the process of booking the Fantasy for June 2012. It's me and DD13 & DD11; mid-ship, a good verandah & non-connecting room were my top priorities. I was originally looking at a cat 4D and cabin 6582, but my travel agent thought a cat 5C would be better for us - she thought we would prefer the more traditional bathtub and wouldn't miss the slightly larger seating area since there are only 3 of us. She put a hold on cabin 7152. It wasn't as close to mid-ship as I would have liked, so tonight I explored. And I thought, 7152 is already near the back, hmm...what are these cat 6A & 6B cabins??? Turns out that 7690 is also available for our dates. Looks like it could have a really great balcony; it's non-connecting. And DS who has Asperger's loves sorcerer Mickey and I showed him the location of 7690 in HallsofVA's pics - he, of course was thrilled when he saw what was a few decks down. And it's almost $400 cheaper than the 5C cabin. So now I'm torn. I had wanted mid-ship because I get mild motion sickness. But none of the non-connecting cat 5 cabins are really truly mid-ship. There seem to be some really big fans of these aft cabins on here ...can I get some advice from you cruise vets?

 

[HallsofVA]

So if we have a room that connects, even though though we don't know the people next door, our verandah is going to connect? I do NOT like that at all.

edited...ok looks like there is a door between them from waht I read. Good! I got worried. LOL

On the verandahs, as with the connecting rooms themselves, I believe you will have the option of opening the divider, but don't have to. I haven't seen *how* they open, and whether there is anything to keep your neighbor from opening up the divider without your consent, but hopefully you won't be keeping anything of value out on the verandah anyway.

The only possible exception to this is on the extended section of the 5E verandahs. If you look back at the video I posted recently from the Passporter site, and go to the 40 or 49 second mark (I forget which) you can clearly see that the extended verandah divider does not appear to go all the way to the end of the extended verandah section. I don't know if there is anything that would prevent your neighbor from walking to the edge and into your verandah space or not. It's convenient if you have both connecting rooms, might be weird if you don't!

I have combed quite a few pages of this thread and am wondering if #6184 is a verandah room?

I just looked at our luggage tags for our February 10 Dream cruise and originally booked room 6000, which was an outside stateroom (the very forward room). But these luggage tags said 6184 on them, and, looking on deck plans, appears to be a 6B room!! We were magically upgraded!!

Congratulations! Looks like you got a bit of pixie dust! That's awesome! Enjoy the verandah!

Hi,

We just got our GTY-5E room assigned and got a 10650 (5A). We will have the overhang from Cabanas right above. Being a first timer I'm assuming we got a good upgrade? But not sure. Any thoughts?

Deck 11 overhangs all of the Deck 10 rooms, so there is no escaping it. But a 5E to 5A upgrade is awesome! If you've sailed before on DCL, I imagine Deck 10 could be a lot like Deck 8 on the Magic. We've sailed on Deck 8 4 of our 5 cruises, and enjoy the convenience. Yes we occasionally had noises from above, from tables and chairs scraping around. But those aren't usually noises when you're sleeping (unless you sleep really late), so you should be golden. And you are super convenient to the aft elevators!

 

[HallsofVA]

Lots of great info in this thread. I am in the process of booking the Fantasy for June 2012. It's me and DD13 & DD11; mid-ship, a good verandah & non-connecting room were my top priorities. I was originally looking at a cat 4D and cabin 6582, but my travel agent thought a cat 5C would be better for us - she thought we would prefer the more traditional bathtub and wouldn't miss the slightly larger seating area since there are only 3 of us. She put a hold on cabin 7152. It wasn't as close to mid-ship as I would have liked, so tonight I explored. And I thought, 7152 is already near the back, hmm...what are these cat 6A & 6B cabins??? Turns out that 7690 is also available for our dates. Looks like it could have a really great balcony; it's non-connecting. And DS who has Asperger's loves sorcerer Mickey and I showed him the location of 7690 in HallsofVA's pics - he, of course was thrilled when he saw what was a few decks down. And it's almost $400 cheaper than the 5C cabin. So now I'm torn. I had wanted mid-ship because I get mild motion sickness. But none of the non-connecting cat 5 cabins are really truly mid-ship. There seem to be some really big fans of these aft cabins on here ...can I get some advice from you cruise vets?

$400 is the cost of the photo CD on a 7nt cruise, so I'd go with the aft verandah room and use the money for something more fun! With the room you're looking at, you're going to be much closer to the true middle of the ship's spine. Thus you should have very little side to side motion versus a room on one side or the other. With 3 of you, I agree you probably don't need the space of the Cat 4.

 

[quirty30]

$400 is the cost of the photo CD on a 7nt cruise, so I'd go with the aft verandah room and use the money for something more fun! With the room you're looking at, you're going to be much closer to the true middle of the ship's spine. Thus you should have very little side to side motion versus a room on one side or the other. With 3 of you, I agree you probably don't need the space of the Cat 4.

Oooh, I like your thinking. I haven't cruised in a long time and I'd forgotten how expensive some of the extras were. Sounds like 7690 will work quite nicely for us

 

[HallsofVA]

MSTANG88 posted some great pictures of room 5024 showing the full extent of the verandah obstructions. See the link to the post specific to those rooms and those pictures!

http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=39626854&postcount=35

Here's one of the pictures, showing the full extent of the obstruction, and how you can longingly look at the extended verandah of room 5026 next door!

These pictures should apply in reverse for room 5524 on the right side of the ship.

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

I like the size of the verandah there, but TV and desk is on the same side as the bed, meaning no watching TV in bed.

Oh wow, I wouldn't like that at all! Not at all.

I created a separate thread, but here's what I posted. Be glad you didn't choose room 5524/5024!

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=39615651#post39615651

This video on the Passporter site shows the verandah for room 7022, an obstructed 5C verandah. They take some video looking down on the extended parts of the 5E verandahs below. I know there were lots of folks looking for this shot, so thought it would be good to point out.

The extended verandah you see is actually room 5026, which is down and one room over. Directly down from 7022 is room 5024, and you can clearly see (37 second mark) that it does not have the extended verandah, as discussed in the Special Rooms thread. The equivalent rooms on the right side of the ship are 7520, 5524 and 5526.

http://www.youtube.com/user/PassPorterGuides#p/a/u/1/aQhvwxHacLQ

Thanks so much for the links!
Oh yeah I'm totally glad I moved out of 5024. It's not only smaller, and obstructed, but the neighbors could easily see in your entire verandah it looks like? uncool. Someone even mentioned they might be able to not only see the entire verandah but in the room if the curtains were pulled back at the verandah door. eek!

What's interesting is the end two "extended verandah rooms" (for lack of a better way of putting it) don't have the divider all the way out? I hope all the rest do. Perhaps on that cruise those two rooms were booked as connecting rooms and that's why it's open? IDK... but if it has to stay that way- um, I really wouldn't like sharing the verandah like that and we're not all that great with always locking our verandah door either (I know- shame on us LOL) -um yeah I wouldn't like that.

I hope Fantasy is built the same.... she's supposed to be the same, right? I want our 5050 room on Fantasy to also have the bigger verandah. haha

 

[DizDragonfly]

The only possible exception to this is on the extended section of the 5E verandahs. If you look back at the video I posted recently from the Passporter site, and go to the 40 or 49 second mark (I forget which) you can clearly see that the extended verandah divider does not appear to go all the way to the end of the extended verandah section. I don't know if there is anything that would prevent your neighbor from walking to the edge and into your verandah space or not. It's convenient if you have both connecting rooms, might be weird if you don't!

I noticed that too. I'm hoping they just had all the deck 5 verandas open like that so that CMs could access the entire length during the Christening ceremony. I can't imagine the frustration of having your neighbors using your veranda as an extension of their own. Or the frustration of a parent trying to keep your 2 year old from running back and forth.

That's terrible!!

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

Yeah. Honestly they should have made that like navigator's verandahs with the big porthole looking thing -like on the Wonder I think it is? Then atleast that room would have some privacy..... LOL

 

[UmmGooD]

The only possible exception to this is on the extended section of the 5E verandahs. If you look back at the video I posted recently from the Passporter site, and go to the 40 or 49 second mark (I forget which) you can clearly see that the extended verandah divider does not appear to go all the way to the end of the extended verandah section. I don't know if there is anything that would prevent your neighbor from walking to the edge and into your verandah space or not. It's convenient if you have both connecting rooms, might be weird if you don't!

From what I saw on the pictures from MSTANG88 there is a smaller "flap" door on the 5E verandahs that probably prevents the person next to you from coming over to your verandah. Who knows if there is some kind of lock on that flap but it looks like it separates the two from someone coming over. Now with that said if a kid wants to crawl under it or people want to look over it they'll probably see into your verandah. Am I seeing that flap right?

Also on the AFT verandah's that are connecting how do those verandah's open? I haven't seen that yet and they look pretty solid and large. Those are the ones I don't have a clue how they open. I am in 8188 which isn't connecting but I wanted to make sure that the verandah still wouldn't connect. (I have seen on other cruise lines how even the non-connecting rooms can have connecting verandah's so people can book them and walk to the other room by going out on the verandah and then over to the other room.)

EDIT: Now that I look closer my eyes were deceiving me. The flap I was seeing is probably the curved part of the next stateroom's divider not a "flap" that opens.

 

[Silverfox97]

Yeah. Honestly they should have made that like navigator's verandahs with the big porthole looking thing -like on the Wonder I think it is? Then atleast that room would have some privacy..... LOL

 

[Piecey]

MSTANG88 posted some great pictures of room 5024 showing the full extent of the verandah obstructions. See the link to the post specific to those rooms and those pictures!

http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=39626854&postcount=35

Here's one of the pictures, showing the full extent of the obstruction, and how you can longingly look at the extended verandah of room 5026 next door!

These pictures should apply in reverse for room 5524 on the right side of the ship.

It seems like 5026 would be a neat verandah to have, though, or am I alone in that thought? I like that you can look out AND back towards the ship and see all that behind you, too, because your verandah rails curl around the bump. To me you are getting more "view"... does that make sense?

We're in 5546 on the Fantasy and am loving some shots of these 5E verandahs at last!

 

[HallsofVA]

It seems like 5026 would be a neat verandah to have, though, or am I alone in that thought? I like that you can look out AND back towards the ship and see all that behind you, too, because your verandah rails curl around the bump. To me you are getting more "view"... does that make sense?

We're in 5546 on the Fantasy and am loving some shots of these 5E verandahs at last!

I think any of the extended verandahs will be good. I think I'm record as saying that 5546 and it's mate on the other side are perhaps the 5E rooms that I'd be most likely to book (if I ever booked one) since they are least likely to be impacted by noise from below, and are non-connecting rooms.

As with anything on this ship, though, benefits always come with minuses, and on the 5E rooms you trade large extended verandahs for some lost privacy and exposure to the elements since they are open to the rooms and skies above.