Do ANY balcony partitions open on any RCI ships?

[63galaxie]

We often travel with more more than one balcony cabin. We've only sailed on AOS, but we'd like to try other RCI ships. We know that the balcony partitions can't be opened on AOS.
Do any other RCI ships have partitions that can be opened so that we can have one big balcony?

[madforcruising]

Originally Posted by 63galaxie

We often travel with more more than one balcony cabin. We've only sailed on AOS, but we'd like to try other RCI ships. We know that the balcony partitions can't be opened on AOS.
Do any other RCI ships have partitions that can be opened so that we can have one big balcony?

The only ships that are designed for having the balcony partions opened are the Freedom class ships, however it will always be the decision of the Captain if it´s allowed on your cruise or not.

[63galaxie]

Originally Posted by madforcruising

The only ships that are designed for having the balcony partions opened are the Freedom class ships, however it will always be the decision of the Captain if it´s allowed on your cruise or not.

Thank you!

[Scoobydobe7]

We had the balcony partition opened on the Mariner of the Seas in January of 2007. My cousins were in the next room and our reservations were linked.

[OttoCal]

When we were on the Mariner we asked to have our Balcony partition opened and the cabin steward couldn't unhook it, and they sent maintenance up who also couldn't get it to open. It wasn't a huge deal for us, so we just told them not to worry about it. But in theory on the Mariner- at least some do open!

[Aquahound]

Originally Posted by madforcruising

The only ships that are designed for having the balcony partions opened are the Freedom class ships, however it will always be the decision of the Captain if it´s allowed on your cruise or not.

The partitions on the two newer Voyager ships, Navigator and Mariner, can be opened. I saw them all opened on Navigator one day when they were cleaning the balconies.

[madforcruising]

Originally Posted by Aquahound

The partitions on the two newer Voyager ships, Navigator and Mariner, can be opened. I saw them all opened on Navigator one day when they were cleaning the balconies.

I might have expressed myself a bit unept here. What I meant is that on the Freedom class the balcony dividers are designed in a way to be opened for passengers. Some / many other ships have balcony dividers that can physically be opened, but it´s more for maintanance / cleaning purpose and not so much for passengers. Most of these dividers swing to open and will block the balcony window / sliding door. The dividers on the Freedom class are sliding doors and won´t block any of the balcony.