Why do you decorate your cabin door?

We don't. Finding our stateroom has never been a problem. I wasn't aware it was an issue for some, although I guess I could understand it being a problem for an unescorted child or some elderly folks.

We never allowed our teen DD's to decorate their cabin door. We never wanted them to draw attention as to which cabin was theirs.

Some of the people here need to lighten up :eek: If you don't like door decorations, don't decorate your door !! For those that do like them, have a Blast with it. I love to see the creative ways that some people come up with to make their cabins unique :D. I don't see why more people won't just live and let live when the thing being discussed has no impact on their lives other than not agreeing with their own personal opinion of tacky.

Some of the people here need to lighten up :eek: If you don't like door decorations, don't decorate your door !! For those that do like them, have a Blast with it. I love to see the creative ways that some people come up with to make their cabins unique :D. I don't see why more people won't just live and let live when the thing being discussed has no impact on their lives other than not agreeing with their own personal opinion of tacky.

Maybe because some of us prefer to not have to look at a magnet factory barfing all over the doors in the hallway as we pass. Decorate your room al you want, we don't need to see it. But we don't have a choice in the hallways.

My memory is perfect, and I have no issue remembering numbers at all (I am a software engineer so I need to remember numbers and other random bits of data anyways).

On RCCL, the last digits of the cabin number are printed on your seapass card anyways, so if you can remember which deck you are on, then you can find your cabin.

Maybe I am not a social person, but I never seem to meet "new friends" on a ship, and furthermore, I really do not want other people who I do not know in my cabin anyways.

Also after a day or two, I know where my room is purely by the path taken to get to it. I have a very good visual memory, so I can remember where something is as long as I have been there before.

I really do not want my door "standing out" anyways.

Some of the people here need to lighten up :eek: If you don't like door decorations, don't decorate your door !! For those that do like them, have a Blast with it. I love to see the creative ways that some people come up with to make their cabins unique :D. I don't see why more people won't just live and let live when the thing being discussed has no impact on their lives other than not agreeing with their own personal opinion of tacky.

Are political statements ok? What about Pro life pictures like the one's that adorn our city buses? What about religious symbols on an Easter cruise or is the Easter Bunny the only thing that would be allowed? I never thought about the need to decorate my door before but you may have given me the notion to do just that.;)

Are political statements ok? What about Pro life pictures like the one's that adorn our city buses? What about religious symbols on an Easter cruise or is the Easter Bunny the only thing that would be allowed? I never thought about the need to decorate my door before but you may have given me the notion to do just that.;)

Or maybe a sign stating that mommy and daddy have been lying and Santa isn't real. ;)

Or maybe a sign stating that mommy and daddy have been lying and Santa isn't real. ;)

Yes this could get very interesting especially if people put such signs on other peoples cabin doors!:D

The only times I have seen doors decorated were in assisted living institutions where they lessen the confusion for the residents.

Are political statements ok? What about Pro life pictures like the one's that adorn our city buses? What about religious symbols on an Easter cruise or is the Easter Bunny the only thing that would be allowed? I never thought about the need to decorate my door before but you may have given me the notion to do just that.;)

I'm giving you and ducklite a plus one on your comments. I have no problem if someone want to plaster their doors with stuff, but I find it to be somewhat sophomoric in nature. On our last cruise, one couple changed their door every single day on a 14 day cruise. Why???? Just kind of immature to me. And I agree, you don't want to advertise kids being in a cabin by themselves.

Are political statements ok? What about Pro life pictures like the one's that adorn our city buses? What about religious symbols on an Easter cruise or is the Easter Bunny the only thing that would be allowed? I never thought about the need to decorate my door before but you may have given me the notion to do just that.;)

Do you have a problem. We are discussing door decorations, not politics, pro life or religious symbols. I have never decorated my door before, but I think I will have to take a trip to the magnet factory with a bottle of ipecac before my next cruise just to watch the uptight anti decorating people on this thread foam at the mouth. :eek:

Do you have a problem. We are discussing door decorations, not politics, pro life or religious symbols. I have never decorated my door before, but I think I will have to take a trip to the magnet factory with a bottle of ipecac before my next cruise just to watch the uptight anti decorating people on this thread foam at the mouth. :eek:

Oh my gosh I wondered if anyone would take that seriously and now I have my answer. Wow where is your sense of humor? Too funny.:D

I agree...It is fun to do the door. We always try to bring something representing our state or locality. We like to decorate for holidays and special occasions. Like someone said, those halls get long and boring and I'll admit that at times I have gone right on by my cabin. So now I discreetly decorate the door.

Some of the people here need to lighten up :eek: If you don't like door decorations, don't decorate your door !! For those that do like them, have a Blast with it. I love to see the creative ways that some people come up with to make their cabins unique :D. I don't see why more people won't just live and let live when the thing being discussed has no impact on their lives other than not agreeing with their own personal opinion of tacky.

Exactly what I was thinking but you put it much nicer O2Cool! :)

We have never decorated our door, although we have seen some decorated. Definitely isn't needed for us to find our room, that's no problem.

However we will be cruising for the first time this year during a "holiday" on New Years Eve, so for fun we may bring some sort of decoration since we always do it up big during holidays.

A 2011 thread worth a visit: Consequences of careless cabin decorating.

A 2011 thread worth a visit: Consequences of careless cabin decorating.

Interesting. I'd be livid if my cabin had that residue all over the walls. And yes, I would want some sort of compensation for having to look at HOHOHO on a spring break cruise. I expect my cabin to be in good condition barring minor wear and tear. That is not what I would consider minor.

Magnets.

Magnets.

FYI--Not all doors and/or walls on all cruise ships are made of metal.

We have a yearly cruise in the Fall with family and friends, we print out signs to put on each member of our party's door. This allows us to know where everyone is in case we don't have a list with us. We've also printed funny signs, such as "If the ships rocking, it's our fault" and "If we're making too much noise, they have earplugs at guest services". Making memories with family and friends, that is the main thing.

A few months ago DW and I did B2B cruises as the first part of a five week global honeymoon. On the first cruise I surprised her with a cute "just married" doorhanger, and she loved it. Since I had ordered decorations for the stateroom as a surprise, I figured that the door decoration would complement that. In general though, I feel that door decorations such as pictures, magnets, "funny sayings", etc., are pretty tacky, although I have no problem with it, and certainly wouldn't lose any sleep over it (live and let live). I don't mind seeing them, I just wouldn't do it myself (aside from that honeymoon situation). As a few have pointed out though, there are some great exceptions, like New Year's Eve, or Halloween. I especially feel that Halloween door decorations would be so much fun.

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I believe decorations are a way to celebrate special occasions and being on a cruise is a reason enough to celebrate. So why not show your creativity by having a door decoration.

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Never planned to decorate, but my festive work colleague made this one for us to use on our most recent cruise.. A little silly, but not adhesive, and it had our steward laughing!

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So we can find it ..

I believe decorations are a way to celebrate special occasions and being on a cruise is a reason enough to celebrate. So why not show your creativity by having a door decoration.

 

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This is definatey the answer to why we decorate our doors!

Just because it was fun to do. No real reason.