Locked out on balcony

[Putterdude]

I have never hear of this happening on a Princess ship....it may have been a situation where the lock mechanism was half cocked and the impact of the slider on the door frame set the lock completely.

[sleepless]

Originally Posted by Treven

I've never had a balcony, so I don't know. The balcony door locks when you lock the hallway door?

How would that work?

[EdmPair]

No, the balcony does not lock when you close the cabin door to hall. The hall door is automatically locked but there is no communication with the patio door lock. In fact, it would be easy to leave the patio door unlocked and leave the cabin.

Gosh, interlocking locked doors are things I see in high value counting rooms of major banks. Or a forensic psychiatric unit. You play big bucks for that kind of function.

[marco]

Relative to your question about getting locked out on your balcony and does this happen often, the Cliffs Notes answer to your question is: No

[Gunner22aa]

The balcony door and cabin door are not inter linked. When one of us is on the balcony we always keep the door closed so the room remains cool. As we both come and go from the room on our own as we often enjoy separate activities she just assumed I was out and about. Flicked the lock closed for security and was gone out of the room in a flash. As the cabin had already been made up for the day the steward had no reason to come back so I got stuck there. Thankfully I was not drinking and nature didn't call while I was out there.

[cv322]

I am a solo cruiser & a couple of years ago, on the NCL Gem, I woke up & went out on the balcony very early one morning. After a few minutes I tried to go back in to get my camera & realized I was locked out. These were sliding doors, not open & shut doors.

No one was outside on their balcony around me...so I had to wait a pretty long time for my neighbor on the right side to come out. Well, she was a very elderly woman traveling with her adult daughter, & when I poked my head around the divider I almost scared her to death! She screamed, & then ran back into her cabin lol. Then the daughter came out & I explained my predicament...and she called guest services.

About 15 minutes later a security guy came & let me back in to my cabin. They had originally sent the cabin steward, but because I had double-locked the door the night before...the cabin steward's key wouldn't work!

They were very apologetic, said they would send a carpenter to look at the sliding door...and sent a bottle of wine to the dining room that night!

Thank goodness I had a tee-shirt on when this all happened!

[Hlitner]

Originally Posted by celle

I locked my DH out on the balcony on Millennium. I was rushing to go to a class, forgot he was out there, and locked the room up, including the balcony door. Oops!

DH managed to attract the attention of someone on a balcony above him and they called a steward to let him in again.

I got a lot of good-natured teasing from our cabin steward, who thought I had done it on purpose!

Hmmm. We can certainly see the advantages to such an event

Hank

[Bankshot]

Prior to the cruise we were taking a leaf tour. We were all staying in a large, rambling motel and had to put our luggage out by 7:00AM. A very "Stout" lady, travelling alone, thought she could just step out quickly, wearing just a Tee shirt and panties, drop the bags and slip back in before anyone could see her. Panic struck when she heard the door lock behind her. It was a long, long way to the front desk and when she arrived she was asked, " Do you have any identification"? She responded with, "Just the tattoo on my arse"!

[Fouremco]

Originally Posted by fleckle

If that ever happens to you on a Celebrity cruise, the solution is very easy.

You only need to light up a cigarette on the balcony and someone from security will be there instantly.

Excellent!

Hopefully with a bucket of water too!