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Chamina, we figured there must be a reason the AC is shutting down, and decided that it must think we are sleeping or not in the room, and the only way for it to know is if we use the “sleep” light control on the panel.  It sounds like vtcruiser found a great way to bypass the “saver” mode as well.

For the infinite veranda, the window must be closed for the AC to work.  The folding/sliding glass doors between the room and the veranda have no effect on the AC.  You  can close the folding glass doors and sit on the veranda but the window shade is on the veranda window so if the person on the veranda wants the shade open, there is no option but to have light in the entire room.  

 An interesting tip for the air-conditioning, we noticed the first couple of nights it seemed to get stuffy, with no fan running, in the middle of the night even though we had the AC on the lowest setting (66).   I played around with the electronic contol keypad near the door and realized that when you go to bed (or leave the room) if you use the electronic control  to turn off the lights, it not only turns off the lights but within 10 minutes it powers down the air conditioning fan to a sleep setting. It didn’t literally change the temperature showing on the pad, but the fan did not run, and over a few hours is became stuffy and somewhat warmer. We remedied that issue by leaving the electronic control lights on, and rather turned off each light switch individually so the air-conditioning contol pad did not think we were asleep/out of the room. I hope this all makes sense!   Also, if you use the contol pad, the bedside lights give you 30-60 seconds as they dim before they turn off completely.

We were on the same sailing as Anne, and I totally agree with her well balanced and thoughtful review.  We also had an  infinite veranda state room on deck eight and I was concerned about the IV having read the reviews before we boarded.  I tried not to let it bother me because when I called about making a change to a standard balcony we were quoted *twice* the price of what I booked the cruise for 2 years ago, so there was no way we could make a cabin change.  First off, I think it is a beautiful ship, I loved the soft tones in the cabin and public areas.  It felt like a nice hotel.  A balcony is a large part of the cruise experience for me and as everyone has stated, the IV is NOT a balcony, it is a porch. Had I not seen what I was getting via pictures posted on the boards prior to our cruise, I would have been very disappointed when I found myself basically looking out a window to see the ocean.   The only upside is unfortunately I had a cold while on this trip and so we spent most evenings after dinner sitting in the room, reading and relaxing. Because of the infinite veranda we could lower the window and enjoyed hearing the waves for hours in the evening without the room becoming too warm.  We kept the sliding glass doors open the entire cruise and I didn’t feel that the cabin was too small.  I thought the storage areas were very well thought out (other than the bathroom door hook needing to be longer) and we could keep everything out of site easily.  

I’m not sorry we tried the infinite veranda room.  I was very curious what it was about when I booked it two years ago and now I know. When I book it again for another cruise?  No. I would find a balcony room I could afford, or I would not go on the ship. From what I saw the prices are too high right now and I do not think it is worth what they are charging.  It is really unfortunate that they made such a large percentage of the staterooms with infinite verandas  The ship is absolutely beautiful, without a doubt the nicest decor for my taste of the 30 cruises we’ve taken on Cunard, Princess, RCCL, Disney and Celebrity.

I very much appreciated all the tips before our cruise, if you have any questions, just ask!

Thank you!  It is awesome to actually see where we’ll be.  Looking forward to hearing your thoughts from your cruise, have a wonderful sailing!

Thank you VT this is great!  We are on the Jan 6 sailing and can’t wait.   If you have a chance to plot our cabin, we’re in 8143.