Never mind smokers on balconies - how about noisy neighbors!

We just returned from 12 days on the Constellation in our Concierge Class balcony cabin. We didn't have problems with smokers on adjacent balconies, but instead had to endure noisy neighbors on the other side of our bedside wall. Never have we encountered such constant, loud people, who we almost always could hear, at any hour of the day. It seemed that every moment they were in their room we could hear them talking, especially the woman - who never seemed to stop talking for long, that is unless the TV was on at ear splitting volume levels. From waking up in the morning to their muted voices through the wall, to falling asleep with a pillow over our heads to drown out those same muted voices, these horrible neighbors gave us few precious breaks of silence. It seemed they never left their cabin. I can't fathom how two people can have so much to talk about during the course of a day.

After a couple of days, when it became certain it was not going to end, I knocked on their door to ask if they would kindly keep it down. The woman, who appeared to be in her sixties, answered the door in her bathrobe. I politely introduced myself by name, indicated I was their next door neighbor, and asked if they would kindly lower the volume on their TV. In a voice very familiar to us, the woman said they only have the TV on infrequently. I again politely asked her to lower the volume. She apologized and closed the door.

For an hour there was near silence, and then we left for our daily activities. That hour was one of the last moments of silence we ever got. I even complained to the cabin attendant, who also apologized and said he would again ask them to lover the volume. After that didn't work, security even paid them a visit, with minimal results.

I hope to never, ever again have to endure such disruptive neighbors. Smokers would have been easier to deal with. Thank heaven for my iPod and noise cancelling headphones, which I was forced to use when relaxing in my room during the sea days. Without them I would have gone completely mad.

Thankfully I never had your constant problems. We have had noisy neighbors (very loud TV and slamming of drawers after midnight). I spoke to the front desk and that seemed to solve the problem. We also take those foam earplugs when ever we cruise. I probably would have asked for a new cabin if the front desk or hotel manager could not solve the noise problem.

I do remember a long time ago (after 2 nights of noise) calling some noisy neighbors around 1:00AM. They quieted down but were not very friendly. But the noise stopped.

We just returned from 12 days on the Constellation in our Concierge Class balcony cabin. We didn't have problems with smokers on adjacent balconies, but instead had to endure noisy neighbors on the other side of our bedside wall. Never have we encountered such constant, loud people, who we almost always could hear, at any hour of the day. It seemed that every moment they were in their room we could hear them talking, especially the woman - who never seemed to stop talking for long, that is unless the TV was on at ear splitting volume levels. From waking up in the morning to their muted voices through the wall, to falling asleep with a pillow over our heads to drown out those same muted voices, these horrible neighbors gave us few precious breaks of silence. It seemed they never left their cabin. I can't fathom how two people can have so much to talk about during the course of a day.

 

After a couple of days, when it became certain it was not going to end, I knocked on their door to ask if they would kindly keep it down. The woman, who appeared to be in her sixties, answered the door in her bathrobe. I politely introduced myself by name, indicated I was their next door neighbor, and asked if they would kindly lower the volume on their TV. In a voice very familiar to us, the woman said they only have the TV on infrequently. I again politely asked her to lower the volume. She apologized and closed the door.

 

For an hour there was near silence, and then we left for our daily activities. That hour was one of the last moments of silence we ever got. I even complained to the cabin attendant, who also apologized and said he would again ask them to lover the volume. After that didn't work, security even paid them a visit, with minimal results.

 

I hope to never, ever again have to endure such disruptive neighbors. Smokers would have been easier to deal with. Thank heaven for my iPod and noise cancelling headphones, which I was forced to use when relaxing in my room during the sea days. Without them I would have gone completely mad.

Sorry you had to endure that. Might I ask whether you had a connecting cabin? I've never heard anything from neighbors except for our last trip on the Millie when we had connecting CC cabins.

My sympathies on being forced to endure such noisy neighbors. Since she's in her sixties, it's very possible they are both hearing impaired but in denial. This does not excuse their behavior, but it might explain it.

I've had noisy neighbors in the past too... including a toddler that continually screamed and threw tantrums. Fortunately, we don't spend that much time in our room and the toddler slept quietly at night.

I agree that this is always disappointing... we go to great care to select the perfect room location (using the cruise critic boards!) but you can never plan for loud neighbors. Sounds like you took the right course of action... very disappointing that there was no other way to deal with it.

I'm surprised that no other rooms were available for you to move to. Usually even if a cruise starts out full, someone will leave at the first or second port and a room becomes available.

Many years ago we had 3 teenagers in the cabin next to us. The parents were far, far away on another deck. Not sure but I believe Celebrity has something in place now that would prevent unsupervised minors together in a cabin. We would hear the kids beating the living daylights out of each other, slamming into the walls, crying and it was just a madhouse late at night. I'm almost ashamed to admit it but the only satisfaction I got was using a public phone and calling to wake them up early in the morning when we left our cabin.

Many years ago we had 3 teenagers in the cabin next to us. The parents were far, far away on another deck. Not sure but I believe Celebrity has something in place now that would prevent unsupervised minors together in a cabin. We would hear the kids beating the living daylights out of each other, slamming into the walls, crying and it was just a madhouse late at night. I'm almost ashamed to admit it but the only satisfaction I got was using a public phone and calling to wake them up early in the morning when we left our cabin.

That is too funny and something I would also do!!!

On our second cruise in 1984, we were on the Royal Carribean Song of America. This was their flagship at the time, but ships in those days were smaller, the cabins were smaller and the walls were thinner. We had a honeymoon couple in the room next door. We found that out from the cabin steward who could barely get into their room to clean it, as they almost never left the room. We woke up everyday to their passion, went to sleep each night with the same and could not spend much time during the day in the room for the same reason. After a couple of days it was so bad, my wife and I would just break out laughing. While they must have heard us, it did not seem to stop them. The only time we ever actually saw them was on the morning we left the cabin to leave the ship. These two very young kids came out of their cabin the same time we did. I looked at them and said, "I can't believe you two can walk". My wife kicked me and they did not get the joke. However to this day I can still say "I can't believe you two can walk" and my wife cracks up.

The walls are much better insulated today, so your neighbors were probably much noisier than the newlyweds next to us, however I bet they did not have as much fun.

TW

My gosh I am so sorry you had to deal with these people for 12 days!!! I would have absolutely lost my mind I'm sure!

Noisy smokers on their honeymoon would be the worst.

We just returned from 12 days on the Constellation in our Concierge Class balcony cabin. We didn't have problems with smokers on adjacent balconies, but instead had to endure noisy neighbors on the other side of our bedside wall. Never have we encountered such constant, loud people, who we almost always could hear, at any hour of the day. It seemed that every moment they were in their room we could hear them talking, especially the woman - who never seemed to stop talking for long, that is unless the TV was on at ear splitting volume levels. From waking up in the morning to their muted voices through the wall, to falling asleep with a pillow over our heads to drown out those same muted voices, these horrible neighbors gave us few precious breaks of silence. It seemed they never left their cabin. I can't fathom how two people can have so much to talk about during the course of a day.

 

After a couple of days, when it became certain it was not going to end, I knocked on their door to ask if they would kindly keep it down. The woman, who appeared to be in her sixties, answered the door in her bathrobe. I politely introduced myself by name, indicated I was their next door neighbor, and asked if they would kindly lower the volume on their TV. In a voice very familiar to us, the woman said they only have the TV on infrequently. I again politely asked her to lower the volume. She apologized and closed the door.

 

For an hour there was near silence, and then we left for our daily activities. That hour was one of the last moments of silence we ever got. I even complained to the cabin attendant, who also apologized and said he would again ask them to lover the volume. After that didn't work, security even paid them a visit, with minimal results.

 

I hope to never, ever again have to endure such disruptive neighbors. Smokers would have been easier to deal with. Thank heaven for my iPod and noise cancelling headphones, which I was forced to use when relaxing in my room during the sea days. Without them I would have gone completely mad.

I have been there and you have my sincere sympathies. Nothing worse than being unable to sleep or enjoy your cabin during the day. Did you try to get moved? I have found that the guest relations manager can sometimes work miracles. You were brave to approach the cabin residents yourself. I would be afraid of retaliation down the line (which is maybe what you had if it continued) Did you call security or did guest relations call? Hope you have much better luck with your next cruise.

Anne

Sorry you had to endure that. Might I ask whether you had a connecting cabin? I've never heard anything from neighbors except for our last trip on the Millie when we had connecting CC cabins.

Hi,

You have been very fortunate if you have never heard your neighbors. :) Some of the CC rooms on Century are incredibly noisy even with people speaking at normal volume. I have heard way more than I ever wanted to hear. And these people were not partying, just being people.

Anne

Wow, so sorry you had that experience! Wish they dealt w it better or moved you or something!

We just returned from 12 days on the Constellation in our Concierge Class balcony cabin. We didn't have problems with smokers on adjacent balconies, but instead had to endure noisy neighbors on the other side of our bedside wall. Never have we encountered such constant, loud people, who we almost always could hear, at any hour of the day. It seemed that every moment they were in their room we could hear them talking, especially the woman - who never seemed to stop talking for long, that is unless the TV was on at ear splitting volume levels. From waking up in the morning to their muted voices through the wall, to falling asleep with a pillow over our heads to drown out those same muted voices, these horrible neighbors gave us few precious breaks of silence. It seemed they never left their cabin. I can't fathom how two people can have so much to talk about during the course of a day.

 

After a couple of days, when it became certain it was not going to end, I knocked on their door to ask if they would kindly keep it down. The woman, who appeared to be in her sixties, answered the door in her bathrobe. I politely introduced myself by name, indicated I was their next door neighbor, and asked if they would kindly lower the volume on their TV. In a voice very familiar to us, the woman said they only have the TV on infrequently. I again politely asked her to lower the volume. She apologized and closed the door.

 

For an hour there was near silence, and then we left for our daily activities. That hour was one of the last moments of silence we ever got. I even complained to the cabin attendant, who also apologized and said he would again ask them to lover the volume. After that didn't work, security even paid them a visit, with minimal results.

 

I hope to never, ever again have to endure such disruptive neighbors. Smokers would have been easier to deal with. Thank heaven for my iPod and noise cancelling headphones, which I was forced to use when relaxing in my room during the sea days. Without them I would have gone completely mad.

My commiserations. We've only had this problem once and it was a guy who kept the TV on full blast. We called the front desk to send security at about 3 a.m. on the first night. They phoned and we could hear the phone ring and ring. They came down and pounded on the door (probably woke up half our deck but the people on the other side came out and said thank heavens someone else had called) and when there was no answer, opened the door. The guy was asleep and claimed he couldn't sleep unless the TV was on for background noise!

Viv

So sorry to hear you had to put up with that your whole cruise. I guess 13 cruises and I have been really lucky. Even had one cruise where 4 young women were in cabin next door and the first thing they did was come to us and say if they made too much noise for us to let them know. I think I will add earplugs to my luggage just in case.

Noisy smokers on their honeymoon would be the worst.

Noisy, arguing, smoking, alcoholic, insomniac, honeymooners would do it for me! :D

Sorry to hear about your misadventures, makes you wonder if there is any cabin location that would keep you away from a situation like this?

On our second cruise in 1984, we were on the Royal Carribean Song of America. This was their flagship at the time, but ships in those days were smaller, the cabins were smaller and the walls were thinner. We had a honeymoon couple in the room next door. We found that out from the cabin steward who could barely get into their room to clean it, as they almost never left the room. We woke up everyday to their passion, went to sleep each night with the same and could not spend much time during the day in the room for the same reason. After a couple of days it was so bad, my wife and I would just break out laughing. While they must have heard us, it did not seem to stop them. The only time we ever actually saw them was on the morning we left the cabin to leave the ship. These two very young kids came out of their cabin the same time we did. I looked at them and said, "I can't believe you two can walk". My wife kicked me and they did not get the joke. However to this day I can still say "I can't believe you two can walk" and my wife cracks up.

 

The walls are much better insulated today, so your neighbors were probably much noisier than the newlyweds next to us, however I bet they did not have as much fun.

 

TW

I've been reading CC for quite a while, and chuckled a few times; this is the 1st time I've laughed out loud....these poor kids probably 'got it' a few years later and are most likely laughing themselves at what the neighbours next door endured? during their honeymoon! LOLOL

I've had noisy neighbors in the past too... including a toddler that continually screamed and threw tantrums. Fortunately, we don't spend that much time in our room and the toddler slept quietly at night.

 

I agree that this is always disappointing... we go to great care to select the perfect room location (using the cruise critic boards!) but you can never plan for loud neighbors. Sounds like you took the right course of action... very disappointing that there was no other way to deal with it.

 

I'm surprised that no other rooms were available for you to move to. Usually even if a cruise starts out full, someone will leave at the first or second port and a room becomes available.

Like you we selected this room carefully, using information on this board to avoid crew door areas, high traffic areas, etc. We never heard the people on the other side of us, and they were there - we said hello on our balconies several times.

I finally asked about other rooms. This cruise had been sold out for months. The only rooms available were inside cabins, which are missing one of the most important features of a cabin for us - the balcony. Celebrity can only do so much - there isn't a rule against noise like the smoking rules, so they couldn't fine them or remove them from the ship unless the bahaviour was abusive or destructive. And it wasn't Celebrity's fault that these people were so noisy, so I would never ask for some kind of restitution from Celebrity.

This is the first cruise we've ever had such a problem. Occasionally we'd hear neighbors on previous cruises, but these were few and far between occasions. Not like the constant talking we experienced on this one.

Won't stop me from cruising, however. But it will make me think about other cabins that maybe have only one neighbor to possibly have to deal with.

Thanks to all for your sympathies - nice to hear that I'm not the odd man out on this.

We've actually only encountered this once and it was on Millennium. OMG usually in the middle of the night when he came home late from the casino, she would have a hissy fit waking everyone up. That was the loudest but you could actually here them having general conversations...actually her nagging conversations a lot of times when we were both in the cabin. I've heard TVs on other ships/lines, but never noise like this.

makes you wonder if there is any cabin location that would keep you away from a situation like this?

A Celebrity Suite on an M-class ship. The bedroom is alongside the bathroom of the next-door stateroom. People tend not to spend too long in the bathroom and usually use it one at a time.

Sue

A Celebrity Suite on an M-class ship. The bedroom is alongside the bathroom of the next-door stateroom. People tend not to spend too long in the bathroom and usually use it one at a time.

 

Sue

EXCEPT for the PH suites. The bedrooms share a wall. But with all of that room, you can find a quiet spot....:p

Cheryl

When people go on their balconies, you can almost hear them as if they are in your room. I took a cruise by myself once so I could get away from everything and just decompress. I just needed to recharge. I am a late riser by nature and next to me was an older couple who apparently watched their toddler grandsons every morning so the parents could have breakfast. I guess the parents/toddlers did not have a balcony because every morning at around seven they'd all go to the balcony and wake me while commenting on how great it was to have a balcony, admiring the views etc. The entire week this went on, but I did nothing as how can you ask people not to go out and talk on their balcony? Once they all went in and the parents left, you could hear the kids running around, etc. What was ironic about the whole thing was that I took that cruise just to relax, sleep late and get some rest, yet every morning, my seven a.m. alarm would go off.

EXCEPT for the PH suites. The bedrooms share a wall. But with all of that room, you can find a quiet spot....:p

 

Cheryl

FYI, a Celebrity Suite is one particular class of suites on M-class ships-- others are Sky Suite, Royal Suite, and, of course, Penthouse Suite. I think Project_gal was referring specifically to Celebrity Suites.

FYI, a Celebrity Suite is one particular class of suites on M-class ships-- others are Sky Suite, Royal Suite, and, of course, Penthouse Suite. I think Project_gal was referring specifically to Celebrity Suites.

And?????

On our second cruise in 1984, we were on the Royal Carribean Song of America. This was their flagship at the time, but ships in those days were smaller, the cabins were smaller and the walls were thinner. We had a honeymoon couple in the room next door. We found that out from the cabin steward who could barely get into their room to clean it, as they almost never left the room. We woke up everyday to their passion, went to sleep each night with the same and could not spend much time during the day in the room for the same reason. After a couple of days it was so bad, my wife and I would just break out laughing. While they must have heard us, it did not seem to stop them. The only time we ever actually saw them was on the morning we left the cabin to leave the ship. These two very young kids came out of their cabin the same time we did. I looked at them and said, "I can't believe you two can walk". My wife kicked me and they did not get the joke. However to this day I can still say "I can't believe you two can walk" and my wife cracks up.

 

The walls are much better insulated today, so your neighbors were probably much noisier than the newlyweds next to us, however I bet they did not have as much fun.

 

TW

Too funny! My parents were on this ship NYC-Bermuda. My poor mom was seasick on the way over & back! Your post brought back memories of her telling us how she & my dad would have to turn up the music so as not to hear what the woman next door repeatedly yelled out to her mate during passionate lovemaking!:o (:eek:)