Balcony Room Curtains?

[tgmg00a]

My wife and I are doing our first Alaskan cruise in Mid June and I realized we will be crossing the Summer Solstice during our trip. This means very long days and very short nights. So, how good are the curtains/drapes in the balcony rooms? Should I bring a sleep mask? Your thoughts?

[wineforhealth]

The curtains are good but not 100% on keeping the light out, the sleeping masks are so small I would bring them.

 

Have a great cruise

[gcvt]

We were on Star last year and found the curtains to be very good at blocking light. I was actually quite impressed with them - I was able to take afternoon naps on our Mexico itinerary without any problem.

[Pam in CA]

There are two curtains: a privacy curtain and a room darkening curtain. This is what's in all Princess cabins. Some people use clips to hold the curtains in place at the center but I just use the chair to hold them together. They do a pretty good job.

[tgmg00a]

Thank you for the quick replay. Will bring the mask and I already have clothes pins in my toilet bag from long experience in hotels with curtains that won't stay closed.

[kcarrots1]

we were also in Alaska during the summer soltice. I found the curtains to work very well with keeping out the moond(sun) light. Enjoy your trip. We plan on going back to Alaska in 2015. Leaving on 1/19 for Panama Canal.

[Duane T]

Thank you for the quick replay. Will bring the mask and I already have clothes pins in my toilet bag from long experience in hotels with curtains that won't stay closed.

 

I was just off the South American cruise on Golden Princess where we had a lot of daylight rounding Cape Horn. I used some wrapping tape I packed to seal the curtains along the wall edges. My wife was constantly telling me to turn off the balcony light and I had to tell her that's sunlight around 3:00 AM.

 

Also had the same experience on the Baltics cruise on the Crown Princess. The sun set really late and we had some light well around 11:00 PM and early morning around 3:00 AM. That's when I learned I can reduce (not eliminate) light seeping in from the top and sides of the curtain by using tape.

 

The other routine you can do is to drink a bottle of wine before going to sleep. That help us sleep on many a night.

 

Have Fun!

[jean s]

We brought some plastic clips to hold the curtains together. That was fine for me but my husband had a tough time sleeping. If we do the Alaska cruise again my dh would need to bring a sleeping mask.

[bjkTX]

I like the way you think!!! :-)

 

 

The other routine you can do is to drink a bottle of wine before going to sleep. That help us sleep on many a night.

 

Have Fun!

[grammyprf]

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The curtains are good but not 100% on keeping the light out, the sleeping masks are so small I would bring them.

 

Have a great cruise

[mjmalino]

We were on the coral in Alaska 2 days before the solstice. For the most part the curtains did a great job. I do, remember a little bit of light showing under the curtain, not enough to keep you up, but enough that when my 8year old woke up at 2:30am he saw the light coming in and assumed it was at least 6 am, and thus time to get up