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anyone have any positives for lido cabanas? - Eurodam


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After doing a search all I can up with were negatives, mostly about blocking the view. Is their anyone with a positive experience with these? I'm thinking they would be wonderful, as to not have to worry about the chair hogs.

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I was just on the Eurodam and a few of them were rented. Some were rented as doubles. These were on the lido deck. However the ones on 11 were all empty. It was rainy, windy and cold. Never saw anyone up there.

I do not like the Eurodam and could give severalreasons. However will confine this comment to the question asked. There are no smalltables by the pool. None at all. They still try to sell you drinks but where do you put them. You can try to place it between the chairs but the lounges are so close together that is not easy. The view is gone. Several of the cabanas had the curtains closed all day so you see nothing.

The revenue from these can't be that much. I hope everyony complained on their comment cards about this.

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I hope everyony complained on their comment cards about this.

I would have, had I gotten a comment card. :rolleyes: We'll see from the Nieuw Amsterdam whether the overall reaction from passengers was good or bad ... or not bad enough to offset the revenues.

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They're great for exhibitionists...

...because everyone who walks by looks inside to see who/what's inside as if they were walking past a cage in a zoo, a tank in an aquarium, or a freak show at the Carnival...

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I may be in the minority here, but me and my family enjoyed them. Just as you mentioned, not having to worry about finding a chair each day was very nice. It was also great because everyone in our group always knew where they could find us. Finally we found the service that comes with it excellent also.

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They remind me of the pool at the old Fountainbleau Hotel in Miami back in the 60's. Exhibitionist Lane!

 

I think they're a da---d nuisance and hope they all blow away soon.

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I may be in the minority here, but me and my family enjoyed them. Just as you mentioned, not having to worry about finding a chair each day was very nice. It was also great because everyone in our group always knew where they could find us. Finally we found the service that comes with it excellent also.

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THANKS I'm thinking convience too. With two together and the tarps up there should be a breeze and they do look as if they're all the way setback. I would think that poolside would be elbow to elbow.

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With two together and the tarps up there should be a breeze

A breeze will be determined by the opening of the dome cover, in relation to where your cabana is. If the wind coming through the opening is headed away from your cabana you won't feel it.

For the most part, the wind coming through the open dome is felt in the pool, and lessens as you get closer to the sides.

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After doing a search all I can up with were negatives, mostly about blocking the view. Is their anyone with a positive experience with these? I'm thinking they would be wonderful, as to not have to worry about the chair hogs.
Wouldn't it make a lot more sense for the cruise line to set aside a group of "reserved" loungers by the pool, rather than these cabanas? Then for those people who don't want to deal with the "chair hogs," they could just buy reserved loungers for the week and be assured of their lounger always being there when they wanted to use it. I think the cruise line would probably make more money from these, and at least they wouldn't take up any more room than loungers around the pool take up now. Use the "primo" space for the reserved loungers ... i.e., directly around the pool, with the freebies up a deck higher or further back from direct view of the pool. Those would be the loungers where you would have to fight the chair hogs to use.

 

Blue skies ...

 

--rita

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I view lido cabanas, reserved deck chairs for lanai cabins and the loss of a swimming pool so that Holland America could cram additional cabins onboard as examples of loss of public space that in the original design was to serve all passengers. There are no doubt a few who are happy about the changes for it enhances their sense of entitlement. It matters little to them if they got the entitlement at the expense of someone else. I suspect many of these selfish few long for days gone by when steerage class was the norm.

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Wouldn't it make a lot more sense for the cruise line to set aside a group of "reserved" loungers by the pool, rather than these cabanas? Then for those people who don't want to deal with the "chair hogs," they could just buy reserved loungers for the week and be assured of their lounger always being there when they wanted to use it. I think the cruise line would probably make more money from these, and at least they wouldn't take up any more room than loungers around the pool take up now. Use the "primo" space for the reserved loungers ... i.e., directly around the pool, with the freebies up a deck higher or further back from direct view of the pool. Those would be the loungers where you would have to fight the chair hogs to use.

 

Blue skies ...

 

--rita

 

That would be nice to reserve a lounge chair poolside. I don't really care about the houghty toughty snobbery presumed that automatically comes with useing a cabana but, I do care when it's a pain to find space in a crowded pool area. Aren't there other pools that don't have the cabanas that others could use that don't like them? Like smoking bars vs nonsmoking. I don't smoke so I go to nonsmoking bars. Is this lido area with the cabanas the only public outdoor area on the Eurodam?

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Back in the mid-70's when we first started cruising you could reserve a deck lounger for the duration of your cruise for a small fee. The chair actually had your name on it. It was not unusual for someone to use your chair in your absence, but when you showed up, that person vacated ... no question. It was so long ago I don't remember if there were were even enough loungers to go around, as ships weren't the size they are now. Not sure if this could even work in today's climate with common area per passenger becoming less and less.

 

I wonder if cruise ships today even have enough loungers for all passengers ...

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I wonder if cruise ships today even have enough loungers for all passengers ...

For sure they don't. If the ship has a passanger capacity of 1200 I'm willing to bet they don't have 1200 loungers. Not everyone is going to want to be lounging at the same time on a given day.

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Cabanas do not belong on any HAL ship!

 

Keep cabanas on Half Moon Cay. That's it. There's plenty of room for them there, without taking away public space that leaves others too cramped. On a ship, they are just not practical.

 

I say that if HAL is looking for some added revenue, have a "selection" of loungers, in a primo spot (such as pool side) and charge a weekly rental fee for them. I think there are plenty of people, especially ones with kids who want to be assured of a spot poolside so that they can keep an eye on the kids ... who would gladly pay for them. HAL gets their added revenue, these people get their guaranteed loungers in a premium spot ... and those who don't want to pay extra are really no worse off than they are now having to find an out of the way lounger that may be available.

 

Problem solved.

 

Blue skies ...

 

--rita

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For sure they don't. If the ship has a passanger capacity of 1200 I'm willing to bet they don't have 1200 loungers. Not everyone is going to want to be lounging at the same time on a given day.
They don't need 1,200 loungers because a lot of people don't use the pools as a matter of course. Also, not everyone wants to be around the pool, in the center of all the activity. Many people will sit up on the promenade deck and read if they just want to look out to sea and perhaps enjoy a good book or audiobook. Others tend to want to stay out of the sun and won't be poolside at all.

 

I'd say if the cruise line had about 400 to 600 loungers, spread among the various decks, that would be more than enough to accommodate the people who would want to use them.

 

Blue skies ...

 

--rita

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They don't need 1,200 loungers because a lot of people don't use the pools as a matter of course. Also, not everyone wants to be around the pool, in the center of all the activity. Many people will sit up on the promenade deck and read if they just want to look out to sea and perhaps enjoy a good book or audiobook. Others tend to want to stay out of the sun and won't be poolside at all.

 

I'd say if the cruise line had about 400 to 600 loungers, spread among the various decks, that would be more than enough to accommodate the people who would want to use them.

 

Blue skies ...

 

--rita

That's exactly what I said. A poster asked if they would have loungers for everyone and I said no. It appears you are saying the same thing as I did so I don't know why you are quoting me.

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