Cruise passengers issued stern warning over 'disrespectful' balcony trend: 'Just don't do it'
An image of a couple relaxing on a mattress on their cruise ship balcony recently went viral. The pair appeared to have dragged their bedding out on to the balcony so they could read their books outside.
In another incident, Sarah Goodwin filmed herself dragging her mattress out to the balcony and told other cruisers they would 'not regret it'.
But other passengers were less than impressed by Goodwin's behaviour with one person saying in a cruise group: 'That is a big no no. I find it incredibly disrespectful.'
Another person added: 'You will [regret it] when your mattress is covered in salt and moist from the humid air and I bet the cruise company don't like that much either for those reasons.'
And now Carnival Cruise Line's ambassador John Heald has explained what the brand really thinks of mattress balconies.
In a social media post the ambassador warned: 'That is not allowed for safety reasons, cleanliness reasons, for all sorts of reasons.
'You cannot take your mattress and put it on your balcony. Don't do it. Just don't.'
John also addressed a few other passenger queries about cruise ship balconies. The ambassador said that some guests had written to him to complain about other passengers sleeping with their balcony door open.
The complaining guests had argued that it was 'selfish' as it stopped the air conditioning running in other cabins.
But John said that's simply a rumour and sleeping with an open balcony door won't affect the air conditioning.
'Some people have said that passengers who leave the balcony door of their cabin open that it is selfish because it turns the air conditioning off for other cabins in that area,' said John.
'That is not true. Regardless of those who say it is, I have confirmed with the highest level, the chief engineers on the ships, and they confirm it only turns off the air conditioning in your cabin and does not affect those around you.'
However, the ambassador did warn guests to be careful of a few things if they want to sleep with the balcony door open.
Cruise balcony doors are liable to slam due to the wind out at sea. John urged passengers to 'watch their hands' when they operate the door and also asked passengers not to let the door slam as it may disturb their neighbours.
The ambassador asked passengers to 'please be gracious and think of others' and advised them to keep an object in the door opening to prevent in slamming.
Cruise balcony doors are liable to slam due to the wind out at sea. John urged passengers to 'watch their hands' when they operate the door and also asked passengers not to let the door slam as it may disturb their neighbours (stock image)
Carnival Cruise Line also recently clarified a rule about a banned item on its cruise ships.
Paper or cardboard fans aren't allowed to be used on any of the line's indoor dancefloors.
Guests can still bring electronically operated personal fans as long as they comply with size requirements.
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