Does anybody have experience with adjourning rooms?

[Mebert]

I just noticed that there will be an adjourning door in my stateroom. I tend to leave the TV set on all night. Do you think it will disturb my neighbors in the adjourning room? I don't want people knocking on the wall at night. The TV thing is a city habit I have because I can't take complete silence at night. If I'm in a big city, there's no problem because of the noise factor.

Any ideas or shortcomings of an adjourning stateroom?

[Gregswife]

Mebert, I have never had a room on a ship with adjoining doors. Have had them in hotels and I don't think they is any more of a noise factor than with a wall there. I wouldn't think your tv would disturb your neighbors unless it was absolute blaring, and I doubt that you would do that, so I think you should be fine. Hopefully someone who has had the door between cabins will be able to address the situation from experieince.

[mercedes]

On our first cruise, we had an adjoining room, the noise factor was nil. We never heard the TV or our neighbors.

[Mebert]

Gregswife and mercedes,

Thanks for the information. I feel a lot better. I think I'm going to push a chair up against the adjourning door. I've seen too many Alfred Hitchcock movies.

[mercedes]

I think you will be pretty safe, they are locked from both sides

[Sunbeam]

I just came back from the Century and I had an adjoining stateroom with a suite. I heard a few voices for a few seconds and only once: it was a couple with 2 teenagers.

I was scared also that I was not going to be able to sleep, after having read horror stories. Everything was fine.

I think you will be alright, as long as the TV is not on full blast.

Don't worry about the doors, they are looked on both sides and I think to get them open you have to talk to your cabin stewart as he/she are the ones that have a special key to open them.

Enjoy your cruise.

[Mebert]

mercedes and Sunbeam,

Thanks for the reassurances regarding security. I won't be blasting the TV set. I just need a little sound in the room to get to sleep. Don't worry, I can take a hint. I promise that I'll be considerate. Afterall, I have to represent Cruise Crazies all around the world.