PamR413 Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 We have booked a cruise on the Allure - so excited! We selected a D4 balcony cabin on deck 9. I am trying to figure out whether it has the bed by the closet or the balcony, and have heard conflicting info. Some people say to find the nearest connecting cabin, take the right hand room, and then alternate balcony, closet, balcony, closet from there. Others say that ALL triple and quad cabins have beds by the closet. According to method 1 we have booked a 'bed by the closet' room, and would love to have the bed by the balcony. According to #2, there's no point, since they're all the same. Would love to hear from anyone who has booked this category. Also, I have seen photos with the sofa bed open for the night, and it appears to almost fully block the balcony doors. True, or is there room to maneuver past and go out on the balcony? I tend to wake up in the middle of the night and like to go out and peek at the ocean, but don't want to squeeze past DD sleeping in the sofa bed and possibly wake her up. If the bed is by the closet, how much room is there between the bed and the closet? DH is 6'4" and want to make sure he has room. We have only ever sailed on DCL, so are used to larger staterooms. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jticarruthers Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 Allure was probably the tightest cabin we have been in with the bed open (Central Park Balcony). It seemed they had stretched the room so it was longer and narrower than "normal", made it very hard to move around with the bed open in particular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 If you will give me the cabin number, I will see if I can find any photos of your cabin on CruiseDeckPlans.com I have also heard the "right is right" scenario. I have never heard that triple and quad rooms are the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSoxFan Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 For a type Dx cabin all the sofa beds are by the balcony leaving the bed by the closet. When the sofa bed is open navigating around it is very tight, I think that is why this is the case. You can sneak past the sleeper sofa. For the Oasis class ships the wall between every other cabin is jogged with the bed being at the wider part. Thus the alternating configurations. There is not much room between the bed and the closet, enough to manage but only one person at a time. I am also 6'-4" and we managed. I did sail the Allure a second time and my daughter and her friend stayed in there own cabin. We intentionally booked a cabin with the bed by the balcony and enjoyed it more. May I ask what cabin # you have? Edited to add: Find a connecting pair of cabins, the left hand one, as you enter, has the bed by the closet, the right hand on has the bed by the balcony, each subsequent pair is the same as you work forward or aft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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