I wing it. When I am ready to sit by the pool and enjoy the outside air I just roam around and look for something...
I find later in the day, or right when a ship departs port it is a little easier to find a chair "in the sun".
I really do not care personally either way, a sun chair would be nice, but a shaded chair would be nice too... I am Irish so my skin goes pretty much from red back to white
I do not like people who save chairs unless it is for good reason. Someones husband is holding his wifes chair while she is in the pool for example. People who run out early dump stuff, go get breakfast, take a nap, get lunch, then out there 4-5 hours later - that is just rude..
That's a tall order, Tim! Lots of questions....I look forward to the various answers we are bound to get.
We don't look for deck chairs out by the pool in the sun----we opt for the shade and you can usually find those easily in the morning....before the sun-baked crowd decides they have had enough sun.
If there is a fun activity by the pool, your best bet to see what's happening is to go up one deck and look down from there.....it's a mob scene by the pool! You can usually find a deck chair in the sun on that same deck above the pool.
Chair hogs are a popular subject! I wish the pool attendants would abide by the company rules for "saving" chairs. That would solve a lot of problems.
That's why we always book Verandah Cabins -- we have our own place to hang out most of the sea day when there isn't an acitivity that we want to do. No chair hogs there!!!
Sometimes we will go to the aft pool -- usually can find a chair without any problems.
Yep! We always book balcony cabins, too. It's nice to be able to relax and enjoy the sea and the sky without a lot of commotion going on around us. We like to be active, but not frenetically so!
I prefer not to be on the bottom near the pool, I like going up a deck. If there's a breeze, you can feel it better up there, and also when there are activities at the pool, you can see so much better. I'll usually get up at around 9:00 or so and don't usually have too much of a problem finding an open chair. (Nope, I'm not a chair hog. Don't get up at the crack of dawn and reserve my chairs.) lol
We don't hang out a lot by pools in the sun- two of us are very "Irish" skinned and go from white to red to white...while two of us tan a lovely shade of brown! We look for areas that are out of the way and sunny- no pool necessary...but the Aft area is often very nice. We also tend to "roam" until we find what we want.
In the afternoon after a port day, I am apt to hang out on our balcony...though we don't have one in April...so I have to do something else...
Do you race out early to save a deck chair on "sea days"?
If not, how to do you save find a comfortable place on the deck to relax and get a tan?
What do you think about people who save deck chairs?
Are there certain parts of the deck where you can find an open deck chair more easily?
Are there specific ships or lines that deck chair supply and placement is perfect? terrible?
Let us know Cruise Line Fans...and if you have some advice let us know, too.
Thanks.
1. I don't go out to the deck until we're ready to spend time there.
2. When we're ready to go out, we take our chances that there's available chairs. I'm not into tanning, I go out to relax and read a chick lit book and sip Pepsi, while hubby and the girl go into the pool. So I just need a chair that's in sight of the pool, especially if hubby has to leave for a few minutes to make a pit stop, I don't have far to walk to watch her. Other than that, a shady spot is nice.
3. Depending on what the crowd who's out there...if they're sunning themselves, then it's easier to find a shady spot (my choice, again near enough the pool). If the shady spots are more popular...then it's harder.
4. I haven't kept track of which ships are better at having a good supply of chairs. I'm guessing it also depends on if it's a popular pool deck cruise.
I don't approve of people rushing out in the morning, throwing stuff on the chairs to "reserve" them, and then disappearing for hours. It's not considerate and I feel cruiselines should enforce the rules as this is a sore issue. Sometimes cruiselines have their priorities wrong (being nice to passengers even when they're inconveniencing other passengers).
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