Extreme Chair Hogging...

That's just wild to me! I do give them points for creativity though! This is a new one.

Except the chair hogs don't care...and they're not all newbies either...not hardly.....

It's funny that this is brought up now. I run a cruise YouTube channel and one of the topics I'm covering in the next few weeks is sadly one I was hoping I wouldn't have to cover: cruise etiquette. On the top of that list, unfortunately, is "Don't be a chair hog"!

No no! Don't apologize! If you read.my post, you can see I was glad you did it! I don't believe there's very many subjects we haven't beaten up over the years, and this is a good one!

oops sorry didnt realise this original post was from 5 months ago, it was the first post to come up for me on the website, sorry for being a bit delayed with my comment

Usually I find it amusing that old threads get dredged up...but more and more I've come to realize that now that cruising is "full speed ahead" again, these "old" subjects never really change...chair hogging ranks right up there with casino characters who think they "own" a slot machine (but i digress)....call security, start a snit, whatever...it doesn't take much to ruin the ambiance of a cruise when dealing with these annoyances...not all that many people can blow it off like it never happened...and then of course, you can run into the "entitled offender" again....past few years, we've been sailing on ships with "private areas" (translated extra cost) so it doesn't generally happen...although we have seen it there too....

May I make a suggestion to anyone reading this...go back and read the whole thread...it'll make you smile...smiles are good....

totally agree, its disgusting, i would be a bit peeved too to see that

I have been on cruises where they take up 4 chairs and she was cruising by her self . One morning my wife got there early and took two chairs for our selfs. When the lady showed up she demanded that we move out of her chairs .......Sorry but not Sorry ... no move for us ....

Oh please……I saw someone at 6:00 am throwing books , towels, whatever, onto at least a dozen lounges. The best was when a fight almost broke out. Seems one guy “ reserved “ a couple of chairs. When he saw someone in his chairs, and his belongings removed he was furious. Started screaming etc. When someone finally got around to asking him when he reserved the chairs, he said “ this morning, before we got off the ship !” This was at about 2:30 in the afternoon.

ps. Never remove someone else’s belongings yourself. Call an attendant. That’s their job.

We have discovered that there are really only two 'good' solutions to the chair hogging dilemma. Both of which are in the cruise lines' best interest. At the present time with so few passengers cruising, one would surmise that there would be no need to get up before the break of dawn and chair hog up on deck. But, alas, we have been on cruises every month, but January, for a weeks cruise since restart, and have found it to be a chair hogs' delight. Not only are the chair hogs hogging one lounge, they are now hogging a second (one in the shade and one in the sun) at the same time. The CD (cruise director) even joked that the ship that has a capacity of 6500 guests with only 1000 guests on board can now 'hog' 6 deck chairs at once.

We could 'escape' the chair hogs by booking a cabin on ships that now cater to a "ship within a ship" guests. A secluded area with more 'space' and deck chairs, but that is still not been the case. The "Retreats" and "Yacht Clubs" are even more popular and book up to capacity. Move-up programs have exacerbated the situation and guests are experiencing the same problems of just not enough deck space and chairs for the amount of guests. So the only best solution is to book a suite with a balcony.