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(Not all have sliding glass doors, some open outwards on hinges, such as the QM2's).
quote:Originally posted by Weaver:What is the difference between balcony and a veranda? Both staterooms have sliding doors and a place outside to sit.
I think "veranda" sounds more exotic and luxurious than "balcony", but they're basically the same thing. The more upscale lines (like Holland America) use the term veranda.
Just like "stateroom" sounds more luxurious than "cabin."
Rich
[ 10-01-2005: Message edited by: Ernst ]
quote:Originally posted by Ernst:A verandah is usually a (covered) "gallery" at ground floor alongside the building - finally closer to a promenade deck - whereas a balcony is a platform "hanging" on the wall of a building.
You are probably right, but on ships the terms are interchangeable.
quote:Originally posted by Malcolm @ cruisepage:You are probably right, but on ships the terms are interchangeable.
Like suite, guest, concierge.....
No idea why on ships they seem to interchange the terminology, apart from making things sound better than they are. The term 'stateroom' irritates me, a bugbear, it's a cabin!
Pam
In the sixties, Orcades/Himalaya had a door while Canberra/Oriana had curtains.
[ 10-01-2005: Message edited by: Ocean Liners ]
quote:Originally posted by PamM:QM2's 'hull balconies' could be called 'verandahs'. Verandahs are not high up, they are balconies. Ernst is correct in his definition. It sounds more 'exotic' as many Colonial properties in bygone days had 'verandahs', with fans and bougainvillea everywhere, on which one enjoyed afternoon tea We all had verandahs when living in the Middle East, none of which could be called a balcony; they only came on apartment blocks.No idea why on ships they seem to interchange the terminology, apart from making things sound better than they are. The term 'stateroom' irritates me, a bugbear, it's a cabin!Pam
My parents called our glass and screened patio in Southern California the Hawaiian name 'lanai'. It sounded very tropical and exotic to me as a child. Verandah sounds like a room w/large windows that can be opened for an indoor/outdoor effect. The term stateroom as I recall came from the Mississippi riverboats where cabins were named for various U.S. States.
The DELTA QUEEN has cabins, but on the river a "cabin" is a common area. Hence on the DELTA QUEEN there is the Forward Cabin Lounge and After Cabin Lounge. Mark Twain described a steamboat cabin as, "a long resplendent tunnel".
quote:Originally posted by lasuvidaboy:The term stateroom as I recall came from the Mississippi riverboats where cabins were named for various U.S. States.
The term stateroom as I recall came from the Mississippi riverboats where cabins were named for various U.S. States.
In the seventies, Delta Queen sold as Staterooms irrespective of decks though she sold as Staterooms only on Cabin deck in the eighteies.
These cabins on Texas and Sun decks were advertised as Cabins.
[ 10-02-2005: Message edited by: Ocean Liners ]
quote:Ernst wrote:A verandah is usually a (covered) "gallery" at ground floor alongside the building - closer to a promenade deck than a "balcony" - whereas a balcony is a platform "hanging" on the wall of a building.
Well put Ernst.
quote:PamM wrote:...It sounds more 'exotic' as many Colonial properties in bygone days had 'verandahs', with fans and bougainvillea everywhere, on which one enjoyed afternoon tea ...
...and Pam.
The verandah is typical (and synonymous) of Australian colonial homes where the verandah encircles the house, and as Pam mentioned, perfect for afternoon tea (and buttered scones) .
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stately "noble, splendid," c.1385, from state (n.1) in a sense of "costly and imposing display" (such as benefits a person of rank and wealth), c.1330; a sense also preserved in the phrase to lie in state "to be ceremoniously exposed to view before interment" (1705). Hence also stateroom(1703), reserved for ceremonial occasions; earlier (1660) it meant "a captain's cabin."
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