Occasionally do mock bookings to see if any cabins in your exact category become available. Method 1. However, it is half of a connecting room and pretty far down, close to the dining room. . You’ll Never Get Less. However, the exact stateroom, number, and location of the stateroom on the ship will be allocated by us (at our discretion. The category of cabins included a Royal Suite, Owner’s Suite (2-bedroom), Owner’s Suite (1-bedroom), Grand Suite, Junior Suite, Ocean View Suite, or a slightly larger balcony cabin. I used to be a cruise agent so I know a little bit about what can and can't be done. Hi, We just booked a guaranteed state room on Jewel OTS for next year. Posted October 29, 2021. Find a Cruise. I just did the barcode trick with my set sail pass and we’re on the same floor as the adventure ocean. Our cruise is in June. Shakespeare-Bot • 7 mo. Booked a XB guarantee about 3 weeks ago for 9/30 Ovation - continues to show GTY however the first time I tried the Wallet option it was GTY and then a few days later shows a cabin number in the bar code but still shows GTY but also on the Sail Pass shows Muster station and GTY - assigned the lowest balcony E2 obstructed - but on the. Cabin Size: 1,001 sq ft. See more posts like this in r/royalcaribbean. Of course somebody else would end up in that vacated cabin; it happened to be assigned to party B via the gty process. Gillian WV. My cruise in April I did not officially get my cabin until 3 days before the cruise, and they changed it the day of the cruise. Some ships have a lot of interiors low and towards the front/back. GTY Cabin logic. Our SetSail passes now indicate Deck 11 and our muster location, but under stateroom it still indicates G. Our cabin was spot on in that sector and deck of the ship. Another time pre-covid on Celebrity, I booked a suite guarantee about three months. There are stories of people winning Royal Ups after already being on board the ship, so you still have a chance on the Royal Up until the last minute unless you cancel. Posted September 24, 2022. m. That’s interesting about the upgrade bids because I had forgotten about them but that makes sense. Same here. Towel Animal Photos. We asked if there were any OV cabins with 2 pullmans in the area of the room we had and loved. Posted. TessaS replied to Reigert2008's topic in Royal Caribbean Discussion. Edited June 27, 2016 by clarea. 1. We got our room assigned about a week ago. So a few. 30 Days out I just received updated docs with room number. Reviews. ft. Hello, We have sailed three times on Anthem and have always done GTY rooms and our rooms have all been fine. Royal Suites have a king-sized bed, and a private bathroom with tub, double sink, and bidet. You're never in your room! But I am curious where they will put us. Posted July 19, 2022. June 6, 2016. Which isn't a problem until you get to a port and the thrusters and anchor jolt you awake an hour or more before port time. We've sailed with Royal Caribbean 4 times and did a Guarantee for three of those. I know some cruisers might not show up, but don’t want to wait until last minute. Booked/rearranged about a year before. We just returned from a September sailing. The intro of Royal Up seems to have shifted the timing of GTY assignments. A. We literally got this room for the price of a GTD inside cabin. Posted August 15, 2017. We had a GTY for Jewel Artic/Fjords cruise this past June. I'm anxiously waiting for our own bar code to become available to to use this trick for our August Alaska cruise. so we are 42 days out from our hopefully visiting Havana cruise. There are only 2 Central Park, and 9 boardwalk cabins showing as available right now, but a ton of ocean view cabins. Assume the worst. Especially considering you may not be assigned until very close to the sailing date and ships are sailing full these days so 2 available rooms next to each other is a hard thing to find. There is no notification when it occurs, you just. 15 hours ago, Atlantix2000 said:. They have just told me that GTY cabin cannot be change after the as. You likely will end up on Deck 6. Does it typically change prior to sailing or do we definitely keep that room?We booked two staterooms with connecting rooms option. The Recipient must select a Qualified Sailing and can complete the booking on the Website, or by calling a Casino Royale Representative at 1-888-561-2234, Monday - Friday 8 a. in Royal Caribbean Discussion. However, most of the time it is just a regular ocean view balcony room. Hey All, First time in the forums! Got a couple of questions: I am sailing next week on Harmony of the Seas (Feb 24th 2019) and have not been assigned a cabin yet, I booked the Suite Guarantee (XS). GTY Cabin Room Assignment. I’ve seen some stories about early cabin assignment, is. Stateroom: 182 sq. That number is your room cabin. For those that have booked a GTY in the past , have you ever waited this close to sailing date for your cabin number. News. Reviews. From our experience having booked GTY cabins severally, we know the ins and outs and all the. I am booked on a 10-1 cruise in a gty and although I don't have a room yet, others do and some of those booked after me. I do contact my TA and see if I can change the room within category if I don't like the room and there are any rooms in same cat. On my last cruise, I was happy with my interior, until I got ready to board and saw they had upgraded me to a balcony. How long does it usually take for them to assign GTY rooms - 1st time i've thrown the dice and let them pick all 3 of our Allure rooms and i'm itching to find 'better locations' and snatch them up lol That is of course unless they accidentally assign D1's instead of inside GTY's ;)2. 117. For all who know so much about the ins and outs of RC - what does that mean if in a certain catagories you can only choose a guarantee cabin. #56. If you have an Apple device, add your set sail pass to your Apple wallet. Posted April 4, 2022 (edited) Radiance balcony categories pricing may not necessarily match the order, but they are (low to high): 5D, 4D, 3D, 2D, 1D, 4B, 3B, 2B, 1B There is also CB (connecting balcony), and S4 & SB - spa balconies (which are highest). Silly question to OP but did you check Royal's UK site? It shows more staterooms than the US site. True, but the luggage tags won't automatically update with a change of stateroom. Did not like the location of a K cat. We are due to sail on Harmony on Saturday and are still waiting on our cabin number to be assigned. Royal Caribbean International ; Moving within a Cabin Cat. 1 minute ago, irishgal432 said: IF you have a set sail pass, there is a button to add it to your apple wallet. 1. I was like No, the price is right in front of me, but they just don't. So, we switched from an inside guarantee (we had already been assigned a room) to an oceanview guarantee because of a price drop a week ago. However, the exact stateroom, number, and location of the stateroom on the ship will be allocated by us (at our discretion. If we select the concierge guarantee, I’m a bit worried that we will get an obstructed view and be on a lower deck. I think I read somewhere that you can scan the bar code the see the room number. Ports of Call Photos. This would have been $1,300 pp if we had picked out our cabin so we saved $600 on our cruise. 2. Havin'fun. Cruise Lines “P – Z”. Amazing, Funny & Totally Awesome Cruise Photos. . GTY Room Assignment "Data". But Set Sail pass now says deck 7 GTY muster C16. NOTE: If you see "GTY" instead of numbers, you truly haven't been assigned yet. 2. burghfan • 1 min. Guarantee room. I booked two interconnected rooms and paid an egregious amount of money. Our friends also booked GTY (but balcony) and got a D1 (deck 8). But it varies greatly depending on how full the ship is. Canada. In looking at the deck plans, the room is right above the casino. ago. We are doing that on a Grandeur OTS December cruise. Our cruise is in June. Does it make sense to contact RC or just wait till its assigned/check-in? After you check in online, you can use the "bar code trick" to try and find out your room assignment before receiving official notification. Posted December 10, 2021 (edited) On 12/9/2021 at 9:46 AM, Biker19 said: It is very unlikely anyone gets notified of a GTY assignment. I sail on December 16 and still haven't been assigned in the cruise planner my room. Final payment was Tuesday. A Guarantee Stateroom or Cabin is an unassigned room on a ship. We just got assigned our room number (14 days from sailing). . Our usual junior suite was $2044 per person, the GTY oceanview was $399 per person. I'm going on a cruise on the Carnival Liberty in a few days, and, because I didn't want to spend big on a model of the ship, I decided to 3d design my own! Printed and painted by yours truly. We're on Oasis on 8/12 in a WS GTY, and have not received a room assignment yet. E-docs just say GTY category J4 so prob won’t know until 11/16 ( day before) I guess. Forums. First time cruiser. Posted September 22, 2017. Changed from GTY to "Select a Room". You need to call to make the change, and if you are booked with a travel agent, the agent needs to call RC. Put a bar code reader app on your smart phone (they're free) and read the bar code. Instead Celebrity Equinox will be redeployed to Cape Canaveral and will not be replaced by any other Celebrity cruise ship. Posted June 5. Cruise Tips, Royal Caribbean International; Cruise Critic Community. If your eDocs are ready you may get a hint as to where you are by reading through them. One tip off is that if you don't see a muster station on your set sail pass then you almost definitely don't have an assignment yet. 42. darrenlet31 • 1 yr. This is our first guarantee cabin on RC. 3 minutes ago, RoyalC said: 1 hour ago, NotPayinExtra said: 6MonthsHere6MonthsThere. We received our assignment early on and were very happy with the one we got. I could not be more wrong. We generally book inside guarantee and usually get room assigned within a few weeks or days. If having connecting or close rooms is a requirement, you may need to move out of the GTY category so you have more control. 2. GTY Cabin Room Assignment. . On 9/24/2022 at 9:25 AM, Reigert2008 said: With GTY rooms you may not even find out your cabins until the week of your cruise. I was able to book a 7-day Balcony GTY on FOTS for $1,100 pp all in (taxes, etc) for 3 adults in a room (oldest is 15 so now an adult according to RCI). In my email confirmation, in the app, and on RC website, it lists room category simply as GTY. 1. We booked GTY balcony, but assigned spacious balcony. This means you may book a stateroom of a guaranteed category type (Interior, Oceanview, Balcony or Suite) on your chosen ship and cruise. Recommended Posts. They could even make you wait until you get to port to check in, though that is uncommon. We had booked an inside gty on the Independence - about 2 weeks prior to sailing, I printed out luggage tags and our set-sail. When we got our room assignment, I called Royal and switched. Royal Caribbean calls its program “RoyalUp. Your assignment will be within the selected category. 3k. . Posted June 21, 2022. to 5:30 p. More relevant: A couple months ago, we received a balcony gty assignment on Harmony 5 days before sailing. Booking a guaranteed outside cabin will mean you won’t be. Saved over $1000 on a junior suite on anthem once and over $600 on an upcoming Harmony ocean view balcony. Yes, you can. Posted February 12, 2020. GTY = when a certain percentage of rooms within a category are booked, the category goes GTY. Quote. Numbers will now appear under your bar code. We booked a guarantee D balcony, and ended up in a D on deck 7 which was an adjoining room. It could happen very soon (uncommon), a few weeks before sailing (pretty common) or the week of sailing. Posted November 1, 2022. . Royal Caribbean Blog. But then it goes on to further explain the room and what is included: ' Two twin beds that convert to Royal King, bALrdwalk view balcony, sitting area, and a private bathroom. #1. . At the very top of the sail pass directly under my name is says "Sea Class". Forums. Royal Caribbean International ; Guarantee Room Category - Cruise Planner 11/1/22 Behind the Scenes Update. A. The fourth booking, RCCL Rhapsody of the Seas, May 2013 we booked Z GTY inside cabin for May 2013. Posted March 16, 2022. Very unlikely neither C&A nor RCI rep can tell you anything if the cabin is not assigned. For unassigned gty bookings, once you check in for your cruise (45 days out) and get your set sail pass, you can decide the barcode to see if there is a hidden cabin number. 11. The booking is pretty much last minute and the cruise is in 2 and a half weeks. Method 2. Saw a good deal on a balcony guarantee and grabbed it. Surprisingly, I think their guarantee room was already assigned. My bid was accepted a few days before sailing. GTY Balcony Assignments Alaska. As a seemingly fellow "prepare as much as possible before leaving" type, I also get a bit anxious without my own luggage tags printed and personally secured before I leave home. RCI will prioritize $$$, which they’ll get from legit ocean view balcony reservations or from Royal Up. Posted January 24. They will have your. Deals. Balcony: 80 sq. Get to know our fleet, including the Oasis-Class and Royal Amplified ships. If that is you, Great! If that is someone else, you would move into their room assignment. Otherwise it will show -GTY still. But last evening, I got others email with a new chamber attributed to us (and I never asked themselves in reassign us). We are now 22 days from sailing. Royal Caribbean ; Royal Caribbean Discussion ; GTY Stateroom Assignment Question GTY Stateroom Assignment Question. CatB replied to CatB's topic in Royal Caribbean Discussion. I know it is a gamble when you book GTY and I thought we would be happy with any balcony they gave us. OCSC Mike. Logo Store; Find Your Roll Call; Meet & MingleHow soon after booking guarantee do you learn your room assignment? Is there any way to change an assignment after it is made? If you book 3 rooms at the same time are they likely to be near each other? Thanks. If find it exciting finding out. In my observation sailing and working in travel, the assign based on room capacity and crown & anchor status. 1. Forums. I know it varies based on the ship, space, bookings and RCI in all their inconsistentcies. Hope this helps. The gty assignment for our sailing this month came at about 4 weeks out. 6. Royal Caribbean International ;. If you have an Apple device, add your set sail pass to your Apple wallet. Posted May 23, 2018. Logo Store; Find Your Roll Call; Meet & MingleSummer Cruise Deals 2019; Virgin Voyages Reveals New Perks for RockStar Suite Cruise Experience; MSC Cruises' Ocean Cay Private Island to Feature 8 Beaches, Spa, Evening EntertainmentWent GTY Interior. The poor Windjammer bananas are now being used as chair-saving devices. ago. I'm happy with the highe. Posted June 26, 2017 (edited) First time to try Princess and we booked a guarantee BF balcony on Coral. I recently booked my first guarantee room rate. Finished check in to am the now have a deck assigned when MYSELF check my sea spend but does room number. GTY booking showing room assignment when? Our cruise is 44 days away and I was able to do Online Check in yesterday. But it's not just the sheer volume of cabins that. Thanks for your guidance and information on your experience. This means you may book a stateroom of a guaranteed category type (Interior, Oceanview, Balcony or Suite) on your chosen ship and cruise. RCIfan1912. ft. Royal Caribbean International ;. Vision class ships (Vision, Grandeur, Rhapsody, Enchantment) have the muster stations outside on deck 5. Edited August 15, 2022 by gavvyHi, first while cruise with RCL. They did a GTY ocean view and the room is a 2N oceanview on 3rd floor. , LJay0301 and asquared17. In the best scenario, they will upgrade you to a higher category. Guarantee Room Assignment. At times we may offer you the option of making a ‘Guarantee’ (GTY) booking. Check the luggage tags in the eDocs as well. If you booked ocean view balcony guarantee you will not get a boardwalk or Central Park balcony. So I scanned the bar code and last 4 digits were 7. But, there’s a vacant room 3 doors down in the same 3V category. Forum Jump. This is the first time I have ever done a gty room since we are taking a short (cheap) cruise this month. There are two times where this will happen. I am not crazy about those cabins, and my SO is definitely not pleased. Those benefits extend to individuals that book the lower guaranteed rate for those cabins as well. All three times, once the room was assigned, it wasn't changed. An onboard sales person told us that something like 10% of rooms cancel within a month of the cruise and that is when they start assigning the GTY rooms. GTY's - when offered - typically are specified by general category such as Neighborhood (which would include both Central Park and Boardwalk) and Oceanview, which is all outside facing staterooms. New York. Guarantee room assignment questions. ) And today after making final payment I noticed on my invoice it says “stateroom obstructed: pending”. THE main change that signals a GTY room number is the issuance of a muster station, even if the room number still states GTY. Ahoy everyone! This will be my first RC cruise in about a decade- super stoked. Have never been put on deck 6 with the obstructed views. 1 person on my cruise has 6 rooms all booked at the same time all gty and yesterday 2 of the 6 got assignments. Geoff P. We have booked a GTY balcony a few times. giannini3 • 1 yr. I'm iffy on them depending on room category. It's free. My fiancee and I loved the ship and the cabin we had last year. Leaderboard. I’d figure it was 1 month ahead. The last six digits are supposedly the deck & room number. As I said earlier, my room was assigned a week after booking and I do nor sail until April next year, final payment not yet made either. Our assignment as it is, is #2029, deck two, M category (three lower categories, Q & N). It does sometimes take till a few days before. Using the “Key” for a GTY room. Did the "Apple Wallet Trick" and we love where they put us! But since it hasnt been officially assigned we could still be moved. July 16, 2001. I thought surely they would have assigned our room by now, as for several days there have been no rooms for 4 people availa. I upgrade my GTY stateroom ~75 days out to a JR Suit directly thru RC and the agent gave me a choice of 2 rooms, so I knew the exact room# and it was listed on my receipt. Promenade balcony is like having a reserved seat to people watch, which you can get for free near pretty much any elevator area. . By BikerBear50, Thursday at 10:32 PM. The living room includes a queen-size sofa bed, and baby grand piano. The real risk is giving up the chance to pick. . Still waiting on room assignment (understand it could be up to day of sailing) - but just curious to hear experience of booking this category. Cruise Rooms. If anything changes, even on the day of sailing itself, they should be able to give you your room assignment when you check-in at the counters in the terminal. If you win a RoyalUp bid, that. Learn about interior cabins, balcony rooms, cruise suites, and oceanview staterooms. At least with prime verandah we will know where. When do I find unfashionable whichever suite/cabin we are bekommt? Are it when I do check-in, which is in April? Some one told me its when I make get final zahlungen. suites) or upgrade. Reactions: holula. Royal Caribbean International; Cruise Critic Community. 1. The numbers after the dash represent your cabin. For anyone unaware, you can usually find your cabin assignment after you check-in 45 days out before it is officially assigned using the "Bar Code Trick. We are not concerned though; 99. We should know more tomorrow. Amazing, Funny & Totally Awesome Cruise Photos. I had a GTY on my Feb 6 cruise and they assigned it 4 weeks before the cruise and 2 days before they canceled the cruise. A "Guaranteed" (GTY) booking is the same this as letting "Royal Caribbean allocate" your room. July 5, 2010. ' underThis makes sense. I didn't like my assignment because it was a connecting room. When we booked guarantee (twice for Mariner) I used UK site to see all rooms and then saw which I liked best. If you scan the barcode on your SetSail pass it may reveal your assigned room. Hi everyone, I'm a newbie to this forum and cruising. Would she have to wait until the room number technically replaced the "gty" on the boarding pass, or does the info show up for TAs without using the "bar code trick". Beds. End of Story. 1. BrianB and Qeyton Dude. Paris, Missouri. GTY boat are assigned under the discernment are Royal Caribbean at anywhere time up until you check in at the port. Royal Caribbean states a guarantee room assignment is made at some point between 5-30 days before sailing. There are several available for all platforms in the app score. Unless they put me in the engine room, based on my cost, I trust the judgment of RCCL. Colleyville, TX. Cabin assignment has not been made yet and still showing GTY. Amazing, Funny & Totally Awesome Cruise Photos. Hi, foremost start cruise with RCL. We booked GTY within final payment window, about six weeks out and got room allocated within 48 hours, three days ago. Royal Caribbean International. I checked and there are no non-connected 2D rooms. We booked our cruise as an inside GTY, and were thrilled to be upgraded to a Promenade View (deck 6). My cruise in November they gave me my room assignment months before the cruise, and they gave me an aft facing cabin. Common? We're going on a med cruise on Symphony of the seas in April and choose a gty balcony cabin. Also you can "add to apple wallet" and click review and it will show your assignment if done as well. 1. What should we do about our luggage tags, which still show our old stateroom? Also, I have heard t. Royal Caribbean International. Traveled in room 11549, forward interior 179 sq ft room. So I am wondering how booking an open balcony assignment like this has worked out for folks in the past and, when you received your actual assignment (at the pier, within a week of departure, etc). All Activity; Home ; Royal Caribbean ; Royal Caribbean Discussion ; Allure room 10134? we let RCL assign us a room . We are on Dec 31st and just got our assignment this week. Author. It also shows as "GTY" for the room assignment, and you may be assigned any stateroom in the broader category (verandah, oceanview, interior). We cruise fairly regularly but have not taken the guarantee option till now. I book a lot of GTY cabins. However if you do a GTY enough you will eventually get the worse balcony on the ship. Unassigned rooms on cruise ships are known as guaranteed staterooms or cabins. Posted April 9, 2018. Method 1. I use the RC UK website to look for available staterooms: royalcaribbean. However, one stateroom was not given a choice to select that other connecting room and until now it is still showing room as GTY. Royal Caribbean International ; When do GTY get assigned Please Read: COVID-related Discussion. We did GTY for an ocean balcony for our November cruise on Harmony. If your GTY is listed as a category specific GTY than I would guess that would be the likely. We received our room assignment last week, the day after the balcony guarantees became available for our January cruise, and we transferred from the OV. Have never been put on deck 6 with the obstructed views. #25. Bid on Royal Up for multiple rooms at lowest rates (no expectation of acceptance because the ship had high occupancy rate). We showed up at port with a reservation number and smiles. This is probably a long shot, I’m trying to get some insight on what room/room categories are assigned to Muster Station B13 on Voyager of the seas! We have a WS-GTY but don’t have our room assignment yet, and I’m getting excited to see what suite category we get. So, sit tight as we will take a deep dive into it. We were just issued our GTY Balcony cabin on the Radiance of the Seas and it’s a category 3D. with a nice aft cabin with balcony. Forums. Guarantee Room Category - Cruise Planner. LOL. I wonder if this is a new thing as this is the first report I've read of a notification being sent for a cabin assignment for a GTY booking. I did a balcony guarantee for the first time around for our Nov 11th cruise. Hi All! Since we decided to order with Royal I have not spent much time on the DCL thread. I am a bot and I swapp'd some of thy words with Shakespeare words. The app showed the same but added Muster station. Cruise Lines “P – Z”. Once you login to the RC website just select "View Boarding Pass" if you completed your checkin process. But it is your current assignment. We ended up in an oversize balcony they considered obstructed. I checked our set sail pass this morning and it looks to have been assigned. I know that I don't get all the perks of the full suites but again, for $58. You may still have enough time to get your assignment beforehand. Joined Mar 4, 2015. I know its been said and asked. We booked too late to do check in so we did not have set sail pass and certainly not a cabin assignment or luggage tag.