Royal Caribbean International; Cruise Critic Community. 118. We ended up in an oversize balcony they considered obstructed. . It did list a muster station though. #9. Our cruise is not until Jan. At the 45 day mark, when I went to do check in, my room number was there. True, but the luggage tags won't automatically update with a change of stateroom. @RG-IE, if it is possible to move, it will have to be within the exact. . It was a $4k difference between guaranteed and selection. Pittsburgh, PA. • 22 days ago. We had booked an inside gty on the Independence - about 2 weeks prior to sailing, I printed out luggage tags and our set-sail. Still waiting on room assignment (understand it could be up to day of sailing) - but just curious to hear experience of booking this category. Read More. Quote. We have a guaranteed ocean view balcony. Posted April 17, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, mandyleighflies said: Good Morning!! We are booked in Suite GTY (JS) on our upcoming sailing on Adventure OTS. 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. Six hours later the room showed on our reservation11. Hello. . Ports of Call Photos. If you have an Apple device, add your set sail pass to your Apple wallet. This type of cabin is alright as long as one is not concerned as to the. Royal can assign GTY cabins to optimize muster station capacity so they can open a cabin for booking that would otherwise need to stay closed. Royal Caribbean suggested I bid on multiple rooms to increase my chances of an upgrade. Posted April 9, 2018. Shakespeare-Bot • 7 mo. #1. They have just told me that GTY cabin cannot be change after the as. Fingers crossed for a "full suite", but will be just fine with a JS if that's what we get! Link. SandiLynn. . Have never been put on deck 6 with the obstructed views. ago. Well I don't have an iPhone. Posted 2 hours ago. Though we can detect an unofficial cabin number in the barcode, we still do not have an official cabin assignment. GTY room assigned & then re-assigned by RCL. After looking at the confirmation its just reads, GTY for the stateroom. darrenlet31 • 1 yr. ' underThis makes sense. Posted October 20, 2022. Royal Caribbean states a guarantee room assignment is made at some point between 5-30 days before sailing. would/could we expect our room assignment. Simply put, GTY or guarantee just means that you are booking either a certain type of room or minimum category of room on a cruise. On 4/9/2018 at 6:20 AM, mirrorkat said: Hi, I'm a fairly new cruiser. 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). Edited August 15, 2022 by gavvyHi, first while cruise with RCL. Currently about 2 weeks out to a 12 night cruise booked back in November 2018 and no room assigned yet. Booked a GTY last night on Allure for her 11/11/12 sailing. Online there's only 1 GTY category in balconies. Adventure ocean is at the very forward and our room is very aft. In my emailed invoice it also lists it as simply GTY. 117. Silly question to OP but did you check Royal's UK site? It shows more staterooms than the US site. Two twin beds that convert to a Royal King bed. Our sail is. This was a successful bid. NOTE: If you see "GTY" instead of numbers, you truly haven't been assigned yet. 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. If I had not spent 3 hours on hold today I would call back and ask but thats. Traveled in room 11549, forward interior 179 sq ft room. otten DIS Veteran. January 2, 2014. Has anyone here ever had their initial GTY assignment changed by RCCL without having to ask? The last time I bought a GTY it was on Princess and I went from an inside to an obstructed balcony, with 3 or 4 re-assignments in between. Thanks in advance for any information!!We booked a balcony guarantee and bid minimum +$50 pp on a junior suite. Well. LocationPittsburgh, PA. Fun and memorable cruise. Posted October 30, 2022. Recently returned from 3rd RCCL cruise, 1st with children, and whole family enjoyed it so much we are considering another quite soon. I did get mine the present day and i sail in july onboard symphony. Read barcode and room 11549 appeared. Forums. Im 5 days from my sail date and still no cabin assignment. However, they will only be upgraded if an accessible room in the bid category becomes available. Numbers will now appear under your bar code. There had to be available cabins of the same category. Guarantee Room Assignment. Posted July 24. Up to 5 guests. We have a gty booked for Oct 28. They can, they have (according to forum posters), but it is very rare. 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. This is our GTY on Anthem, originally under stateroom it said GTY but 6166 was in the barcode, now the room has been assigned accordingly. 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. This means you may book a stateroom of a guaranteed category type (Interior, Oceanview, Balcony or Suite) on your chosen ship and cruise. On our last one, we had balcony guarantee. By RG-IE October 31, 2022 in Royal Caribbean Discussion. 11 hours ago, cruisinfanatic said: I know Z is a guaranty, but what is Category ZI. They may or may not have the same ability to move a GTY room that is familiar to the majority of us that are used the the US booking rules. GtY. In my observation sailing and working in travel, the assign based on room capacity and crown & anchor status. What time would you get to the port if still not assigned? I’m thinking earlier is better, perhaps better options. Most people get the category they booked ie 11b, 6b etc and if Disney has. Is it possible that it will not be assigned prior to showing up on the ship? This is only my second time doing a Guarenteed, last time was on princess and we got upgrade from a balcony to mini-suite, very nice. If you look at the bottom underneath the barcode…you will see your room number. I recently booked my first guarantee room rate. But it is your current assignment. W -> WS (S for suite)Royal Caribbean International; Cruise Critic Community. 3 minutes ago, RoyalC said: 1 hour ago, NotPayinExtra said: 6MonthsHere6MonthsThere. On the phone, they made it sound like there were two separate GTY balconies: neighborhood view balcony and ocean view balcony, with the OV being more expensive. We booked 2 days ago and it is still showing on our App as GTY. Can anyone help me understand category definitions. , LJay0301 and asquared17. Author. Reviews. ago. Hi everyone! I booked a b2b back in July for a cruise in January 2020, both cabins were guarantee in August I found out the cabin numbers. Royal Caribbean Blog. It can be the perfect choice for some people, but you need to know the difference between an unassigned room and an assigned room. 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. We cruise fairly regularly but have not taken the guarantee option till now. We have booked a W-Deluxe/Suite Guarantee room for a Harmony 2/25/17 sailing. - GTY. In some rare cases, the assignment process has taken up to a day or two before the cruise sails, but these are rare. This turns out to be an inside (connecting) promenade view cabin. At times we may offer you the option of making a ‘Guarantee’ (GTY) booking. . 2. , tried to talk them into changing it to a specific L cat. April 16, 2016. Posted December 21, 2022. Some time ago RCI renamed the GTYs, I assume to make it more obvious: Z -> ZI (I inside) Y -> YO (O for ocean view) X -> XB (B for ocean view balcony) and XN (N for neighborhood balcony on O class). As a general rule, once the GTY Room is assigned it does not change. Put a bar code reader app on your smart phone (they're free) and read the bar code. But last evening, I got others email with a new chamber attributed to us (and I never asked themselves in reassign us). There are several available for all platforms in the app score. I'm happy with the highe. wip3out3 • 7 mo. It says we are on Deck 10, muster station B13, suite class. 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. We literally did not get our room assignment until 3 days before cruise. The upgrades to other categories happen because sometimes they will offer an upgrade to someone with a specific room number in your GTY category so that you can get your GTY. Promenade balcony is like having a reserved seat to people watch, which you can get for free near pretty much any elevator area. We loved it. suites) or upgrade. More relevant: A couple months ago, we received a balcony gty assignment on Harmony 5 days before sailing. room, without success, and went back to gty status hoping for better luck the second time around. However, the exact stateroom, number, and location of the stateroom on the ship will be allocated by us (at our discretion) and. In the best scenario, they will upgrade you to a higher category. Find ampere Cruise. It’s the grade of cabin you’re guaranteed, not the cabin itself. I had just GTY until the "90 days before your sailing date". More relevant: A couple months ago, we received a balcony gty assignment on Harmony 5 days before sailing. Suite GTY - What type of suite? ace1zoe2. #1. m. Guarantee Cab. Posted August 12, 2019. We were just issued our GTY Balcony cabin on the Radiance of the Seas and it’s a category 3D. I thought it was strange that on our new. I use the RC UK website to look for available staterooms: royalcaribbean. Before Royal Up, this scheme (moving within the same exact category after GTY assignment) was routine and "official" assignments came earlier. April 1, 2005. Edited June 27, 2016 by clarea. Bid on Royal Up for multiple rooms at lowest rates (no expectation of acceptance because the ship had high occupancy rate). Members. 7am on the Odyssey this morning. 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. We literally got this room for the price of a GTD inside cabin. Quote. and start time booking GTY cabin. ×. A. Royal Caribbean Discussion ; 1 Day to Go + GTY Update 1 Day to Go + GTY Update. 9. And I am sure other factors like maybe rank, type of room and back side stuff royal has. I understand how GTY works and I'm not complaining but I'd be lying to say I don't hate the cabin location. We upgraded from a interior to balcony guarantee a couple weeks ago and are awaiting our room assignment. From there you can get your SetSail Pass with the barcode. Royal Caribbean Discussion. If not, I am sure you can at least write your name and stateroom number for the time being. If you use Apple devices, adding your setsail pass to your wallet should also reveal the numbers. I agree with @SpeedNoodles, I would bid on a higher category room instead of similar room type. If it's not been assigned yet you'll see GTY. Posted May 23, 2018. At the time (3 weeks ago) they were sold out of double-occupancy Ocean Balcony rooms. November 28, 2022. The sales representatives are incompetent and their management is nonexistent. Forum Jump. The Jan 9 cruise gave us a room # within a day; still waiting on the Jan 14 cruise. It's cabin #6650 that is just on the edge of the bump so the balcony looks a bit bigger. We just booked for a 10/31 cruise to Bermuda with outside gty' date=' and the cabin was assigned within hours after I paid. Booked Suite GTY in May 2022 for an October 2023 sailing on Brilliance, which has since been changed to Enchantment. Our assignment as it is, is #2029, deck two, M category (three lower categories, Q & N). Royal Caribbean Discussion. ShareMembers. 2020 so I will post our room assignment closer to our travel date, even if it is the day before or day of. Posted January 23. Posted September 24, 2022. There is no notification when it occurs, you just. If you are booking multiple staterooms in the same category and they are listed as GTY there is a chance you could be on different decks. This has been a sold out cruise for some time and I was very surprised to have my cabin assigned that early. The poor Windjammer bananas are now being used as chair-saving devices. 388. 😂. Balcony: 52 sq. See more posts like this in r/royalcaribbean. As do I find out whatever suite/cabin we are receipt? Is it while I do check-in, which is in April? Some one told der your when I make my final payment. Yes, however GTY simply means you are guaranteed at least a balcony cabin. We've a guarantee balcony for an Anthem cruise in May. Just want to be able to print baggage tags. Even if there is availability, you will get even worse options than when your cabin was assigned. Royal Caribbean International; Cruise Critic Community. DCL will assign you to a room in your selected category (or higher) later. Just booked a GTY Ocean Balcony on the Allure for May 26 sailing 2 weeks ago. Stateroom - GTY. Today, 58 days out, Royal Caribbean website still says Balcony #GTY under "view more details" and the SetSail pass says Deck Reprint, Stateroom GTY, Muster station E01. On the 30th of January we booked a boardwalk balcony View guarantee cabin on wonder of the Seas for the August 14th sailing out of Barcelona checking on cruise planner today I see they have assigned me a cabin number it also appears to be not a boardwalk View cabin but a Central Park View cabin which in my mind is a bit of an upgrade because it's more centrally located for Less "ocean motion. First time cruiser. The line is known for operating the world's biggest cruise vessels — ships so big that some have nearly 3,000 cabins each. NewsGTY room assigned & then re-assigned by RCL. The customer service is the absolute worst. I'm also curious about this. I'm happy with the higher deck but have never had a connecting room and have heard mixed reviews about noise. I’m in the same boat (no pun intended). That being said - I know the minimum room would be the Junior Suite. com The GTY room was finally assigned end of November (so roughly 3 weeks out). when was the earliest your cabin was assigned? motheroftwocats814. Posted June 28, 2021. Several-Eagle4141 • 1 hr. VOYAGER OF THE SEAS. we got our room assignment a couple of weeks ago and they were really close together, but I noticed. Room assignments are determined after your reservation has been completed and paid in full. GTY = when a certain percentage of rooms within a category are booked, the category goes GTY. If ever one pops up that you like better, promptly call and ask to swap (call your travel agent if you used one or Royal if you booked direct). 1k. Your TA can add the 25th anniversary and such, I know it is very important to you but do not expect it to affect the room type. At 45 days my edocs became available and showed deck number and gty for room. r/Cruise •. But Set Sail pass now says deck 7 GTY muster C16. We were on flight to Europe when we received assignment. Our SetSail passes now indicate Deck 11 and our muster location, but under stateroom it still indicates G. 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. Picking a cabin on a Royal Caribbean ship can be a daunting task. If having connecting or close rooms is a requirement, you may need to move out of the GTY category so you have more control. Is that right? On is a first so. I bid on four Royal Up categories at that point. I’ve seen some stories about early cabin assignment, is. this was outstanding information. My fiancee and I loved the ship and the cabin we had last year. The odds of getting connected rooms when doing a guarantee booking are not high. With that being said, does anyone know if there is some sort of algorithm they use to assign rooms. #12. Recommended Posts. ago. Once you login to the RC website just select "View Boarding Pass" if you completed your checkin process. By the time we board, the cruises we've taken this year will have tipped us just high enough to cross the Diamond threshold. 1 / 4. However, the exact stateroom, number, and location of the stateroom on the ship will be allocated by us (at our discretion. 1 person on my cruise has 6 rooms all booked at the same time all gty and yesterday 2 of the 6 got assignments. Nestled within the gardens of Central Park, Park View Balcony accommodations connect you with nature, serenity and each other. You likely will end up on Deck 6. If do I locate out what suite/cabin we are getting? Is this when I do check-in, which is in April? Some one told me its when I make my finishing paid. to tell us which room we’re in once we get to the terminal to use the Key or do we need to go to a separate line for room assignment? Cruising in Oasis 8/14. They fla. 4. I booked my first ever GTY reservation and my first ever non balcony/suite stateroom. 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. It does sometimes take till a few days before. By mandyleighflies, April 17, 2022 in Royal Caribbean International. What is a guarantee stateroom and how does it work? A At times we may offer you the option of making a ‘Guarantee’ (GTY) booking. Posted April 27, 2020 (edited) For the first time - I booked a GTY Suite on the Oasis of the Seas. Pro Pick: Check Cruise pricing on Expedia to compare it to another booking sites. m. CatB replied to CatB's topic in Royal Caribbean Discussion. I'm going on my first one next month. Royal Caribbean Cruise lines may assign you ampere GTY cabin the momentary you book the room months in advance, or it could being switch the day of your cruise. Talk about shocking! Cruise isn't until January 2020 so honestly didn't expect anything before the new year. 1. Post COVID Shutdown GTY Room Assignments - Limited capacity sailings Post COVID Shutdown GTY Room Assignments - Limited capacity sailings By adclay33 June 23, 2021 in Royal Caribbean Discussion Royal Caribbean. #1. We are now 22 days from sailing. Your assignment will be within the selected category. Also, booked the same class cabin (GTY) on a 10-day Eastern Caribbean leaving Baltimore 3/3/15 and was just assigned my cabin #. We ended up in an oversize balcony they considered obstructed. When do ME find out what suite/cabin we are getting? Is it when I what check-in, which are in April? Some one told me is when I construct my final payment. There are only 2 Central Park, and 9 boardwalk cabins showing as available right now, but a ton of ocean view cabins. 12 hours ago, Toby said: What I found strange is doing some mock bookings and see GTY staterooms MORE expensive then Choose Your Own. Other times, Royal Caribbean offers a general OV GTY booking. The prices for GTY bookings are the same as if you select a room. Posted. Once you fully check in you can continually check the app for earlier times and change your time while retaining the existing passenger information. See an. Leaderboard. 6. Posted June 27, 2016 (edited) You should be able to reprint your set sail pass and luggage tags anytime until approximately 24 hours before your sailing time. Our cruise is in June. By Curt From Canada February 22, 2020 in Royal Caribbean Discussion. . Deck - 12. You’ll Never Get Less. So, I was able to call and move a few cabins down the hall to a non-connecting room in the same category. The gty assignment for our sailing this month came at about 4 weeks out. August 21, 2002. 1. We usually pick our room but this time we opted for the Balcony Guarantee. Quantum class ships also have cabins that a lot of people don't like. " Method 1. 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. NOTE: If you see "GTY" instead of numbers, you truly haven't been assigned yet. We are on Dec 31st and just got our assignment this week. See full list on addictedtovacation. Did anyone else book GTY, and if so, would you mind sharing your final cabin assignment? If you got an e-mail about bidding for Royal Up, did RCCL contact you, and did you get your bid? Last year we booked a GTY Ocean Balcony on the Harmony. We have booked a GTY balcony a few times. We booked GTY within final payment window, about six weeks out and got room allocated within 48 hours, three days ago. . Some cruise ships offer special cabin categories that entitle those staying in the room to certain benefits. I have booked diamonds in gty and never felt it made a difference. I am not crazy about those cabins, and my SO is definitely not pleased. Unseren cruise is included June. No, you should not book guarantee cabins on Royal Caribbean or any other line, as you do not understand (or accept) the terms of. If your GTY is listed as a category specific GTY than I would guess that would be the likely. 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. Quote. We went that route because we had an almost last minute chance to get away, needed the vacation, but didn't want to spend a whole lot because we have a cruise booked in Jan. But it's not just the sheer volume of cabins that. GTY cabins are great for bargain hunters because they’re typically a lot lower than an assigned stateroom. Knowing what a GTY cabin is will help make your cabin decision easier and your trip all it should be. Can anyone tell me how that books so I can see, I initially chose GTY side and then your wouldnt let me chang. Make sure that you click on View More Details under your booking to expand that area. Scan the bar code with a QR scanner from another device and that should also show you the numbers. Informed of muster station with barcode 45 day previous to embarkation. One tip off is that when you see a muster station,. For example, your room may be assigned immediately, an few days ahead who sailing date, or in check-in. 1. The cruise I just booked this past Monday for Oct 2024, room was assigned last night. The app showed the same but added Muster station. We received our assignment early on and were very happy with the one we got. Posted October 29, 2021. 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. But I hadn't looked into how the beds would be situated until now. Try the above after you do, 45 days out. We should know more tomorrow. Posted October 14, 2019. Balcony Size: 172 sq ft. We literally got this room for the price of a GTD inside cabin. Favorite Cruise Memories. . That balcony could be partially obstructed, it could be facing the inside of the ship in Central Park/Boardwalk, or they could possibly upgrade you to a higher category. Royal Caribbean. We booked a guarantee D balcony, and ended up in a D on deck 7 which was an adjoining room. IIRC, it was two days before sailing. Open the app, click on show set sail pass and then click on add set sail pass to apple wallet and it shows with a bar code, the last 4 digits are the assigned cabin to the reservation. With all the craziness going on with COVID-19 the prices for my cruise dropped in May and I used it to upgrade my stateroom to a Guarantee Balcony. Royal Caribbean. Gillian WV. On 6/30/2023 at 7:14 AM, AshleyDillo said: Download a barcode scanner app on your cell phone. 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. Share More sharing options. Find information on amenities and available services. #56. I’m sailing July 8-15 on Oasis and haven’t received my GTY room as as well,also on website our selection isn’t even showing. I prefer the first cabin they designate us, and does really like. Forums. 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. I have two November cruises and I have updated the check-in time 3 times on each; from 3pm to 1pm and then again to 12pm/11:30am. I think I read somewhere that you can scan the bar code the see the room number. I'm happy with the highe. We are now 22 days from sailing. Ports of Call Photos. Paris, Missouri. 1. Is that true? This is a first so. Posted June 21, 2022. Royal Caribbean International ; GTY Balcony Assignments Alaska Please Read: COVID-related Discussion. A few weeks after booking we were assigned Deck 12 near the front of the ship. We are scheduled to sail July 10 on Adventure. I could see only 1 remaining but many spacious balcony. Of course somebody else would end up in that vacated cabin; it happened to be assigned to party B via the gty process. I just got my guarantee cabin assignment for a cruise April 20, 2020 on Ovation of the Seas. Hope this helps. The boat is sold out and I’m still GTY. When requesting to get reassigned to a different room, does the reassigned room have to be in the same category? Also, what is the category ranking? Is a 1B, 2B or 3B a higher or lower category (that’s all the balcony categories that’s left). We will discuss these guarantee (GTY) staterooms, why you should book one, and a drawback that you can concur. When I scanned the barcode, the last four numbers (all of the numbers after the dash) were 8323. ft.