Surprisingly, I think their guarantee room was already assigned. Share. Last cruise in September, we were assigned about 1 month prior. If you go and read the terms of what a GTY entails,(do a mock booking) you will see that the only thing you are promised is that your room will not be lower than a. Going on Oasis out of Miami in December. Different cruise watercraft allocate GTY apartments differently depending the the number of available hoods and the departure date. 30. Edited June 27, 2016 by clarea. GTY Stateroom Assignment Question. Disney takes their sweet ole time. That is still very far off, cruise is October 19. . #1. Each lifeboat has a specific number of seats and the cabins that use that lifeboat can't exceed its capacity on an aggregate basis. to 10 p. We are scheduled to sail July 10 on Adventure. 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. Posted June 21, 2022. 2020 so I will post our room assignment closer to our travel date, even if it is the day before or day of. - GTY. Royal Caribbean International. This turns out to be an inside (connecting) promenade view cabin. 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. m. However if you do a GTY enough you will eventually get the worse balcony on the ship. They did offer us a. 2. The last six digits are supposedly the deck & room number. Our room assignment was not provided until close to embarkation date. However, it is half of a connecting room and pretty far down, close to the dining room. • 22 days ago. 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 never noticed that before so I went and looked at a previous invoice for the same. I prefer of first baby they assign us, and not really like. Suite GTY - What type of suite? ace1zoe2. GtY. I know people are very interested in getting their room assignment when they have purchased a guaranteed type of room. So a few. Just curious, to those who have done this before, as to when we will be told what room we were assigned. Our cruise is in Junes. More relevant: A couple months ago, we received a balcony gty assignment on Harmony 5 days before sailing. It was only $58 more than booking an Oceanview Large Balcony - so I couldn't resist. Different ships. This means you may book a stateroom of a guaranteed category type (Interior, Oceanview, Balcony or Suite) on your chosen ship and cruise. At times we may offer you the option of making a ‘Guarantee’ (GTY) booking. July 16, 2001. Quote. Fingers crossed for a "full suite", but will be just fine with a JS if that's what we get! Link. Neesa , fireclan and Yesiamthere6. I had read about the barcode trick, tried it, got a room number. Obviously you seem to like your cabin. Currently about 2 weeks out to a 12 night cruise booked back in November 2018 and no room assigned yet. Put a bar code reader app on your smart phone (they're free) and read the bar code. This means you may book a stateroom of a guaranteed category type (Interior, Oceanview, Balcony or Suite) on your chosen ship and cruise. Quote. #4. Can anyone tell me how that books so I can see, I initially chose GTY side and then your wouldnt let me chang. I thought surely they would have assigned our room by now, as for several days there have been no rooms for 4 people availa. 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. However, we didn’t get the the deck of the cabin until T -49; it was on the eDocs. I'm not anxious about where the room will be- I honestly don't care. #1. I'm happy with the highe. Posted January 23. Last week I saw a muster station assignment, did the barcode trick, and saw an assignment to a connecting promenade cabin. 3. Find Explorer of the Seas' deck plans. We reserved about 10 day ago on the Philharmonic for an emerging sailing. The only time I have heard of changes being made after assignment was when Royal was recategorizing some of the staterooms. March 6, 2013. Method 2. Royal Caribbean International ;. We upgraded from a interior to balcony guarantee a couple weeks ago and are awaiting our room assignment. ago. Reply to this topic; Start new topic;A guaranteed cabin on a cruise is one of the best options for people who are looking to save some money. 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. Folks will come up with innovative ideas (like the OP) to get back to that. Posted December 21, 2022. Posted October 11. Room assignments are determined after your reservation has been completed and paid in full. More sharing options. A "Guaranteed" (GTY) booking is the same this as letting "Royal Caribbean allocate" your room. Another option is to put that room back into the gty pool and see what comes out the second time. Ok. I saw a couple of threads where people mentioned that they were able to scan a printout of their Set Sail. GTY Staterooms. First question, does the available rooms listed, the actual available rooms onboard? So. The last 4 or 5 digits at the end after the hyphen correspond to your number. I know its been said and asked. I booked my first ever GTY reservation and my first ever non balcony/suite stateroom. Posted November 1, 2022. Has anybody seen their cabin number change after the barcode. We've sailed with Royal Caribbean 4 times and did a Guarantee for three of those. 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. 2. 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). Cruise lines know that everyone who books a particular date will. If you look at the bottom underneath the barcode…you will see your room number. So it's a minor upgrade, not quite a suite, but we did get a little bit above the "minimum guaranteed". Expand. Booked Suite GTY in May 2022 for an October 2023 sailing on Brilliance, which has since been changed to Enchantment. One Pullman bed in staterooms with up to 5 guests. The booking is pretty much last minute and the cruise is in 2 and a half weeks. When we got our room assignment, I called Royal and switched. Joined Mar 4, 2015. On 6/30/2023 at 7:14 AM, AshleyDillo said: Download a barcode scanner app on your cell phone. Saw a good deal on a balcony guarantee and grabbed it. 1. 3. 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. 9% sure the cabin assignment will be official sometime in the next 18 days. Occasionally, you don't have one at check-in, even with the barcode trick. In the RCL App take your boarding pass and save it in the iPhone wallet. The Royal Caribbean Group has decided to cancel the entire 2024-2025 South America cruise season which was to run from December 2024 through March of 2025. I was happy. #9. Royal Caribbean International ; GTY Not assigned and GTY category is SOLD OUT! GTY Not assigned and GTY category is SOLD OUT! By HanFamily, June 22. #20. No, you should not book guarantee cabins on Royal Caribbean or any other line, as you do not understand (or accept) the terms of. Loyal to Royal. Royal Caribbean Discussion ; 1 Day to Go + GTY Update 1 Day to Go + GTY Update. Categories. I had just GTY until the "90 days before your sailing date". Scan the bar code with a QR scanner from another device and that should also show you the numbers. My question is, on average when do room assignments happen? Earliest? To latest? Anyone not have a room assignment as they walked up? I am on the allure on 4/30 and like most. In my opinion it was worth it because my family (wife and kids) would be in the same place. Method 1. 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. Now we have the Royal UP emailRoyal Caribbean International ;. Apr 26, 2023 #10 Upgrades aren’t super common with GTY. Cesar has been very helpful and courteous. I thought surely they would have assigned our room by now, as for several days there have been no rooms for 4 people availa. . When you open up the pass in the wallet there is a barcode will have numbers at the bottom and the last four digits are the room number. If your GTY is listed as a category specific GTY than I would guess that would be the likely. We asked if there were any OV cabins with 2 pullmans in the area of the room we had and loved. #12. It’s the grade of cabin you’re guaranteed, not the cabin itself. 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. in Royal Caribbean Discussion. We've had previous experience with adjoining rooms, and found them noisy, so I checked the RCI website and found a D on. New Jersey. Guarantee Room Category - Cruise Planner. 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. Most of the time, a few weeks before the cruise your room is assigned. Though it has worked for us other times, the barcodes trick did not elucidate those two cabin numbers any sooner; there was no identifiable lag before those assignments were visible in the app. Promenade balcony is like having a reserved seat to people watch, which you can get for free near pretty much any elevator area. I know with GTY assignments you have been able to contact Royal to get your room number switched to a cabin within the same category after you got the assignment. We were on flight to Europe when we received assignment. Ports of Call Photos. Being informed of your cabin means there are no surprises when you board the cruise ship. The biggest benefit to guaranteed staterooms is the savings, and indeed you may save from $10 to $200 or more per passenger depending on the cruise line, overall cabin category, sailing date. 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. Posted June 26, 2017 (edited) First time to try Princess and we booked a guarantee BF balcony on Coral. January 23, 2016. Also you can "add to apple wallet" and click review and it will show your assignment if done as well. The deck plans are great tools to understand the stateroom locations and get an idea of the cruise ship's layout. We were on flight to Europe when we received assignment. Guests can decide when they would like to dine between the hours of 6:00- 9:30 PM (times vary by ship) each evening; much like a regular restaurant, however, we strongly encourage reservations to ensure the best. Royal Caribbean International ; Guarantee Room Category - Cruise Planner 11/1/22 Behind the Scenes Update. MEI travel agents will be talking with Royal Caribbean tomorrow regarding the itinerary questions. Anyone know general odds of staying where it is? Does it USUALLY stay what it is showing in apple wallet or does it often change?Various trip ships allocate GTY rooms differently relying on the your of available cabins and that departure date. Check the luggage tags in the eDocs as well. Quote. Forum Jump. 104. Canada. Same here. They can, they have (according to forum posters), but it is very rare. 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. We booked a cruise for late March, just the wife and I. 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 ;)@klemire626 Is your room GTY? If you have not been assigned a stateroom then nothing would show up on the luggage tags until you do. Royal Caribbean Blog. Posted July 19, 2022. ago. I have booked diamonds in gty and never felt it made a difference. It could happen very soon (uncommon), a few weeks before sailing (pretty common) or the week of sailing. Two twin beds that convert to Royal King, bALrdwalk view balcony, sitting area, and a private bathroom. . By RG-IE October 31, 2022 in Royal Caribbean Discussion. Dinner at Coastal Kitchen, based on availability*. Royal Caribbean International ; Suite GTY Suite GTY. Posted July 24. 7am on the Odyssey this morning. Another bonus of booking a guaranteed cabin is that you still get to enjoy all of the perks for that class. ROYAL SUITE CLASS. Guarantee Cab. But it varies greatly depending on how full the ship is. 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. The real risk is giving up the chance to pick. Then look down in the barcode and you will see a long number with a dash then a 4- or 5-digit number. Still waiting on room assignment (understand it could be up to day of sailing) - but just curious to hear experience of booking this category. Before Covid I was able to move my balcony room after it was assigned to me to be able to be closer to some friends. If that would ruin your cruise then consider paying more to pick your cabin now. That’s interesting about the upgrade bids because I had forgotten about them but that makes sense. Our assignment as it is, is #2029, deck two, M category (three lower categories, Q & N). In my email confirmation, in the app, and on RC website, it lists room category simply as GTY. Can anyone help me understand category definitions. News. Commands: !ShakespeareInsult, !fordo, !optout. Posted November 1, 2022. GTY Cabin Room Assignment. We booked GTY balcony, but assigned spacious balcony. kristina. We just booked for a 10/31 cruise to Bermuda with outside gty' date=' and the cabin was assigned within hours after I paid. Just want to be able to print baggage tags. Try the above after you do, 45 days out. If you have an Apple device, add your set sail pass to your Apple wallet. Cabin Size: 1,001 sq ft. This is the first time I have ever done a gty room since we are taking a short (cheap) cruise this month. Posted May 23, 2018. The official room assignments seem to come out randomly however we've got our last 2 about 2 weeks out. Find information on amenities and available services. 5. I'm iffy on them depending on room category. 20220407_122208. 1 hour ago, Jyllie63 said: I called today to try and move my GTY cabin assignment. My bid was accepted a few days before sailing. At times we may offer you the option of making a ‘Guarantee’ (GTY) booking. 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. Posted June 30. We chose interior for safety reasons (two young boys), but noticed we were assigned a central park view balcony. Fun and memorable cruise. Mine showed my deck and muster for months and I didn't officially get my room assigned until a week out. Adventure ocean is at the very forward and our room is very aft. darrenlet31 • 1 yr. Members; 179I have GTY cabin on the Freedom for the next summer. Cruise Wonderland. 3k. New York. We like the placement of this room and it’s location however my only question/ concern is noise from AO. I'm happy with the higher deck but have never had a connecting room and have heard mixed reviews about noise. Of course your room number can change. This isn’t the past. . wip3out3 • 7 mo. Instead Celebrity Equinox will be redeployed to Cape Canaveral and will not be replaced by any other Celebrity cruise ship. We're travelling on Symphony of the Seas next month and my travel buddy booked and Inside GTY room. Finished check in to am the now have a deck assigned when MYSELF check my sea spend but does room number. Second cruise let them pick and I got a balcony on the 7th floor, it was the last room before the control room all the way on the front of the ship, you could feel the boat rocking so much more than anywhere else. I can also verify the the "Apple Wallet" hack worked. We are due to sail on Harmony on Saturday and are still waiting on our cabin number to be assigned. I thought it was strange that on our new. 9. Little. In fact, the room number is on my final invoice and has no reference to a GTY. Everything stills says GTY. Royal Caribbean International ; Guarantee Room Assignment Please Read: COVID-related Discussion. BrianB and Qeyton Dude. Amazing, Funny & Totally Awesome Cruise Photos. 1. Either way, Royal Up will cure the problem. The sales representatives are incompetent and their management is nonexistent. Our sail is. Find Your Roll Call. You're never in your room! But I am curious where they will put us. Even if you are assigned a room, it is not certain to be your "final" room assignment. Posted May 25, 2022. and first time booking GTY cabin. Posted March 16, 2022. With this selection, you are guaranteed to receive a Balcony stateroom, which could be in any Balcony category (excluding suites), anywhere on the ship. GTY room assigned & then re-assigned by RCL. On our next two early November cruises, we are currently pending (with all other bids expired) on a promenade view for $10 pp and an ocean view balcony for $60 pp. I checked and there are no non-connected 2D rooms. 713. would/could we expect our room assignment. But Set Sail pass now says deck 7 GTY muster C16. Once you fully check in you can continually check the app for earlier times and change your time while retaining the existing passenger information. 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. THE main change that signals a GTY room number is the issuance of a muster station, even if the room number still states GTY. Hello. Luckily a few days before the cruise, I went onto the website to look something up and our cabin assignment had been changed from an inside cabin on deck 2 to an outside cabin on deck 3. Hi, I usually pick my cabin but this time we got a great rate to adenine suite category guarantee. Traveled in room 11549, forward interior 179 sq ft room. At the time (3 weeks ago) they were sold out of double-occupancy Ocean Balcony rooms. Of course, getting your assignment 120 days out is also very rare. 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. Hope this helps. After a few days of barcode showing "-GTY" it is now showing a cabin number, and I'm really happy with the location. Quote. NOTE: If you see "GTY" instead of numbers, you truly haven't been assigned yet. Posted October 20, 2022. ft. e. In recent years, the guarantee staterooms aren't assigned until the upgrade bids are processed. -1. GTY Cabin Room Assignment. The room is on the deck that was shown and also within muster station. This means you may book a stateroom of a guaranteed category type (Interior, Oceanview, Balcony or Suite) on your chosen ship and cruise. You may still have enough time to get your assignment beforehand. You can also add it to your Apple Wallet if an iPhone user to see the numbers. These GTY cabins are a perfect choice for many people and are booked without a specific cabin allocation. They most likely don’t have a boardwalk or Central Park balcony guarantee, which is why it just says guarantee. Posted June 22, 2005. DCL will assign you to a room in your selected category (or higher) later. Hi, I usually pick my cabin but this frist we obtained a great evaluate for a suite category guarantee. 33. 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. Member Photo Albums. If it's not been assigned yet you'll see GTY. Using a camera, "read it" and you will get the numbers for the bar code. If you have an Apple device, add your set sail pass to your Apple wallet. Gillian WV. We literally got this room for the price of a GTD inside cabin. When we booked guarantee (twice for Mariner) I used UK site to see all rooms and then saw which I liked best. The Royal Caribbean app says Deck -, Stateroom GTY, Muster -. We haven't been assigned a. Just keep checking. The living room includes a queen-size sofa bed, and. We are now 22 days from sailing. Im 5 days from my sail date and still no cabin assignment. Cruise Tips, Royal Caribbean International; Cruise Critic Community. With that being said, does anyone know if there is some sort of algorithm they use to assign rooms. GTY boat are assigned under the discernment are Royal Caribbean at anywhere time up until you check in at the port. More relevant: A couple months ago, we received a balcony gty assignment on Harmony 5 days before sailing. Royal Caribbean International ; Moving within a Cabin Cat. Six hours later the room showed on our reservation11. I'm pretty sure I've seen that once cabin is assigned I'm subject to that cabin category for any potential repricing, which means a repricing becomes much less likely with the significant savings for booking a GTY. RCCL Fan. Our cruise is not until Jan. I've not seen where there was a generic GTY category offered to include all balconies. BrianB and Baked Alaska. Very unlikely neither C&A nor RCI rep can tell you anything if the cabin is not assigned. 1. It says we are on Deck 10, muster station B13, suite class. By. Method 1. If the room is assigned these numbers will be at the end -####. 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. Find a Cruise. 2nd was a balcony gty & we got a midship d1 or d2. We tried to book the 2BR Aquatheater suite and were offered a guarantee for it. 15 hours ago, Atlantix2000 said:. , LJay0301 and asquared17. The OP already has the cabin number, but until that is official, RCI is unlikely to. However, one stateroom was not given a choice to select that other connecting room and until now it is still showing room as GTY. Stateroom: 182 sq. Favorite Cruise Memories. Royal Caribbean International ; Using the “Key” for a GTY room Please Read: COVID-related Discussion. That price difference was insanely huge enough that I said, bye bye balcony. We are doing that on a Grandeur OTS December cruise. Posted May 28. We have booked a GTY balcony a few times. None of this gets me any closer but I like information so some questions. 117. ago. Otherwise it will show -GTY still. One time on Adeventure of Seas I did a GTY and was assigned a room a few weeks later; a couple weeks after that my wife was looking at our reservation and noticed the room had been changed from the initial assignment. That number is your room cabin. E-docs just say GTY category J4 so prob won’t know until 11/16 ( day before) I guess. ft. There are only 2 Central Park, and 9 boardwalk cabins showing as available right now, but a ton of ocean view cabins. Posted July 24. 2. 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. 4. The prices for GTY bookings are the same as if you select a room. Location-Michigan. We've booked guaranty twice on RCCL & both rooms were assigned within a week of booking. The cabins for the verandah are on the 9th deck close to the front. My cruise in November they gave me my room assignment months before the cruise, and they gave me an aft facing cabin.