DrunkysAmazingRaceWinner Posted December 27, 2018 Report Posted December 27, 2018 anyone had a successful bid on an upgrade yet? Heading on Independence next week and was wondering when I'll find out if I was accepted/rejected... Quote
mworkman Posted December 27, 2018 Report Posted December 27, 2018 Rumor has it that you will be notified 24 hours prior to boarding via e-mail. Quote
twangster Posted December 27, 2018 Report Posted December 27, 2018 I received notice of an unsuccessful bid just after noon (eastern time) the day before boarding. Quote
bellemiche Posted December 27, 2018 Report Posted December 27, 2018 Someone posted on another site that their bid was successful for SOS in January. They went from owner's suite to a Sky Class aqua theatre suite. Quote
DrunkysAmazingRaceWinner Posted December 27, 2018 Author Report Posted December 27, 2018 I'm on in an owners suite bidding to whatever is the one bigger than that. i think there's only one. looked nice though had a piano. Quote
Broons77 Posted December 28, 2018 Report Posted December 28, 2018 2 hours ago, DrunkysAmazingRaceWinner said: I'm on in an owners suite bidding to whatever is the one bigger than that. i think there's only one. looked nice though had a piano. You wouldn't happen to be bidding on the Royal Suite on Rhapsody, are you? I've got a bid in on that for my Jan 5th sailing... princevaliantus and Baked Alaska 2 Quote
ChrisHa Posted December 28, 2018 Report Posted December 28, 2018 I had an interior stateroom on Symphony for January... made bids for neighborhood balcony and ocean balcony on the day RoyalUp debuted. I found out my ocean balcony bid was accepted 12/24, so about one month after bidding and less than a month before sailing. SpeedNoodles 1 Quote
Diane S Posted December 28, 2018 Report Posted December 28, 2018 At least they notify you if your bid isn’t successful Quote
JasonL Posted December 28, 2018 Report Posted December 28, 2018 I cruise in family suites often with 5 total guests. RCCL should really update their system to allow more than 4 guests in a booking. I don't know if I could bid on upgrades since a party of 5 has 2 separate bookings for the 1 cabin. AlohaLivin and Baked Alaska 1 1 Quote
DrunkysAmazingRaceWinner Posted December 30, 2018 Author Report Posted December 30, 2018 On 12/27/2018 at 7:21 PM, Broons77 said: You wouldn't happen to be bidding on the Royal Suite on Rhapsody, are you? I've got a bid in on that for my Jan 5th sailing... Nope -- Independence out of FLL on the 3rd. Good luck though hope we get em! Quote
AlohaLivin Posted December 30, 2018 Report Posted December 30, 2018 On 12/27/2018 at 12:30 PM, twangster said: I received notice of an unsuccessful bid just after noon (eastern time) the day before boarding. BUMMER I used to do a special “spell” when hubby was on call as we went to bed to try to ward off late night calls - it usually worked So shoot me a message the next time and I will see if I can’t abracadabra something up for you! Lynn JLMoran, Susie, coneyraven and 3 others 6 Quote
Linda P Posted January 3, 2019 Report Posted January 3, 2019 Cruising on the Adventure of the Seas on February 2nd....just got our congratulations letter today that our bid was accepted! We have gone from a 3V inside cabin to a 3B spacious balcony! We got a great price when the Kids Sale Free sale was on so our increase of $400 total ($200 x 2) is definitely worth it! The best part is we have a pull out sofa instead of a pullman!! Matt, Susie, ellcee and 1 other 4 Quote
Susie Posted January 3, 2019 Report Posted January 3, 2019 On 12/27/2018 at 4:35 PM, DrunkysAmazingRaceWinner said: I'm on in an owners suite bidding to whatever is the one bigger than that. i think there's only one. looked nice though had a piano. Does it come with a piano player too? If it does not come with a piano player we will not bid on it LOL. AlohaLivin, coneyraven, CDunninTX and 1 other 4 Quote
Mrbacardi5 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Posted January 3, 2019 Look what I got today. I was in an OV. Minimum bid was $50pp. When I booked it the difference between an OV and a balcony was around $700. I had originally bid $130pp but upped it yesterday! Matt, KaB and ellcee 2 1 Quote
SpeedNoodles Posted January 3, 2019 Report Posted January 3, 2019 47 minutes ago, Mrbacardi5 said: Look what I got today. I was in an OV. Minimum bid was $50pp. When I booked it the difference between an OV and a balcony was around $700. I had originally bid $130pp but upped it yesterday! Congratulations!!!! Quote
Joy Posted January 3, 2019 Report Posted January 3, 2019 We are new to RCL, have done just 3 cruises. We bid for a balcony to upgrade from a 2N OV on the 3rd deck. What a mistake! We were notified the day before our cruise, moved to the last balcony port side on the 8th deck, 8398. It was a big room, we didnt need all the space we had. However, the last minute change meant we did not get our casino mail, including two free cruise certificates or anything elsethe casino sent out for NYE eg champagne. I wont be doing that again Quote
tonyfsu21 Posted January 4, 2019 Report Posted January 4, 2019 I’m excited about this & determined to win a royal loft suite on my next Oasis Class! I will be checking my junk mail in anticipation. Quote
tiny260 Posted January 4, 2019 Report Posted January 4, 2019 1 hour ago, tonyfsu21 said: I’m excited about this & determined to win a royal loft suite on my next Oasis Class! I will be checking my junk mail in anticipation. I bid for one on Allure coming up on 1-13-19 cruise, but I'm not holding my breath... Lovetocruise2002 1 Quote
mom2mybugs Posted January 4, 2019 Report Posted January 4, 2019 Ok...I’m truly not understanding this whole process and how it works. Has @Matt written on specifics (this would be a good podcast lol) or can someone link me to a previous topic if it’s been discussed to death? I’m in an interior on allure and while I would hate to lose my location (just outside Central Park) I would love a bigger room or natural light. I’m getting panicky about claustrophobia! Jane Quote
Lovetocruise2002 Posted January 4, 2019 Report Posted January 4, 2019 15 minutes ago, mom2mybugs said: I’m truly not understanding this whole process and how it works. I've had several conversations with C&A about this. According to them, it is completely random. People on your sailing might get an offer, and it doesn't mean that you will. Also, they can inform you at the very last minute if you won the bid, or you could find out early on. It's classic Royal. No one knows. Here's @Matt's blog post on it: https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2018/11/26/royal-caribbean-introduce-bid-based-stateroom-upgrade-program mom2mybugs 1 Quote
tonyfsu21 Posted January 4, 2019 Report Posted January 4, 2019 34 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: I've had several conversations with C&A about this. According to them, it is completely random. People on your sailing might get an offer, and it doesn't mean that you will. Also, they can inform you at the very last minute if you won the bid, or you could find out early on. It's classic Royal. No one knows. Here's @Matt's blog post on it: https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2018/11/26/royal-caribbean-introduce-bid-based-stateroom-upgrade-program Yep I’m sure it’s standard issue RC like the casino program. What a mess! Lovetocruise2002 1 Quote
MrMarc Posted January 4, 2019 Report Posted January 4, 2019 I really like RCCL, but it would be really nice if all of their various "teams" got together to form 1 team. Instead of providing a more transparent and less random system, it seems like it is an even more random game with everchanging and unknown rules. Quote
Matt Posted January 7, 2019 Report Posted January 7, 2019 On 1/4/2019 at 4:50 PM, mom2mybugs said: I’m in an interior on allure and while I would hate to lose my location (just outside Central Park) I would love a bigger room or natural light. I’m getting panicky about claustrophobia! My advice is if you really want to move up, is to have your TA price an update by changing your reservation. The upgrade program leaves too much to chance. CDunninTX, AlohaLivin and mom2mybugs 3 Quote
simone Posted January 7, 2019 Report Posted January 7, 2019 I am leaving on the Oasis of the Seas on Jan 13th. I just received the email for the RoyalUp. I put a bid for a Junior suite and Grand suite. For those of you that got upgraded, how much more did you bid over the minimum amount? Was the location of the room at the lower decks? I am traveling with my husband and 3 kids and need more room. I have a ocean view suite at the moment. I am also curious/concerned about the noise level with decks 6, 7 and 8. Quote
tiny260 Posted January 7, 2019 Report Posted January 7, 2019 2 hours ago, simone said: I am leaving on the Oasis of the Seas on Jan 13th. I just received the email for the RoyalUp. I put a bid for a Junior suite and Grand suite. For those of you that got upgraded, how much more did you bid over the minimum amount? Was the location of the room at the lower decks? I am traveling with my husband and 3 kids and need more room. I have a ocean view suite at the moment. I am also curious/concerned about the noise level with decks 6, 7 and 8. I have seen one person post on here that they won a bid (I don't read every blog post obviously), I think it was an interior to an ocean view and if I remember correctly he was not notified until 24-48 before the scheduled departure date. My specific Royal up offered was for the Royal Loft suite, minimum bid was $800pp to $3100PP, I bid $801PP, I'm not holding my breath. I have a work buddy that is going on Harmony next week, he received a Royal up from balcony to Junior or Grand, minimum for the Junior was $300PP, he bid $301PP, Royal called him and asked him if he would increase his bid, he said no $602 was his total budget, they ask him if he would bid for the Grand and he said yes $602 was his budget, they said that they would make note, this all happened today, so he hasn't heard anything. They made note that the Harmony was not full for next week. CORRECTION: Just re-read and earlier topic and there were 2-3 people that said they had won and upgrade. Firemanswife2 1 Quote
WAAAYTOOO Posted January 7, 2019 Report Posted January 7, 2019 37 minutes ago, tiny260 said: Royal called him and asked him if he would increase his bid Wow....this is the first time I have heard of them actually calling anyone about their bid. Very interesting tiny260 1 Quote
Gears Posted January 7, 2019 Report Posted January 7, 2019 I am shocked...just got an e-mail of our successful bid. We were below the waterline with an "Ocean View" on Deck 2. I low balled (as low as I could bid) for a balcony at $150ea...Shazzam!, we're now on Deck 6 with a balcony. And for less than we would have paid if we were to book it straight up (for the particular cruise, Feb 10 on the FOS). WAAAYTOOO, JLMoran, Lovetocruise2002 and 7 others 7 1 2 Quote
simone Posted January 8, 2019 Report Posted January 8, 2019 Thanks for the reply. The Oasis of the Sea Suites are completely sold out. The minimum upgrade for the junior suite is $200/person and the grand suite $500/person. I placed a bid for both but the grand suite is above my budget. Quote
RachelLevena Posted January 9, 2019 Report Posted January 9, 2019 I received my offer today for Brilliance of the Seas March 4 Western Caribbean. We went from an ocean view on deck three to a 1D balcony on deck 9 for 100 per person. I'm a first time cruiser and don't really plan on the ability to cruise often to build points so C&A status isn't something I'm chasing. For this trip I'm traveling with my best friend, I won't have better half and tiny humans in tow so many of the decisions I've made have been to purchase items at their lowest and make it as nice as a vacation as it can be within the budget I set forth because I'm paying for 1 (or 2 if I'm covering it as a gift) rather than 4. Even if I love this trip, as a family we wouldn't be able to justify cruising once a year much less multiple times a year so options like Royal Up and The Key allow me to have a wonderful vacation with my friend and enjoy amenities that would normally be out of my reach. I'm probably the target market Royal has chosen for these programs and I am very excited for my long overdue break! SpeedNoodles, Al Horner, spiralqueen and 1 other 3 1 Quote
tiny260 Posted January 9, 2019 Report Posted January 9, 2019 I'm probably not going to answer this correctly, but I believe you will get a Royal up email asking for you to bid and then much closer to your cruise date you will get another email telling you they have either accepted or rejected your offer. Maybe what you are referring to is the email saying that they have accepted your offer, but the timing seems early for a March cruise, most people have not been hearing that they won until 24-48 hours before. I have received 2 emails, one asking me to bid and one saying they had received my offer, but I have not received an email saying that they accepted or rejected and I leave for my cruise Saturday. Quote
RachelLevena Posted January 9, 2019 Report Posted January 9, 2019 @tiny260, no my initial was bid around black friday, it may have been the day that Royal announced the program Nov 28th. This was the actual email stating my bid was accepted. It followed with a receipt that my card had been charged and my cruise planner now shows my new cabin number. I've been checking daily and doing mock bookings just to see what might be remaining and gave up hope of the chance of an upgrade yesterday as all higher cabin types for which I bid showed as booked (I think Royal says unavailable?). Low and behold at 2pm today received the notice of upgrade. For anyone keeping an eye on their inbox, the acceptance email comes from royalup@rccl.com and you will get two additional emails from [email protected] with your reservation information included (3 total emails from royal). tiny260 1 Quote
Gisser Posted January 9, 2019 Report Posted January 9, 2019 I'm sailing on Freedom on 3/3 and was just notified today that I "won" the upgrade. I wanted a Grand Suite, and got a two-bedroom grand suite. For two people. Seems silly. bellemiche 1 Quote
coneyraven Posted January 9, 2019 Report Posted January 9, 2019 Just now, Gisser said: I'm sailing on Freedom on 3/3 and was just notified today that I "won" the upgrade. I wanted a Grand Suite, and got a two-bedroom grand suite. For two people. Seems silly. I'm sure you could find a couple of volunteers here to fill that second bedroom...... Quote
Gisser Posted January 9, 2019 Report Posted January 9, 2019 Just now, coneyraven said: I'm sure you could find a couple of volunteers here to fill that second bedroom...... Honestly, I would gladly swap with someone who's in a Grand Suite that has more than two people. I'm going to call Royal and ask them about it. Swap rooms, that is Quote
tiny260 Posted January 9, 2019 Report Posted January 9, 2019 1 hour ago, RachelLevena said: @tiny260, no my initial was bid around black friday, it may have been the day that Royal announced the program Nov 28th. This was the actual email stating my bid was accepted. It followed with a receipt that my card had been charged and my cruise planner now shows my new cabin number. I've been checking daily and doing mock bookings just to see what might be remaining and gave up hope of the chance of an upgrade yesterday as all higher cabin types for which I bid showed as booked (I think Royal says unavailable?). Low and behold at 2pm today received the notice of upgrade. For anyone keeping an eye on their inbox, the acceptance email comes from royalup@rccl.com and you will get two additional emails from [email protected] with your reservation information included (3 total emails from royal). That is awesome, I'm happy for you, I doubt mine comes through, I'm in a Star/Sky loft suite on Allure and they ask me to bid on the Royal Loft Suite, I put in the minimum PP bid and didn't really care if I got it or not. It's really nice they are notifying people this far out. Quote
cgbdpm Posted January 9, 2019 Report Posted January 9, 2019 I'm sailing on Freedom out of San Juan 3/10/19 and just got notification my upgrade was accepted. I went from interior to ocean view balcony for $200 ($100/pp) SpeedNoodles 1 Quote
MrMarc Posted January 9, 2019 Report Posted January 9, 2019 I am on Oasis 1/27, and the minimum bid to upgrade from interior to Outside view is $300 per person! Ocean view balcony is a minimum of $500 per person bid. Easy choice. Besides, I don't have to worry about closing the shade. Quote
Gabe Posted January 15, 2019 Report Posted January 15, 2019 I assume that if you check in, and your RoyalUP bid is later accepted, Royal will handle the details of changing things? Quote
Boston Babe Posted January 15, 2019 Report Posted January 15, 2019 I got the infamous email today. OUr sailing is Feb 14th on Grandeur. Now, let me ask, we are currently in an Owners Suite. There is only one more place to go after that on Grandeur and it's the Royal Suite. Do we really need 1110 square feet for two or us and to spend another $1300 (starting bid at $650 pp) and I'm sure there will be someone with a larger family that would take that. So I think we will stick with what we have! Sweety and JLMoran 2 Quote
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