Matt Mullen Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 Hello! First time cruiser on the Oasis March 1st. I feel like I am doing a decent amount of research in terms of what to do and not do but still a bit worried, so I will probably be posting on these boards a few times this month. My first question: do cruises offer free room upgrades at check-in the same way a hotel might? We booked a basic interior room with the thought process that we won't be spending a ton of time in there, but I was just curious if this happens on cruises as well. Thank you. -Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshleyDillo Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 5 minutes ago, Matt Mullen said: do cruises offer free room upgrades at check-in the same way a hotel might They no longer do this. They even have signs up at Guest Services on the first day that state there are no upgrades available on the last few cruises I've been on. I guess it was a thing at one time where you could request to be upgraded if someone canceled or no-showed, but it seems like it no longer happens. They do have a program called RoyalUp where you can bid on room upgrades that may give you a chance at a better room at a discounted price compared to upgrading yourself. https://www.royalcaribbean.com/faq/topics/royalup-stateroom-upgrade-program Ogilthorpe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monctonguy Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 They used to offer this..now they only do it if your willing to pay more and bid against hundreds of others trying to do the same thing. As for the interior room, I wouldn't worry about it. You'll spend so little time in your room that its not worth the price of another cruise or more to upgrade to a window...imho! teddy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindy Posted January 30, 2020 Report Share Posted January 30, 2020 Matt- we are in the same cruise March 1-8.... we have a party of 12 and just barely found rooms. Looks like it is a full ship. I would check back with your travel agent to see if there were cancellations. We have an ocean view (it’s not really an ocean view as it is a ground floor view of the helipad!) but everyone else in our party has interiors. We received an option to bid on upgrades if anything was cancelled but we have not heard back yet. Interior rooms did not receive the bid option. Just wanted to let you know. (Sorry was prob not very helpful!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairlynew Posted January 30, 2020 Report Share Posted January 30, 2020 I am also on that sailing. I am in a GS and received several offers to bid on other rooms. All suites are showing (and have been showing since the day before I got the offer to bid) as sold out. I have read on another message board that many people on this sailing, and the ones immediately before and after, who were booked in Junior Suites got emails saying that Royal had overbooked Junior suites on those sailings and asking if they would accept an ocean view balcony with a reduced price. I would guess that this situation will impact any available upgrades. I will be interested to see how it all plays out. I bid on a couple of options, but I am very happy with my current cabin, so whatever happens, I will be happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshleyDillo Posted January 30, 2020 Report Share Posted January 30, 2020 14 hours ago, Mindy said: Interior rooms did not receive the bid option. Sometimes you won't get an email that you can bid, but you can check at https://www.royalcaribbean.com/booked/cruise-room-upgrade to see if you are eligible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara Wagenfer Posted January 26, 2023 Report Share Posted January 26, 2023 I leave in a week for my cruise. At the time all they had were interior cabins. I have receiveda bid up form for an Oceanview and a spacious Oceanview. I am hopingwe get upgraded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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