Curt From Canada Posted February 8, 2020 Report Share Posted February 8, 2020 This is still a very small sample set, but it continues to tell a consistent story (see the three inflection points). We just got assigned our room number (14 days from sailing). I can also verify the the "Apple Wallet" hack worked. We knew over 40 days ago what our GTY Balcony was. As always, if you have data, just reply and I will add to the spreadsheet. Curt from Canada Neesa, DiracDelta, Rose City Cruiser and 3 others 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ank517 Posted February 8, 2020 Report Share Posted February 8, 2020 New data point! Got our room assignment (OV Balcony) 15 days out. Confirmed same as Apple Wallet hack from ~6 weeks ago. Thanks for collecting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt From Canada Posted February 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2020 1 hour ago, ank517 said: New data point! Got our room assignment (OV Balcony) 15 days out. Confirmed same as Apple Wallet hack from ~6 weeks ago. Thanks for collecting! Thank you ... I will add for the next update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxrunner Posted February 8, 2020 Report Share Posted February 8, 2020 When booking our latest cruise it was cheaper to pick your own room than go the GTY route. Have you folks ever seen it priced that way? Why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedNoodles Posted February 8, 2020 Report Share Posted February 8, 2020 3 hours ago, foxrunner said: When booking our latest cruise it was cheaper to pick your own room than go the GTY route. Have you folks ever seen it priced that way? Why? Yes, I've seen it several times. Why? No clue. foxrunner 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruisingmia912 Posted February 9, 2020 Report Share Posted February 9, 2020 What’s the apple wallet hack? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoski Posted February 9, 2020 Report Share Posted February 9, 2020 Please give us details on this hack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt From Canada Posted February 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2020 I have only done the "Apple Hack" once. You need to have your Sea Pass (preliminary) that does not show a room number (I think it shows either "REPRINT" or "GTY"). There is an option to transfer the Seas Pass to Apple Wallet. Take that option and underneath the bar code in Apple Wallet the last 5 digits could be the room that they had tentatively placed you in. I have seen others explain that due to Royal Up, other upgrades, and new reservations they must reserve a spot, but have the option to move you (probably if they can make more money). I have only done the GTY option once, but is was definitely much cheaper (in my case), kinda' fun to track the "progress" and a little scary that we would end up somewhere far from where we wanted to be. We will continue to decide cruise by cruise if we GTY or choose our room. Curt from Canada sk8erguy1978, WAAAYTOOO, Matt and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk8erguy1978 Posted February 9, 2020 Report Share Posted February 9, 2020 3 hours ago, Curt From Canada said: I have only done the "Apple Hack" once. You need to have your Sea Pass (preliminary) that does not show a room number (I think it shows either "REPRINT" or "GTY"). There is an option to transfer the Seas Pass to Apple Wallet. Take that option and underneath the bar code in Apple Wallet the last 5 digits could be the room that they had tentatively placed you in. I have seen others explain that due to Royal Up, other upgrades, and new reservations they must reserve a spot, but have the option to move you (probably if they can make more money). I have only done the GTY option once, but is was definitely much cheaper (in my case), kinda' fun to track the "progress" and a little scary that we would end up somewhere far from where we wanted to be. We will continue to decide cruise by cruise if we GTY or choose our room. Curt from Canada Interesting. Assuming the same would be true with Google Pay. We enjoy picking out our room but curious enough to follow along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk8erguy1978 Posted February 9, 2020 Report Share Posted February 9, 2020 On 2/8/2020 at 12:19 PM, foxrunner said: When booking our latest cruise it was cheaper to pick your own room than go the GTY route. Have you folks ever seen it priced that way? Why? I've seen it too. Most recently on my upcoming September cruise. With all promos applied (except C&A status - Diamond) the "You pick your room" is slightly higher ($762 vs $755). I do everything the same again except plug in C&A number and it's now cheaper ($655 vs $680). This is for a balcony, starting price. I've attached a screenshot, two different browsers: Chromium on left with C&A plugged in & Chrome on right without C&A. Baked Alaska, foxrunner and WAAAYTOOO 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxrunner Posted February 9, 2020 Report Share Posted February 9, 2020 We are lowly Golds (reference to Red Rising by Pierce Brown a space dystopia) so I don't think that impacts our pricing. Just one of Royals quirks. sk8erguy1978 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk8erguy1978 Posted February 9, 2020 Report Share Posted February 9, 2020 10 minutes ago, foxrunner said: We are lowly Golds (reference to Red Rising by Pierce Brown a space dystopia) so I don't think that impacts our pricing. Just one of Royals quirks. We all started at Gold! You'll get there! Even with our Balcony discount the math doesn't add up to be cheaper, but it is ... Agreed "Royal's quirks." Ogilthorpe and foxrunner 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted February 10, 2020 Report Share Posted February 10, 2020 Well, I learned something today. Thanks @Curt From Canada ! Baked Alaska and WAAAYTOOO 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacew Posted February 13, 2020 Report Share Posted February 13, 2020 Wondering if there’s a time of day that assignments are usually made or if it’s random? We are 18 days out and I’d live to just check once a day. Hoping to be in that 10-19 window. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monctonguy Posted February 13, 2020 Report Share Posted February 13, 2020 270 days out from my Odyssey cruise...too far out to try and figure out what ocean view room I have at this point I guess..although there aren't many oceanview cabins so cant imagine it wil be much longer till they could have it assigned if they have sold out that category I suppose..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiracDelta Posted February 13, 2020 Report Share Posted February 13, 2020 I wanted to comment for all of the non-iPhone users. If you get your SetSail pass but don't have your room assignment, GooglePay may not prompt you to add it. You can still see the number underlying the barcode by using a barcode scanner app. I took a screenshot of mine, then used an app to read the barcode from the image. We're 84 days out and don't have our official assignment, but we have a room from the barcode. That room does not appear to be available to book on RCCL or through our travel agent, so I am assuming that it is indeed reserved for us. I'll be sure to report back when we get our official assignment! WAAAYTOOO, Rose City Cruiser and MisterBill 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poolside Posted February 13, 2020 Report Share Posted February 13, 2020 Sailing on Grandeur in 15 days and just got my #Gty Interior room. Curt From Canada 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt From Canada Posted February 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2020 12 hours ago, pacew said: Wondering if there’s a time of day that assignments are usually made or if it’s random? We are 18 days out and I’d live to just check once a day. Hoping to be in that 10-19 window. Currently, the trend "says" 96% of people get their assignment 10 days or more from sail date. Your assignment will be soon. Use the "Apple Hack" detailed in this thread to determine where your stateroom probably will be. Curt from Canada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacew Posted February 13, 2020 Report Share Posted February 13, 2020 10 minutes ago, Curt From Canada said: Currently, the trend "says" 96% of people get their assignment 10 days or more from sail date. Your assignment will be soon. Use the "Apple Hack" detailed in this thread to determine where your stateroom probably will be. Curt from Canada Thanks for the encouragement! I’ve been watching you add numbers and have been hopeful. I am using the hack but there is just nothing so far. Thanks for doing the chart! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh1506 Posted February 13, 2020 Report Share Posted February 13, 2020 On 2/8/2020 at 2:19 PM, Curt From Canada said: This is still a very small sample set, but it continues to tell a consistent story (see the three inflection points). We just got assigned our room number (14 days from sailing). I can also verify the the "Apple Wallet" hack worked. We knew over 40 days ago what our GTY Balcony was. As always, if you have data, just reply and I will add to the spreadsheet. Curt from Canada Suggest you look at Radiance sailings 2/9 and 2/25/02 . Large no of GTY and majority not assigned 7 days prior to sailing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurdueFlyer Posted February 13, 2020 Report Share Posted February 13, 2020 data point: we were assigned our balcony GTY 12 days out for our upcoming Dubai sailing on Jewel WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRC Posted February 14, 2020 Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 Adventure b2b last month, both legs GTY. First assignment made 2 days after booking (but I booked only 3 weeks before sailing). Second leg I wasn't notified until 3 days before, when already aboard on leg 1. However my cabin attendant found out the day before my formal notice, as they had the data already on their lists. He looked in order to know where I was moving to so he could coordinate with the other cabin attendant. WAAAYTOOO and Matt 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt From Canada Posted February 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 18 hours ago, PRC said: Adventure b2b last month, both legs GTY. First assignment made 2 days after booking (but I booked only 3 weeks before sailing). Second leg I wasn't notified until 3 days before, when already aboard on leg 1. However my cabin attendant found out the day before my formal notice, as they had the data already on their lists. He looked in order to know where I was moving to so he could coordinate with the other cabin attendant. PRS ... Thank you, I have added this data. The 3 days before is rare ... just under 3 weeks is very normal. All ... As you get GTY assignments let me know and I will add to the database. Thanks, Curt from Canada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt From Canada Posted February 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 22 hours ago, PurdueFlyer said: data point: we were assigned our balcony GTY 12 days out for our upcoming Dubai sailing on Jewel Thank you ... added Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smap Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 GTY balcony confirmed 19 days out from sailing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursfreak21 Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 I am about 113 Days out and when I log on to my profile it shows a cabin number. Is this set in stone? Could it change? I have an inside cabin towards the back of the ship - are there pros/cons to being in the back of the ship? It's on Deck 3 which is right underneath the MDR, should I be concerned? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt From Canada Posted February 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2020 4 hours ago, smap said: GTY balcony confirmed 19 days out from sailing! Thank you ... added Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacew Posted February 19, 2020 Report Share Posted February 19, 2020 11 days and still no assignments. However, I did get another Royal Up offer this morning. We are suite gty. I think that makes a difference sometimes as everyone in our sailing group that was gty has had their assignment since about the 30 day mark. I’ll report again once we have assignment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaydav19 Posted February 19, 2020 Report Share Posted February 19, 2020 On 2/8/2020 at 12:19 PM, foxrunner said: When booking our latest cruise it was cheaper to pick your own room than go the GTY route. Have you folks ever seen it priced that way? Why? i just noticed that myself while shopping for late 11/2020-2021 cruises on Independence, Oasis and Odyssey? No idea why. I will say that when I booked Independence for this 08/22/2020 cruise my balcony suite was cheaper than the oceanview, and when I called to have a hold placed it mystified the agent. I'm glad I booked it because the price just went down again on my suite so i saved another $223.00. I will accept any RCCL glitch I can find! foxrunner 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biff215 Posted February 19, 2020 Report Share Posted February 19, 2020 We’re still waiting on our official notification for our April Harmony cruise, but the Apple Wallet hack did reveal a stateroom number. Crazy thing is it’s literally the cabin next to the one we stayed in last August. I assume it’s just a coincidence as I imagine it’s computers making these assignments? Thanks for sharing the hack, it’s nice to know where we might end up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt From Canada Posted February 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2020 42 minutes ago, Biff215 said: We’re still waiting on our official notification for our April Harmony cruise, but the Apple Wallet hack did reveal a stateroom number. Crazy thing is it’s literally the cabin next to the one we stayed in last August. I assume it’s just a coincidence as I imagine it’s computers making these assignments? Thanks for sharing the hack, it’s nice to know where we might end up! If I had to guess on the way assignments are assigned, I would say it is a combination of: Harry Potter on a Colorado "high" Keith Richards on any day that ends in "y" (I know "children" from the 60s and 70s got that one) I was going to say Timothy Leary, but man that is one wack-job ... Let's go for Spaceman Bill Lee (before, during and after any basebal game). Curt from Canada WAAAYTOOO, Ogilthorpe, PRebecca and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacew Posted February 20, 2020 Report Share Posted February 20, 2020 We got our assignment at 10 days. Suite gty and got a Grand Suite. PRebecca, WAAAYTOOO, KristiZ and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan1260 Posted March 6, 2020 Report Share Posted March 6, 2020 Got 2 gty interior room assignments 10521 and 10523 on Anthem in the same booking 127 days out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs_Collins Posted March 6, 2020 Report Share Posted March 6, 2020 I’ve been “impatiently” waiting to report my assignment! The day has finally come!!! We have officially been assigned our GTY 15 days out. SpeedNoodles and PRebecca 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt From Canada Posted March 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2020 10 minutes ago, Mrs_Collins said: I’ve been “impatiently” waiting to report my assignment! The day has finally come!!! We have officially been assigned our GTY 15 days out. Got them all now ... thanks to all. Curt from Canada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterBill Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 I know this is an old thread, but just wanted to mention that the barcode scan worked for me as well. I just booked a suite guarantee on Monday for a cruise a month from now. I did the check-in on Tuesday morning, and at night I noticed that my SetSail Pass showed me in Sea class and a muster station and a barcode without numbers. Later it showed deck 10, but still no cabin number I found my barcode scanner app, and when I scanned the SSP it came up with a number followed by -10232, which is a Junior Suite and obviously what I was given. I had been hoping for a Grand Suite, since several are available, but I'm sure that they have people bidding for those. I don't understand why they hide the actual cabin number from people, especially for long periods of time, as reported by others here. Update -- I had my cabin number show up two weeks prior to the cruise. After they tried to get me to bid on an upgrade, of course. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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