MarvinS Posted February 21, 2022 Report Share Posted February 21, 2022 On 2/20/2022 at 8:50 AM, Scoular said: May I ask what won you the bid? I’ve received our RoyalUp offer today and we’re in a balcony and I’m looking to bid of a Grande suite 1BR AND 2BR. If I recall correctly, I believe I bid about $250/pp. It certainly wasn't the max amount, but was about half on their "meter" scale. Post cruise, I REALLY enjoyed this 1 BR GS (and my wife was very surprised and excited about it)! WAAAYTOOO and Va4fam 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson Posted February 22, 2022 Report Share Posted February 22, 2022 On 2/20/2022 at 10:56 AM, Va4fam said: Our bids are still pending with less than a week to go. Our bid showed pending until the second day of the cruise! LoL Neesa, WAAAYTOOO and SpeedNoodles 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Va4fam Posted February 23, 2022 Report Share Posted February 23, 2022 4 hours ago, Wilson said: Our bid showed pending until the second day of the cruise! LoL Our last cruise we got the email saying our bids were not successful when we were at Izumi having dinner. There seem to be so many successful bids here and on the FB page, and with lower capacity, I thought we had a good chance of securing an upgrade. An upgrade would have been nice, but we will enjoy the cruise no matter what. BritInFlorida 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody283 Posted March 6, 2022 Report Share Posted March 6, 2022 We received our room assignment last night and it was our original ocean view. We did bid on Royal Up rooms but haven't received any notifications. Does this mean we didn't get them? Is it too late to just upgrade to the balcony and pay the difference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody283 Posted March 6, 2022 Report Share Posted March 6, 2022 I should mention our cruise is on March 21st. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedNoodles Posted March 6, 2022 Report Share Posted March 6, 2022 Go to https://www.royalcaribbean.com/booked/cruise-room-upgrade and see if you can still modify/cancel your bid. If you can, great - you can then call your travel agent or Royal and upgrade yourself to a balcony. If it does not allow you to modify it, and any say "pending", then you could still get it. That site is kinda glitchy. If you put in your last name and reservation and it just reloads the page, enter it again. I usually have to do it twice to get it to work. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen W Posted March 6, 2022 Report Share Posted March 6, 2022 5 hours ago, Woody283 said: We received our room assignment last night and it was our original ocean view. We did bid on Royal Up rooms but haven't received any notifications. Does this mean we didn't get them? Is it too late to just upgrade to the balcony and pay the difference? Unless you got the email, it’s still ‘pending’. If you decide to change your room from ocean to balcony, they will cancel all you bids and assign new classes you can bid on - JS, 1 bedroom, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedNoodles Posted March 6, 2022 Report Share Posted March 6, 2022 22 minutes ago, Jen W said: Unless you got the email, it’s still ‘pending’. If you decide to change your room from ocean to balcony, they will cancel all you bids and assign new classes you can bid on - JS, 1 bedroom, etc. They can expire and you will never get an email. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisefam86 Posted March 6, 2022 Report Share Posted March 6, 2022 Are you one Independence of the seas? If so we received our Royal Up last week saying we “won” it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMatl Posted March 7, 2022 Report Share Posted March 7, 2022 10 hours ago, Woody283 said: We received our room assignment last night and it was our original ocean view. We did bid on Royal Up rooms but haven't received any notifications. Does this mean we didn't get them? Is it too late to just upgrade to the balcony and pay the difference? Last couple days before our cruise we threw a bid in for an upgrade. A message came saying you can place a bid up to 3 hours before the cruises departure and you would receive an email to update you on the upgrade. It also mentioned that if you don’t receive a response in relation to your upgrade by 2 hours after the cruise departs then you did not get the upgrade. Pattycruise 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trueblue83 Posted March 7, 2022 Report Share Posted March 7, 2022 bid accepted at the minimum bid for an upgrade from a internal virtual balcony to a Central Park balcony room for our first cruise on Symphony in a couple of weeks. Absolutely delighted to get it for such a low price too. SpeedNoodles, Va4fam, MamaG and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betsybug Posted March 7, 2022 Report Share Posted March 7, 2022 I paid I got a Grand Suite on the Explorer of the Seas. The one with 2 bedrooms/2 baths. I paid $1,200--flat, not per day. I was given notice about a month before. Probably they had a lot of empty rooms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill S Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 We bid on several Royal Ups on our Liberty trip last week. Some at about the midpoint. None accepted. And we didn't get notified until long after getting aboard. I'm not even going to bother next time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill S Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 On 3/6/2022 at 7:05 PM, TMatl said: Last couple days before our cruise we threw a bid in for an upgrade. A message came saying you can place a bid up to 3 hours before the cruises departure and you would receive an email to update you on the upgrade. It also mentioned that if you don’t receive a response in relation to your upgrade by 2 hours after the cruise departs then you did not get the upgrade. This is correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedNoodles Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 41 minutes ago, Bill S said: We bid on several Royal Ups on our Liberty trip last week. Some at about the midpoint. None accepted. And we didn't get notified until long after getting aboard. I'm not even going to bother next time. I've won some and lost some. It's just the way it goes. Sometimes there are rooms available, sometimes there just aren't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiku Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 We sail the 19th and just won ours yesterday SpeedNoodles 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane D Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 Hi all, we are new to cruising with RC and didn’t know anything about Royal Up until I found this forum. I tried to have a look at the option but I’m getting an error message about ensuring my sailing is within 30 days. Others seem to be talking about their cruises more than 30 days away? Or am I doing something wrong? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1978bucketlist Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 I won RU from OS to CLS for minimum bid of $75. Only issue I had was dining reservations concierge made on Monday didn’t transfer with the RU on Tuesday. Lylie spent 30 minutes getting everything back yesterday. We are on the Harmony this week. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1978bucketlist Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 It looks as though only 2 of the cabana’s at beach club are being used. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritInFlorida Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 Leave for 12th March Cruise - 4 days left to go - 4 Royal Up bids put in. All mid way point. All for Suite Class. Zero action right now though! Booooo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark_A Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 I got notified this morning that my royal up for Wonder on 3/18 was accepted. It was only a minimum bid from an interior to a balcony cabin. worth the 100 bucks. Bill S and WAAAYTOOO 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ VINCE Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 For just 100 dollar OMG nice one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedNoodles Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 6 hours ago, Shane D said: Hi all, we are new to cruising with RC and didn’t know anything about Royal Up until I found this forum. I tried to have a look at the option but I’m getting an error message about ensuring my sailing is within 30 days. Others seem to be talking about their cruises more than 30 days away? Or am I doing something wrong? Thanks Not every booking will be offered a Royal Up. They may send you an email over 30 days out, but if you go and check yourself without having to get an email, and your sailing isn't within 30 days, you won't be able to get into the system. Even at 30 days it may not be an option. Keep in mind that there aren't always cabins to book, and even if they send you a Royal Up offer, it doesn't mean that there are any cabins actually available to upgrade to. KristiZ, Shane D, WAAAYTOOO and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark_A Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 3 hours ago, DJ VINCE said: For just 100 dollar OMG nice one I guess technically it was 200. 100 pp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Va4fam Posted March 9, 2022 Report Share Posted March 9, 2022 None of our bids were accepted. We bid 3.5 times the minimum bids for the smallest suite and for Aqua Theater. Thought we had a shot at getting upgraded from our JS. Still had a great time. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted March 9, 2022 Report Share Posted March 9, 2022 I'm now 1 for 1 in RoyaUp bids. I was able to upgrade from a GS to a 2 bedroom GS for $580. When I originally booked this cruise, the 2 bedroom was about 3k more than the regular GS YellowBrickRoad, WAAAYTOOO, KristiZ and 1 other 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smost Posted March 9, 2022 Report Share Posted March 9, 2022 Questions about bidding. If you submit multiple bids on different rooms and they accept one of the lower options, can you go back and rebid on a higher room or are you stuck with the lower option? For example, a balcony versus a junior suite. This is our first time doing RoyalUp and we placed a bid on everything we could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmptyNestTravels Posted March 9, 2022 Report Share Posted March 9, 2022 On my most recent cruise, I didn't get the email that my RU bid was unsuccessful until the first day at sea. Had heard they could award RU at anytime up to the last minute, and it must be true. There were obviously suites available because the advertised grand prizes for Bingo onboard one night were two CLS upgrades. (Maybe that's a common thing?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCWind Posted March 9, 2022 Report Share Posted March 9, 2022 59 minutes ago, smost said: Questions about bidding. If you submit multiple bids on different rooms and they accept one of the lower options, can you go back and rebid on a higher room or are you stuck with the lower option? For example, a balcony versus a junior suite. This is our first time doing RoyalUp and we placed a bid on everything we could. No. You get the cabin that they accepted the bid. Once accepted, you can’t rebid for another cabin. Big Red 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritInFlorida Posted March 9, 2022 Report Share Posted March 9, 2022 Boooo - Sailing on March 12th - Mariner of the Seas. Bid on Royal Up for Suites. Today they are all showing as EXPIRED. The only bid showing as PENDING is a Larger Balcony Room. (We bid $30 per person for this, as we are already in a balcony room - Deck 7_) We decided that there is not much point even doing that now, so just tried to cancel the bid.. but RoyalUp site won't let me alter the price or cancel it??? Very strange. I thought it was only like that within 48 hours of sailing? Big Red 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdvanceTripper Posted March 10, 2022 Report Share Posted March 10, 2022 On 1/24/2022 at 3:45 PM, Thoodt said: We have 2 connecting staterooms on Harmony in March. Would like to bid on upgrade but don’t want to have one nice room forward and other standard stateroom aft. We like to put the kids in the other room. Do they allow you to bid on 2 stateroom upgrades? Bumped, because I have the same question. Was it ever answered? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattycruise Posted March 10, 2022 Report Share Posted March 10, 2022 4 hours ago, BritInFlorida said: Boooo - Sailing on March 12th - Mariner of the Seas. Bid on Royal Up for Suites. Today they are all showing as EXPIRED. The only bid showing as PENDING is a Larger Balcony Room. (We bid $30 per person for this, as we are already in a balcony room - Deck 7_) We decided that there is not much point even doing that now, so just tried to cancel the bid.. but RoyalUp site won't let me alter the price or cancel it??? Very strange. I thought it was only like that within 48 hours of sailing? you might try calling Royal to see about cancelling but I'm not sure you will be able to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchy Posted March 10, 2022 Report Share Posted March 10, 2022 4 hours ago, BritInFlorida said: Boooo - Sailing on March 12th - Mariner of the Seas. Bid on Royal Up for Suites. Today they are all showing as EXPIRED. The only bid showing as PENDING is a Larger Balcony Room. (We bid $30 per person for this, as we are already in a balcony room - Deck 7_) We decided that there is not much point even doing that now, so just tried to cancel the bid.. but RoyalUp site won't let me alter the price or cancel it??? Very strange. I thought it was only like that within 48 hours of sailing? This might be a signal that your bid is accepted… be on the lookout for the charge to appear on your credit card and a room change on the app! Good luck! WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristiZ Posted March 10, 2022 Report Share Posted March 10, 2022 1 hour ago, AdvanceTripper said: Bumped, because I have the same question. Was it ever answered? As the program stands now, each cabin is treated completely separately and there is no way to bid and be certain of connecting rooms. AdvanceTripper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiseGus Posted March 10, 2022 Report Share Posted March 10, 2022 On 3/8/2022 at 4:41 PM, Mark_A said: I guess technically it was 200. 100 pp any revenue on unsold cabin increases the bottom line Good for you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debsters41 Posted March 10, 2022 Report Share Posted March 10, 2022 For those curious, we had our bid accepted on Wednesday evening for a Saturday cruise. So there does not seem to be a 'normal' time for bids to be accepted. Some folks on our cruise had their bids accepted a week ago. Neesa, KristiZ, AdvanceTripper and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritInFlorida Posted March 10, 2022 Report Share Posted March 10, 2022 18 hours ago, Patchy said: This might be a signal that your bid is accepted… be on the lookout for the charge to appear on your credit card and a room change on the app! Good luck! Ohhhh that would be amazing! lol Will let you know! x WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeckyD Posted March 21, 2022 Report Share Posted March 21, 2022 We had our bid accepted today for this Sunday's cruise! RWDW1204, KristiZ and Debsters41 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Last Lion Posted March 21, 2022 Report Share Posted March 21, 2022 All right, I put in three Royal Up Bids on three different types of cabin. Two are now showing status of “expired”. One shows status “pending”. What exactly does this mean? Thanks for the answers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmdaisy Posted March 21, 2022 Report Share Posted March 21, 2022 Hello, I am on The Anthem of The Seas on May 2nd, 2022. I put in 3 bids for Royal Up's. I haven't heard if either of them were excepted. Has anyone gotten any Royal Ups excepted for 2022 so far? If so, how far out from the acceptance to your cruise date? I am super anxious to know if I am getting a bump:). I am currently in a balcony but have bid on a Junior Suite, a One Bedroom Suite and a One Bedroom Suite with a large balcony. Wish me luck:) Moby Dick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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