MJ_ Posted January 9, 2023 Report Share Posted January 9, 2023 We booked a cruise for this summer which when you select "you pick your room" only gave is the option to select "spacious ocean view balcony guarantee". I really want a room near the midship elevators (I have mobility issues). If I understand correctly, that means our cabin will be assigned when we pay final payment and if we don't like the location we can switch? But I know that I can't reprice my cruise after final payment. When should I pay in full in order to have the best choice of cabin but not risk paying too much of the price drops? Any advice? TIA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted January 9, 2023 Report Share Posted January 9, 2023 Cabins can assigned anytime up to hours before sail away. Final payment is not a relevant factor in GTY booking cabin assignment. If you seek to pick your own cabin you would be better to pay now for that privilege. Neesa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddy Posted January 9, 2023 Report Share Posted January 9, 2023 Edit: Twangster beat me Your cabin can be assigned at any time and can be located anywhere within the category you booked. Final payment has never come into play when we've had GTY cabins assigned. I believe I've read here that people have been able to change their assigned GTY cabin to another available cabin within the same category. This is an important part...for example, all balcony cabins are not the same category. A couple of the differences are cabin capacity and location on the ship. There are probably more. I think that if you have specific needs relating to your cabin location, it would be worth it to change to a cabin of your choosing. That being said, you will pay the current rate for that cabin, not the rate it was back when you booked the GTY. Neesa and DDaley 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ_ Posted January 9, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2023 So there is no option for me to choose a cabin. When I click on the option to choose my own cabin, it gives guarantee as my only room option. The other option is to let Royal choose my cabin. Which is why I'm so confused, lol... It seems to be guarantee or guarantee... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddy Posted January 9, 2023 Report Share Posted January 9, 2023 If you don't have a travel agent, you'll have to call Royal directly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDaley Posted January 9, 2023 Report Share Posted January 9, 2023 30 minutes ago, MJ_ said: Which is why I'm so confused, lol... It seems to be guarantee or guarantee... I have definitely seen this before on sailings that are selling very well. Seems like you're out of luck on picking your balcony cabin for that particular sail date. I bet if you tried another type of cabin or chose another date the ability to select the exact cabin will return! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatyBoaty Posted January 9, 2023 Report Share Posted January 9, 2023 43 minutes ago, MJ_ said: So there is no option for me to choose a cabin. When I click on the option to choose my own cabin, it gives guarantee as my only room option. The other option is to let Royal choose my cabin. Which is why I'm so confused, lol... It seems to be guarantee or guarantee... 22 minutes ago, DDaley said: I have definitely seen this before on sailings that are selling very well. Seems like you're out of luck on picking your balcony cabin for that particular sail date. I bet if you tried another type of cabin or chose another date the ability to select the exact cabin will return! Same for my upcoming cruise. When I booked there were actually zero rooms available - not even GTY - in the category I wanted. I booked a lesser category and went back every single day to see if the other category became available. Sometimes got the same message as you, MJ, sometimes it just said "sold out". I don't want a GTY cabin, especially at the prices this cruise got to, so I'm sticking with the lesser category unless my RoyalUp comes through (not holding me breath). Neesa and DDaley 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BennyandBo Posted January 9, 2023 Report Share Posted January 9, 2023 3 hours ago, MJ_ said: So there is no option for me to choose a cabin. When I click on the option to choose my own cabin, it gives guarantee as my only room option. The other option is to let Royal choose my cabin. Which is why I'm so confused, lol... It seems to Something is wrong here. You may be confused. "Guarantee" and "the other option is to let Royal choose" is the same thing. Maybe you are not going down the page past option 1? Do you have a deposit put down yet? What ship and date are you looking at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BennyandBo Posted January 9, 2023 Report Share Posted January 9, 2023 4 hours ago, MJ_ said: But I know that I can't reprice my cruise after final payment. When should I pay in full in order to have the best choice of cabin but not risk paying too much of the price drops? Any advice? TIA. Also, if a GTY is the only cat left don't worry about reprising after final payment. It is not going to go down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireFishII Posted January 9, 2023 Report Share Posted January 9, 2023 12 minutes ago, BennyandBo said: Something is wrong here. You may be confused. "Guarantee" and "the other option is to let Royal choose" is the same thing. Maybe you are not going down the page past option 1? Do you have a deposit put down yet? What ship and date are you looking at? @BennyandBo - I don't think @MJ_is confused. I have seen the same thing - Even whey you pick the option "You pick your room", you are not given a choice of rooms. Instead you get the message "Guarantee" room. I have seen the same thing. FloatyBoaty, teddy, BennyandBo and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BennyandBo Posted January 9, 2023 Report Share Posted January 9, 2023 12 minutes ago, FireFishII said: @BennyandBo - I don't think @MJ_is confused. I have seen the same thing - Even whey you pick the option "You pick your room", you are not given a choice of rooms. Instead you get the message "Guarantee" room. I have seen the same thing. OK, it just she had conflicting statements. I'll add again to everyone else's line "You will not be the one picking your cabin". Also it does not happen after final payment. Can be days before you depart. You need to be OK with that. And again don't worry about price drops if they are already that sold out for summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted January 9, 2023 Report Share Posted January 9, 2023 Keep checking back to see if actual cabins become available for booking. It could be a travel agency has group space they don't use or someone else cancels and a balcony becomes available that you could upgrade to (at a cost). FireFishII 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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