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We'll likely spend a lot of time on deck, but since it was a bucket list cruise for a 50th birthday, we decided to splurge and go guaranteed balcony, rather than oceanview. I'm hopeful that we don't get an obstructed view, but at the same time, if we do, it won't be the end of the world. With the money we've saved, we can buy a whole new cruise. We're actually considering Alaska. Yes, we like glacial scenery.
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This is the itinerary. Day 1 - Amsterdam, Netherlands Day 2 - Cruising Day 3 - Geiranger, Norway Day 4 - Molde, Norway Day 5 - Cruising Day 6 - Honningsvag, Norway Day 7 - Tromso, Norway Day 8 - Arctic Circle (Cruising), Norway Day 9 - Flam, Norway Day 10 - Alesund, Norway Day 11 - Olden, Norway Day 12 - Bergen, Norway Day 13 - Cruising Day 14 - Amsterdam, Netherlands Your cruise looks like it was amazing. Your cruise also looks like it was sort of a repositioning. I think I'm paying the price for mid summer and the hope for better weather.
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As I understand it, they expect the ships to be full and there to be cancellations at the point of final payment, which tends to open up inventory. So they certainly hedge their bets there. Once you to the final payment section, all of the guaranteed rooms are assigned somehow and then the system can only sell what continue to be vacant rooms. Again, this is just how I have had this explained to me. If they sell every room in a particular class, so much so that there are a few guaranteed rooms needing to be allocated, then they move to the next class up to see if they can place you. While a class upgrade is incredibly unlikely, I have known someone to whom this happened. They booked a balcony guarantee and once they were onboard they actually got a junior suite. This is not something we're even remotely pinning any hopes on.
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I can see what you're saying here, but loyal cruisers actually also more likely to return than a newbie, especially once they've built up status. For instance, we have friends who are newbies, they liked their cruise on Royal, they had a balcony, but they feel no loyalty, they just care about the itinerary and the bottomline cost. They're cruising with Carnival next. Once we have the status, with the benefits that provides, we're more likely to book again and again and again, rather than waste time and money building up status with another line. So, I actually think rewarding someone with status would actually make them more money in the long run.
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Hi, We just booked a guaranteed state room on Jewel OTS for next year. It was a $4k difference between guaranteed and selection. By the time we board, the cruises we've taken this year will have tipped us just high enough to cross the Diamond threshold. I was wondering if your status with RCI had any bearing on how they assigned your rooms? Thanks!
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Is Anselmo Boles still with RCCL?
omro1975 replied to CuseJeff44's topic in Royal Caribbean International
Does anyone know if he'll still be there, on Rhapsody, in January?