LastCallForCoffee

UPDATE!!!!!! Got the email today with assigned cabin. SA, Deck 7, and almost across from the Neptune Lounge. Crisis averted.

It’s $1000 pp difference from what I paid to what they want right now to choose my own room. If it were only a couple hundred pp I would have jumped on that for sure.

I did a chat with the cruise line and their site was less than stellar. Long delays in answering my questions and then my replies to their questions delayed to the point that they assumed I was done and ended the chat. So I called. One person had a baby screaming in the background and lots of people talking loudly and they kept putting me on hold. She couldn’t understand me nor could I understand her. Called another guy and he said we didn’t even have a Neptune Suite GTY in the system. So I was a little frustrated after all that. I will make the most of whatever I get, I’m just being dramatic. I will still have all the perks that come with Neptune even if my room is not my preferred choice. I’m still going to hold out hope though.

Thanks fellow travelers for the replies. The email we got does show SC as of now. So, I’m going to go curl up in the corner in fetal position. Maybe they will call us and try to upsell a better room.

We booked a cruise to Alaska on the Koningsdam a few days ago for May 25. Rolled the dice for a guaranteed NS. On our confirmation, it shows Category SC. There’s only 2 of those on the boat (I think) and it was the exact 2 we wouldn’t particularly want. (Extreme forward, Deck 11). The SA category rooms are not sold out and have availability as of now. Should I hold out hope that my cabin will be changed to a better one or sit here, freak out in silence and accept my weird room with a tiny balcony? This will be our 3rd cruise on HAL so we do have Mariner numbers, just not as many trips as most of you.