Post when you booked your cruise and when your guarantee room was assigned

I was curious when Guarantee rooms are assigned and how far out you booked your cruise. Some CC members get their assignment within a couple of days booking and others a couple of days before sailing. So please post when your room was assigned and how far you booked in advance.

I have two cruises booked both Guarantee rooms and have booked 10 months in advance and no assignments yet.

ML

Booked Cat. W (Jr. Suite Guarantee) on 10/30/2017 for 12/15/2017 cruise. Grand Suite assigned on on 12/6/2017, one week ago and 9 days before the cruise. The previous time that we booked that category, the room was assigned 3 weeks in advance of the cruise, but it was (as it usually is) a JS. You never know when the room will be assigned but this one was certainly worth the wait!

Previous threads on this subject have shown that there are cabins assigned immediately after booking up to the time folks check in at the port and everywhere in between.

I booked myself on an ocean view guarantee cabin back in October for a sailing on Feb 22, 2018. I received my cabin assignment 2 days after booking, however I only knew because I called in about an issue. They won’t send any documents letting you know that you’ve been assigned. You can either go online to the portal, or call in :)

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Our three guarantee cabins have all been assigned within 24 hours.

Mine was about 2 weeks

It has been as short as two hours after booking. An average time for us would be 2 weeks after booking.

Ours have always been assigned between twenty four hours and two weeks.

We have always been happy with the chosen stateroom and from memory on two occasions have had upgrades.

Thank you everyone, but how far in advance did you book your cruise? Was it a couple of months out or longer? Did you complete all of your documents first before the assignment or was your assignment given to you without doing all of your documents?

Thank You

ML

Twice within a couple of weeks of booking, once a week before the cruise.

6 weeks out, we asked for and received an upgrade from a JS to a W suite guarantee. That afternoon, we were assigned a connecting JS. I was able to call the next day and request a specific JS which we were able to get assigned.

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We are on the Oasis sailing on March 18th. We booked a guaranteed ocean view balcony on November 9th and got our cabin assignment on November 27th! We were pleased with our cabin assignment and at how quickly it was assigned!

On Enchantment last summer, we booked our balcony guarantee about 65 days out, was assigned a stateroom the next day.

We've done at least 15 guarantee sailings so I can't post each one. Some were assigned the day or so after booking, even prior ( 6 months or more ) to final payment, most were assigned with 2 weeks of booking (regardless if I was in final payment window) and a few were assigned a week or so prior to sailing. One was assigned the day prior to sailing .

Our most recent guarantee is a cruise for Jan 15, 2018 booked on November 30. Room assignment was made a day after booking.

M

Booked many gty cabins but the most recent booking was this morning.

Booked a Neighbourhood balcony gty on Symphony at 10 am this morning and noticed an hour ago cabin already assigned, deck 10 Central Park view. Happy bunny.

Have only booked a guarantee once. I booked it about 4 months prior to sail date and room was assigned within a week of booking. Was pleased with location.

Both of my guarantees have not been assigned yet. I sail in June and September. It is nice to see that any of the CC members have received their assignments soon after booking. Many were pleased with their room. Keeping fingers crossed.

Booked balcony guarantee in Aug./17 for Anthem in Jan./18 and had assignment next day.

Once was assigned at the pier...and was an upgrade!, but that was a bunch of years ago.

Booked a balcony guarantee a few weeks ago for my April/17 Jewel cruise. I received the cabin assignment about 8 days later. It was the most forward cabin on Deck 10. I called and was able to change it to a cabin in the same category more mid-ship. Very happy and a great price!

booked interior guarantee Monday, got assigned Tuesday on Enchantment of the Seas Jan 19 sailing

We booked a balcony Guarantee for our cruise on Grandeur about 90 days out, saving about $200 pp IIRC and got our D1 cabin assignment about 2 weeks later. I hadn't completed any cruise documentation, and the only way I knew it had been assigned was checking the My Cruises page. Overall I'm really pleased with the experience and the stateroom assignment since I don't know enough about the ship to have have chosen any better on my own!

Booked a balcony guarantee a few weeks ago for my April/17 Jewel cruise. I received the cabin assignment about 8 days later. It was the most forward cabin on Deck 10. I called and was able to change it to a cabin in the same category more mid-ship. Very happy and a great price!

Hi,

Just curious, did you book thru RC & then call RC to change your cabin assignment? or did you book thru TA & call TA to change your cabin assignment?

When we booked a guarantee cabin, our TA gave us a little hassle about changing it, even tho the change was to a cabin right across the hall from one we had for our transatlantic for next cruise. Saw plenty of cabins available so thought it wasn't a big deal. Wonder if next time, we should just call RC to change our cabin.

NJ

Hi,

Just curious, did you book thru RC & then call RC to change your cabin assignment? or did you book thru TA & call TA to change your cabin assignment?

 

When we booked a guarantee cabin, our TA gave us a little hassle about changing it, even tho the change was to a cabin right across the hall from one we had for our transatlantic for next cruise. Saw plenty of cabins available so thought it wasn't a big deal. Wonder if next time, we should just call RC to change our cabin.

NJ

I did book directly with RC and all it took was a quick phone call. I didn’t mention guarantee, just that I wanted to change my cabin. It has to be within the same category. I took the advise I heard here to look at the UK RC site which lists all the available cabins, not just a few. I knew which one I wanted and just asked. Actually, I changed my mind a few days later and called to have it changed again!

I believe if you book through a TA, they have to do this for you. I personally feel this is a good reason to book directly with RC.

My son booked an inside guarantee on Oasis yesterday and had his cabin assignment by last evening. He is sailing 2/11 and booked through an agency well known on these boards.