PurpleLaurie55 Posted November 10, 2010 #1 Share Posted November 10, 2010 I am cruising on the Gem November 27th. My balcony room is still in GTY status with no room assigned. I checked NCL.com and only see balcony category BA left. Does that mean we will likely be assigned a BA or better? It's my first time booking a guarantee. Note: I booked GTY with the understanding I may actually get one of the very few category GE balcony rooms... and I'm fine with that :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njhorseman Posted November 10, 2010 #2 Share Posted November 10, 2010 I am cruising on the Gem November 27th. My balcony room is still in GTY status with no room assigned. I checked NCL.com and only see balcony category BA left. Does that mean we will likely be assigned a BA or better? It's my first time booking a guarantee. Note: I booked GTY with the understanding I may actually get one of the very few category GE balcony rooms... and I'm fine with that :) Not necessarily. Passengers in lower balcony categories may be upsold to BA, leaving vacancies in lower balcony categories that you then could be assigned to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurpleLaurie55 Posted November 10, 2010 Author #3 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Not necessarily. Passengers in lower balcony categories may be upsold to BA, leaving vacancies in lower balcony categories that you then could be assigned to. Ahh... I hadn't thought of that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaWeezy Posted November 10, 2010 #4 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Hubby and I booked a GTY balcony on the sky last Dec. and what a surprise! Right in the middle of the ship, 9th deck (I think) and loved, loved, loved it! Thinking about doing it again on the Dawn next month and hopefully be as lucky as last year.:p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurpleLaurie55 Posted November 11, 2010 Author #5 Share Posted November 11, 2010 Hubby and I booked a GTY balcony on the sky last Dec. and what a surprise! Right in the middle of the ship, 9th deck (I think) and loved, loved, loved it! Thinking about doing it again on the Dawn next month and hopefully be as lucky as last year.:p I originally booked an inside cabin, so when I splurged for the GTY balcony, I knew I'd be happy no matter what. But, I remember reading somewhere that the closer to the cruise date you get without having a room assigned, the better your chances of a good cabin! When did you get your room assignment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Haynes Posted November 11, 2010 #6 Share Posted November 11, 2010 I have booked the lowest balcony cabin category and ended up in a mini suite... I have also been assigned a balcony and ended up in another higher category balcony when I boarded the ship... One really never know for sure with guarantees... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamasue Posted November 11, 2010 #7 Share Posted November 11, 2010 We booked an outseide GTY on the Jewel transatlantic in 2008.... we weren't expecting great things...... We ended up with a fabulous aft cat BA balcony...... it's the best balcony we've ever had!! So.... fingers crossed!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurpleLaurie55 Posted November 11, 2010 Author #8 Share Posted November 11, 2010 To be honest, I'm just thrilled that we will be in a balcony at all! We are new to cruising (only our 2nd cruise), so we really don't know the difference in categories anyway. - It's just location, right? - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dajbman22 Posted November 12, 2010 #9 Share Posted November 12, 2010 On the Spirit in '09 I upgraded after final payment form Inside to Balcony GTY. Within 3 days of upgrading, I had my assignment, a BB midship deck 10. Could not have picked a better cabin out myself. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellygo Posted November 12, 2010 #10 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Booked a GTY on the Jewel last March and wound up with a GREAT BA category on the 10th deck midship!! Have a great time on your cruise!! Balcony gives you some private time - and we saw flying fish, a porpoise, lots of really fun stuff from ours. Always love the balcony life:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurpleLaurie55 Posted November 12, 2010 Author #11 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Booked a GTY on the Jewel last March and wound up with a GREAT BA category on the 10th deck midship!! Have a great time on your cruise!! Balcony gives you some private time - and we saw flying fish, a porpoise, lots of really fun stuff from ours. Always love the balcony life:) Really?!?! When we cruised to the first time, my wife wanted SO BADLY to see something.... and all we saw were butterflies :rolleyes: Other guests would say "did you see the dolphins this morning?!" and she'd get all upset. We always walked along the railings and windows, looking outside for something... hopefully this time we'll get lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaWeezy Posted November 13, 2010 #12 Share Posted November 13, 2010 I originally booked an inside cabin, so when I splurged for the GTY balcony, I knew I'd be happy no matter what. But, I remember reading somewhere that the closer to the cruise date you get without having a room assigned, the better your chances of a good cabin! When did you get your room assignment? I just booked yesterday for the Dawn on Dec. 12th and was told I would not be assigned a room for 29 days by a very rude NCL call taker. I told her I knew long before that last year but she said 29 days. So not sure what is going on now. I knew in about 2 wks last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaWeezy Posted November 14, 2010 #13 Share Posted November 14, 2010 Called NCL back to ask why it would take 29 days to print out my eDocs. The call taker said that was wrong and could print out today. Not sure where some of them get their training, but 29 days was waaaayy wrong! Why do some stress you out like that. If they are not sure of the answers why don't they ask someone. It took 3 days not 29. BIG DIFFERENCE! Now have my eDocs balcony stateroom 9026 port aft. Can't wait!:p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurpleLaurie55 Posted November 14, 2010 Author #14 Share Posted November 14, 2010 Called NCL back to ask why it would take 29 days to print out my eDocs. The call taker said that was wrong and could print out today. Not sure where some of them get their training, but 29 days was waaaayy wrong! Why do some stress you out like that. If they are not sure of the answers why don't they ask someone. It took 3 days not 29. BIG DIFFERENCE! Now have my eDocs balcony stateroom 9026 port aft. Can't wait!:p I'm glad it worked out! I have been GTY for way more than 3 days... and I cruise in less than 2 weeks. I'm hoping that I have a room assigned at least the day before sailing so I can print my eDocs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Got Tequila? Posted November 14, 2010 #15 Share Posted November 14, 2010 I booked a GTY on 10/2 and it still hasn't been assigned. It's not a big deal, since it's only for a 1 night cruise.....and the cruise isn't until January. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaWeezy Posted November 14, 2010 #16 Share Posted November 14, 2010 I'm glad it worked out! I have been GTY for way more than 3 days... and I cruise in less than 2 weeks. I'm hoping that I have a room assigned at least the day before sailing so I can print my eDocs! When I called about it today, the call taker told me I could print them out at the port the day of sailing, but I would keep checking daily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaWeezy Posted November 14, 2010 #17 Share Posted November 14, 2010 I have booked the lowest balcony cabin category and ended up in a mini suite... I have also been assigned a balcony and ended up in another higher category balcony when I boarded the ship... One really never know for sure with guarantees... Were you assigned a specific stateroom before you boarded? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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