islandwoman Posted August 20, 2014 #1 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Carnival's having a sale right now - ends today. The best rates allow the passengers to choose the cabin type and Carnival chooses the cabin. Has anyone had experience with this type of "deal" from Carnival? Did you get a good cabin, or did they stick you into one of the least desirable ones? I'm considering a balcony cabin on a 7 day Western Caribbean out of Port Canaveral in October. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb at sea Posted August 20, 2014 #2 Share Posted August 20, 2014 If you are picky about location, it's best to book the exact cabin you want. If you don't care WHERE you are, you will get AT LEAST the catagory you book..sometimes, you'll get something better! They don't deliberately put you in the worst cabin of that catagory, but it's certainly possible! What's a "bad" cabin to you, might be a great cabin to someone else. So...you can save money if you aren't picky! If a less than desirable location will ruin your cruise, book the cabin you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swayde Posted August 20, 2014 #3 Share Posted August 20, 2014 It's a gamble and definitely depends on how picky you are. We have been assigned a better cabin than we would have picked ourselves both times we've done it, but that's not always guaranteed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipbound Posted August 20, 2014 #4 Share Posted August 20, 2014 (edited) If you are picky about location, it's best to book the exact cabin you want. If you don't care WHERE you are, you will get AT LEAST the catagory you book..sometimes, you'll get something better! They don't deliberately put you in the worst cabin of that catagory, but it's certainly possible! What's a "bad" cabin to you, might be a great cabin to someone else. So...you can save money if you aren't picky! If a less than desirable location will ruin your cruise, book the cabin you want. Since I booked ES I kept the cabin I selected for a price of $815.00 including taxes and was up graded one deck to 7342 on top of that I got an OBC of $249.00. This was a good sale!!!!! Gary Edited August 20, 2014 by Shipbound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazyart Posted August 20, 2014 #5 Share Posted August 20, 2014 What you get it whatever hasn't already been chosen by those who choose their cabin. If you select Ocean View and all the Ocean Views get sold, you'll move to a balcony. Or you could can an obstructed view. Personally I'd only do a guarantee for a balcony. The worst thing that could happen is that I'd end up with a cove. And that's not too bad at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serene56 Posted August 20, 2014 #6 Share Posted August 20, 2014 (edited) Guarantee is not for everyone. I do not want to take a chance of getting a cabin in the noisy area of the ship. The few dollars more i spend picking out my location is money well spent Personally I'd only do a guarantee for a balcony. The worst thing that could happen is that I'd end up with a cove. And that's not too bad at all. I'd take an obstruction over being located above an area where the band sets up and plays until 2-3 am with the beat beat beat of the bass under my head Edited August 20, 2014 by serene56 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tncap Posted August 20, 2014 #7 Share Posted August 20, 2014 We ended up with an 8E - lido balcony, which was my second choice next to cove. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiseelady Posted August 20, 2014 #8 Share Posted August 20, 2014 I had booked a guarantee inside cabin twice with Carnival this year, and both times the cabin and location was just fine. The first time I booked a guarantee I was nervous about them putting me somewhere noisy like under the main dinning room or pool, or something of that sort. Thank God that wasn't the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stallion Posted August 20, 2014 #9 Share Posted August 20, 2014 (edited) I've done it about 5 times (always in late August) and every time its been an absolute bargain saving hundreds of dollars over the equivalent price for the cabin assigned. Focus on date of cruise and amount of unsold inventory. Price could still go down substantially in October unless its already a rock bottom price like every other Carnival ship is going for right now Edited August 20, 2014 by Stallion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandwoman Posted August 28, 2014 Author #10 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Thank you all for your help. We booked the Senior/Carnival-chooses-the-cabin balcony rate. It appears that the Liberty doesn't have any obstructed balconies or cove balconies, so how bad could it be? And the rate was much lower than "choose your own cabin". When can we expect to find out how well we've done in this lottery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EandDtravels Posted August 28, 2014 #11 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Since I booked ES I kept the cabin I selected for a price of $815.00 including taxes and was up graded one deck to 7342 on top of that I got an OBC of $249.00. This was a good sale!!!!! Gary Are you saying that you already had ES booked and they let you keep your selected cabin, upgraded you, plus gave you OBC? We were told we could not keep our cabin if we used this sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snc_cam Posted August 28, 2014 #12 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Yeah, am interested in that too since if that were true, I can save another $200. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ontario_Cruiser Posted August 28, 2014 #13 Share Posted August 28, 2014 I have never booked a guarantee, as I always book connecting cabins. But I would think that I would have to be happy with the worst cabin in the category, and then I might be pleasantly surprised. I would expect that those paying more would choose the good ones for themselves, and leave the dregs to those booking the guarantee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertmom Posted August 28, 2014 #14 Share Posted August 28, 2014 We booked a guarantee last week for a cruise next month. We got our room assignment yesterday. A balcony on the lido deck. I had been thinking of changing from guarantee to picking our room but this is exactly where I would have chosen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandwoman Posted August 29, 2014 Author #15 Share Posted August 29, 2014 desertmom, Was it about 30 days until you sail that you received your cabin assignment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbakirk43 Posted August 29, 2014 #16 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Received our balcony guarantee assigned cabin 31 days out on the verandah deck 8 midship . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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