where to find cabin GTY option?

[Out of Iowa]

I was viewing the CCL website, thinking/dreaming of future dates that might work....chose a date in Spring 2017 out of Galveston.

 

I'm thinking it would be oddly fun to try a room guarantee cabin instead of choosing our own....I know, live dangerously? It sounds like there is a 75% chance we'd get something to our liking and at a lower cost.

 

Anyway, I could not find any option to have Carnival assign the room...all the options I saw were for me to choose our cabin.

 

Did I miss something? Do they only offer GTYs some times and not others?

[Namelocg]

You are a little far from spring 2017. They usually put up the guarantee rates closer to the sail date to fill the ship. Keep checking. They will show up eventually.

[virginiab]

When it's available, it will be the first rate you see, then they will ask you if you prefer to choose your own cabin.

[Banditswife]

I asked for a balcony GTY for our Hawaii cruise which is 14 months away & there was none available.

[RuthlessBoss]

I asked for a balcony GTY for our Hawaii cruise which is 14 months away & there was none available.

 

How would Carnival know over a year in advance which cabins would not be booked?:confused: That's what a guarantee is, left over non booked cabins.

[Micahs Grandad]

When it's available, it will be the first rate you see, then they will ask you if you prefer to choose your own cabin.

 

It is not always offered.

[maldenmusic]

We did this on the Triumph a few years ago but booked about 3 weeks prior to the cruise.

[ray98]

As above....you are really to far out. Right now the early bookers will be more inclined to pick their own locations and there is no incentive to offer a discounted fare. Once you get within 6 months of sailing a GTY fare will pretty much always pop up. They are giving you a discount to allow them to place you as needed to fill up their categories.

[andismom]

We booked inside GTY and ended up in the middle of the ship on Deck 7. We also got an upsale call offer to a balcony room for $350 more. We didn't take it - using our money for Cheers instead!