watson50 Posted October 18, 2016 #1 Share Posted October 18, 2016 hello everybody.we will be on the Nov 27th cruise.we booked a gaurantee balcony stateroom.has anybody that has booked this category received their cabin number yet? also, does anyone know who the tribute band will be? thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merion_Mom Posted October 18, 2016 #2 Share Posted October 18, 2016 hello everybody.we will be on the Nov 27th cruise.we booked a gaurantee balcony stateroom.has anybody that has booked this category received their cabin number yet? also, does anyone know who the tribute band will be? thank you. Royal Caribbean has 25 ships. Which one will you be on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watson50 Posted October 18, 2016 Author #3 Share Posted October 18, 2016 we will be on the Anthem.must of had a senior moment:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted October 18, 2016 #4 Share Posted October 18, 2016 For entertainment you can send an e mail to web_reservations@rccl.com about 3 weeks prior to your cruise. Mind the underscore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crookedhalo Posted October 18, 2016 #5 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Welcome aboard:), Many of us have done the GTY over the last 6 weeks or so and had cabins assigned fairly quickly. Not sure now because not too many left, so you may end up waiting as they upgrade existing ressies to make room for your cabin assignment - no firm knowledge, just a guess. As for the tribute band, sources have it as 'Slippery When Wet', which is (obviously) a Bon Jovi tribute band. See you on board! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare JessyCruises Posted October 18, 2016 #6 Share Posted October 18, 2016 I booked a balcony guarantee the other day for the March 5 sailing and got assigned a D3 the next day Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leinhto Posted November 21, 2016 #7 Share Posted November 21, 2016 How exactly do the gaurantee assignments work? Does it depend on how far or close the sailing is. I booked 2 gaurantee Inside cabins last week and we still haven't received our assignments yet. I noticed that there are still alot of Inside cabins and Outside left for our Dec 12 sailing on Majesty OTS. Do they wait for the cabins to dwindle down or is there some other criteria when they assign cabins? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted November 21, 2016 #8 Share Posted November 21, 2016 How exactly do the gaurantee assignments work? Does it depend on how far or close the sailing is. I booked 2 gaurantee Inside cabins last week and we still haven't received our assignments yet. I noticed that there are still alot of Inside cabins and Outside left for our Dec 12 sailing on Majesty OTS. Do they wait for the cabins to dwindle down or is there some other criteria when they assign cabins? Whatever criteria they use, it has not been shared publicly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leinhto Posted November 21, 2016 #9 Share Posted November 21, 2016 The one thing I know cruises don't do is overbook since it would be bad for business to turn people away or offer compensation as the airlines do. I got to imagine they have some cutoff or way of determining how many people are on "standby" and how many rooms are left. This way they can assign rooms in time before people gobble them up. Getting a little uneasy as I am hoping to keep the 2 rooms close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BekkaW Posted November 21, 2016 #10 Share Posted November 21, 2016 How exactly do the gaurantee assignments work? Does it depend on how far or close the sailing is. I booked 2 gaurantee Inside cabins last week and we still haven't received our assignments yet. I noticed that there are still alot of Inside cabins and Outside left for our Dec 12 sailing on Majesty OTS. Do they wait for the cabins to dwindle down or is there some other criteria when they assign cabins? It's really variable. I have had a guarantee assigned within a few days of booking, another only 2 days before we sailed. Officially it can be any time up to when you check in at the pier! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted November 21, 2016 #11 Share Posted November 21, 2016 The one thing I know cruises don't do is overbook since it would be bad for business to turn people away or offer compensation as the airlines do. I got to imagine they have some cutoff or way of determining how many people are on "standby" and how many rooms are left. This way they can assign rooms in time before people gobble them up. Getting a little uneasy as I am hoping to keep the 2 rooms close. While it is very rare it does happen. There was a case within the past month or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Life is Good Cruising Posted November 21, 2016 #12 Share Posted November 21, 2016 hello everybody.we will be on the Nov 27th cruise.we booked a gaurantee balcony stateroom.has anybody that has booked this category received their cabin number yet? also, does anyone know who the tribute band will be? thank you. We were on Anthem for both the 10/15 & 10/20 sailings and we did not have any Tribute bands for either of our sailings :( I was told by the CD that Tribute bands are all cancelled for the rest of 2016 and will start up again in 2017. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merion_Mom Posted November 21, 2016 #13 Share Posted November 21, 2016 (edited) The one thing I know cruises don't do is overbook since it would be bad for business to turn people away or offer compensation as the airlines do. I got to imagine they have some cutoff or way of determining how many people are on "standby" and how many rooms are left. This way they can assign rooms in time before people gobble them up. Getting a little uneasy as I am hoping to keep the 2 rooms close. I hope that you are not *counting on* getting two cabins near each other. When you choose the guarantee category, you must be willing to accept whatever they give you. If you NEED the cabins to be together, you must book them that way. ETA: Looking at the remaining cabins for your sailing, there are actually LOTS of pairs of K cabins available. Good luck! :) Edited November 21, 2016 by Merion_Mom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwisles72 Posted November 21, 2016 #14 Share Posted November 21, 2016 We were on the Anthem's 10/29 sailing and we had a Beatles tribute band, Liverpool Legends. There was also talk on our roll call that we would also have Journey and Aerosmith tribute bands on the 12 night cruise,but that never happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leinhto Posted November 25, 2016 #15 Share Posted November 25, 2016 (edited) Best of news!! We got our guarantee cabin assignment Wednesday. They were apart but on the same deck. I tried to call yesterday but they were closed for the holiday. I called early this morning and got both rooms moved to a location where they are next to each other, no questions asked. The wife is much more comfortable now. And we can refocus on planning to have a fun time. Edited November 25, 2016 by leinhto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robtulipe Posted November 25, 2016 #16 Share Posted November 25, 2016 (edited) Best of news!! We got our guarantee cabin assignment Wednesday. They were apart but on the same deck. I tried to call yesterday but they were closed for the holiday. I called early this morning and got both rooms moved to a location where they are next to each other, no questions asked. The wife is much more comfortable now. And we can refocus on planning to have a fun time. We booked two X balcony guaranties for our upcoming January Anthem cruise onboard Brilliance last month and I linked the reservation together. The next day we got assigned very nice cabins, side by side connecting D5s on deck 12. These had a large amount of cabins available when we did these bookings and it was after the final payment date for that sailing. ;) For our Brilliance cruise we did last month, three weeks prior we upgraded our OV cabin to a X balcony Gty and the next day were assigned a D1, which was the only balcony category showing available when this was done. :D The pattern I've noticed with the many guaranty (20+) bookings we've done is far out the cabin assignment is typically quicker if there's lots of availability in the class of cabins your guaranty is in. Closer to the cruise date, as in after the final payment date, our assignments have been usually done very quickly except if nothing or very few, as in one or two, is showing in the class of cabins the guaranty is booked in. That wait has paid off typically for us as most times we've been upgraded to a cabin in the next class of cabins with this situation. Latest we been assigned is 3 days prior so we've never had to wait until check to know what is what cabin we were in. :) Edited November 25, 2016 by robtulipe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mizLORInj Posted November 25, 2016 #17 Share Posted November 25, 2016 We were on the Anthem 10 nighter which returned last Sunday, 11/20. Someone at the Officers Q&A asked why there was no tribute band and we were told something to the effect of: the budget for that for 2016 has been spent so there will be no more tribute bands for 2016. They said they'd be back in 2017. We had Atomic Punks earlier this year and they were great! Van Halen tribute band. We've also seen the Aerosmith one and they were good too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merion_Mom Posted November 25, 2016 #18 Share Posted November 25, 2016 Best of news!! We got our guarantee cabin assignment Wednesday. They were apart but on the same deck. I tried to call yesterday but they were closed for the holiday. I called early this morning and got both rooms moved to a location where they are next to each other, no questions asked. The wife is much more comfortable now. And we can refocus on planning to have a fun time. Are they Category K? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leinhto Posted November 25, 2016 #19 Share Posted November 25, 2016 Yes. They were Category K. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merion_Mom Posted November 26, 2016 #20 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Yes. They were Category K. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk "I told you so." (I had to. I can't ever say it to my kids. :D ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leinhto Posted November 26, 2016 #21 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Hahahahahahahahaha. Yeah, you did. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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