MichFish Posted May 25, 2017 #1 Share Posted May 25, 2017 First time on RCI and First time having a "guarantee" cabin vs. choosing a cabin.... Once your reservation is fully paid, how long goes it typically take before the actual cabin is assigned? The cruise I am taking is in October if that helps! Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUT2407 Posted May 25, 2017 #2 Share Posted May 25, 2017 First time on RCI and First time having a "guarantee" cabin vs. choosing a cabin.... Once your reservation is fully paid, how long goes it typically take before the actual cabin is assigned? The cruise I am taking is in October if that helps! Thanks!! Sometimes it will be assigned almost immediately other times not till you get to the dock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted May 25, 2017 #3 Share Posted May 25, 2017 We booked a guarantee on Oasis for a Decemver sailing. It was assigned in two weeks...long long before final payment will be made. It varies with every guarantee sold, no way to tell when it will be assigned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clickrs Posted May 25, 2017 #4 Share Posted May 25, 2017 Mine was assigned to me immediately and I am pleased with the room assignment. I was worried we were going to get an obstructed balcony view but we lucked out and it isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easyboy Posted May 25, 2017 #5 Share Posted May 25, 2017 There is actually no fixed time. Could be close to sailing or far out. Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myke729 Posted May 25, 2017 #6 Share Posted May 25, 2017 We have usually been assigned fairly soon after final payment has been made. Never had a time where we were very close to sailing and was not assigned a cabin. I guess we have been pretty lucky with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare conandrob240 Posted May 25, 2017 #7 Share Posted May 25, 2017 Recent experience for Aug 2017 Oasis and Nov 2017 Anthem was immediate assignment after booking, long before final payment. TIP: you can pick any available cabin in your category. If you see one you like better, just call! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanyaewa Posted May 25, 2017 #8 Share Posted May 25, 2017 This thread inspired me to check... Booked in February, sailing in December. I have been assigned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Peewee14 Posted May 25, 2017 #9 Share Posted May 25, 2017 We booked a Guarantee Balcony, paid in full and it was assigned the day after, just keep logging into your cruise planner to check, it appeared there well before we got an email Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaPalms Posted May 25, 2017 #10 Share Posted May 25, 2017 (edited) I booked a rather rare triple occupancy inside cabin guarantee at the end of January for this Sunday's Allure sailing. I was finally assigned a cabin yesterday, 4 days before sailing. This resulted in an anxious four months of checking my reservation multiple times a day. While I received an upgrade to an oceanview cabin, I did not book the guarantee hoping to get an upgrade. I did it for the almost $1200 price difference! :eek: Yes, they were asking a ridiculous price for an inside triple when I booked so I jumped at the guarantee. What I've learned is you also can't go by the availability shown when you book a guarantee because that can and does change. If Royal later shows your category as sold out, remember they can upgrade other people to free up a cabin in a lower category. When you receive an assignment, it is possible that there are no other cabins in your category so you will not be able to switch. It is also possible that you will not know your cabin assignment until you get to the pier. Personally, I don't know if I would ever book a guarantee again unless there was a very big cost savings. It was too nerve-wracking. Maybe it gets easier the more you do it. :) ~ Judy Edited May 25, 2017 by FloridaPalms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter1975 Posted May 25, 2017 #11 Share Posted May 25, 2017 I'm not saying it can't or doesn't happen, but I don't see how they could wait until your actual check-in at the port to assign your stateroom .... where would your luggage go when it was dropped off? Your luggage tags would not have a stateroom number on them. It seems a guarantee stateroom would have to be assigned at least the day before the sailing. What do you all think? Has anyone actually had to wait until check-in or is that just a theory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted May 25, 2017 #12 Share Posted May 25, 2017 I'm not saying it can't or doesn't happen, but I don't see how they could wait until your actual check-in at the port to assign your stateroom .... where would your luggage go when it was dropped off? Your luggage tags would not have a stateroom number on them. It seems a guarantee stateroom would have to be assigned at least the day before the sailing. What do you all think? Has anyone actually had to wait until check-in or is that just a theory? If you don't know your stateroom number when you get to the luggage porters, ask them to look up your stateroom in the manifest. The stateroom will have been assigned by then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biomedbob Posted May 25, 2017 #13 Share Posted May 25, 2017 I have been reassigned even after the porters looked up the room number! :halo: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saveapenny Posted May 25, 2017 #14 Share Posted May 25, 2017 Been assigned today , we booked 3 weeks ago and don't sail till 22nd October really please got one of the hump cabins :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrYellowDuck Posted May 25, 2017 #15 Share Posted May 25, 2017 Sometimes it will be assigned almost immediately other times not till you get to the dock It's important to add the third scenario that sometimes you'll not be allocated a cabin at all and instead be told that there's no space for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fla gang Posted August 29, 2017 #16 Share Posted August 29, 2017 I booked a balcony guarantee for Sept 23. Hope it doesn't take long to get a cabin number. Where do we look for the cabin number? Under cruise documents? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted August 29, 2017 #17 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Where do we look for the cabin number? On the main page of your booking - the place where it now says GTY for Stateroom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libertyelle Posted August 29, 2017 #18 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Mine was assigned to me immediately and I am pleased with the room assignment. I was worried we were going to get an obstructed balcony view but we lucked out and it isn't. Don't get too attached to your assignment. We booked an inside guarantee (because it was one of the last options on a December Anthem cruise we wanted) and were super excited when we were assigned a midship room on a lower deck that was an upgrade to a large oceanview (one motion-sickness prone kid means that's a great location for us). I'd never heard of a room assignment being switched after getting a stateroom number, so I was pretty surprised when I went into our reservation a month later and saw we had been moved to an interior room on a higher deck. I know that RCI can do whatever they want in that regard until we board the ship, but I would rather they had left our room unassigned for an extended period of time than give us an upgrade and then take it away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted August 29, 2017 #19 Share Posted August 29, 2017 I'd never heard of a room assignment being switched after getting a stateroom number That's because it is very rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noob1ee Posted August 29, 2017 #20 Share Posted August 29, 2017 I booked a balcony guarantee for Sept 23. Hope it doesn't take long to get a cabin number. Where do we look for the cabin number? Under cruise documents? We booked a balcony gty on Harmony for Sep. 23 sailing and got assigned right away, fyi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fla gang Posted August 29, 2017 #21 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Thanks for the info. I think we got a pretty good deal on our Balcony Guarantee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melsblue Posted August 29, 2017 #22 Share Posted August 29, 2017 First time on RCI and First time having a "guarantee" cabin vs. choosing a cabin.... Once your reservation is fully paid, how long goes it typically take before the actual cabin is assigned? The cruise I am taking is in October if that helps! Thanks!! Sign on to RCL. You should be able to see your stateroom number there, on the right side of the screen in the yellow column. Forgot a few but here's the majority: Carnival Ecstasy 1994 Carnival Triumph 1997 RCL Voyager of the Seas December 1999 RCL Explorer of the Seas November 2001 RCL Navigator of the Seas April 2002 & November 2002 RCL Mariner of the Seas November 2003 RCL Explorer of the Seas April 2004 RCL Navigator of the Seas April 2005 RCL Freedom of the Seas April 2006 RCL Mariner of the Seas November 2006 Princess Crown June 2006 NCL Pride of America (formerly Pride of Hawaii) June 2007 Celebrity Solstice December 2008 RCL Oasis of the Seas May 2010 NCL Epic June 2010 RCL Jewel of the Seas April/May 2011 RCL Oasis of the Seas June 2012 Carnival Pride November 2012 RCL Jewel of the Seas May 2013 RCL Independence of the Seas June 2013 RCL Freedom of the Seas May 2014 RCL Explorer January 2015 NCL Getaway May 2016 RCL Adventure of the Seas December 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strophic Posted August 29, 2017 #23 Share Posted August 29, 2017 We got an inside guarantee for our last cruise and the room was assigned a couple weeks before the sail date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis L. Posted August 29, 2017 #24 Share Posted August 29, 2017 You may not hear until only a few days before departure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SbbquilterUT Posted August 29, 2017 #25 Share Posted August 29, 2017 I just booked a GTY interior for a last minute cruise on Explorer - room assigned 5 days before sailing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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