Marina - Staterooms on Marina used to be A2, now B3

[lorimay]

We are in the process of booking a cruise on the Marina next April and trying to pick a cabin. On the Oceania website, the deck plan for Marina shows aft cabins on deck 7, 7108 - 7126 and 7111 - 7131 as A2 concierge staterooms. However, our TA said those cabins are showing up in the system as B3 cabins. These are cabins with the extra wide veranda.

 

Did this happen during the refresh of Marina? Is there a reason why these cabins with the bigger verandas are now a lower category? I do see that the dining room is below - is there a noise issue?

[Woofa]

Are we sure it is not the reverse?  There has been threads here on CC that going forward the B3 extended balconies on Riviera and Marina have been changed to A level concierge cabins and will command a higher price.  We are in 7131 on Marina in November and do not expect to get an extended Balcony as a B level again.

[1985rz1]

2 hours ago, lorimay said:

We are in the process of booking a cruise on the Marina next April and trying to pick a cabin. On the Oceania website, the deck plan for Marina shows aft cabins on deck 7, 7108 - 7126 and 7111 - 7131 as A2 concierge staterooms. However, our TA said those cabins are showing up in the system as B3 cabins. These are cabins with the extra wide veranda.

 

Did this happen during the refresh of Marina? Is there a reason why these cabins with the bigger verandas are now a lower category? I do see that the dining room is below - is there a noise issue?

I think your TA has it backwards, or maybe an old deck plan.  The large verandas were changed from B to A. Call O directly to find out for sure.

Edited September 9 by 1985rz1

[EJL2023]

I think the issue is another O website issue. If looking at the Deck Plans for Marina under the ships on their website it shows two different plans for Deck 7, pre 2025 voyages show them as the B and the other show as the A. With your cruise in April 2025 they would be the A. HOWEVER, if you go through the booking process on their website for the April, 2025 cruises on Marina they show the deck plan for pre 2025 voyages, ie B. Appears to be just another O website issue. 

Edited September 9 by EJL2023

[Flatbush Flyer]

3 hours ago, lorimay said:

We are in the process of booking a cruise on the Marina next April and trying to pick a cabin. On the Oceania website, the deck plan for Marina shows aft cabins on deck 7, 7108 - 7126 and 7111 - 7131 as A2 concierge staterooms. However, our TA said those cabins are showing up in the system as B3 cabins. These are cabins with the extra wide veranda.

 

Did this happen during the refresh of Marina? Is there a reason why these cabins with the bigger verandas are now a lower category? I do see that the dining room is below - is there a noise issue?

I think your TA is incorrect.

[lorimay]

17 minutes ago, Flatbush Flyer said:

I think your TA is incorrect.

I think so too. She also booked us into the wrong cabin on Deck 9. I would much prefer to book myself but am taking advantage of a credit card offer if I book with them. 
 

Another question about these deck 7 cabins - is there noise from the dining room below?

[shepherd really]

4 hours ago, lorimay said:

Another question about these deck 7 cabins - is there noise from the dining room below?

No, there is not.

[ORV]

5 hours ago, lorimay said:

I think so too. She also booked us into the wrong cabin on Deck 9. I would much prefer to book myself but am taking advantage of a credit card offer if I book with them. 
 

Another question about these deck 7 cabins - is there noise from the dining room below?

Just because your TA misunderstood this is no reason to think you should book yourself. Maybe look for another TA but in the opinion of those who know you’re always ahead using a TA with connections. 
 

I recently had dinner with a couple that has about the same amount of cruises that we do and said their TA is retiring and she thinks she can do as well booking herself. Apparently she has not used a very good TA all these years. I didn’t pursue the subject any further after that statement. 

[ORV]

Does anyone know a date that the changeover from B-3 to A-2 is supposed to happen on these rooms? Oddly enough I just realized today that a cruise I booked onboard is in this situation. I'm booked in B-3 but I'm in one of the deck 7 extended balconies. My plan is just to be quiet and hope no one notices. Or maybe there is a certain date it starts and I fall before it. 

[osandomir]

2 hours ago, ORV said:

Does anyone know a date that the changeover from B-3 to A-2 is supposed to happen on these rooms? Oddly enough I just realized today that a cruise I booked onboard is in this situation. I'm booked in B-3 but I'm in one of the deck 7 extended balconies. My plan is just to be quiet and hope no one notices. Or maybe there is a certain date it starts and I fall before it. 

We’re booked in one of these B-3 cabins for our upcoming February 2025 cruise on the Riviera. I don’t remember the date but the cruises that were released at the time or after the change happened are affected. I understand that on cruises released like ours before the date of changeover these extended balconies cabins are still in B-3 category even if you book them now. At least for our cruise they are.

[soccermom4]

My TA talked to Oceania because we are in one on Marina in Feb., 2025.  Booked as a B3.  For us, it will remain as a B3.  I'm fine with that (but wouldn't have objected if they secretly made us A2).

[MarkWiltonM]

We are in one of these extended veranda cabins on Marina in November. We booked it onboard nearly two years ago as a B3 and it was a steal compared to current prices. If you booked the stateroom it's yours regardless of the change in category. Oceania realized when they were designing Vista and Allura that those extended veranda staterooms should be a higher (and more expensive) category. Then more recently they reclassified these on Riviera and Marina.