delgirl Posted August 1, 2014 #1 Share Posted August 1, 2014 when they finally tell you your stateroom is it by e-mail or just on your documents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Gail & Marty sailing away Posted August 1, 2014 #2 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Some time with in 14 days of your sailing on your documents.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bergjd Posted August 1, 2014 #3 Share Posted August 1, 2014 We almost always go with a guarantee room, and we always just "discover" the cabin number in our documents on the website. We have been notified by our TA that there has been a change in our reservations and to check our documents, but that is usually days after we have already "discovered" our room assignment. As time gets closer to cruise date, you just can't help yourself, you have to keep checking your docs to see if the assignment is there. At least that is how we are..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare richwmn Posted August 1, 2014 #4 Share Posted August 1, 2014 (edited) On my last couple of cruises I have received an email that my reservation had changed. I book thru a PCC, so if you use a TA that email would most likely go to them Edited August 1, 2014 by richwmn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve ch Posted August 1, 2014 #5 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Keep checking your reservation details on the HAL website. It will appear there first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arzz Posted August 1, 2014 #6 Share Posted August 1, 2014 We book with a TA and on our last two cruises we discovered the room assignment on our docs on line ... And about a day later we received an email from HAL that said our booking had been changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PathfinderEss Posted August 1, 2014 #7 Share Posted August 1, 2014 On your doc. usually within 2 weeks out from the cruise. Just keep checking your on line doc's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mame42 Posted August 1, 2014 #8 Share Posted August 1, 2014 On your doc. usually within 2 weeks out from the cruise. Just keep checking your on line doc's. And every once in a while, you will find out at the pier! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catl331 Posted August 1, 2014 #9 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Once we got an assignment 11 days out which was an upgrade from what we booked, and then at 3 days out we got a re-assignment which moved us up still further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chloes nana Posted August 2, 2014 #10 Share Posted August 2, 2014 (edited) well we are 5 days out from sailing and the ship has been sold out for over 3 weeks or more.... still no cabin assignment. do they work these on weekends or just weekdays????? :rolleyes: Edited August 2, 2014 by chloes nana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardukcruise Posted August 2, 2014 #11 Share Posted August 2, 2014 (edited) I'm not sure when they work but I'm guessing just weekdays. We got our Med itin assignment last year only 5 days before. We're boarding in 10 days time and no allocation yet. Last year we booked a VH guarantee and got an accessible VA. Does anyone think that the later you get allocated, the better the potential upgrade? I'm just being optimistic of course!!:D Edited August 2, 2014 by richardukcruise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthC Posted August 2, 2014 #12 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Does anyone think that the later you get allocated, the better the potential upgrade? I sure don't. The one time I booked a guarantee, my assignment came well under the 10-day mark. Not only did I get a cabin in the category I booked, it was in a lousy location: well forward of the forward elevators. :rolleyes: Yuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtl513 Posted August 3, 2014 #13 Share Posted August 3, 2014 (edited) still no cabin assignment. do they work these on weekends or just weekdays????? Yes - of our 9 guarantees we got one assignment on a Saturday evening and one on a Sunday evening.Does anyone think that the later you get allocated, the better the potential upgrade? I don't. The assignments we've gotten around 10 or 11 days out were better, with the exception of once when we got a re-assignment at 3 days out. On that one I think we were the beneficiaries of a cancellation.. Edited August 3, 2014 by jtl513 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fouremco Posted August 3, 2014 #14 Share Posted August 3, 2014 When assigning the guarantees, it's most likely that they fill the best of the available cabins first and work there way down to the worst. That way, if they sail with less than 100% occupancy, no one can complain that there were better, vacant cabins available. So, as others have said, the earlier the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtl513 Posted August 3, 2014 #15 Share Posted August 3, 2014 (edited) When assigning the guarantees, it's most likely that they fill the best of the available cabins first and work there way down to the worst. That's logical, but OTOH they could hold out some upper cabins in the hopes of upselling them, and finally give up and assign them at the end. Maybe that's what happened when we got a re-assignment at 3 days out. Edited August 3, 2014 by jtl513 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean1946 Posted August 3, 2014 #16 Share Posted August 3, 2014 We ran into a couple on our last cruise who found out at the pier what their room assignment was. They were not worried about it at all. But, I will admit that I like to know where my room is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fouremco Posted August 3, 2014 #17 Share Posted August 3, 2014 That's logical, but OTOH they could hold out some upper cabins in the hopes of upselling them, and finally give up and assign them at the end. Maybe that's what happened when we got a re-assignment at 3 days out.[/size][/font] You're quite right, they probably do hold back some of them. In the end, it's all the luck of the draw. We have a guarantee on the Oosterdam next month for the first time and are keeping our fingers crossed. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidson Duo Posted August 3, 2014 #18 Share Posted August 3, 2014 (edited) When checking online for your cabin assignment, if the main page still shows no cabin assignment, remember to check your "print luggage tags" page. We have had our cabin number show on the tags before it posts on the main page. And we have had a great upgrade in cabin assigned 1 day before sailing, so we can't say all the good upgrades go early. We also have been assigned to exactly the cabin category booked, with the cabin number posted 14 days prior to sailing. And we've also had a cabin assigned 8 days out, then received an upgraded one at check-in. So we don't try to second guess when booking guarantees. Once they print my room card when boarding the ship is when I know for sure what cabin I'm in. As long as I get on the ship - I'm happy!!! :) Edited August 3, 2014 by Davidson Duo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMLincoln Posted August 5, 2014 #19 Share Posted August 5, 2014 We've gotten upgraded from inside guarantee to a midship window room at the pier. Nice surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardukcruise Posted August 5, 2014 #20 Share Posted August 5, 2014 (edited) When assigning the guarantees, it's most likely that they fill the best of the available cabins first and work there way down to the worst. That way, if they sail with less than 100% occupancy, no one can complain that there were better, vacant cabins available. So, as others have said, the earlier the better. I suspect there are so many variables that result in stateroom allocation, so I don't think it's that simple. Last year we got an upgrade from VH to VA 4 or 5 days prior. Edited August 5, 2014 by richardukcruise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djptcp Posted August 5, 2014 #21 Share Posted August 5, 2014 DH and I have only done guarantees twice in 32 cruises and we didn't find out our cabin until our luggage was being unloaded at the dock. The longshoreman had the list and made out our tags for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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