NCL Star GTY room question

[Moomduck1]

Hi,

We haven't cruised NCL yet but have one booked for April. My son has a cruise booked with NCL (his first cruise as well) for Sept 15. His room is a 1E GTY. About how far in advance will he find out his room? Maybe a week before? I'm just curious. We have never done GTY rooms, so this is also a new experience. Do they ever give you a room in a higher category or do you get what you paid for? He's fine with the 1E. I'm just curious. Thank you for your help!

[cruzsnooze]

They can give you anything in the category you booked or higher. You might not get an assignment until the day he sails. There is no way to know.

[Demonyte]

The category in question is most likely IE (starting with "I" for inside, not "1"), a midship inside cabin.

 

As said, the cabin assignment can come anytime between booking and embarkation date - no way of telling when.

 

Be warned though that NCL has unfortunate habit of classifying family cabins higher than regular cabins and that means that he can get assigned a cabin in categories ID, IC and I1 (family inside) and those cabins are not located midship but in fwd and aft.

 

So even though the GTY has been booked in a midship category, location is not something that is guaranteed.

Edited August 26, 2015 by Demonyte

[Moomduck1]

Thank you! I think he'd prefer a midship, but he isn't that concerned about forward/aft. Probably just hoping for a better room for a lower price. He's not fussy, so if it doesn't happen, that's ok too.

[ray98]

No way to know when they will assign it. My average in the past is around 30 days prior.