KimA75 Posted September 10, 2021 #5051 Share Posted September 10, 2021 13 minutes ago, RCFirstTimer said: It is listed as an "Ultra Spacious Ocean View with Large Balcony". It apparently sleeps six (even though there are just 2 of us). If this is really that much larger, why isn't it considered a junior suite (which is the next category up)? It is different from the junior suite. Designated 1A. There are some on deck 11. This will have the bed, a pull out sofa, and a set of pullman beds. The bathroom is the typical size and does not have a bathtub like a junior suite. We took an ocean view version of this on another ship and even the floor space in it was quite a bit larger than the standard cabin. But, ours also had bunk beds instead of two pullmans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted September 10, 2021 Author #5052 Share Posted September 10, 2021 41 minutes ago, RCFirstTimer said: I have read every post in this long thread - NOT. Sorry if this has been asked before, but we currently have a regular ocean view balcony on Allure in October. I have several "offers" to bid on upgraded categories. The first is a spacious ocean view balcony (not going to even consider this over what we have). The second, though is interesting. It is listed as an "Ultra Spacious Ocean View with Large Balcony". It apparently sleeps six (even though there are just 2 of us). If this is really that much larger, why isn't it considered a junior suite (which is the next category up)? Does anyone know the room category so I can look up where these are on the deck plans? I'm just wondering if it is worth it to bid on that second option. There are also Jr., GS-1br, GS-2br and Owner's suites - but we won't considering paying even the minimum bids on those. I'm really just wondering about that Ultra Spacious with Large Balcony, where they all are on the ship and trying to decide if it is worth bidding on (min is $200pp). 34 minutes ago, Biker19 said: I think they mean the 1K or 1A category cabins which @John&LaLa is fond of. Yep, ultra is the key word. Spacious on it's own isn't worth much Should have a 'bunk room' and a really big balcony, deck 7 aft. Next door to the aqua theater balcony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forgotmyCCname Posted September 10, 2021 #5053 Share Posted September 10, 2021 16 hours ago, Ready2SailAway said: Actually... We had four bids that all remained as Modify/Cancel until I checked again about 3 weeks before our sailing. At that point three were listed as Rejected, but the GS bid we really wanted was listed as Pending - we later found out we won that Pending bid a few days before sailing... Mine always say "modify /cancel" as well, and when you click on it they say pending. Our last round we were notified 4 days before sailing of the "win". And I meant any active , not rejected bids are listed as "pending " when a decision has not been made. We have had rejected bids listed as pending until 2 days before sailing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vjmatty Posted September 10, 2021 #5054 Share Posted September 10, 2021 2 hours ago, John&LaLa said: Yep, ultra is the key word. Spacious on it's own isn't worth much Should have a 'bunk room' and a really big balcony, deck 7 aft. Next door to the aqua theater balcony And from what I remember, if you don't want the noise of the Aquatheater, there are also about a half dozen of the same cabin way forward on either deck 10 or 11. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noitsnotatuba Posted September 11, 2021 #5055 Share Posted September 11, 2021 Currently in a GS on 10/10 Allure. We have one bid in on the 1 bed Aquatheater suite, which is what we'd really love to get, but the 2 bed GS is also offered for a minimum of $200 per person. We are just a party of 2, is there any reason we'd want to bid on the bigger GS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forgotmyCCname Posted September 11, 2021 #5056 Share Posted September 11, 2021 Much bigger balcony, a second bathroom. And more all-over space.There is an actual bedroom, not just a partition/separation between bed and sitting area. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise a holic Posted September 12, 2021 #5057 Share Posted September 12, 2021 Two bathrooms the best! We always book a crown loft suite 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwatson786 Posted September 12, 2021 #5058 Share Posted September 12, 2021 Sorry this thread is huge and this the first time I’ve experienced RoyalUp. If our bid is accepted, do we get to pick location of cabin if there is more than one In that category available? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandebeach Posted September 12, 2021 #5059 Share Posted September 12, 2021 7 minutes ago, Hwatson786 said: Sorry this thread is huge and this the first time I’ve experienced RoyalUp. If our bid is accepted, do we get to pick location of cabin if there is more than one In that category available? After your bid is accepted, you will see a room assignment. You can always try calling Royal to see if you can move the room if other rooms in that category are still available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbeyg Posted September 12, 2021 #5060 Share Posted September 12, 2021 9 minutes ago, Hwatson786 said: Sorry this thread is huge and this the first time I’ve experienced RoyalUp. If our bid is accepted, do we get to pick location of cabin if there is more than one In that category available? You can request to change to another cabin in the same category, if one is available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ready2SailAway Posted September 12, 2021 #5061 Share Posted September 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Hwatson786 said: Sorry this thread is huge and this the first time I’ve experienced RoyalUp. If our bid is accepted, do we get to pick location of cabin if there is more than one In that category available? 1 hour ago, sandebeach said: After your bid is accepted, you will see a room assignment. You can always try calling Royal to see if you can move the room if other rooms in that category are still available. Correct - we called our Royal Vacation Planner promptly after winning our RoyalUp bid and were able to change our GS assignment (note there was only one other GS available when we called). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretzlaff Posted September 12, 2021 #5062 Share Posted September 12, 2021 I am looking at the Voyager in the Baltic 1May22. Balconies are about $600 and JS's are about $1200. I suspect that there will be left over suites due to covid, eu entry, and the early time of the year. If we want to end up in a GS thru the bidding process, is it better to book the Balcony to 'free up' the extra $600 in bidding power? ...or start with the JS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted September 12, 2021 #5063 Share Posted September 12, 2021 12 minutes ago, pretzlaff said: If we want to end up in a GS thru the bidding process, is it better to book the Balcony to 'free up' the extra $600 in bidding power? ...or start with the JS? Way to early to tell what will happen then. One of the reasons to start with the JS (that is already a pretty good price) is the extra C&A point. If you Royal Up from the regular balcony to the GS, you won’t get it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBucketLister Posted September 12, 2021 #5064 Share Posted September 12, 2021 I apologize in advance if this has been answered in the previous 200+ pages. I want to place a bid, but the wording is confusing. I am a single cruiser on my 10/22 Mariner sailing. The wording states it is based on double occupancy, however it states that only passenger one and two will be charged. So for the RoyalUp bidding and lets say I have a minimum bid of $100, being a single cruiser will the bid be for just the $100 or $200? Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molly361 Posted September 12, 2021 #5065 Share Posted September 12, 2021 6 minutes ago, TheBucketLister said: I apologize in advance if this has been answered in the previous 200+ pages. I want to place a bid, but the wording is confusing. I am a single cruiser on my 10/22 Mariner sailing. The wording states it is based on double occupancy, however it states that only passenger one and two will be charged. So for the RoyalUp bidding and lets say I have a minimum bid of $100, being a single cruiser will the bid be for just the $100 or $200? Thanks in advance $200 you pay for 2 people even though only 1 is sailing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE-O Posted September 12, 2021 #5066 Share Posted September 12, 2021 Has anyone EVER gotten a response from the RoyalUp email address? I've sent 4 in the last week. Crickets! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBucketLister Posted September 12, 2021 #5067 Share Posted September 12, 2021 (edited) 6 hours ago, molly361 said: $200 you pay for 2 people even though only 1 is sailing Thank you for the clarification. Edited September 12, 2021 by TheBucketLister Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karmamule Posted September 13, 2021 #5068 Share Posted September 13, 2021 On 9/11/2021 at 4:02 PM, noitsnotatuba said: Currently in a GS on 10/10 Allure. We have one bid in on the 1 bed Aquatheater suite, which is what we'd really love to get, but the 2 bed GS is also offered for a minimum of $200 per person. We are just a party of 2, is there any reason we'd want to bid on the bigger GS? We're also a party of 2 on 10/10 Allure sailing, currently in a 1 bed ATS and bidding on a 2 bed ATS and Star Loft suite upgrades. Maybe if we're both lucky we'll get one of our upgrades and you'll get our room! 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandc4e Posted September 13, 2021 #5069 Share Posted September 13, 2021 QUESTION ABOUT Invite to Royal UP - We are 48 days out, and have not received an invite to bid yet, and I keep seeing the 30 days message when I navigate to the RU URL. Do you suspect we won't be offered to RoyalUp if they haven't sent yet, or have most seen invites after the 30 day mark? We only previously bid on RU prior to Covid and got the invite very early (Like 60 days out). Sorry if this was previously answered in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbeyg Posted September 13, 2021 #5070 Share Posted September 13, 2021 (edited) Our invites came between 70 and 45 days out, mostly. However, I've seen others also be able to bid after the 30 day mark, @sandc4e. We are waiting impatiently ourselves, but still over 80 days out. Hope we can both bid soon! 🙂 Edited September 13, 2021 by barbeyg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Lionesss Posted September 13, 2021 #5071 Share Posted September 13, 2021 We have on occasion did the Royal Up on RCI. We usually book CLS, so the only "UP" we would want would be to STAR suite. Needless to say by only offering around $100 more than what they require we have never gotten the upgrade. In fact on our last Allure sailing Pre-COVID, we did offer $200 above what they wanted, and did not get the suite. In fact the Star suite was 1718 and was the Bingo prize and a couple won it mid week. They moved in on a Thursday, so enjoyed a few days in it. After that, we realized, for us not going to happen. We can only hope and dream one day...............when we book an pay, we will be in Star Class. Good luck to all on their Royal Ups and keep the stories coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molly361 Posted September 13, 2021 #5072 Share Posted September 13, 2021 For those that have been upgraded to a suite did the concierge have time to contact you prior to sailing or did you just book dining etc once onboard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted September 13, 2021 Author #5073 Share Posted September 13, 2021 23 hours ago, pretzlaff said: I am looking at the Voyager in the Baltic 1May22. Balconies are about $600 and JS's are about $1200. I suspect that there will be left over suites due to covid, eu entry, and the early time of the year. If we want to end up in a GS thru the bidding process, is it better to book the Balcony to 'free up' the extra $600 in bidding power? ...or start with the JS? See if any VP's available. We are on Voyager in August for that trip. Awesome suite, generally well priced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinkerme1 Posted September 13, 2021 #5074 Share Posted September 13, 2021 I recently put in a bid for a junior suite. The bid wasn’t accepted but i didn’t get an email that the bid wasn’t accepted until two days into the cruise! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggnoodle Posted September 13, 2021 #5075 Share Posted September 13, 2021 (edited) Got the RoyalUp email today for our 12/15 sailing. We're currently in a ocean view balcony stateroom. Is it worth it to update to a spacious ocean view balcony for $325/pp or $450/pp for Ultra spacious ocean view w/large balcony? TIA Edited September 13, 2021 by eggnoodle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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