my kids mama Posted August 19, 2019 #1 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Received an offer for a great deal from the casino. 5 day out of Miami on the Sensation for a grand total of $447 for Hubby and myself. They are giving me $200 to play in the casino and my husband and I each will be receiving $100 OBC. It's a guaranteed ocean view but we don't get to know the cabin number until right before we sail. Anyone know how they decide where they put you? I am guessing platinum would be first, which we are not. We are gold. My husband is more worried than I am as we have gotten spoiled with balcony cabins. We looked at upgrading to a balcony but it was cost prohibitive since there aren't very many on the sensation. I am hoping it will be an actual big window and not a porthole. For those of you that have taken advantage of offers like this, what was your experience? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe817 Posted August 19, 2019 #2 Share Posted August 19, 2019 For $447.00 total, for both of you. That's $44.70/day. Wow. How can you go wrong on doing that? Or am I missing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my kids mama Posted August 19, 2019 Author #3 Share Posted August 19, 2019 2 hours ago, Joe817 said: For $447.00 total, for both of you. That's $44.70/day. Wow. How can you go wrong on doing that? Or am I missing something? No, you are right. Plus they are giving us $400 back in money to gamble with and OBC. To upgrade to a balcony would have been an extra $1100 or something like that. We decided not to upgrade. We do love spending time on our balconies, but for this price, I guess we can manage with an ocean view. Haha, just kidding! I just wonder how they decide where to put people???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bury me at sea Posted August 19, 2019 #4 Share Posted August 19, 2019 If you do a mock booking for ocean view cabins on your sailing you can see some of the unsold cabins. If you are relatively close to sailing, I imagine you will be placed in one of those. I know nothing about casino offers. Perhaps someone else will tell you the casino holds certain cabins that are never offered to the public, in which case a mock booking wouldn't help you. The ocean views I have stayed in had what I would call picture windows. Definitely not port holes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplelife Posted August 20, 2019 #5 Share Posted August 20, 2019 If you have guaranteed Ocean View, you will not get a Porthole. PT's are classified as Interior, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spotte Posted August 20, 2019 #6 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Which sailing are you on? We received a similar offer in June. We are sailing next month. Can't wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my kids mama Posted August 21, 2019 Author #7 Share Posted August 21, 2019 11 hours ago, spotte said: Which sailing are you on? We received a similar offer in June. We are sailing next month. Can't wait. We are sailing out of Miami on October 12th. It's just a 5 day but it's ports we have never been to. Ocho Rios and Grand Cayman. For the price we paid, I am thrilled! Where are you going? 14 hours ago, simplelife said: If you have guaranteed Ocean View, you will not get a Porthole. PT's are classified as Interior, Awesome! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my kids mama Posted August 21, 2019 Author #8 Share Posted August 21, 2019 On 8/19/2019 at 2:37 PM, bury me at sea said: If you do a mock booking for ocean view cabins on your sailing you can see some of the unsold cabins. If you are relatively close to sailing, I imagine you will be placed in one of those. I know nothing about casino offers. Perhaps someone else will tell you the casino holds certain cabins that are never offered to the public, in which case a mock booking wouldn't help you. The ocean views I have stayed in had what I would call picture windows. Definitely not port holes. That is good advice. Thanks you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serene56 Posted August 21, 2019 #9 Share Posted August 21, 2019 On 8/19/2019 at 4:37 PM, bury me at sea said: If you do a mock booking for ocean view cabins on your sailing you can see some of the unsold cabins. If you are relatively close to sailing, I imagine you will be placed in one of those. maybe will work I doubt it. All the people who book guarantee cabins are "parked" somewhere on the ship Just because you see a room as available doesnt mean they will get one of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bury me at sea Posted August 21, 2019 #10 Share Posted August 21, 2019 1 hour ago, serene56 said: maybe will work I doubt it. All the people who book guarantee cabins are "parked" somewhere on the ship Just because you see a room as available doesnt mean they will get one of those. Of course you are correct and thanks for pointing that out. Carnival obviously does a lot of cabin shuffling after final payment date. Otherwise we wouldn't see them start selling guarantees and offering upsales to cruisers who have already booked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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