Booking with X

[BTDookie]

When looking around the X website, pricing cruises, etc is it possible to see all available staterooms? Seems like if you hit the "book" button for a specific class of room, only a few are shown..... curious. Seems like I've seen several people out here give daily countdowns about which rooms are available, how full a cruise is, etc. Are these TA's or just normal folk....

[Susan-M]

If you know which stateroom number you are looking for, there is a box to enter it in, just above where the available cabins are shown. It's in the top left corner & says: "Are You Looking For A Specific Stateroom."

[TEXASMUNK]

Celebrity, just like every other cruise line, guards total availability carefully. Imagine the competitive advantage another line would have if they knew the % of booked cabins on another line at any given time

[BTDookie]

does not seem to bother the airline industry

[MayrMN]

It seems you have to actually start a reservation to find the available rooms. Once you choose the sailing and confirm the departure info, they'll show you the available rooms in each category.

[infoprof56]

One way to see all the available rooms is to go to the Travelocity web site. There if you start a reservation (you don't have to give names or credit card info to do this) you can scroll through all the room types and see which ones are available on every deck of any cruise.

[BTDookie]

Ah... interesting.

 

On the X site it seems to give only 3 choices per category....

[MayrMN]

I guess I never gave much thought to that, hmmmmm

 

Wonder if they'd give you more options if you called them directly.

 

Like are they trying to offload the more undesirables or something?

 

Now you've got me dreaming up conspiracies!!!!

[mctrekkie]

If you call X, they'll give you more choices than the website's 3. Just tell them what room type you want, and what deck.

[Karynanne]

I have always found a specific cabin by inputing that cabin #, and then seeing if it's available. It takes some time, but well worth the effort. If I find the cabin I want, then I call my TA and reserve it.

 

Karyn

[flashdog_1]

Like are they trying to offload the more undesirables or something?

 

Now you've got me dreaming up conspiracies!!!!

 

Absolutely not! It's at first the most desireable ones they put on, like the aft balcony cabins. When those cabins are gone (and they are gone very quickly) then the highest deck in category is listed, then midship, usually.

 

Just print out a deck plan of the floor you're interested in and put the number of each cabin not showing in the box for "are you looking for a specific cabin?" Once in a while you will find one you want.

[BTDookie]

I played around some with this last night.

 

The X site would list 3 stateroom options per category (if available). The Travelocity site tended to list 6 staterooms per category (if available). Seems like they do not have access to the same room inventory though as I never saw the same stateroom on both pages (X and T).

 

And yes X seems to be placing the best rooms on the list, not the worst because the farther you go out in time, the more of a selection you have.

 

What I have learned is that the choice staterooms on many of the late '06 and early '07 sailings are taken :(