Kymberlyfarr Posted July 8, 2022 #1 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Today is the 30 day mark prior to sailing, so I decided to check out the Royal Up options as I always do (never successfully lol). I noticed there are two room categories showing an option to bid on (2 bedroom Aqua suite and 4 bedroom Villa) but these rooms don't appear to be available to purchase, nor have they since I booked. My question is do they offer room categories to bid on that are completely sold out or are there rooms available that don't show up to purchase for whatever reason? Sorry if this is a common question. I am not a new cruiser but this is just something that I haven't either noticed or paid as much attention to in the past. I am not remembering another time when I have been able to bid on room categories that were not available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare OCSC Mike Posted July 8, 2022 #2 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Yes. You can bid on categories that currently appear to be sold out. People can always cancel, move via RoyalUp, etc. As it gets closer to your sail date, you may see categories disappear from the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kymberlyfarr Posted July 8, 2022 Author #3 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Perfect, thanks for the answer. I obviously haven't paid as much attention in the past when bidding! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare OCSC Mike Posted July 8, 2022 #4 Share Posted July 8, 2022 22 minutes ago, Kymberlyfarr said: Perfect, thanks for the answer. I obviously haven't paid as much attention in the past when bidding! More likely, I've paid too much attention as this was my first time bidding and I've spent way too much time checking on bids and learning about RoyalUp, lol. On the plus side, I did win a small upgrade for half of my upcoming B2B. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoobydobe7 Posted July 8, 2022 #5 Share Posted July 8, 2022 How do you get "the royal up options" are they emailed to you or is there a website?? And do they always come out 30 days before sail date?? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare livingonthebeach Posted July 8, 2022 #6 Share Posted July 8, 2022 7 minutes ago, Scoobydobe7 said: How do you get "the royal up options" are they emailed to you or is there a website?? And do they always come out 30 days before sail date?? Thanks Both. Here's a link to the website: https://www.royalcaribbean.com/booked/cruise-room-upgrade Yes, 30 days before sail date is about right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted July 8, 2022 #7 Share Posted July 8, 2022 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Scoobydobe7 said: How do you get "the royal up options" are they emailed to you or is there a website?? And do they always come out 30 days before sail date?? You might get an email or you may not - you can go directly to the site. No, availability date varies (up to about 80 days out). Edited July 8, 2022 by Biker19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dianajo67 Posted July 8, 2022 #8 Share Posted July 8, 2022 I just received an invite for my Odyssey cruise departing 19 September. Considering that it is heavily booked, I’m kinda surprised! Several categories I can bid on are showing completely sold out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted July 8, 2022 #9 Share Posted July 8, 2022 2 minutes ago, dianajo67 said: Considering that it is heavily booked, I’m kinda surprised! Several categories I can bid on are showing completely sold out. Invitations for Royal Up don't usually depend on vacancy rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare livingonthebeach Posted July 8, 2022 #10 Share Posted July 8, 2022 18 minutes ago, Biker19 said: You might get an email or you may not - you can go directly to the site. No, availability date varies (up to about 80 days out). I've never been able to see mine on the website more than 30 days out. Is this something new? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted July 8, 2022 #11 Share Posted July 8, 2022 (edited) 5 minutes ago, livingonthebeach said: I've never been able to see mine on the website more than 30 days out. Is this something new? No - the ability to view directly on the web site seems to be very random, but not date related. I can view my offers via the email link but won't allow me to view when going directly to the site, regardless of how far out from the cruise. One thing that seems consistent is that if the booking has two different last names (and two different email addresses) for the two occupants, only the first one listed gets the invite and it will work for (though I assume someone will come along and provide an exception). Edited July 8, 2022 by Biker19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare livingonthebeach Posted July 8, 2022 #12 Share Posted July 8, 2022 6 minutes ago, Biker19 said: No - the ability to view directly on the web site seems to be very random, but not date related. I can view my offers via the email link but won't allow me to view when going directly to the site, regardless of how far out from the cruise. One thing that seems consistent is that if the booking has two different last names (and two different email addresses) for the two occupants, only the first one listed gets the invite and it will work for (though I assume someone will come along and provide an exception). Oh ok - thanks for the explanation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare orville99 Posted July 8, 2022 #13 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Categories can open and close repeatedly right up to 2-3 days before the cruise. Cancellations happen, and other bids open up new cabins in most of the categories. We have gone out to the website and all of the categories we wanted to bid on showed as sold out, and we ultimately won three of those 3-4 days before the cruise sailed. As long as you are happy with the cabin you originally booked, bidding on an upgrade becomes somewhat of a game of chance. If you don’t win you aren’t out anything, and if you do win it is a plus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BecciBoo Posted July 8, 2022 #14 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Yep, we had one right in the middle of the ship convenient to elevators, but our Royal Up put us miles to the bow. Shot myself right in the foot....literally. Rethinking doing that again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare OCSC Mike Posted July 8, 2022 #15 Share Posted July 8, 2022 38 minutes ago, BecciBoo said: Yep, we had one right in the middle of the ship convenient to elevators, but our Royal Up put us miles to the bow. Shot myself right in the foot....literally. Rethinking doing that again. Yep, don’t bid on anything if you will be disappointed with any potential location that category exists on the ship compared to what you have originally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare orville99 Posted July 8, 2022 #16 Share Posted July 8, 2022 1 hour ago, BecciBoo said: Yep, we had one right in the middle of the ship convenient to elevators, but our Royal Up put us miles to the bow. Shot myself right in the foot....literally. Rethinking doing that again. One of the main reasons why we never bid on an aqua theater suite - they are in a different zip code😇 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisegal40 Posted July 8, 2022 #17 Share Posted July 8, 2022 We got our royal up e-mail this week and are more than 30 days out. Seems there are quiet a few cabins to upgrade to. My question is, is there a way to see what is truly available. Like BecciBoo, I don't want to regret moving up. In a larger balcony now and love the location. It's such a challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockmom Posted July 8, 2022 #18 Share Posted July 8, 2022 9 minutes ago, cruisegal40 said: We got our royal up e-mail this week and are more than 30 days out. Seems there are quiet a few cabins to upgrade to. My question is, is there a way to see what is truly available. Like BecciBoo, I don't want to regret moving up. In a larger balcony now and love the location. It's such a challenge. No, because inventory fluctuates. Royal Up saves a lot of $$, but there's also quite a bit of risk if you are particular about location. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotsauce126 Posted July 8, 2022 #19 Share Posted July 8, 2022 11 minutes ago, cruisegal40 said: We got our royal up e-mail this week and are more than 30 days out. Seems there are quiet a few cabins to upgrade to. My question is, is there a way to see what is truly available. Like BecciBoo, I don't want to regret moving up. In a larger balcony now and love the location. It's such a challenge. They don't know what's truly available yet. What you win with your bid might be a cabin that someone else who won their bid is vacating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiseWendy Posted July 9, 2022 #20 Share Posted July 9, 2022 I "won" a RoyalUp bid to a loft suite in 2019 on a cruise that was sold out. Personally I think people cancel for various reasons more than we realize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisegal40 Posted July 9, 2022 #21 Share Posted July 9, 2022 14 hours ago, rockmom said: No, because inventory fluctuates. Royal Up saves a lot of $$, but there's also quite a bit of risk if you are particular about location. that's what I am concerned about. Where we would end up landing. I'm going to check into and see if I can see what upgrades are located and check with TA also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare OCSC Mike Posted July 9, 2022 #22 Share Posted July 9, 2022 9 minutes ago, cruisegal40 said: that's what I am concerned about. Where we would end up landing. I'm going to check into and see if I can see what upgrades are located and check with TA also. There are many websites that do a good job of showing you deck plans which include where each category is located (cruisedeckplans.com for example). You can just figure out for yourself where you may potentially land if you bid on a certain category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadianmama3 Posted July 9, 2022 #23 Share Posted July 9, 2022 4 hours ago, cruisegal40 said: that's what I am concerned about. Where we would end up landing. I'm going to check into and see if I can see what upgrades are located and check with TA also. If you are concerned about the location of a stateroom don’t bid on any category that has any in a location you may hate. Don’t bother looking at what is available to book now, it means nothing. Say there are ocean view balconies in areas you would hate. Don’t bid on an ocean view balcony. Even if you look and see what’s not booked and are happy with what is available right now. Someone booked in a location you don’t like, could be upgraded to a suite. Then you could get put in that balcony that you don’t like. And there is no going back. You can’t turn it down because you don’t like it. Only book on a category if you will be happy with it wherever you are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisegal40 Posted July 10, 2022 #24 Share Posted July 10, 2022 On 7/9/2022 at 9:05 AM, OCSC Mike said: There are many websites that do a good job of showing you deck plans which include where each category is located (cruisedeckplans.com for example). You can just figure out for yourself where you may potentially land if you bid on a certain category. Thank you for this. I will check it out. CC always so helpful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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