lovetocruise/diamond Posted June 12, 2023 #1 Share Posted June 12, 2023 I know that when you pick a gty cabin you get your assignment anytime, usually closer to the sail date. But does anyone actually know how it works? Does RCI hold back certain cabins or are they cabins that are listed to pick from but don’t get booked? TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare twangster Posted June 12, 2023 #2 Share Posted June 12, 2023 No one but Royal knows exactly how it works. We can speculate though. Cabins can be assigned that never appear on the website for someone to book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taglovestocruise Posted June 12, 2023 #3 Share Posted June 12, 2023 31 minutes ago, lovetocruise/diamond said: I know that when you pick a gty cabin you get your assignment anytime, usually closer to the sail date. But does anyone actually know how it works? Does RCI hold back certain cabins or are they cabins that are listed to pick from but don’t get booked? TIA Hard to figure their rhyme or reason. My son son and I booked two gty cabins on Navigator at the same time and with the same TA. We booked about 9 months before cruise date. He was assigned a cabin within a week, we received our cabin assignment a few days after final payment. We were given different decks and were at opposite ends of the ship. The day we received our cabin number we called the TA and were able to change cabins and ended up same deck 10 cabins apart. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sowhat Posted June 12, 2023 #4 Share Posted June 12, 2023 We booked a cruise on Anthem of the Seas in a GTY balcony cabin , 39 days before sail date. Complete check in the same night and muster station and deck number are on set sail paper work, but no cabin number Translated the bar code on the set sail and the cabin number was issued within a day of booking but still reading GTY on paper work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pl6pilgrim Posted June 12, 2023 #5 Share Posted June 12, 2023 Sorry to piggyback on this topic, but didn't want to overload the forum with lots of posts about GTY cabins. We have just booked through a TA for Anthem next Summer out of Southamton. My TA invoice states 3M cabin (Spacious Ocean View) GTY cabin as booked. I did notice that these rooms (Spacious OV GTY) were available direct with RCI albeit more expensive. However, on my cruise planner it just states GTY, but also if I go to the look up my reservation section of the RCI website is states "Oceanview guarantee" with no reference to Spacious or the category of cabin we booked. Spacious guarantee is also no longer available for the sailing on the RCI website. Should I be worried that although the TA invoice states 3M and Spacious, that RCI is only showing Oceanview guarantee? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted June 12, 2023 #6 Share Posted June 12, 2023 (edited) 3 minutes ago, pl6pilgrim said: Sorry to piggyback on this topic, but didn't want to overload the forum with lots of posts about GTY cabins. We have just booked through a TA for Anthem next Summer out of Southamton. My TA invoice states 3M cabin (Spacious Ocean View) GTY cabin as booked. I did notice that these rooms (Spacious OV GTY) were available direct with RCI albeit more expensive. However, on my cruise planner it just states GTY, but also if I go to the look up my reservation section of the RCI website is states "Oceanview guarantee" with no reference to Spacious or the category of cabin we booked. Spacious guarantee is also no longer available for the sailing on the RCI website. Should I be worried that although the TA invoice states 3M and Spacious, that RCI is only showing Oceanview guarantee? No. Quite common for Royal to change what guarantees they are offering. Edited June 12, 2023 by Ourusualbeach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mugtech Posted June 12, 2023 #7 Share Posted June 12, 2023 We recently booked last minute, 30 days out on Liberty, inside GTY was only inside available. We checked in immediately, but the paperwork only said GTY. About 10 days before we sailed we were assigned 6589, overlooking the promenade. Will do that again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pl6pilgrim Posted June 12, 2023 #8 Share Posted June 12, 2023 6 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said: No. Quite common for Royal to change what guarantees they are offering. Ok thanks. Just a little concerned by the "look up reservation" only showing an Oceanview guarantee and not a spacious one really. Happy to book a GTY cabin as long as its what I've booked, and never gone through a TA before, usually book direct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare OCSC Mike Posted June 12, 2023 #9 Share Posted June 12, 2023 2 minutes ago, mugtech said: We recently booked last minute, 30 days out on Liberty, inside GTY was only inside available. We checked in immediately, but the paperwork only said GTY. About 10 days before we sailed we were assigned 6589, overlooking the promenade. Will do that again. Bar Code Trick for future reference (and anyone unaware)... Method 1. If you have an Apple device, add your set sail pass to your Apple wallet. Numbers will now appear under your bar code. The numbers after the dash represent your cabin. Method 2. Scan the bar code with a QR scanner from another device and that should also show you the numbers. NOTE: If you see "GTY" instead of numbers, you truly haven't been assigned yet. One tip off is that if you don't see a muster station on your set sail pass then you almost definitely don't have an assignment yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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