Babo02 Posted April 22, 2006 #1 Share Posted April 22, 2006 Some of the larger cruise ships give an upgrade if they are not full and I wondered if they did this on Xpedition as well? Bonnie :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSloan Posted April 22, 2006 #2 Share Posted April 22, 2006 I was wondering the same thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheilaNC Posted April 23, 2006 #3 Share Posted April 23, 2006 Some folks have posted that when they boarded, they discovered that they were placed in a higher level cabin. Truthfully, except for the few suites, there is little difference among cabins and I'm not sure it would have been worth it. We had 305 (one of the lesser valued cabins) and loved the location and found the cabin quite acceptable. With the all-inclusive nature of the Xpedition, everything you'd want is included anyway. So...enjoy and if you get a higher level cabin...good for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drfun48 Posted April 23, 2006 #4 Share Posted April 23, 2006 Some folks have posted that when they boarded, they discovered that they were placed in a higher level cabin. Truthfully, except for the few suites, there is little difference among cabins and I'm not sure it would have been worth it. We had 305 (one of the lesser valued cabins) and loved the location and found the cabin quite acceptable. With the all-inclusive nature of the Xpedition, everything you'd want is included anyway. So...enjoy and if you get a higher level cabin...good for you! If there is a third person in a cabin,the hotel manager has been known to move them to a vacant 300 cabin after boarding...I can't say that dead presidents were not involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMNYCruise Posted April 23, 2006 #5 Share Posted April 23, 2006 We were upgraded from the cheapest cabin in the front of the third floor to the mid-fourth floor. After my husband got ill, I was moved back to the third floor for the last three nights. The third floor room (311) was actually bigger than the 4th floor room. I don't see why there is a difference in the pricing between floors. The 4th floor is a bit more convenient to the Discovery Lounge, but the ship is so small that the location doesn't really matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooch47 Posted April 23, 2006 #6 Share Posted April 23, 2006 I've only seen one cabin (304), but when I discovered that there were six vacant cabins on our April 2 trip, I checked to see if any of the unsold cabins were better than ours. It looked like all but the suites with balconies were virtually identical. On such a small ship, the only thing that entered my mind was that cabins in the middle and the rear might be better if you encountered some seriously rough seas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babo02 Posted April 23, 2006 Author #7 Share Posted April 23, 2006 we have a cabin at the front of the ship and the more expensive cabins are mid-ship. We would prefer to be in the middle, so are hoping that perhaps we might get moved if any of those cabins is vacant. Bonnie :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMNYCruise Posted April 23, 2006 #8 Share Posted April 23, 2006 Bonnie, Just ask the hotel manager when you arrive in Baltra. He was wonderful and was very willing to move passengers to better cabins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisePRN Posted April 23, 2006 #9 Share Posted April 23, 2006 We sailed last oct and we got a two catogory upgrade by the upgrade fairy. It was a very pleasant surprise. We sailed on deck 4 mid ship and enjoyed it very much. This was the best cruise we ever took. The smallness of the ship was a big plus and the crew were wonderful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SandyR5 Posted April 23, 2006 #10 Share Posted April 23, 2006 Hi - We booked level 3 but when our docs came we were put on deck 4 midship. I'm sure I would have loved this trip just as much no matter where I stayed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clc Posted April 24, 2006 #11 Share Posted April 24, 2006 We are booked in cabin 304 for the Dec. 29 sailing on Xpedition. There will be three adults in that cabin and we were told that there are only a few cabins that accomodate 3 people. There was some mention of the hotel manager? in Baltra. What hotel manager? The only hotel that we are staying in is in Quito, right? I'm confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooch47 Posted April 24, 2006 #12 Share Posted April 24, 2006 The hotel manager on the ship. No hotel stay in Baltra. We were in 304 on April 2. There is a slight problem with that cabin, especially since you'll be using the extra bed. The air conditioning duct is directly above the beds with no way to turn down the force of the air. At least we didn't see any way to do it. You can always ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillian_1000 Posted April 24, 2006 #13 Share Posted April 24, 2006 We were upgraded in our November/December 2005 Xpedition cruise from one of the small cabins at the front of deck 3, to one that was a bit closer to the centre of the ship on deck 3 (sorry, I've forgotten the exact numbers). We also met the couple who was upgraded from our eventual cabin to one on deck 4. If I remember correctly, we had 76 guests on board for the week, so there was a bit of space left to move us around. However, we had a couple of evenings where some guests found that the ship was moving a bit. I have to say that given the small size of the Xpedition, I didn't find that there was much of a difference between the movement at the front compared to the movement at the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SandyR5 Posted April 24, 2006 #14 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Hi - We booked 304 but were upgraded, before the trip, to 409. The hotel director is the one on the ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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