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Himmin · 12-17-2012, 07:44 AM

Hi All

We have come to book a cruise with a 9c cabin and it says that we can not choose our room but we can accept a GTY. Can someone please explain exactly what is meant by this? Does this mean we are guaranteed at least a 9c we just dont know which one?

Thanks for all your help!!

cruisecrasher · 12-17-2012, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Himmin

Hi All

We have come to book a cruise with a 9c cabin and it says that we can not choose our room but we can accept a GTY. Can someone please explain exactly what is meant by this? Does this mean we are guaranteed at least a 9c we just dont know which one?

Thanks for all your help!!

You are guaranteed a 9c or better. Currently they've sold all the 9c rooms. If someone cancels, you get theirs. If not, you get a free upgrade.

kcashner · 12-17-2012, 12:57 PM

DCL currently has no 9Cs available for booking, either because they are all sold out or because some people have 24-48 hour holds on them. They also figure some people will cancel their reservations before the cruise and they want to keep that price point open.

What it means to you is that you CAN book a 9C at that price. If a 9C becomes available, they may place you in it. If it does not, they will upgrade you to a more costly cabin (at no additional expense to you). SO, the lowest level of cabin you can be assigned is the 9C.

Don't worry--while DCL will oversell some categories, they will never oversell the ship. You WILL have a cabin on the ship that will hold the number of people you have booked. You just don't know which cabin or what category it will be. What they CANNOT do is to put you in a lower cabin than you paid for--they cannot book you into a cat 10 or 11.

lanejudy · 12-17-2012, 01:11 PM

If location of your stateroom is a particular concern for you, you would want to look for another category that will allow you to choose a specific stateroom. Otherwise, with a 9C-GTY you will be assigned at least a 9C room (possibly a free upgrade), but it could be anywhere on the ship and you may not know the room assignment until just a couple of weeks before the departure date.

Enjoy your cruise!

Green Tea · 12-17-2012, 01:37 PM

Someone here recently reported a situation where they booked a specific category guarantee, like a 9C or whatever. They were assigned to a lessor category within the same number....like a 9E instead of the C or better. DCL insisted a guarantee was for that NUMBER or better, not the category within the number or better. Many here expressed that DCL was wrong, but I do not recall an update that it ever got resolved.

lodge · 12-17-2012, 02:26 PM

that's it, but sometimes a "better" room isn't better (location is a major factor- like an upgrade to a porthole room may be nice, unless it has no view and is far forward on the ship).

wdw_monster · 12-18-2012, 04:21 AM

We recently booked an 11b gty and when we revived our room numbers the other day we were upgraded to a 9d

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darkwing818 · 12-18-2012, 10:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Green Tea

Someone here recently reported a situation where they booked a specific category guarantee, like a 9C or whatever. They were assigned to a lessor category within the same number....like a 9E instead of the C or better. DCL insisted a guarantee was for that NUMBER or better, not the category within the number or better. Many here expressed that DCL was wrong, but I do not recall an update that it ever got resolved.

I remember this as well, and as far as I recall the OP never posted an update or final resolution (of course I could have missed it, getting old you know

) regarding their talks with DCL.

swissgirl66 · 01-20-2013, 12:46 PM

Hi there, last week I mad a booking for the July 21 cruise on Disney dream. This time my little girl wanted a cabin with a big porthole to sit in and my husband wanted to be as high up as possible, thats why we booked a 8B (Deluxe Family Oceanview on Deck 9), there are no other 8Bs on any other deck and the number of all 8Bs is quite limited. But as it was in the system, I booked it and other then the last 3 times, I did not receive immediately a cabin number, no the sent the confirmation with 8B gty.

When I called, the lady tried to talk me into an upgrade, but this would have been on a much lower deck and this is not what I booked. Up to today, Disney still sells that category, but the lady on the phone said, unless anybody cancells, there are not 8Bs available.

What should I do? I am so frustrated, and nobody can explain what went wrong, I did not accept a gty cabin but now I am stuck????

can anybody tell me their similar experience.

12-17-2012, 07:44 AM	#1
Himmin Mouseketeer Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 92	GTY - Room for specific Category Hi All We have come to book a cruise with a 9c cabin and it says that we can not choose our room but we can accept a GTY. Can someone please explain exactly what is meant by this? Does this mean we are guaranteed at least a 9c we just dont know which one? Thanks for all your help!!

12-17-2012, 01:37 PM	#5
Green Tea I don't do hatchets Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 6,215	Someone here recently reported a situation where they booked a specific category guarantee, like a 9C or whatever. They were assigned to a lessor category within the same number....like a 9E instead of the C or better. DCL insisted a guarantee was for that NUMBER or better, not the category within the number or better. Many here expressed that DCL was wrong, but I do not recall an update that it ever got resolved. __________________ Usual things happen usually

12-18-2012, 04:21 AM	#7
wdw_monster Mouseketeer Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: san antonio, tx Posts: 342	We recently booked an 11b gty and when we revived our room numbers the other day we were upgraded to a 9d Sent from my iPhone using DISBoards __________________

01-20-2013, 12:46 PM	#9
swissgirl66 Mouseketeer Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Switzerland Posts: 109	why gty when I booked otherwise Hi there, last week I mad a booking for the July 21 cruise on Disney dream. This time my little girl wanted a cabin with a big porthole to sit in and my husband wanted to be as high up as possible, thats why we booked a 8B (Deluxe Family Oceanview on Deck 9), there are no other 8Bs on any other deck and the number of all 8Bs is quite limited. But as it was in the system, I booked it and other then the last 3 times, I did not receive immediately a cabin number, no the sent the confirmation with 8B gty. When I called, the lady tried to talk me into an upgrade, but this would have been on a much lower deck and this is not what I booked. Up to today, Disney still sells that category, but the lady on the phone said, unless anybody cancells, there are not 8Bs available. What should I do? I am so frustrated, and nobody can explain what went wrong, I did not accept a gty cabin but now I am stuck???? can anybody tell me their similar experience. __________________ Regards from Switzerland : DW 47, DH 46, DD 9

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12-17-2012, 12:57 PM	#3
kcashner DIS Veteran Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 33,275	DCL currently has no 9Cs available for booking, either because they are all sold out or because some people have 24-48 hour holds on them. They also figure some people will cancel their reservations before the cruise and they want to keep that price point open. What it means to you is that you CAN book a 9C at that price. If a 9C becomes available, they may place you in it. If it does not, they will upgrade you to a more costly cabin (at no additional expense to you). SO, the lowest level of cabin you can be assigned is the 9C. Don't worry--while DCL will oversell some categories, they will never oversell the ship. You WILL have a cabin on the ship that will hold the number of people you have booked. You just don't know which cabin or what category it will be. What they CANNOT do is to put you in a lower cabin than you paid for--they cannot book you into a cat 10 or 11.

12-17-2012, 01:11 PM	#4
lanejudy DIS Veteran Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 1,680	If location of your stateroom is a particular concern for you, you would want to look for another category that will allow you to choose a specific stateroom. Otherwise, with a 9C-GTY you will be assigned at least a 9C room (possibly a free upgrade), but it could be anywhere on the ship and you may not know the room assignment until just a couple of weeks before the departure date. Enjoy your cruise!

12-17-2012, 02:26 PM	#6
lodge DIS Veteran Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 555	that's it, but sometimes a "better" room isn't better (location is a major factor- like an upgrade to a porthole room may be nice, unless it has no view and is far forward on the ship).