Castaway Club Status - 2 Rooms, Only 1 Member Total

[rmbean]

I am a Silver club member (the only club member in our party) and we are traveling with my parents - 2 rooms and 2 reservations. The rooms are connecting and the reservations are linked. How will check in work for my parent's room? Will we be able to book shore excursion together during the earlier window? Will we have the same boarding times? Etc..

 

[Dug720]

No. Status only extends if there is someone of status in each cabin.

You can book yourself and hope that you can get them on after. OR you can wait the 15 days until their window opens and book everything together.

If you take Option A and you do not get the same PAT, the one with the earlier time can fall back to the Boarding Group for the ones with the later PAT (because Boarding Group is tied to PAT) but they cannot leapfrog to board with you.

 

[jdb in AZ]

I am a Silver club member (the only club member in our party) and we are traveling with my parents - 2 rooms and 2 reservations. The rooms are connecting and the reservations are linked. How will check in work for my parent's room? Will we be able to book shore excursion together during the earlier window? Will we have the same boarding times? Etc..

To qualify for silver club benefits there has to be a silver club member in each room. Your parents can book shore excursions at 75 days out. If you get an earlier boarding time you can wait to board with them. I realize that's not what you want to hear. If shore excursions are already booked by the time their "window" opens, you can often find private excursions for much less $$$.

 

[Anchors Away 2016]

The others have correctly answered your question, but I would like to give you a little unsolicited advice. 1) Book your cabin's activities and PAT when your window opens. 2) Keep a good thought.

Chances are you will be able to get everything for your parents that you got for yourself when their window opens, but you make it easier to do that by already having yours booked. That way, you need fewer slots. And if there is something that isn't available when their window opens, keep trying. Often people cancel things since there is no obligation when they reserve things. So by the time your trip comes up, chances are that you will have everything you want for all of you. And in a worst case, you could always give up things you have booked if you can't get them for your parents, so you aren't risking anything by booking your things early.

All the best!

 

[rmbean]

Glad I asked. Thank you so much for the info! Yes, that is not what I wanted to hear, but at least I can plan accordingly. I had assumed since I booked and paid for each room, my status would apply to both. Would there have been a way to book them as a single reservation and get around that limitation?

 

[_auroraborealis_]

Glad I asked. Thank you so much for the info! Yes, that is not what I wanted to hear, but at least I can plan accordingly. I had assumed since I booked and paid for each room, my status would apply to both. Would there have been a way to book them as a single reservation and get around that limitation?

Nope. Status follows occupant, not checkbook. And each unit counts as a booking.

 

[Anchors Away 2016]

Glad I asked. Thank you so much for the info! Yes, that is not what I wanted to hear, but at least I can plan accordingly. I had assumed since I booked and paid for each room, my status would apply to both. Would there have been a way to book them as a single reservation and get around that limitation?

You don't say how many people are in the first cabin. With only one Silver member, your only chance would have been if you could all fit in one cabin, like one of the 5 person family ones, but you will definitely prefer two cabins.

 

[Masonmj84]

On a related note, let's say you have two people booked in the same stateroom and the lead guest on the reservation for that stateroom is a Castaway Club member and the other is on their first DCL cruise. At check in, can both people go in the Castaway Club line or do they need to go in the line for people on their first cruise? (as I assume it's better for them to check in together)

 

[jdb in AZ]

On a related note, let's say you have two people booked in the same stateroom and the lead guest on the reservation for that stateroom is a Castaway Club member and the other is on their first DCL cruise. At check in, can both people go in the Castaway Club line or do they need to go in the line for people on their first cruise? (as I assume it's better for them to check in together)

Yes, it's better to check in together. Everyone in the same cabin receives the perks of the highest-level passenger.