Category 6 questions/DVC points

[deerh]

Hi all! Thinking of going on the 7 day Eastern Cruise in 05, and have a question regarding using DVC points. DVC'ers can only book 11 mos out, what are the chances of getting a cat 6 that SLEEPS 4?? How do you know which cat 6 rooms sleep 3 or 4? The brochure does not show it, so I was wanting to know how many cat 6 rooms that sleep 4 will be left 11 mos out- that is my question? We are going in early June. I know it is early, just getting my ducks,er, points in a row! LOL.
Thanks all!
DeerH

 

[MrsG]

We booked our July cruise with points at the 11 month window. We got a category 6 that sleeps 4 with no problem. We had our pick of rooms. DVC was very nice and accomodating on the phone. They will give you a room # that will sleep 4 if that is the number you need. I would have a map of the ship handy (as well as room suggestions from Dave's Tribute Site) so when they give you the number you can say yes or no. I would think that June would be easier to get as the East coast schools are still opened so the crowds would be a little less. Don't sweat, you'll get one.

 

[deerh]

MrsG We booked our July cruise with points at the 11 month window. We got a category 6 that sleeps 4 with no problem. We had our pick of rooms. DVC was very nice and accomodating on the phone. They will give you a room # that will sleep 4 if that is the number you need. I would have a map of the ship handy (as well as room suggestions from Dave's Tribute Site) so when they give you the number you can say yes or no. I would think that June would be easier to get as the East coast schools are still opened so the crowds would be a little less. Don't sweat, you'll get one.

Thanks for the answer. I feel a lot better now. Will just wait and see what the points are for 2005, hopefully not TOO high for cat 6!

Thanks, I have 2 years to read all about the cruise on the DIS boards!!
DeerH

 

[ohiominnie]

We cruised in May using DVC points for us and cash for the kids. Using the 11 month window we had NO problem getting a cat 6 that slept 4, midship (hoping to not feel as much rocking)

On this May's cruise we rebooked onboard (cash) for next May...also no problem getting cat 6, sleeps 4.

HTH

 

[floridaminnie]

We also booked using DVC points and cash 11 months out for our New Years cruise. We booked a cat 10, but we still had a choice of rooms. This is also a cruise that they always sell out far in advance, so I wouldn't sweat it for your June cruise. Enjoy planning, b/c that's half the fun!

 

[JoniJ]

We used points for a cat 6 room for our Feb. cruise and we had NO problem getting one and they gave us a number of them to pick from. I hope you have as much fun planning yours as I am planning ours!!! Joni