GTY Rooms

[DisneyPoly]

For anyone who received a GTY room when booking, when did you find out your cabin number? We are three cabins on the 5/4 sailing and are GTY in Cat 4 rooms. Just curious when we can expect to hear.

Thanks for the help!

 

[Cheryl in PA]

We found out our cabin number about the time that ALL monies are due. So whatever that date is when all final payments are due, is when we heard.

 

[LTGRAMPS]

We didn't get our room # until the day our cruise docs arrived.

 

[Matty02]

we got our room number the night we made our reservations over the phone. by the way... help me out... what does GTY stand for?

 

[dijid]

I'm in a Cat 5 gty for the 5/4 cruise and called DCL About it yesterday. The lady I talked to said that it's a full ship and I shouldn't expect my room assignment until 14 days before we sail. They'll fedex the documents at that time. I really wish we wouldn't have to wait that long.

 

[MICHELLENDEAN]

I am cruising on APril 27th, I found out my cabin number by going to the disney cruise site and going to reservations..on the right it says check your reservation..you put in your confirmation number and telephone number and you'll get your room #.
Good luck!!

 

[daltonsdodisney]

We booked through DU for May 26 and until last week I only had a gty room. After getting advice on the boards, I e-mailed my TA and asked for my official Disney reservation number to see if I had a stateroom assigned yet. She checked and updated my ressie with a stateroom # and gave me the reserv. # as well.

 

[Casey's mom]

We booked a last minute cruise last June and got a Cat. 10 GTY. This was about 3 weeks prior to sailing. About 1-1.5 weeks later, I checked on the DCL website and found that we had been assigned a cabin (Cat 5). Worked out great for us! I was told when we booked that I might not found out our cabin number until we got to the port, so I was, up until we sailed, concerned that we might lose our upgrade.

Have a great trip!

 

[DisneyKids]

Matty02 - I'm not sure what the acronym actually stands for but it means a <b>guaranteed category</b>. At the time you are listed GTY, no specific room has been assigned yet.

 

[daltonsdodisney]

Does it seem to be that last minute cruisers get the upgrades over those who have had reservations for quite some time? I had booked ourselves and my parents under the same password at the same time. They got an assigned stateroom and we had a gty. I was concerned after time went by, that we might not be next to each other so I called my TA and was told told our cat. was full and we might get an upgrade. After waiting a few weeks, I checked our room # on Disney and found we weren't upgraded but are on another deck from my parents. I'm not upset or anything, just after hearing we might get an upgrade and then didn't even get near my parents either, I was just wondering how this worked.

 

[DisneyPoly]

Thanks for the all the responses!

dijid ... glad to hear you are also sailing on 5/4 -- since it is a "full ship" -- my concern is, what if no one cancels -- where do we go???? Did they give you any thoughts on that?

Thanks!

 

[dijid]

DisneyPoly - We are definitely guaranteed to have a room. (Although the thought of getting "bumped" like on an overbooked flight has crossed my mind!) I really don't know much, but I'm guessing they wait til the last minute to finalize some rooms just to make sure they can honor requests for adjoining rooms, handicapped rooms, etc.

Maybe someone else with more knowledge about this can help us out!

 

[Cheryl in PA]

As I said previously, I believe that the final payment deadline is the time when families pay up or don't go. And I am sure there are those who opt to not go on the cruise, therefore cabins open up and that's how the upgrades occur. We went from a 10 to a 5 to a 4 and we leave tomorrow! We originally booked in July and were waiting all that time for a minimum of a 5 but preferrably a 4. We got the news of the upgrade exactly when the final payments were due for the cruise. In fact we had the opportunity to get a category 3 at that time if we wanted it. So, I can only speak from my experience.

 

[dijid]

Cheryl - final payment for our cruise was due 2 1/2 weeks ago. I think that's why DisneyPoly and I are getting a little anxious. Like you say, I had expected rooms to open up at that time and get my room # then. It's very hard to be patient for something like this!

 

[zurgswife]

What happens if they have assigned you a cabin # already. Do those people stand a chance of being upgraded???

 

[Ashkins]

We had a GTY room to begin with.. We got out cabin #'s a few weeks ago... but only 2 are next to each other... the other cabin is on the other side of the ship. And 2 of the cabins are right under one of the bars. I personally don't like the idea of my middle child who will be bunking with grandpa on the other side of the ship. The person my sister has been dealing with for the reservations said there is still a chance of upgrade and cabin rearrangements.

I am hoping we do get an upgrade..

 

[dijid]

DisneyPoly - check your reservation. Found out today we've got a room assigned. I was keeping all my fingers and toes crossed for an upgrade to Cat. 4, but alas we are in Cat. 5. Would have loved that extra space for the Pack and Play. See you there!

 

[DisneyPoly]

dijid ... thanks for the info. Did you book directly with DCL? We booked with Dreams Unlimited and I just checked my reserv. info. on their website and still no room. I was told they would contact me via phone when room was assigned, but still nothing yet.

Thanks!

 

[cruisnfamily]

All of these upgrades you guys are talking about you paid for right? You took a higher category and then were wait listed for lower category? You're not saying they upgraded you at no charge are you?

Sorry if this is kind of a silly question, I just wasn't sure what you were all talking about.

Thanks

 

[albiats]

If you call for a reservation in a certain category, let's say category 10, and they're full or nearly full, so they assign you a Guaranty Category (GTY). You pay the same price and you are Guaranteed to have a cabin in category 10 or higher.

Suppose they have 100 cabins and 110 reservations, with the last 15 being taken as GTY. From experience, they know that just before the final payment date, an average of 10 percent of the people have to cancel or reschedule, for one reason or another. I'm sure there is a cutoff point where they know it would be foolish to book additional GTY cabins because it would most likely require the higher cabin. For example, they wouldn't want to book 200 reservations if they only had 100 cabins total.

Right after the final payment date, 8 people have had to cancel. Now they have 102 reservations for the 100 cabins. They make cabin assignments in category 10 for the 13, and the remaining 2 that are in GTY status have to be upgraded. So they look in category 9 to see if there are two available cabins, if so, they assign them there, if not, they keep looking higher.

My example is very basic and there are probably several complications that could be encountered that would make the outcome different.

DCL gives complimentary upgrades when the situation is necessary for them. They don't usually move people up to higher categories just because space is avalable.

hope that helps