Inventory question

[Mom2Elliot]

So we have a booking over xmas that we booked a few weeks ago as an IGT rate. We have never cruised before. I think I booked a DCL cruise once and cancelled pretty quickly as the cost seemed so high. Anyway, the pice and timing worked out for this one. All that said, I have never really paid attention to how DCL does cabin inventory/pricing. As we are IGT, I am frequently looking to see what cabins are available still to play the "where might we be" game (if it even works that way!).

I have been keeping a little note of cabin inventory every few days over the past few weeks because clearly I have too much time on my hands:

Inside: 37, 13, 0, 0, 22, unavailable
Inside deluxe: 17, 5, 12, 2, 2, unavailable
Oceanview: 42, 25, 27, 6, 21, 26, 19, 24 on Friday, and today: unavailable
Deluxe verandah: 45, 30, 18, 21, 18, 26, 37, 36, 36
Family Verandah: 18, 17, 11, 19, 17, 17, 17, 17, 16

I was surprised the inside cabins had crazy variability and then suddenly became unavailable, so even though I know I am in an inside cabin, I decided to keep writing down the number of cabins left in other categories. Why is there such wild fluctuations in the number of cabins - especially so close to the cruise date? I assume you have to pay in full like we did?

 

[ladypiph]

This is just a theory of mine. Sometimes you won't even get assigned a room until you check in at the port (rare but can happen). I think this can happen when other people upgrade at the port as well. For example someone in a 10A inside room upgrades to a 9D now that 10A room is vacant so an 11A can now upgrade as well if they would like thus emptying that room as well. I know they have a method of some sorts I just haven't cracked the code yet. Hope this helps.

 

[ladypiph]

This is just a theory of mine. Sometimes you won't even get assigned a room until you check in at the port (rare but can happen). I think this can happen when other people upgrade at the port as well. For example someone in a 10A inside room upgrades to a 9D now that 10A room is vacant so an 11A can now upgrade as well if they would like thus emptying that room as well. Up until the PIF date we are allowed to change rooms so a room that was booked may suddenly become available or if someone cancels. I know they have a method of some sorts I just haven't cracked the code yet. Hope this helps.

 

[Mom2Elliot]

This is just a theory of mine. Sometimes you won't even get assigned a room until you check in at the port (rare but can happen). I think this can happen when other people upgrade at the port as well. For example someone in a 10A inside room upgrades to a 9D now that 10A room is vacant so an 11A can now upgrade as well if they would like thus emptying that room as well. I know they have a method of some sorts I just haven't cracked the code yet. Hope this helps.

Thank you! I was wondering if they blocked out the inside rooms in the hopes people would book ocean view, then block out the ocean view in hopes of verandah sales? I would have thought they would try and fill the cheaper rooms, as the verandah rooms over xmas are $$$, but I am sure the have their reasons! Interesting on the upgrade at port. I hadn't considered that - perhaps we will be able to upgrade for a decent price as well

 

[lanejudy]

It is possible they pulled rooms or blocks of rooms while working on GTY assignments. Also, each time someone "peeks" at booking and a specific room, that room is temporarily blocked. Plus if they have sold enough *GT bookings, those categories may in fact be sold out.

Enjoy your cruise!

 

[Quellman]

Rumor has it that they don't show all available rooms anyway. They show a sampling of rooms in that category.

 

[Mom2Elliot]

It is possible they pulled rooms or blocks of rooms while working on GTY assignments. Also, each time someone "peaks" at booking and a specific room, that room is temporarily blocked. Plus if they have sold enough *GT bookings, those categories may in fact be sold out.

Enjoy your cruise!

Oh that makes sense - especially as there are now 22 cabins available in Oceanview that was unavailable yesterday! Thank you, I am sure we will have a blast!