Let's use this thread to keep track of IGT, OGT and VGT assignments?

[DisneyPups]

#1. Did you book a IGT, OGT or VGT room, and on which ship? VGT Dream 12/12

#2. How many days before the cruise were you assigned your room? 18

#3. What category (ex: 7a, 4c, 11c or whatever) and room # did you get? 5E

#4. Are you happy with your assignment or do you feel like you got a "leftover"- undesirable room/location? Not thrilled, but not bummed. I'm jealous of the category 4s, but I guess I can't complain. We'll see how being 2 doors down from the kids' clubs goes in terms of noise. But we're happy to be on the ship either way.

#5. If you booked more than one room, are they close together? N/A

#6. How many days before departure date did you book? 37

 

[cravingacruise]

#1. Did you book a IGT, OGT or VGT room, and on which ship? VGT Dream 12/12

#2. How many days before the cruise were you assigned your room? 18

#3. What category (ex: 7a, 4c, 11c or whatever) and room # did you get? 5A

#4. Are you happy with your assignment or do you feel like you got a "leftover"- undesirable room/location? Yes, we are happy. The noise above on deck 11 may be an issue, but we are just thankful to be on this cruise and have a balcony! We are close to the elevators.

#5. If you booked more than one room, are they close together? My husband and I linked our reservation with another couple (We will both be celebrating our anniversaries on this cruise). We were hoping to have verandahs next door to each other so we could possibly open them up into one larger balcony. However, there is one cabin in between us. Either way, we are thrilled to be going on this cruise.

#6. How many days before departure date did you book? 42

 

[Savikins]

1. Did you book a IGT, OGT or VGT room, and on which ship? OGT Wonder 12/12

2. How many days before the cruise were you assigned your room? 11

3. What category (ex: 7a, 4c, 11c or whatever) and room # did you get? 9A

4. Are you happy with your assignment or do you feel like you got a "leftover"- undesirable room/location? Very happy! We are super happy to be on an upper deck and to have a large porthole instead of two small ones. I will post a more detailed room review once I've actually been in the room, lol!

5. If you booked more than one room, are they close together? N/A

6. How many days before departure date did you book? 44 or 45 I think

 

[wl1117]

Happy Birthday to Me! I finally got a room number.



#1. Did you book a IGT, OGT or VGT room, and on which ship? VGT Fantasy 12/13

#2. How many days before the cruise were you assigned your room? 11

#3. What category (ex: 7a, 4c, 11c or whatever) and room # did you get? 5a

#4. Are you happy with your assignment or do you feel like you got a "leftover"- undesirable room/location? Very happy! Deck 9 Forward, exactly where we were hoping to be.

#5. If you booked more than one room, are they close together? N/A

#6. How many days before departure date did you book? Exactly 1 month

 

[bobbiwoz]

Waiting...January 4 sailing!

 

[unimog]

Newbie to DCL here. Sorry if this info is found elsewhere, but I just booked VGT through a travel agent. Fantasy Jan 10, 2015, in case anyone is interested.

Will my room likely be assigned before check-in like most of those here? If so, where will I see that: will I get a notification or should I log into the DCL site every day to check?

TIA

 

[Funky Chicken]

Newbie to DCL here. Sorry if this info is found elsewhere, but I just booked VGT through a travel agent. Fantasy Jan 10, 2015, in case anyone is interested. Will my room likely be assigned before check-in like most of those here? If so, where will I see that: will I get a notification or should I log into the DCL site every day to check? TIA

I am booked VGT on the same sailing. I check the website daily even though cabins usually don't assign until 10-14 days out. Maybe with the holiday they will assign sooner.

 

[disbride713]

#1. Did you book a IGT, OGT or VGT room, and on which ship? IGT Magic 1/4/15
#2. How many days before the cruise were you assigned your room? 18 days
#3. What category (ex: 7a, 4c, 11c or whatever) and room # did you get? 10C, 1045
#4. Are you happy with your assignment or do you feel like you got a "leftover"- undesirable room/location? Undesirable, but it beats not cruising at all..and to get a split bath is a bonus!
#5. If you booked more than one room, are they close together? NA
#6. How many days before departure date did you book? 34 Days

 

[unimog]

Love the info packed into this thread! I do a lot of data scientist kind of work as a career, so I love to look at data. It helps me as I anxiously await my VGT cabin assignment! Here are some stats on when the cabins are assigned based on all of the data in this thread:

IGT Alone:

OGT:

VGT:

Pretty obvious that, based on statistics, I can likely expect an assignment for my Jan 10th cruise sometime around Dec 30th. Hope someone else finds this useful, too!

 

[lotofheart]

This was really helpful!! Thanks. I'm on the same cruise as you and had hoped for an assignment on Monday the 29th. I'm so impatient - this is killing me

 

[Funky Chicken]

Bumping for the 1/10 Fantasy *GT gang-maybe today???

 

[lotofheart]

I hope so, Funky Chicken. I can't wait any longer. Although I am worried we won't hear until Wednesday I am still hoping for today

 

[Funky Chicken]

I hope so, Funky Chicken. I can't wait any longer. Although I am worried we won't hear until Wednesday I am still hoping for today

Part of me says it doesn't matter, and the other part is dying to know!
I think they have a pretty big number of *GT cabins to assign for this sailing based on following cruisefish daily.

 

[jesemeca]

I am looking at the January 19th cruise on the Dream. They have yet to release VGT rates. What are my chances that they still might?

 

[PIGLETSMOMMA]

I am looking at the January 19th cruise on the Dream. They have yet to release VGT rates. What are my chances that they still might?

Usually, in my observations, they start to show up around 4-5 weeks out. But I would keep my eye on the cruise. Especially if you see there are IGTs and OGTs. Then the VGTs can appear and disappear throughout the days ahead.

 

[BerardFam]

On average, how much of a cost saving is there by going with a VGT or an OGT or IGT? I am looking to go on the April 18 Fantasy Eastern Caribbean cruise, I need 2 rooms since there are 6 of the us and am trying to determine if it is worth waiting to see if a VGT is offered or not? I do have small children so the location of the rooms is important, trying to see if the cost saving is truly worth it?

thanks

 

[PIGLETSMOMMA]

On average, how much of a cost saving is there by going with a VGT or an OGT or IGT? I am looking to go on the April 18 Fantasy Eastern Caribbean cruise, I need 2 rooms since there are 6 of the us and am trying to determine if it is worth waiting to see if a VGT is offered or not? I do have small children so the location of the rooms is important, trying to see if the cost saving is truly worth it?

thanks

Go to DCL and look at some of the ones that currently have the IGT/OGT/VGT available. Put in your 3 and 3 room configuration and compare that way. It is a big savings, but you also run the risk of these offerings never opening up and then you would pay more to wait. But usually, if you are selecting off-peak times, you will see the offerings appear.

 

[jesemeca]

Usually, in my observations, they start to show up around 4-5 weeks out. But I would keep my eye on the cruise. Especially if you see there are IGTs and OGTs. Then the VGTs can appear and disappear throughout the days ahead.

Well, actually there are no IGTs or OGTs either. No discounts at all.

 

[ithaki2]

Pretty obvious that, based on statistics, I can likely expect an assignment for my Jan 10th cruise sometime around Dec 30th. Hope someone else finds this useful, too!

Pretty interesting data. As someone who also works with and loves Data, be interesting to see these broken down by *gt and ship

 

[Funky Chicken]

On average, how much of a cost saving is there by going with a VGT or an OGT or IGT? I am looking to go on the April 18 Fantasy Eastern Caribbean cruise, I need 2 rooms since there are 6 of the us and am trying to determine if it is worth waiting to see if a VGT is offered or not? I do have small children so the location of the rooms is important, trying to see if the cost saving is truly worth it?

thanks

Our VGT fare is over 30% cheaper than we have paid to book a 5C cabin at posted price on two prior sailings, one of which was the EXACT same week/itinerary/ship in 2013 and the other being in April 2014. If we are assigned a higher cat than 5C the savings is larger.