onboard upgrades

[Simba Sarah]

Once I board the ship, are cabin upgrades any cheaper? I know that some cruise lines will let you upgrade to a room for as low as $15.00. Thanks again DISboards!!!

 

[Mjasp]

Just be careful with upgrading. Once you upgrade you may never go back. We went from a category 9 to a category 5 and then when we rebooked on board DH only wanted a category 5.

If we upgraded this cruise I know DH will want to stay with the upgrade on our next cruise. Imagine having to talk him down from a category 3 or 4.

Joanna

 

[AnnMorin]

We are currently in a Cat.6 have done 6 and 5 prior but would love to upgrade to a 3 or 4. how much is the upgrade cost?Do you check at check in to see if there are cabins avail?

 

[CarolAnnC]

When you check in at the Port they can give you the price which is basically the difference between the two categories in price. This won't necessarily be a discounted price as Early Booking Savings will not apply. Be aware that is subject to availability though, and the ships have been sailing full nearly all cruises. Good luck!

 

[scottie]

Can we still upgrade at check in if we booked our cat. 4 room on points? I would like to pay the cash difference maybe to move to cat. 3 room. Does anyone know what is the approx $ difference between a cat 4 and cat 3 is in late September?

 

[Mjasp]

$1400 per person more for 2003. Looking at the price list given on board. Price for a cat. 3 is $2999 per adult. I'm sure its more now as the early booking savings prices was given to us 2 months ago. WOW That is alot of money.

 

[CarolAnnC]

It is my understanding that DVC points cannot be applied towards use of any stateroom higher than a category 4 on board ship. I do not believe they would allow an upgrade to a category 3 unless you were paying totally with cash.

 

[goofydadeo]

On our 11/24/02 Eastern I booked cat. 8 with DVC points and the upgraded to cat. 6 for roughly $350 when checking in. I was told I got the last upgrade on the ship. It was around 2pm when I checked in (took the first DCL bus from the Contemporary). Get there early if you really want to have a shot at it! And everyone is correct - now I always just fork over the money upfront for a cat. 5 or 6 because I was spoiled on the first cruise with having a veranda and I can't imagine cruising without one!!!

 

[Hygiene99]

This is We believe , first an upgrade has to be done at the
port. that is not on the actual ship once u step foot on the ship it is to late must be done at the ticket counter in the port building ....
Second .... W did this We had booked a Cat 10 on deck 5 Yes it was a secret porthole room , witch is like an upgrade u can give yourself....... if u boook it... to cat 4 on deck 8
there was no Cat 3 avaliable ....... so off to stateroom 8502
we went there where several rooms in this cat aval.
ok so for the cat 10 s/r we paid 1700.00 and the upgrade was $1000.00 so for the whole cruise $2700.00 for 2 people
and we also recieved a $100.00 ship board credit
for what i dont know upgrading u guess ???
and the other shipboard credit we already had of $100.00
so i think it was worth it loved the room location
next time back to cat 10 , but we liked it so much we did upgrade to cat 7 already going to try nav verandah