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What's the best upgrade you've ever had?

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hbear

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But, we didn't consider them upgrades. On one trip Princess upgraded us two decks to mid ship below the pool. We heard chairs scraping all day.

 

Recently, on our Hawaii cruise Princess upgraded us to the cabin at the front of the ship. We didn't like looking down at the ropes and equipment. Also limited photo ops due to narrow peripheral view.

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grand isle joe

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Hey, Joe! When you book the top suite, there's nothing higher to upgrade you into!;) Happy, healthy new year to you, your wife, and your daughter!

 

 

.......Well they could have put us in the Presidental suite...:D:D....Crusing Grandma so great to hear from you now that you are probably spending a couple days on land..:D..What are you up to so far? 1754 days at sea?.We have one booked back on DCL in the spring but this summer back to a land tour to the Southwest this summer. But waiting for the 2014 Med. pricing to go back to our "roots"... Wishing you and Granddad only the BEST NEW YEAR and God willing see you on the water someday...Joe....:)

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cruising grandma

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.......Well they could have put us in the Presidental suite...:D:D....Crusing Grandma so great to hear from you now that you are probably spending a couple days on land..:D..What are you up to so far? 1754 days at sea?.We have one booked back on DCL in the spring but this summer back to a land tour to the Southwest this summer. But waiting for the 2014 Med. pricing to go back to our "roots"... Wishing you and Granddad only the BEST NEW YEAR and God willing see you on the water someday...Joe....:)

 

 

Joe, John and I did land vacations while our children were younger. Now, our daughter is taking our grandchildren on those same wonderful, educational trips! They all loved the last two summers of Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Mt Rushmore, and so many other beautiful American parks. They also did a "Disney week" and enjoyed it, too.

 

I have actually lost count of my nights at sea, but if you care to count them for me they are listed in my signature! I'm booked on Navigator in February, and we'll probably go on Liberty in March. We also bought a popup trailer fall of 2011, and enjoy weekend breaks in the state parks closeby. We really just love any form of travel! John says no European cruise this summer, but the summer's not here or over yet!;)

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grand isle joe

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Joe, John and I did land vacations while our children were younger. Now, our daughter is taking our grandchildren on those same wonderful, educational trips! They all loved the last two summers of Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Mt Rushmore, and so many other beautiful American parks. They also did a "Disney week" and enjoyed it, too.

 

I have actually lost count of my nights at sea, but if you care to count them for me they are listed in my signature! I'm booked on Navigator in February, and we'll probably go on Liberty in March. We also bought a popup trailer fall of 2011, and enjoy weekend breaks in the state parks closeby. We really just love any form of travel! John says no European cruise this summer, but the summer's not here or over yet!;)

 

 

....I would love to add all those voyages up you know once i run out of my fingers and toes I lose count.:confused: Yes we also enjoy our travel in our old RV. Nice little get away without the cost of airfare. Tell John you gotta go to the Med. Barcelona itself is worth the trip alone as you know. :)

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nybumpkin

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On Carnival Conquest, we went from an aft wrap balcony (DH and me) and adjacent aft balcony (two sons) to one grand suite for the four of us - with our sons' entire cruise fares credited. It ended up costing us much less than what we originally booked. Someone REALLY wanted that aft wrap balcony. Had to give up the extra bathroom (as well as the nicer balcony), but cost-wise it was a really good deal.

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First upgrade we got was on HAL Statendam, from a balcony to a full suite, 10 days Carbbean, in March. Wonderful. TA went after for us and surprised us.

 

Received a upgrade from small balcony to a delux on Princess, the original Royal Princess - all balcony ship. Larger cabin on 12 day Baltic, also very nice. First cruise of the season in May, so suspect that is how it happened.

 

Lastly on Celebrity, we got upgraded from a CC cabin to a Royal Suite on a 10 day out of SF to Mexico, which we enjoyed a lot. TA managed it.

 

We generally book the cabin we want, do not request upgrades, so we have been lucky to get these, generally arranged by our TA.

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marco

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We booked minimum guarantee and ended up with the 2nd from the highest category. We always book minimum guarantee and I can't remember the last time we actually got a minimum rate cabin, but only once did we get this kind of an upgrade.

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boulders

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Disney - booked an inside guarantee with kids sail free, got a balcony. :D

 

Royal Caribbean - booked 2 oceanviews, upgraded after final payment to JS and balcony due to residency pricing

 

Princess - got downgraded 3 days before sailing and got a 50% refund (or maybe it was OBC)

 

All of these cruises were 11-14 days in length. Maybe that has something to do with it?

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pris993

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We have been lucky over the years.

 

We got an upgrade to a balcony on the old Royal Princess on a Baltic cruise. The old Royal had very small cabins, so the upgrade was a real bonus.

 

Next upgrade we got was from a balcony to a full suite on the Statendam on a 10 day Carribean... wonderul cabin and cruise. Can't beat breakfast on the balcony... with lots of room at a full table, bathroom with jauzzi and walk in closests.

 

Last upgrade, was on Celebrity Mercury to a Royal Suite on 10 Mexican Riviera cruise.

 

We got each of these at no additional costs. Each a real treat.

 

In each case, our TA is the one that got these upgrade for us.

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kpott77

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Was upgraded from Oceanview to a Grand Suite on my very first cruise. Upon check-in they told us our room had been changed, but didn't say it was upgraded. I was really upset because we had a party of 10 & had booked 5 rooms next to each other. Got on the ship & realized our entire party had been upgraded to suites. But since it was everyone's first time on a cruise, it took us a while to figure out that we'd received a serious upgrade. Wasn't until we walked past other staterooms & glanced in that we realized how incredibly lucky we were!

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Lovemychoos

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Many, many years ago, we had booked an inside cabin on the old Arcadia with P&O. 4 days before our cruise, my husband just happened to be at home at lunchtime, and took a call from our TA asking if we would like an upgrade (they used to ask you then,lol). He said, as all good husbands do, he'd check with me and get back to them. The TA was somewhat taken aback, as it was to a mini-suite, at no cost to us :eek:

 

Bless him, he still said he'd ring me straight away and ring her back. You have no idea how quick our conversation was so he could do just that,lol.

 

Anyway, we were met at check in and escorted straight into the ship. We had a wonderful time, as you can imagine.

 

Blimey P&O, them were the days :)

 

Lou

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JimAOk1945

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We received a free upgrade from a mini suite to a full suite on Caribbean Princess a few years ago. It was a New England/Canada cruise round trip from NY. Fantastic suite!

We were on the starboard side of the ship. From our balcony, we saw the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island on sail away and saw them both again when we woke up on disembarkation morning.

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