Ever tried letting the cruise line pick your cabin if you need multiple cabins?

[shadesofgrey]

I see letting RC pick my cabin is cheaper than picking my own, but I need 3, and we'd like to be close to each other.  Worth the savings or will we wind up spread out all over the ship?

[cruisingguy007]

I wouldn't but if it's not like a parent/child thing and you don't mind being a few doors down or up to 10 cabins away, it could be a money saver. You could also get connecting cabins or some other type of oddity that you may not anticipate. You could also end up on lower decks (probably will). If you are the go with the flow type, go for it. If you're particular, then choose your own.  

Edited May 18, 2021 by cruisingguy007

[1025cruise]

If you need to be near each other, pick your own cabin. If the cruise line picks them, you can end up on different decks, at different ends of the ship.

[cb at sea]

If you need to be close together, PICK YOUR OWN CABINS.  If you don't care if you're decks apart and on different sides of the ship, go for the cheaper option of letting them choose.

 

[LHT28]

I like to know where I am sleeping

location location location

for me it is not worth  it

I do not book GTY  either

 

YMMV

[whogo]

I figure that if you are on the same ship, you are close enough.

[CruisingCanucksTwo]

We've done this a couple of times with CCL and have never been side by side.

Once we were a couple of rooms away on the same deck, and the other time we were on one deck and the children were one deck below us - literally just a few steps away down the stairs.

I'm not sure if we were lucky to be near each other - or if they do try to get them as close as possible.

[sanger727]

I don’t let the cruise line pick my cabin for one cabin. I’m a very light sleeper and therefore picky. Don’t want to be near engines or anchors or under any public areas. I would only do guarantee if you were fine with ANY cabin(s) in that category being assigned.

[shadesofgrey]

Thanks for the input.  I got an awesome upgrade on a guarantee once, but yeah, with 3 cabins and wanting to be close to each other, I'll pick my own!

[MCC retired]

You may choose the most wonderful cabin location yet have it ruined by noisy neighbors  .

Go for Category Guarantee if that cruise rate  saves you a decent amount.

[donaldsc]

I can't imagine letting the cruise line pick anything for me - much less my cabin location.

 

DON

[CruisingCanucksTwo]

I was told by a couple of CCL reps that your membership level/status helps get the better rooms.

So someone platinum on Carnival would get better room assignments then a new cruiser.

This has given us piece of mind a couple times when trying to decide if to choose the room or save some $$$.

[Luckiestmanonearth]

We always pick our own cabin as we like to know where will be.

 

My fear is that it’ll be like when I’ve let airlines pick my seat and it’s always the worst seat on the plane (last row near the bathrooms) and beside the person who’s 400 lbs and needs 1.5 seats

[sanger727]

20 hours ago, Luckiestmanonearth said:

We always pick our own cabin as we like to know where will be.

 

My fear is that it’ll be like when I’ve let airlines pick my seat and it’s always the worst seat on the plane (last row near the bathrooms) and beside the person who’s 400 lbs and needs 1.5 seats

even if you choose your airline seat, if there’s an open seat next to you, the 400 pound guy could still choose that seat. Though I agree about not choosing seats = last row of the plane. I’ve flown twice where I missed a connection so had to be added to a brand new flight at the last minute. Both times that is exactly where we ended up.

 

there was a comment about noisy neighbors ruining a great cabin location, which is true. But I’ve been on 5 cruises without that being an issue. So weighing out the possibility of getting assigned a terrible cabin location where there’s 100% chance of being disrupted by noise, vs choosing a cabin where there’s a very low chance of being disrupted by a noisy neighbor. That is still worthwhile to me.

[Corby114]

In most cases you will end up with three cabins far away from each other and in some instances on different decks if you choose that option. If you want three cabins close to one another it will definitely cost you more.