Guarantee Status vs. IGT/OGT/VGT

[ReadySET10]

Now I am confused between GTY and VGT. See below. My reservation has both on it for our Oct sailing on the Dream.

Your Stateroom: GTY​

4 Guest:

Guaranteed Verandah Stateroom with Restrictions

Category: VGT
Deck: To Be Assigned
Location: To Be Assigned

The GTY is a guaranteed category. Yours is the VGT (see how it says category VGT). It is still a guaranteed stateroom but the restrictions it has on it makes it a different category. The GTY are typically a specific category, like GTY 4B or something. With the VGT you can get placed into any verandah category.

 

[merrybee]

What category GTY cabin did you book? GTY 07A
2. What category and room # did you get? 04C Deck 6 Aft, Starboard
3. How many days before the cruise were you assigned your room? 36
4. Are you happy with your assignment or do you feel like you got a "leftover?" Happy!
5. If you booked more than one room, are they close together? N/A
6. What ship are you sailing? Fantasy
7. What day of the week was your cabin assigned? Friday
8. What time of day was your cabin assigned? Afternoon
9. What month is your cruise? October

 

[maui2k5]

How we should expect to be notified of our room assignment. Is it just checking the app/website or does DCL send you an email with the room assignment (this is for VGT).

Thanks!

 

[DisneyPrince22]

How we should expect to be notified of our room assignment. Is it just checking the app/website or does DCL send you an email with the room assignment (this is for VGT).

Thanks!

Just need to keep checking the app/website.

 

[badinnplaid]

What category GTY cabin did you book? GTY 07A
2. What category and room # did you get? 04C Deck 6 Aft, Starboard
3. How many days before the cruise were you assigned your room? 36
4. Are you happy with your assignment or do you feel like you got a "leftover?" Happy!
5. If you booked more than one room, are they close together? N/A
6. What ship are you sailing? Fantasy
7. What day of the week was your cabin assigned? Friday
8. What time of day was your cabin assigned? Afternoon
9. What month is your cruise? October

I’m so jealous! We leave on Fantasy in 3 weeks and still nothing!

 

[Doberge]

Does Disney fulfill guaranteed categories before VGT/OGT/IGT? For example, will they assign all the 7A GTY before VGT, potentially upgrading the 7A GTY to another category and then filling the VGT into whatever remains after upgrades? Or is it one GTY pool? Or do we not know? Thanks in advance.

 

[Niclovesdisney]

Does Disney fulfill guaranteed categories before VGT/OGT/IGT? For example, will they assign all the 7A GTY before VGT, potentially upgrading the 7A GTY to another category and then filling the VGT into whatever remains after upgrades? Or is it one GTY pool? Or do we not know? Thanks in advance.

On our cruise last month the staterooms with a specific category eg 9c, 7a were filled about a week before the VGT/OGT/IGT.

 

[CarouselofColor]

What category GTY cabin did you book? GTY 07A
2. What category and room # did you get? 05A Deck 10 Forward
3. How many days before the cruise were you assigned your room? 24
4. Are you happy with your assignment or do you feel like you got a "leftover?" Super happy!
5. If you booked more than one room, are they close together? N/A
6. What ship are you sailing? Dream
7. What day of the week was your cabin assigned? Wednesday
8. What time of day was your cabin assigned? Morning- it wasn't assigned last night when I went to bed, woke up to a bunch of people in my cruise facebook group having got assignments this morning
9. What month is your cruise? October

 

[MIAMouseketeer]

What category GTY cabin did you book? GTY 07A
2. What category and room # did you get? 05A Deck 10 Forward
3. How many days before the cruise were you assigned your room? 24
4. Are you happy with your assignment or do you feel like you got a "leftover?" Super happy!
5. If you booked more than one room, are they close together? N/A
6. What ship are you sailing? Dream
7. What day of the week was your cabin assigned? Wednesday
8. What time of day was your cabin assigned? Morning- it wasn't assigned last night when I went to bed, woke up to a bunch of people in my cruise facebook group having got assignments this morning
9. What month is your cruise? October

Ugh, we leave in 16 days and we still haven't been assigned. I didn't give it much thought until we hit the 3 week mark and now I'm constantly checking

 

[badinnplaid]

What category GTY cabin did you book? VGT
2. What category and room # did you get? 05B, Deck 7 Forward
3. How many days before the cruise were you assigned your room? 17
4. Are you happy with your assignment or do you feel like you got a "leftover?" Pretty happy with it--specifically happy all of our rooms are together
5. If you booked more than one room, are they close together? Yes--4 cabins all together. Two pairs of connecting cabins, even with the correct parties connected!
6. What ship are you sailing? Fantasy
7. What day of the week was your cabin assigned? Tuesday
8. What time of day was your cabin assigned? Early Afternoon (around 1:30pm)
9. What month is your cruise? October

 

[luvdisney73]

What category GTY cabin did you book? GTY 07A
2. What category and room # did you get? 05 B Deck 7 Forward #7036, Port
3. How many days before the cruise were you assigned your room? 36
4. Are you happy with your assignment or do you feel like you got a "leftover?" We are happy even though we wanted Starboard
5. If you booked more than one room, are they close together? yes, connecting
6. What ship are you sailing? Fantasy
7. What day of the week was your cabin assigned? Thursday
8. What time of day was your cabin assigned? Afternoon
9. What month is your cruise? October

 

[mjkpreno]

What category GTY cabin did you book? OGT
2. What category and room # did you get? 9A Deck 5 Forward #5002, Port
3. How many days before the cruise were you assigned your room? 15
4. Are you happy with your assignment or do you feel like you got a "leftover?" I don't know better, but overall pretty happy. Seems like the FWD cabins on Deck 5 on the "Classics" are fairly popular. Good location, close to Oceaneer's club, FWD elevator, etc. A little concerned about noise from theater below, but we will likely miss most of the noise when we are in the room (late evening, random during day).
5. If you booked more than one room, are they close together? N/A
6. What ship are you sailing? Wonder
7. What day of the week was your cabin assigned? Friday
8. What time of day was your cabin assigned? 830PM
9. What month is your cruise? October

 

[leelee9878]

1. What category GTY cabin did you book? OGT
2. What category and room # did you get? 9C Deck 2 Forward #2534
3. How many days before the cruise were you assigned your room? 15
4. Are you happy with your assignment or do you feel like you got a "leftover?" Eh, I was hoping not to get deck 2, glad we are by the fwd and mid elevators but worried about being under fathoms and the noise.
5. If you booked more than one room, are they close together? Yes, a couple doors down
6. What ship are you sailing? Magic
7. What day of the week was your cabin assigned? Monday
8. What time of day was your cabin assigned? 12:30 pm
9. What month is your cruise? October

 

[MIAMouseketeer]

What category GTY cabin did you book? GTY 07A
2. What category and room # did you get? 04E Deck 5 forward, port side
3. How many days before the cruise were you assigned your room? 9
4. Are you happy with your assignment or do you feel like you got a "leftover?" Pretty happy
5. If you booked more than one room, are they close together? N/A
6. What ship are you sailing? Dream
7. What day of the week was your cabin assigned? Wednesday
8. What time of day was your cabin assigned? Afternoon
9. What month is your cruise? September

I was really hoping for a 4a-4d for the extra space, but very pleased with the 4e. The large balcony is lost on us, but the location is great as we like being on the same deck as the Oceaneer Club

 

[Primerz]

1. What category GTY cabin did you book? IGT
2. What category and room # did you get? 6041, Mid
3. How many days before the cruise were you assigned your room? 15 + a few hours
4. Are you happy with your assignment or do you feel like you got a "leftover?" Have no feelings- bought at a discount, got what was advertised
5. If you booked more than one room, are they close together? N/A
6. What ship are you sailing? Magic
7. What day of the week was your cabin assigned? Monday
8. What time of day was your cabin assigned? Afternoon
9. What month is your cruise? October

I am happy that we got a higher deck than expected, though I had low expectations.

 

[maui2k5]

1. What category GTY cabin did you book? VGT
2. What category and room # did you get? 8538, Category 05B, Deck 8 Forward
3. How many days before the cruise were you assigned your room? 15
4. Are you happy with your assignment or do you feel like you got a "leftover?" Very happy. We wanted deck 8 starboard and that’s what we got. A family sized room would be nice, but not a deal breaker in any way for the 4 of us.
5. If you booked more than one room, are they close together? N/A
6. What ship are you sailing? Dream
7. What day of the week was your cabin assigned? Wednesday
8. What time of day was your cabin assigned? Noon (12pm EST)
9. What month is your cruise? October

We are very happy with our room. Having a great view of Castaway Cay will be cool and we like being near the stairs. We may inquire at the port about available upgrade options (11:15am PAT), but would only upgrade for either a family stateroom starboard or concierge if the upgrade fee is minimal. Overall, very excited for our upcoming cruise!

 

[anjuan]

1. What category GTY cabin did you book? OGT
2. What category and room # did you get? 8004, Category 9C, Forward
3. How many days before the cruise were you assigned your room? 14
4. Are you happy with your assignment or do you feel like you got a "leftover?" I'm ok. I got what I paid for.
5. If you booked more than one room, are they close together? N/A
6. What ship are you sailing? Dream
7. What day of the week was your cabin assigned? Tuesday
8. What time of day was your cabin assigned? Noon (12pm EST)
9. What month is your cruise? October

Our PAT is 11am so I'll probably check into see if we can upgrade at the port.

 

[FranDVCMadrid]

What category GTY cabin did you book? GTY 07A
2. What category and room # did you get? 05 B Deck 7 Forward #7036, Port
3. How many days before the cruise were you assigned your room? 36
4. Are you happy with your assignment or do you feel like you got a "leftover?" We are happy even though we wanted Starboard
5. If you booked more than one room, are they close together? yes, connecting
6. What ship are you sailing? Fantasy
7. What day of the week was your cabin assigned? Thursday
8. What time of day was your cabin assigned? Afternoon
9. What month is your cruise? October

We're on the Oct 29th sailing, so we hope to have our GTY 07A assignment today or tomorrow

 

[JonMcIntosh]

What category GTY cabin did you book? OGT
2. What category and room # did you get? 08B Deck 9 Forward, Port, 9006 + 9008
3. How many days before the cruise were you assigned your room? 15
4. Are you happy with your assignment or do you feel like you got a "leftover?" I'm happy. There are larger rooms out there, but my kids are excited about the "sit-in" port hole. If I would've bought this room outright, I would've paid $1,840.72 more for it than I did. I saved $3,681.44 by booking OGT. That's insane. So, yeah, I'm happy. Hell, I've never cruised before, so I don't care what end of the boat we're on... it looks good to me! (Edit: maybe we'll end up wishing we were more midship, but I'm still happy.)
5. If you booked more than one room, are they close together? Connecting!
6. What ship are you sailing? Fantasy
7. What day of the week was your cabin assigned? Thursday
8. What time of day was your cabin assigned? Afternoon
9. What month is your cruise? October

 

[pandahugger]

1. What category GTY cabin did you book? VGT
2. What category and room # did you get? 04E, Deck 7, AFT, 7194
3. How many days before the cruise were you assigned your room? 12
4. Are you happy with your assignment or do you feel like you got a "leftover?" I'm happy. If I had chosen the room myself I'd have paid $1500 more. Plus the balcony looks very spacious.
5. If you booked more than one room, are they close together? NA
6. What ship are you sailing? Dream
7. What day of the week was your cabin assigned? Tuesday
8. What time of day was your cabin assigned? 4-5 PM EST (I checked almost hourly since 30 days out)
9. What month is your cruise? October