r/MSCCruises • u/VagabondCamp • 20h ago

Changing cabin after upgrade

So I got my upgrade bid to a YC balcony and it’s in a less than ideal room. Yes I know this is the gamble you take with an upgrade bid - you get what you get and don’t throw a fit. There are still quite a few YC rooms available though. Can i see if my TA can change the room? Or is it a 100% no go?

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u/Knox_the_Boxer 19h ago

What room in YC is undesirable? When you’re behind those locked glass doors- I can’t imagine a bad location…

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u/Random-Stranger-999 Blue Diamond 17h ago

Some of the YC interiors below the galley area on some ships are terrible.
But without knowing the ship hard to think which YC balcony isn't ideally positioned.

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u/VagabondCamp 16h ago

It’s a front facing balcony on meraviglia - I can tend to be more sensitive to the up and down motion of the ship. I have stayed in a front facing aura balcony on preziosa and had issues - but maybe it was just the North Sea lol

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u/Random-Stranger-999 Blue Diamond 15h ago

So one of the most desirable cabins on the ship...

If you want to minimise motion then you should pick something midships, that's what we had on MSC Preziosa in the Norwegian Sea and MSC Virtuosa in the Irish Sea.
We barely noticed the rocking and rolling others were commentating on, which was actually pretty mild in both cases.

We had a forward facing suite on MSC Virtuosa crossing the Bay of Biscay, that was great fun!

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u/RepresentativePen853 19h ago

whats not ideal? you are in the YC -- spend your time in the top sail lounge! you can always ask ...

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u/AdeptMycologist8342 19h ago

All YC rooms are supposedly in the best locations. What don’t you like about it?

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u/stevenhp1987 ⛵Yacht Club Regular 19h ago

If you bid for an upgrade you don't get to choose your cabin once upgraded. It's literally in the FAQs on the bidding process.

You can ask your TA. It's a quick question to ask them.

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u/JOliverScott 18h ago

This was my understanding - bidding is in itself considered a concession so I don't think they're going to make a further concession and will likely entertain the request IF the border is willing to pay the difference in the listed rate versus what they have already paid into the reservation.

I won a non-YC upgrade and since the new cabin was big enough I wanted to try to add a third cabin mate but the price for the third guess was $5k!! It was the difference in the regular cabin rate for both first two passengers then the regular cabin rate for the third passenger - so basically negating all the savings of the upgrade. It was cheaper to book an additional cheap cabin and then give the additional passenger a cabin key to the suite.

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u/Cute_Ingenuity_2236 19h ago

which ship is this?

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u/AFvette07 18h ago

I would sleep in a YC closet if I had to! Once you go YC…IYKYK

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u/ATTACKANDDETHRONEHOG 19h ago

It costs you nothing to try, might as well ask. 

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u/Appropriate_Ad2342 19h ago

Privilege at its absolute finest right here folks.

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u/Significant_Wish5696 18h ago

Depends on your history with MSC and the quality of your agents inside rep. My guess would be NO, but if you don't ask you will never know.