I will usually choose the level, if the room allocated is not 'right', I will cancel the transaction and retry again until I get my choice room.
Thanks for reminder bro
@givansingapore . I think you refer to the Cancel button when room number is generated after selecting add-on. It's worth doing some homework in advance so that can decrypt the type of room one is assigned with from number, although I guess the system will sure maximize Genting's benefit by deliberately assigning lousy rooms (facing generator or zero sunlight) to guests who don't pay for view options.
Pure luck because it depends on which rooms are available. I paid for early check-in at about 12.30pm and non smoking room. I got 9983 which faced inside with generator at the lower level.
Limited samples here, but let's see what others saw on their screens at different timings. Pardon for WoT.
1) RWG demonstration video, 2017. There was a "Theme Park View" option which is no longer seen in any other recent screens (blocked by new construction, maybe?).
2) Actual Y5 Triple check-in at 12.31pm on Monday, 24 Jun 2019 (probably peak, since school holiday ended on 30 Jun that year). Non-smoking room option is not available to choose separately, but allowed at RM5 in triple-combo under More Option (total RM15). Guest chose zero add-on (but with RM5 early check-in) and was assigned with Room 3978 (low-level facing RSC1 hostel).
3) Actual Deluxe check-in at 6.00pm on Friday, 28 Aug 2020 (Friday peak). Mountain View fully snapped, but non-smoking room can be chosen separately free of charge. More Option is available. Guest chose zero add-on and was assigned with Room 1829 (zero-sunlight room).
4) Actual Y5 Triple check-in between 12-3pm on Friday, 4 Sep 2020 (Friday peak). Mountain View still available, but non-smoking room can be chosen separately free of charge. More Option is available. Guest chose non-smoking room and was charged with RM5 (early check-in). Room assigned is unknown.
In conclusion,
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non-smoking room option was free at least before Sep 2020, but
is still promised as free in the reservation confirmation as of Jun 2022.
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Mountain View rooms are available between 12-3pm, unsure between 3-4pm, and
most likely running out by 5-6pm.
- the initial system in 2017 only allowed
one special room request per check-in, but has been added with
triple-combo since 2020 for multiple requests.
Triple-combo is the only instance where non-smoking is chargeable at RM5.
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if you don't add on anything, you get a lousy room at first, no matter how early you check in. The only unsure thing is whether restarting the entire check-in process secures a better room.
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lack of non-peak samples (Mon-Thu outside PH and school holiday) to examine.
How different are they from the kiosk screen layout you saw,
@Taurus66 ?