******* 10/14/08 Booking...questions, Hold Time, Prices, What Did You Get???

[momtomari]

my grandma and mom have decided that they would like to go with us as well on the transatlantic eastbound. would there be any sort of discount for booking 2 rooms??? right now there are 2 connecting rooms online but i have a reservation to transfer. so i am going to sleep praying that those rooms are still there when i call them at 8 in the morning.

amanda

 

[CraftyMouse]

my grandma and mom have decided that they would like to go with us as well on the transatlantic eastbound. would there be any sort of discount for booking 2 rooms??? right now there are 2 connecting rooms online but i have a reservation to transfer. so i am going to sleep praying that those rooms are still there when i call them at 8 in the morning.

amanda

No, there is on discount for booking 2 rooms. DCL is so family oriented that they'd be giving out a LOT of discounts to parties with more than one room! Discounts start, I believe, at 8 or 10 rooms.

 

[cruellababy]

we got this am online a cat 10 2 adults WB repo; w air and ins. I had to wait till today as DH got paid!

 

[momtomari]

No, there is on discount for booking 2 rooms. DCL is so family oriented that they'd be giving out a LOT of discounts to parties with more than one room! Discounts start, I believe, at 8 or 10 rooms.

thank you very much when i was looking last night it was quoting the first room more than the sec room for the same amount of people so i wonder if the second had put them into another tier price.

however, i called this morning and was able to get 2 connecting rooms for us. it will be me, dd5, aunt, mom, and grandma

amanda

 

[AlexandNessa]

IMO the rates for the WB aren't bad. This is for 2A2K no air or ins...showing on the site at 8:26 am ET.

Category 04 $ 8,406.92

Category 05 $ 8,206.92

Category 06 $ 7,986.92

Category 08 $ 6,166.92

Category 09 $ 5,966.92

Category 10 $ 5,046.92

Category 11 $ 4,686.92

Sorry I didn't have online access yesterday, but I agree with you; we were very pleased with the prices!

This was our experience: DH called the reg DCL number right at 8 am yesterday. Never got through. I called the Castaway Cay DCL number. Got 10 minutes of busy signals, then finally a ring and hold time. Hold time was given as 11 minutes. Think they answered in < 15. We got our stateroom that we wanted, at a price which I thought was great, all before 8:30 am yesterday.

2A (no kids). 9/18/10, WB TA repo, Cat 3, cruise and fees only (no ins, air, xfers, hotels) $8645.46

 

[smeecanada]

2A (no kids). 9/18/10, WB TA repo, Cat 3, cruise and fees only (no ins, air, xfers, hotels) $8645.46

Nice price for a CAT3. Wish we could book the TA Repo but the dates don't work for the kids' schooling. Enjoy.

 

[AlexandNessa]

Thanks, I have been reading this thread and feeling guilty that we had so little trouble getting what we wanted.

I am ashamed to say that we actually paid $7792 for a Cat 3 for a 7-night Western this past May (booked on the first day dates became available 1/31/07). The WB TA seems like a bargain in comparison.

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

I have just been on the DCL site, see next page
The only Baltic cruise I can get prices on is this one:-

Now some cabins might be out with TA's and might get returned to stock so availability might show in 24 hours,

But look at the prices now!

 

[bound2travel]

This is the first time I've posted to the cruise thread but.... this is the first time I've booked a Disney cruise!!!! Ok, it's also the first time I've booked ANY cruise EVER

I got the transatlantic EB April 10 cruise - and I have the stateroom (deck 6- cat. 11) all to myself.

I do know two couples going though so I'm not completely insane. I also plan on booking a weekend cruise on Disney this next year just to get my feet "wet" so to speak.

Now, to me the funny part is... that I have a trip to a location but no way home -- I'll worry about that part later.

Anyway, I had to share as I am SO excited.

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

This is the first time I've posted to the cruise thread but.... this is the first time I've booked a Disney cruise!!!! Ok, it's also the first time I've booked ANY cruise EVER

I got the transatlantic EB April 10 cruise - and I have the stateroom (deck 6- cat. 11) all to myself.

I do know two couples going though so I'm not completely insane. I also plan on booking a weekend cruise on Disney this next year just to get my feet "wet" so to speak.

Now, to me the funny part is... that I have a trip to a location but no way home -- I'll worry about that part later.

Anyway, I had to share as I am SO excited.

Congrats!

 

[jilljill]

I have just been on the DCL site, I cannot get any reservations to come up for my 07/18 cruise with or without kids so appearers at this time to be sold out.

The only Baltic cruise I can get prices on is this one:-

Now some cabins might be out with TA's and might get returned to stock so availability might show in 24 hours,

But look at the prices now!

Funny...I just checked the DCL site and the 7/18/10 cruise came up for me with 2A1C (age 16) The prices are the same as they were yesterday afternoon.

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Funny...I just checked the DCL site and the 7/18/10 cruise came up for me with 2A1C (age 16).

I tried quite a few times just in the last 15 mins and would allow me to do anything on our cruise with or without kids, I will try again.

 

[ktkspider]

They now have the 2 baltic itineraries listed separate. So make sure you have selected the one to Helsinki or Estonia... the same thing happened to me earlier.

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Ok retract that

It is now coming up for me I will post prices shortly.

 

[jilljill]

Ok retract that

It is now coming up for me I will post prices shortly.

To many cold/flu meds for you today?!?

 

[MrsG]

Any idea how the inventory is moving??? Better or worse than expected??

 

[CraftyMouse]

Any idea how the inventory is moving??? Better or worse than expected??

I'm not sure how it's moving, in general, but the Cat. 11s are sold out (they are in GTY status) on the Eastbound TA. The price, however, has not gone up.

 

[LivingtheWDWdream]

We cancelled our double dip 5 night Wonder Cruise tonight. Instead we are doing a 7 day eastern AND a 7 Night Western in January 2010 we couldn't pass up the # of days at the price we were given.

We are in the same SPH room for both cruises and we get 5 ports, plus 2 days at CC and 5 days at sea! For about $150 more then we were paying for 5 nights so it was a no brainer!

 

[gundo870]

32 minutes trying to call DCL reservations at 5am PST, busy signal.
2 hours and 19 minutes on hold...

Result:

Just booked the 11 day Med cruise for May 15, 2010. Cat 10 at $7100.

Waste of time for me...we are still on deck 2. I will have to call every now and then to try to get a higher deck.

 

[ibouncetoo]

This is the first time I've posted to the cruise thread but.... this is the first time I've booked a Disney cruise!!!! Ok, it's also the first time I've booked ANY cruise EVER

I got the transatlantic EB April 10 cruise - and I have the stateroom (deck 6- cat. 11) all to myself.

I do know two couples going though so I'm not completely insane. I also plan on booking a weekend cruise on Disney this next year just to get my feet "wet" so to speak.

Now, to me the funny part is... that I have a trip to a location but no way home -- I'll worry about that part later.

Anyway, I had to share as I am SO excited.

Congratulations! You will love cruising with Disney. And I know some great folks who will be on your cruise, so be sure to find the thread on the cruise meets section of this forum.