No. I've sailed many holiday sailings and never had to pay in full, including via Costco. The only cruises that have to be paid in full ahead of the PIF date are GT sailings or other special discount sailings.
I think it has been mid-morning, but I don't recall specifically.
Sadly no.. it is supposed to be at a certain time online but they typically drop a little earlier, sometimes its been by an hour or more, sometimes as little as 20 minutes if I recall correctly. The phone lines always open at a specific time so they are more reliable in that way.
How do you change currency on the site?
There’s an option in the menu. It says something like USA (USD), if you click on that it brings five or so other currencies up.
To some extent, that may be because of ship changes. The Wish is taking over the Dream's 3- and 4-night cruises out of Port Canaveral, so it's the "new" factor. And the Dream is now shifting to Europe, presumably taking over the itineraries that the Magic has historically done in the summer, so again a "new" factor even though it isn't a brand new ship. And the Magic hasn't been in the US for summer cruises for quite a while, so that could again impact those cruise fares even though they are pretty standard 3- and 4-night Bahamian cruises out of Miami. But in general I think we're going to see higher fares; DCL is probably hoping to "make up" for the lost revenue of the past 2 years, and travel is in high demand.
agreed. Having a littler sticker shock. Hoping to do a larger family cruise next summer. We will have to see if all are in for these prices.
There are 10 and 11 NT cruises in Europe when you change to a different currency--pounds and euros. System is still loading dates. Tons of dates missing like all of Alaska.
