New sale has started;not impressed

[DannyDriscoll]

Congrats!!! Glad someone here got to take advantage of it!!

$900 or even $800 for an outside on the grandeur isnt a great deal. its best to wait inside 60 days ,if one is looking for the price drops. those are better than any sale. im going 399pp 7 night on friday.

Edited June 9, 2014 by DannyDriscoll

[njmomof2]

I've been watching Freedom for end of August (8/24). The prices were holding at about $1009/pp for a D2 or D3 balcony but when the WOW sale came out they jumped up to $1309/pp. Today, they are back down, to $1157/pp with second at 1/2 price. If I had booked at $1009, with my balcony discount, I would have been at $909/pp before taxes. Now I'm at $898.50/pp. And I pulled a Next Cruise I had booked into 2015 up to this sailing, so I have $100 OBC as well.

 

I planned on waiting another few weeks to see what the prices did after final, as I already have air booked so that's not an issue. However, I need either connecting or adjoining cabins, so those disappear faster. With only a few pairs left, I figured I'd take the price now and go with it. I can always keep an eye on the categories above and if something really great opens, move us. But it wasn't worth taking a chance for maybe another $100 or so off.

[DC2OC]

$900 or even $800 for an outside on the grandeur isnt a great deal. its best to wait inside 60 days ,if one is looking for the price drops. those are better than any sale. im going 399pp 7 night on friday.

 

Too each their own. This is a ten day cruise with IMHO a better iten .The same cruise in December is a lot cheaper but this works better as my wife needs time to prepare for the holidays .

We are lucky enough to live near the beach so a summer cruise to a beach while great for most doesn't work for me

[Clarea]

Just saved over $200 for an existing cruise this September. They took away $25 of the balcony discount, a small price to pay for the savings.

[S.S.Oceanlover]

Just saved over $200 for an existing cruise this September. They took away $25 of the balcony discount, a small price to pay for the savings.

 

Congrats Bob! Glad to see it's working out for some folks anyway.:)

 

Bill

[DannyDriscoll]

Too each their own. This is a ten day cruise with IMHO a better iten .The same cruise in December is a lot cheaper but this works better as my wife needs time to prepare for the holidays .

We are lucky enough to live near the beach so a summer cruise to a beach while great for most doesn't work for me

of course it has to work for you , very true. not everyone can grab a cruise inside 2 months of lift off.

[geocruiser]

I paid $630.14 for two pax. on Explore of the Seas in Dec. We got a PR cabin. Now the same cruise is $899.14. It went up $269. from when we booked! Is it the sale or just that the cruise is selling well and rates have gone up?

[nelblu]

I paid $630.14 for two pax. on Explore of the Seas in Dec. We got a PR cabin. Now the same cruise is $899.14. It went up $269. from when we booked! Is it the sale or just that the cruise is selling well and rates have gone up?

 

As stated in previous post "supply & demand."

[Clarea]

I paid $630.14 for two pax. on Explore of the Seas in Dec. We got a PR cabin. Now the same cruise is $899.14. It went up $269. from when we booked! Is it the sale or just that the cruise is selling well and rates have gone up?

The sailiing is probably selling well and so prices have gone up. We've got an Explorer cruise coming in in December that the JS prices went from $1650 to about $4000 a month or two ago. Now the sale price has brought the JS price down to $3100, still way more than the price when the cruise came out.

[Julia’s Journey’s]

We just upgraded from an interior guarantee for our Oasis Transatlantic to an interior balcony for only $133 per person - delighted!

 

I had my TA check the TA for me and the price is $1000 more for the 2 of us with the new sale - we did have a drop 2 weeks ago of $720 from our original booking so I'm happy:D:)

[molly361]

Just saved over $200 for an existing cruise this September. They took away $25 of the balcony discount, a small price to pay for the savings.

 

 

Great news!!!!! :) Congrats!!!

[tcieyes]

HI the Sea is seriously calling me and the prices are way too inflated. I am not seeing anything close to sale prices in these sales.

[kruzerci]

Our only other 2014 cruise is $300 per person higher than we booked it for in December 2013 with no "sale". It's so ironic that the prices skyrocketed again on Friday before the "sale" started Monday. :rolleyes:;)

[Kcruiser2014]

The only cruise we had booked for September (3 people) went down with the bogo sale that just started, but we decided to add a fourth person, and total price including port charges and taxes still dropped by $50. Not bad, add a person and save a little to boot!! Not a huge savings, but with the $440 Future Cruise Certificate from our Galveston Oil Spill Cruise, total for four persons for 7 days in an inside accessible cabin is $1,050 with a $50 OBC. Would have been $140 less two weeks later, but traveling with others, so had to stay with this week. But.... I have been price checking a few others.... Some have gone down, but some went up substantially.

 

 

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