DCL has tentative bookings at Honolulu Harbor in 2012!

[disneycruisegal]

That would be sooooo awesome if DCL is going to Hawaii! My DH and I will be going if thats really the case.

[NancyIL]

If these are just repositioning cruises on either end of the Alaska season, they will likely be very popular and pricey - just as the Panama Canal cruises were in 2005 and 2008. I don't think I'll be lining up for this itinerary.

[geoffrey]

Boy that would be an out of the way stop from LA to Vancouver. They would really be burning a lot of fuel just to get from point A to point B.
Unless they are planning other Hawaiian stops, seems like they would be running the engines at full power for many extra days.

I am wondering if there is more to this story

[Pluto,]

Originally Posted by geoffrey

Boy that would be an out of the way stop from LA to Vancouver. They would really be burning a lot of fuel just to get from point A to point B.
Unless they are planning other Hawaiian stops, seems like they would be running the engines at full power for many extra days.

I am wondering if there is more to this story

see the post above yours

[PrincessDuck]

I am hoping for something that works with the kiddos school schedule because I really want on a disney Hawaii cruise.

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Originally Posted by NancyIL

If these are just repositioning cruises on either end of the Alaska season, they will likely be very popular and pricey - just as the Panama Canal cruises were in 2005 and 2008. I don't think I'll be lining up for this itinerary.

Due to commitments to LA port, I think out of LA, they have a contract with minimum no of calls there. IE on 7 night cruises circa 50% of year, so Hawaii will be 12/14 nights, depends if round trip, so LA based,

Maybe one out, another back and you can book B2B.

Via Mexico and sea days to Hawaii then port intensive. and vis versa.

[Hygiene99]

Originally Posted by NancyIL

If these are just repositioning cruises on either end of the Alaska season, they will likely be very popular and pricey - just as the Panama Canal cruises were in 2005 and 2008. I don't think I'll be lining up for this itinerary.

Our 14 day cruise May Repo 2005 Cost $2100.00
Think 2k with ship board credit not pricey at all!
they learned from 05 to 08 and jacked up prices!
Best deal we ever got.... and Best cruise we have been on!


Peter

[NancyIL]

Originally Posted by Andrew DEREK UK

Due to commitments to LA port, I think out of LA, they have a contract with minimum no of calls there. IE on 7 night cruises circa 50% of year, so Hawaii will be 12/14 nights, depends if round trip, so LA based,

Maybe one out, another back and you can book B2B.

Via Mexico and sea days to Hawaii then port intensive. and vis versa.

Or - LA to Hawaii via Ensenada, Mexico. Then Hawaii to Vancouver at the start of the Alaska cruise season. Reverse at the end of the Alaska cruise season.

[NancyIL]

Originally Posted by Hygiene99

Our 14 day cruise May Repo 2005 Cost $2100.00
Think 2k with ship board credit not pricey at all!
they learned from 05 to 08 and jacked up prices!
Best deal we ever got.... and Best cruise we have been on!


Peter

If you were fortunate to get first tier pricing, you got a good deal. I recall the prices on the Panama Canal repo cruises going up hourly. I booked the 2008 WB cruise at first-tier pricing (and eventually cancelled it) - but most people paid a lot more.

Was your price $2100 per person or total? What category cabin? If it's per person for an inside cabin, then I don't think that's a good price.

[clten]

Originally Posted by geoffrey

Boy that would be an out of the way stop from LA to Vancouver. They would really be burning a lot of fuel just to get from point A to point B.
Unless they are planning other Hawaiian stops, seems like they would be running the engines at full power for many extra days.

I am wondering if there is more to this story

I think the "more to the story" will be the other port calls on the itinerary. (But may not find out anytime soon, DCL doesn't like working with ports that leak their plans).

If you look at other cruiselines that reposition ships to Alaska, this is a fairly common repositioning cruise. The dates work with it being one cruise to get the Wonder up to Vancouver and one back. Repositioning cruises are not popular in general (airfare is usually higher to fly into one city and out of another, more sea days - which are a plus for some, negative for others). So cruiselines try to make the itineraries as special as possible to attract cruisers.

[NancyIL]

Originally Posted by clten

I think the "more to the story" will be the other port calls on the itinerary. (But may not find out anytime soon, DCL doesn't like working with ports that leak their plans).

If you look at other cruiselines that reposition ships to Alaska, this is a fairly common repositioning cruise. The dates work with it being one cruise to get the Wonder up to Vancouver and one back. Repositioning cruises are not popular in general (airfare is usually higher to fly into one city and out of another, more sea days - which are a plus for some, negative for others). So cruiselines try to make the itineraries as special as possible to attract cruisers.

LA to Vancouver is common. LA to Vancouver via Hawaii would need to be two cruises.

[TDC Nala]

Best deal we ever got.... and Best cruise we have been on!

Me, too.

Mine was somewhere around that much for a Cat. 7 navigators verandah.

[NancyIL]

I checked to see how Princess does their Hawaii cruises. The Royal Princess will do one 10-night repositioning cruise from Vancouver to Honolulu on Sept. 14, 2010 after the summer in Alaska: http://www.princess.com/find/itinera...e=1022&trade=H

The Golden Princess does 14-night roundtrips from Los Angeles with a stop in Ensenada, Mexico: http://www.princess.com/find/itinera...e=5034&trade=H

[clten]

Originally Posted by NancyIL

LA to Vancouver is common. LA to Vancouver via Hawaii would need to be two cruises.

Doesn't need to be 2 cruises, just a 2 week cruise -- not unusual for DCL repositioning cruises. Here is one of HAL's repo for this fall:

02 Oct 2010 Vancouver, B.C., CA 03:00 PM
03 Oct 2010 At Sea
04 Oct 2010 At Sea
05 Oct 2010 At Sea
06 Oct 2010 At Sea
07 Oct 2010 Hilo, Hawaii, US Noon 11:00 PM
08 Oct 2010 Lahaina, Hawaii, US TR 08:00 AM 11:00 PM
09 Oct 2010 Honolulu, Hawaii, US 08:00 AM 11:00 PM
10 Oct 2010 Nawiliwili Kauai, Hawaii, US 08:00 AM 05:00 PM
11 Oct 2010 Kona, Hawaii, US TR 08:00 AM 04:00 PM
12 Oct 2010 At Sea
13 Oct 2010 At Sea
14 Oct 2010 At Sea
15 Oct 2010 At Sea
16 Oct 2010 At Sea
17 Oct 2010 San Diego, California, US 07:00 AM

[gaylean93]

Originally Posted by NancyIL

If you were fortunate to get first tier pricing, you got a good deal. I recall the prices on the Panama Canal repo cruises going up hourly. I booked the 2008 WB cruise at first-tier pricing (and eventually cancelled it) - but most people paid a lot more.

Was your price $2100 per person or total? What category cabin? If it's per person for an inside cabin, then I don't think that's a good price.

We went in 2008 on the EB and it was 4000.00 for an inside cabin for four of us. I think it is less than $70 a day per person. It seemed reasonable to me. I know the new ones are more though.