2013 Madeira Port Schedule Out!

[sssteele]

Calling our agent tomorrow.

 

[mkmommy]

And I hope we are driving them as crazy as they are making us!

Pretty slow response time, was it not Jan 1 it showed up and it took them 5 days to have the ships name covered up.

 

[bound2travel]

I guess someone at DCL has the job of keeping up
todate on all the fan websites and then cover up found info so we can be in the dark again.


I am sure DCL has a love/hate relationship with all the websites. I am sure it generates a ton of business but sure makes it hard to keep things quiet.

Wouldn't that be an interesting job to have? Imagine having to surf the various fan sites all day and getting paid to do it?

 

[ILoveToRun]

"Dummy" bookings are reservations booked while on board one of the ships, that the person may, or may not, actually use for the date booked. Those reservations can be moved to another cruise and have a discount on the deposit required (typically about half what a reservation not booked on board has to pay) and also have an OBC from DCL based on your Castaway Club level and the length of the cruise booked on board.

In addition to perks mentioned by pp, there's a 10% discount off the pre-tax cruise fare for non-suite cabins.
Also the OBC offered from DCL for onboard bookings can be in addition to any OBC offered by a TA. DCL's OBCs increase the more you cruise on DCL which can be significant. For example, we are getting 2 cabins for our Alaska cruise. By then we'll be platinum level so that's $350 per cabin from DCL plus $200 each cabin from our TA for a total of $1100 OBCs. This is in addition to the $625 discount on cruise fare. I never ever disembark without at least a dummy date. Great when the dates you want haven't been released yet.



Wow, that's a great deal! Cheaper than flying to BCN!

Oh, OK... that definitely makes sense and I think we'll be doing that as well. I knew there was a benefit to booking while on board so I was already planning on doing so but it's good to know that it can be changed.

And as for flying in/out of BCN, we're planning on flying to Paris first because it's so much cheaper a lot of the time ($700pp CDG-Portland +$140 BCN-CDG vs $1500 BCN-PDX).

 

[designertravels]

In addition to perks mentioned by pp, there's a 10% discount off the pre-tax cruise fare for non-suite cabins.
Also the OBC offered from DCL for onboard bookings can be in addition to any OBC offered by a TA. DCL's OBCs increase the more you cruise on DCL which can be significant. For example, we are getting 2 cabins for our Alaska cruise. By then we'll be platinum level so that's $350 per cabin from DCL plus $200 each cabin from our TA for a total of $1100 OBCs. This is in addition to the $625 discount on cruise fare. I never ever disembark without at least a dummy date. Great when the dates you want haven't been released yet.



Wow, that's a great deal! Cheaper than flying to BCN!

Hi, I just completed my 10'th cruise and have some others booked. Is platinum OBC 350.00 for 7+ nights??? Hope so!

Jill

 

[Cruisin Castaway]

The OBC for Platinum is $350 in addition to 10% percent discount and 10% deposit.

 

[cwdefouw]

Does anyone know what the OBC for Gold Members booking onboard is?

Thanks

 

[Bareacuda]

Oh no ..... hope they are not going to change their minds

Hi Sarah ... Hi Tony ! Are we all going again?? Im packing my Europe Bags now!!!

Ann and Howard

 

[Bareacuda]

Just got off the phone with DCL.... CM said not all the itiniraries are "set in stone ". So Im really guessing it's port times not set and not the ports.

 

[bibbidibobbidibecky]

So just curious: Do you all think they will be 7-night itineraries or longer? On another thread someone said the rumor was 7-night cruises alternating Eastern and Western. I'm really hoping for longer cruises. Also, would it really be possible to get all the way to Greece and back to Barcelona with a few other stops in between in seven days? I know it's possible but it seems like that would be so rushed to me.

I remember reading somewhere on here that the survey DCL was having people fill out asked about longer cruises in the Med. My fingers are crossed for that!

 

[NancyIL]

So just curious: Do you all think they will be 7-night itineraries or longer? On another thread someone said the rumor was 7-night cruises alternating Eastern and Western. I'm really hoping for longer cruises. Also, would it really be possible to get all the way to Greece and back to Barcelona with a few other stops in between in seven days? I know it's possible but it seems like that would be so rushed to me.

I remember reading somewhere on here that the survey DCL was having people fill out asked about longer cruises in the Med. My fingers are crossed for that!

Ships don't do 7-night roundtrip cruises from Barcelona that go to Greece. If they do 7-night cruises, they would leave from Civitavecchia (asked about in one survey) or Venice. The could do roundtrip cruises that go to Greece from Barcelona if they are 12 nights.

 

[bibbidibobbidibecky]

Ships don't do 7-night roundtrip cruises from Barcelona that go to Greece. If they do 7-night cruises, they would leave from Civitavecchia (asked about in one survey) or Venice. The could do roundtrip cruises that go to Greece from Barcelona if they are 12 nights.

That's what I was thinking, thanks for clarifying! It will sure be interesting to see what they end up coming up with.

 

[ThePhantomsGirl]

I suspect you are going to see some "odd" sailings - mostly with the amount of days. Maybe some 7 days and longer, then maybe even some 5 day ones? I just think they are really going to mix it up.

 

[STLDisney_Freak]

Is there a place to look up the Alaska port schedules in hopes of Alaska in '13?

 

[vakamalua]

Hi Sarah ... Hi Tony ! Are we all going again?? Im packing my Europe Bags now!!!

Ann and Howard

Hi Ann & Howard! Hi Sarah & Tony! Happy New Year!

Not on DIS much but just read this thread...so excited! Count us in--we're on board for 2013...

Andrea & Greg

 

[outahere]

Does anyone know what the OBC for Gold Members booking onboard is?

Thanks

From the FAQ sticky:

Silver.................$100 for 3-6nt cruises.........$200 for 7nt or longer cruises
Gold...................$150 for 3-6nt cruises.........$275 for 7nt or longer cruises
Platinum.............$200 for 3-6nt cruises..........$350 for 7nt or longer cruises

 

[CruznLexi]

I will have to wait until Jan 19 since I become gold then.

 

[ThePhantomsGirl]

I will have to wait until Jan 19 since I become gold then.

Actually, anything you have booked NOW, but will sail on AFTER January 19th will receive the Gold OBC if you did the booking on board.

 

[Bareacuda]

Hi Ann & Howard! Hi Sarah & Tony! Happy New Year!

Not on DIS much but just read this thread...so excited! Count us in--we're on board for 2013...

Andrea & Greg

Andrea !!! Howard said a Big ... YES !!
Happy New year to you too.... doing a B2B in Sept on the Fantasy..it's a happy year so far!

 

[lexlaw69]

So just curious: Do you all think they will be 7-night itineraries or longer? On another thread someone said the rumor was 7-night cruises alternating Eastern and Western. I'm really hoping for longer cruises. Also, would it really be possible to get all the way to Greece and back to Barcelona with a few other stops in between in seven days? I know it's possible but it seems like that would be so rushed to me.

I remember reading somewhere on here that the survey DCL was having people fill out asked about longer cruises in the Med. My fingers are crossed for that!

The survey I took was for a 7 day out of Rome. This way they could do east or west in 7 days and make back to back cruises possible.