That depends on the reason why he can’t cruise. We always get insurance that covers cancellation due to “work reasons”. There is also “cancel for any reason” but that costs more and generally you need to buy it within the first 2 weeks after booking the first part of your vacation, whether that was flights, cruise, etc.
I would call but if it’s a matter of where someone sleeps, they don't care which of your cabins your family sleeps in.
It's more a matter of placing a single person in a new *GT stateroom and paying double occupancy rates (i.e. Instead of 2 *GT staterooms with 4 people each (8 total occupants), can I transfer 1 person so that I have 3 *GT staterooms with 4, 3 & 2 people (9 total occupants)?
It seems no one has experience with what you’d like to do. The only way to know for sure is to ask your TA or call Disney if booked directly.
I think an issue that might come up that has nothing to do with the rate of the room is occupancy. When we booked the cruise we're going on next month, originally there were only 3 of us. But then another friend asked to come with us and we had our travel agent add her to our reservation. The stateroom we were in could have 4 people sleeping in it but that category/section had sold out and no more guests could be added to it. I'm assuming it's a safety reason. I haven't seen anyone else mention that so maybe it's not something that happens often though.
Thanks, yes I thought about that also. Since one room would only have 2 in it, we thought that might help our chances of adding one to our room, making it 3.
It’s the muster station/lifeboat capacity. Just because there is an open bed in a stateroom it may not be possible to add another guest. Adding another passenger depends on 3 things:
