Book now or wait? Early December cruise!

[confettiandkale]

Hello,

My mom and I have been talking for years about taking a Disney cruise, and I have finally convinced her this is the year to do it! We have decided on a 4-night Bahamas cruise leaving on 12/4/2017. We are ready to book a room and place our deposit but I was wondering if we should wait instead...because little does she know I'm taking her on a DCL Alaskan cruise in August! After months of keeping the secret I'm very excited to be telling her tonight!!

So my internal debate is to now:

A) book cruise via costco today
...or
B) wait and book cruise until we are on the ship in August?


Are there chances this cruise will completely fill up? Do you think the prices will go up enough between now to wash out the on-board credit/discount we would receive?

I'm looking for the easiest/slightly cheaper way of going about this for a newbie cruiser!

Thanks!

 

[Donna3271]

I would book now, and re-shop it onboard. You would still be within the window of cancelling without penalty. I've done this onboard, and they moved my deposit.

 

[Soontobegoodsell]

I would as early as you can. The deposit is refundable and rooms fill up fast! But, we've also had luck booking two weeks in advance with a restricted if we didn't care where we were placed.

 

[pontikes67]

The rule, especially on Disney, is book the very first day possible when cruise dates come available.

 

[confettiandkale]

Thank you! We will book today!

 

[Rabb it]

Just do it, Nike.

 

[Cackyschmackers]

I'm doing similar, booking now for Janaury 2018 and re-booking on board in August to take advantage of OBC and discounts hopefully!