Christmas present from RCL

[John VN]

Opened email from RCCL yesterday and searched our cruise for next year.

$700.00 price reduction !!!!!! Dial, connect, wait a bit, talk to rep, BINGO, hung up, new invoice sent and received !!!!! What's not to love. A few more emails and maybe we cruise for free.

THANK YOU RCCL

PSA---KEEP ON CHECKING YOUR CRUISE AND YOU MIGHT BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED. Sad but true it seems that our DCL day's are most likely over. We had a 4 day Dream 1BR concierge last month and were slightly disappointed when comparing to our Dream 2015 1BR concierge. Our 2018 Oasis is a Sunday to Sunday-Crown Loft at less than a 2018 Dream 4 day, I don't imagine DCL can be competitive.

 

[Frozen2014]

That's great! Definitely a good idea to check daily.
We have a cruise booked on Symphony for 2019. I have yet to see a price reduction but I do keep checking.

 

[bumbershoot]

Fabulous!

I’ve never encountered a price dedication at all. Sigh.


And with Royal there are some refutations that are for new bookings only, some that don’t combine with current discounts, etc, so I urge newbies to not count chickens before they’ve hatched, if they see a reduction. Wait until you’ve been told it does apply to you before you get excited.

 

[crabbymom]

Wow...so thank you for this John! I have never managed to snag a price drop on Royal since I usually book right when the itineraries come out. But after your post, I called and had them check on all 4 of our cabins for June 2018 and we saved a total of $1450!
Of course the casino will get part of that back, I'm sure, but it is still a nice drop!! And even though Bumbershoot is right about the restrictions on many sales, this one combined with both the casino discount on my cabin as well as the Crown & Anchor discount for those that don't have casino comps. YMMV as always with Royal Caribbean, but it certainly doesn't hurt to call!

 

[John VN]

Wow...so thank you for this John! I have never managed to snag a price drop on Royal since I usually book right when the itineraries come out. But after your post, I called and had them check on all 4 of our cabins for June 2018 and we saved a total of $1450!
Of course the casino will get part of that back, I'm sure, but it is still a nice drop!! And even though Bumbershoot is right about the restrictions on many sales, this one combined with both the casino discount on my cabin as well as the Crown & Anchor discount for those that don't have casino comps. YMMV as always with Royal Caribbean, but it certainly doesn't hurt to call!

All I can say is Holy Moly crabbymom!!!! Well done

 

[PaulaSB12]

Good deal there I was thinking of doing another cruise with royal but the cruise I was thinking of is £3399 for one person while three people go for £3331. I can understand a cruise ship without solo cabins charging double but more than treble is just a rip off, so I am going to Pop Century this year.

 

[keishashadow]

Fabulous!

I’ve never encountered a price dedication at all. Sigh.


And with Royal there are some refutations that are for new bookings only, some that don’t combine with current discounts, etc, so I urge newbies to not count chickens before they’ve hatched, if they see a reduction. Wait until you’ve been told it does apply to you before you get excited.

Look at it as you were savvy enough to book at the best time lol. That's what i tell myself.

You have to be careful as to losing whatever OBCs you already have/possibly getting locked into a NR rate too.

With Royal or Celebrity I always book with a large online TA during one of their major holiday sales where they toss tons of goodies at you. Otherwise, i book myself for flexibility.

Doing the happy dance just paid off April sailing but I do watch my rates. They have dipped a bit since i booked but when factoring in all my OBCs, pre-paid gratuities, free dinner, etc. I'm still several hundred dollars under any rate I've seen.

 

[ZerasPride]

Just wanted to report with the WOW sale that just ended I was able to get a price drop on my upcoming Oasis cruise for this November for me and DH in a Grand Suite of almost $500 plus a $350 OBC! I was very pleased.

I thought it might be for new bookings only but no the rep on the phone clicked a few buttons and even offered to be our personal cruise planner going forward. It was a very nice experience.