Curious - why so little buzz for 2015?

[papertraveller]

Hi all,
I'm wondering why there has been such muted enthusiasm among people who booked for 2015. Is it possible that few people have booked?
When we booked our March 2013 Fantasy cruise the meet thread was alive with activity. Now I've noticed that IrishCowboy doesn't have 2015 listed, and I've done a quick scan and see few threads started for those cruises.
What's your theory? Have higher prices actually reduced bookings? Is it just too early?
We did end up booking, although we felt priced out of the Fantasy sadly. Still, the price of our cruise for our stateroom level hasn't changed a penny since opening day. So certainly no buzz there.
Your thoughts?

 

[jdb in AZ]

A lot of us are still waiting for the rest of 2015 to be released.

 

[TheLanes]

I asked earlier why the stickies for 2015 haven't been started yet. Not having them makes it hard to find a cruise and join the group!

 

[sunryzez]

Im waiting on the rest of 2015 to book my 10 year wedding vow renewal cruise so Im really hoping that those dates are up by my cruise in March so I can book onboard! Hopefully the new dates will create more buzz too!

 

[TooPicky]

I started a thread for March 2, 2015 Bahamas cruise on the Dream. And so far I'm the only one in there. But we are over 400 days from the cruise..... So there is plenty of time.

 

[lbgraves]

The outrageous pricing probably has a lot to do with the lack of excitement. DCL crossed the line for many DCL veterans, including us.

 

[sweetlovin']

I am waiting for the Med and PC cruises to come out. I am crossing my fingers for the Baltic Cruise, but I'm not as optimistic as I was a few months ago

 

[tajz90]

I am patiently waiting for summer 2015 no reason to scream, shout & pack till I book our next cruise Hoping, banking on Baltics

 

[disneynme]

I am so excited for the next schedule to come out. It is DH's and my 20th anniversary and we've been eyeing Europe. If a special itinerary comes up like NYC or Canada, we would consider that as well.

 

[Club Disney Chandler]

Hi all,
I'm wondering why there has been such muted enthusiasm among people who booked for 2015. Is it possible that few people have booked?
When we booked our March 2013 Fantasy cruise the meet thread was alive with activity. Now I've noticed that IrishCowboy doesn't have 2015 listed, and I've done a quick scan and see few threads started for those cruises.
What's your theory? Have higher prices actually reduced bookings? Is it just too early?
We did end up booking, although we felt priced out of the Fantasy sadly. Still, the price of our cruise for our stateroom level hasn't changed a penny since opening day. So certainly no buzz there.
Your thoughts?

Most of us are waiting for the summer itinerary to be released. So many people on the boards keep complaining how DCL has jacked the prices up so much so I did some research. I did a 7 night Caribbean for April 2015 on the Fantasy versus a RCCL ship, (sorry can't remember which one but it wasn't Oasis or Allure). For a verandah for a family of 4 DCL was $5500 and RCCL was $4100. By the time you add on the soda package for 4 it's even less expensive to do DCL. So I really don't understand what all the buzz is about DCL getting so expensive. This isn't meant to start the traditional war of DCL vs RCCL that turns up on these boards, I'm just trying to figure out why everyone keeps posting about how expensive DCL is.

 

[carpenta]

The outrageous pricing probably has a lot to do with the lack of excitement. DCL crossed the line for many DCL veterans, including us.

......us too......even Adventures by Disney is out of sight compared to top tour companies IMO.

 

[mandjblum]

I am booked April 18, 2015. Seven Day Eastern on the Fantasy and waiting for a thread.

 

[Cousin Orville]

Just waiting for the Med/Baltic cruises to be announced. Should be soon.

 

[disneyfaninaz]

Last year the second half of 2014 was released on Valentines Day. Only a month or so left to wait for the rest of 2015.

 

[holula]

There aren't any new itineraries in the first part of 2015 either. Hopefully new ports/itineraries will be announced for the rest of 2015 or we are jumping ship (so to speak) to NCL.

 

[MASrules]

The outrageous pricing probably has a lot to do with the lack of excitement. DCL crossed the line for many DCL veterans, including us.

This is definately the reason...combined with tightened rebooking rules with blackout dates. I would bet 2015 bookings are down, the number of people with reservations looking to move to 2015 is down, and many who did book are not excited because they are likely not going to keep the cruise (us).

 

[AndreaDM]

We are booked on the Magic Jan 18, 2015 (one year and one day ), but haven't come across anyone here OR on CC who has booked that same cruise.

 

[wrighter]

I'm excited about my (first time!) 2015 cruise: April 5, 7-Day Western on the Magic. But there's nobody else out there to be excited with yet! Lol!

 

[Bjornda]

I'm booked for Feb of 2015 and super excited!! But as other posters have commented, no threads and no-one to be excited with yet

 

[mommy2allgirls]

We are booked on the Wonder out of Miami on March 15, 2015 and am waiting for a thread to start. I would start it on my own but I don't know how it all works and if it would get placed in the 2015 stickies or not. I've always joined the thread after they've been started.