Decisions Decisions

[TheBigErn]

We're sailing October 16 on the Fantasy. We are paid in full. Wife is reluctant to sail now and wants to rebook for next year. I don't want to reschedule and would like to wait for Disney to cancel so we can get the 125% being offered currently. The problem is the longer we wait, the fewer options are available and the prices go up. Any suggestions?

 

[DIS Lifer]

We are on that same cruise. I'm in the group of waiting for Disney to cancel. I would have cancelled myself, but we booked concierge and we'd lose the deposit. At this point we would just take the refund as prices next year seem higher than 125% of what we paid, so we want to book our first disneyland visit with the refund. Also, wife is a teacher and with our state imposing a 14 day quarantine (currently) for those returning from Florida trips it would be impossible for us to sail with that in place (wouldn't be fair to her students). I contacted disney to see if they would waive the deposit forfeit due to that and was met with a quick no. I have a feeling that disney will hold off on cancelling until as close to the cruise dates as they can to essentially play a game of chicken and see how many people move their cruise with the new up to 15 days before policy vs having to refund it.

 

[Pooh93]

We were supposed to cruise in November, but it left from Puerto Rico. PR has put in place some stringent travel requirements for Covid testing. I knew it would be hard to get a test and our cruise was to end in MIami. Well, Florida is a hot mess and I can't see the CDC letting cruise ships have passengers coming and going from there in November. I went ahead and paid off the cruise with the mindset, I would get the extra 25%. But I realized in the end it wasn't going to be worth it if cruises went up a lot in price.

Therefore, when the Fall 2021 were sent to me from my TA, I moved the cruise to next November. We are Gold members, so had a couple day jump on the public. The cruise price was exactly the same, no more, no less.

It's a tough decision, but I am at peace with my decision.

If only we all had a crystal ball.

 

[ofcabbagesandkings]

If you can cancel without losing your deposit, I would do it. Future cruises are going to book up. I already canceled and rebooked our October cruise.

 

[sethschroeder]

Its not a guarantee the cancel or give a 125% if they do cancel.

How much money is the 25% and figure out if you would gamble getting that vs the higher cruise prices, possibly missing the room/cruise you want, or worse yet being "forced" to cruise this year if your wife is completely against it come October

 

[JM23457]

We're sailing October 16 on the Fantasy. We are paid in full. Wife is reluctant to sail now and wants to rebook for next year. I don't want to reschedule and would like to wait for Disney to cancel so we can get the 125% being offered currently. The problem is the longer we wait, the fewer options are available and the prices go up. Any suggestions?

Book the 2021 cruise now & only pay the minimum deposit. When your October cruise is cancelled, get the FCC and apply it to the 2021 cruise.