Easier to Remove or Add Someone?

[Lollipop's Mom]

Booking an Alaskan cruise and trying to talk my mom into going. We lost Dad to covid last year and this would be good for her. Not going untili Sept '22 - girls trip, me, my 25 yr old daughter and Gramma.
I want to ensure we get a great room in my fave location so want to book now.
Is it easier to add her now and remove her by final payment date? Or just add her on if we can talk her into it? I 'assume' if we remove her by final payment date we don't pay for her.

 

[AgentMama]

Add her now. You might not be able to later if there isn't enough lifeboat space in your part of the ship. Just pay attention to cancelation timelines if she decides not to go.

 

[mevelandry]

So sorry for your loss.

It will be easier to remove her than to add her. Just make sure you remove her before the PIF date if she choses not to come.

 

[Mommb]

The only downside to adding your mother now is paying a deposit for her, which is fully refundable before your final payment date.

The benefit, in addition to guarding against lifeboats filling up as mentioned above, is that she would be booked at the current price, which could go up over the next year.

So, if there's any chance of her joining you and you're willing to put down the deposit, you should include her now.and cancel later if necessary.

 

[mmouse37]

Absolutely add her now. As mentioned price will go up and you would have to pay the current rate at the time she decided to go which could be significant.

Removing her if she decides not to sail is much easier with no downsides as long as you remove her before final payment date.

MJ

 

[Capt_BJ]

explaining if anyone is confused .... <you may NOT be allowed to add>

cruise ships are often built with many more beds then the number of passengers they are authorized to carry. This affords them flexibility when selling cabins. In this case the room may show a third and even a fourth bed BUT if the 'life boat capacity' has been reached they can not fill the bed.

Actually have a funny story along this line ..... we were booked on a 'year one' MAGIC cruise, family of 4. When we got our room assignment I checked the cruise book and our assigned cabin was NOT marked as having the 4th bed (Pullman drop down) hmmmmm so I called and asked. Friendly DCL person explained "all the rooms of that level have the 4th bed but that's not in the book because then we don't meet Coast Guard requirements" .......

INTERESTING thought I ..... CERTAINLY she was not aware she was talking to a serving senior officer of the USCG!!!!! I was pretty sure what she meant but also pretty sure the average person with the same question might NOT understand ......

WAIT THERE'S MORE

On that cruise I met the Master (wearing a CG Officer uniform was a cheap shot .... 9 time out of 10 I got some sort of special invite) and was invited to the bridge for the departure from Castaway. <daughter got to push button to sound ship's Mickey horn heading out> We were far from only invited guests on the bridge (pre 9-11) and while trying to stay out of the way I struck up a conversation with another guy about my age. "I know what cheap trick I used to get up here, what was yours?"


He: "I'm a VP for DCL here with a group of our telephone folks for orientation . . . ."

Me: "REALLY .... have I got a story for you" ......

He: "I think I'm scheduling another session with my folks" .....

as we say in the sea services a no S*itt@r .... aka TRUE story ....