Help please- penalty to switch weeks?

[momto2dkids]

I need desperate help. We're book on the April 30-May 7, 2005 eastern cruise. We were able to get a great rate with early booking savings. It now looks like we will probably need to change the date. Since Disney is not booking any Easterns after the above already scheduled cruise would would need to go earlier. If possible, we would like to get the April 16-23. 2005 Eastern cruise. In checking availability on the Disney cruise website, I see that it looks like rooms are available but the price seems to be about $2200 more for the same type of stateroom.

Does anyone know or have experience with Disney honoring our early booking savings if we were just able to transfer/change dates? Or are we stuck paying the current, higher listed price?

I will be trying to call first thing tomorrow, but it will be driving me crazy until I know something.

Please, someone give me some good news!!!

 

[Verandah Man]

From what I was told, and I hope I'm wrong on this one, but if you go to switch or transfer weeks, it is considered cancelling one ressie and making a new one, which would mean you would have to pay the increased price rate for that cruise. I hope someone else might have better news for you, Good Luck!!!

 

[my3kids]

I had the same situation. You can switch weeks, and there is not a penality on cancelling the week you have, since it is outside the 60 day mark, but the other poster is correct. You will pay the going rate for the week you schedule yourself into. Maybe you could go in January or early February. Perhaps that wouldn't be as large a jump in price as the April week? Or reschedule for fall of 2005 and take advantage of again booking early.

 

[Quirky Cruiser]

I have had to switch weeks before, and there is no penalty as long as you are outside the 60-day mark. If you had an onboard booking credit or discount, that would be re-applied to the new reservation. The price however, is the going rate. The reason that April 16-23 is so much more expensive than the week you are currently booked on is because that is spring break for MA. If you read some of the trip reports over on the trip reports board for that week, you'll hear them saying that the entire boat was from MA! (not literally, but I guess it must have felt that way). Airfares will also be expensive that week. I don't see them dropping the price for that week, or doing early booking savings, because they don't need to - they will fill the ship regardless. We are booked for February vacation next year and the only thing the price has done is go up. If you can somehow work it out, I would say stick with the April 30th cruise. If you can't, you might want to try the Eastern earlier in April. Wish I had better news!

 

[Verandah Man]

The only problem you might have with trying to go earlier in April is that Easter in 2005 is March 27th. You will then be running into the higher Spring Break cruises, which cost a great deal more. Best of luck with whatever you can work out.