Is The DCL 50% off Promotion a bit of a Sham ?

[Disneyworldlocal]

It wasn’t until planning a surprise cruise for my wife that I discovered that pricing for more than 2 people affected the average price per person in the stateroom. Our previous 3 cruises were for just the two of us.
For this one we had 2 in one room and 3 in another same category. I noticed that the price per person for 3 people in stateroom two was less than our price for two of us.
The DCL 50% off promo ends 3/31/25. I was looking at some cruise options for May with a similar scenario as the one we just did. Both are for ocean view
In the below examples I ended up looking at a room for 4 people for this example on the Wish 3 nights and Fantasy 5 nights.

Wish 3 nights
Adult 1 $1,065
Adult 1 $1,065
Adult 3 $591
Adult 4 $591

In this one 50% off for adult 3 and 4 would be
$532 a difference of the regular rate $59 per 3rd and 4th person

The Fantasy 5 night is where I was really surprised as to how close this already to 50% off.
Adult 1 $1,610
Adult 2 $1,610
Adult 3 $815
Adult 4 $815

50% off the 3rd and 4th person would be $805. So the difference here and a 50% off promotion would be $10 for passenger 3 and 4.

So I ask. Is the 50% off promotion a real promotion when they actually get pretty close to that amount for the 3rd and 4th passenger anyways ??

 

[clh2]

And the Disney marketing department is saying: Made you look! Made you look!

Yes…this is my very cynical opinion of this type of promo, which includes free dining promos at the parks too.

 

[ljhayes]

That's not how it works. It's 50% off the price for the 3rd/4th guests if they weren't booking with the promo. This is the same cruise/same room with and without the promo. Also, the average price per person is less when you have more than 2 people because the 3rd/4th(/5th) people are charged less. The first two cost the same regardless.

 

[CamColt]

I had a 3 night cruise in Dec booked for 3 of us (with insurance). When the discount came out we called and had them apply it. The total cruise price went down $531.00. Works for me!

*Edited to add, I just did the math. The 3rd adult fare is about 35% of the fare for each of the first 2 adults.

 

[lanejudy]

DCL regular fares charge full rate for the first 2 passengers — whether there is 1 or 2, same total fare. Guest 3-4-5 are charged a lower fare based on age. The 50% off promotion is only off the regular fare for guests 3 & 4 when paying full fare for guest 1 & 2.

 

[Disneyworldlocal]

I did not realize that. So I guess it really is 50% off the extra people with this promotion.

I guess it shows I don’t have much experience booking more than two people in a room lol ( except once )

 

[dreamer17555]

To get the promotion make sure you use the Special Offer filter when looking for your cruise.