Not Buying It

[anjuan]

I'm on the Wish 3 night sailing just after the Thanksgiving cruise and was looking online last week and managed to score a Serenity Bay cabana. There were actually 5 cabanas available at the time. I was really surprised!

 

[Goofy1932]

I have to say that I am not buying the Disney Cruise Line line on how they prioritize requests for concierge requests for cabanas. This was our second cruise attempting to get a cabana having sent the e-mail within 1-2 seconds of the eligible time. My guess is that the priority is higher cost rooms, followed by status, and then time of request submission. We are platinum in the lowest level concierge. I wish they would be honest rather than create the impression it is first come first serve. The good news is that I will have $620 for other things.

In the grand scheme of things the way the Internet works it doesn't really matter how fast you sent that email. Not really. Every single person that wanted one could send the email literally at the exact same moment and some people's email may not reach Disney for 5 to 10 minutes while others will be there within seconds. Data packets stream through the Internet at varying speeds. And that's what your email is, a data packet. Just because you sent it one to two seconds as soon as it was available it doesn't mean they got it instantly. That's not the way email or anything works on the Internet. Theoretically they may not have gotten your email for an hour or two. That's not likely but it could happen. The Internet doesn't work like your computer is connected directly to Disney's computer. There are several points you have to go through to get that message to them. Any one of those points could be slow and prevent your message from coming through immediately. I am sure that Disney compiles the emails as they arrive in their server. They have no way of knowing that you saint yours one to two seconds after the eligible time.

 

[DCLMP]

Was the changing of 19 staterooms on the Fantasy to Concierge a good or bad thing for guest?

It was bad for the teen clubs.

 

[SL6827]

It was bad for the teen clubs.

What did it do to them?

 

[DCLMP]

What did it do to them?

They took away the Edge space for a suite. They took space out the vibe and turned it into the Edge. My kids are adults now, but I'm sure they would have complained about this.

 

[asgur5]

Cabanas are a waste of money. Better off not getting them.

Think people only get them to make themselves feel superior even though they provide little actual benefit.

 

[RedHead0186]

Cabanas are a waste of money. Better off not getting them.

Think people only get them to make themselves feel superior even though they provide little actual benefit.

Nope, we get them because it provides us a nice quiet place to relax, plenty of space, and shade from the sun. To us, those are huge benefits.