Placeholder deposit increase.

[insureman]

From WDWINFO

"The deposit for these placeholder cruises will be $250 per stateroom (effective 12/5/15, this is an increase from previous deposit amount of $200)."

 

[jdb in AZ]

pfffft. When you figure the cost of the cruises are going up astronomically, I suppose we should expect our deposits to increase as well.

 

[insureman]

As long as people are willing to pay the prices will go up.

 

[DCLDVC1]

It really doesn't make much difference if the placeholder deposit goes up. Now we'll just pay $50 less when we PIF.

 

[Bree]

There was a lot of grumbling and outrage in some FB groups over this. I don't get the big deal. It's just $50 less you have to pay on your balance. If that $50 increase is going to make it so you can't book a placeholder, then I think you've got bigger issues to worry about.

 

[Quellman]

$50 is $50, especially if you never actually book a cruise with your place holder. It in theory also gives Disney more money that they can then invest for gains, or fund other projects, or use as collatoral, etc. Not sure why people would be outraged. It is still like a 10% deposit on a 3-4 night cruise depending on cabin class and occupancy. Not sure what it is for other lines.

 

[Trera]

pfffft. When you figure the cost of the cruises are going up astronomically, I suppose we should expect our deposits to increase as well.

Soon there will be a price for the 3-5 day cruises and a higher price to reserve 7-14 day cruises.

 

[ludari]

That increase is not too bad for a place holder deposit. I currently have a place holder deposit that I made last month during my recent cruise. Unfortunately because of other vacation plans next year I probably will not use it until 2017.

 

[jrabbit]

as an individual $50.00 times zero point nothing interest rate for 18 months still adds up to ZILCH.

as DCL $50.00 times 300 rooms per week on the classic ships = $15,000
and $50.00 times 600 rooms per week on the new ships = $30,000
for a total of 45,000 per week for 9 months on average is heading towards 2 million dollars - with that float they can earn some extra $$$ on the extra deposit that they are holding.

but it still really does not impact us as individuals much - we pay them now or pay them later or get your money refunded back from DCL. It really is a win-WIN (we are the little win (we get the onboard discount), DCL is the big win). Well if you extrapolate this out it does turn out to be a loss for us. DCL knows how many people they have "on the hook" and can and do feel like they can raise prices at will (after all they are giving us 10% off of the cruise - so we're "happy") so why not jack the rates up at will.

 

[rwthompson82]

If the $50 is really a big deal, one could always go back to dummy bookings and keep moving them around. You can find 3 day dream cruises for around $1000, so your deposit then would only be $200. You'd have to pay attention to PIF dates and move the cruise, but it's still doable if you want to save the money.

 

[codex57]

Like others said, I don't think it's a big deal. On another line, sure. On Disney, at Disney prices? It's just $50 less out of thousands. Overall, I think it falls on the side of a good thing. Shoot, I'm paying $30/pp just for a 1 hour bus ride from Disney.

 

[Partyof4LA]

I did a $200 onboard placeholder deposit then paid another $260 a week later to secure the reservation once I picked my dates. Wouldn't have made any difference to me paying an extra $50 on board vs a bit later, they are getting the same amount from me anyway when the whole thing is said and done