Placeholder Discount Increased to 30% Off Select Sailings

[TheOneWithTheTriplets]

Are you including the fact that the placeholder does not discount port fees, taxes, etc. only the cruise fare?

Are you understanding that @ChipTheRescueRanger is comparing different dates which do and do not have the discount eligible?

So, the Magic sailing on 8/6 is in the 25% category. But, the base rate for an Oceanview for 4 people is 9233 (1030.52 taxes). So, that cruise with 25% placeholder is $7183.

The very next sailing on 8/13 is not in the deal, so the regular 10% would apply. Base Oceanview for 4 is 8151 (1052.12 taxes). So, with the regular 10% placeholder, is $7442.

The point is that the cruises that are eligible for this deal have much higher starting costs than the ones that aren't so, the "big savings" is just taking away the premium that Disney listed them for. The deal is essentially negating the added costs that Disney put on these cruises that it perceived to be on premium dates.

(I'm not sure if that's true for all of these sailings, where the ones around them are that much cheaper. I do know that I priced out moving my Treasure cruise from an undiscounted fall sailing to a discounted summer one and the summer with the better placeholder was still more expensive than the fall because the starting rate was so much higher.)

 

[ChipTheRescueRanger]

Are you understanding that @ChipTheRescueRanger is comparing different dates which do and do not have the discount eligible?

So, the Magic sailing on 8/6 is in the 25% category. But, the base rate for an Oceanview for 4 people is 9233 (1030.52 taxes). So, that cruise with 25% placeholder is $7183.

The very next sailing on 8/13 is not in the deal, so the regular 10% would apply. Base Oceanview for 4 is 8151 (1052.12 taxes). So, with the regular 10% placeholder, is $7442.

The point is that the cruises that are eligible for this deal have much higher starting costs than the ones that aren't so, the "big savings" is just taking away the premium that Disney listed them for. The deal is essentially negating the added costs that Disney put on these cruises that it perceived to be on premium dates.

(I'm not sure if that's true for all of these sailings, where the ones around them are that much cheaper. I do know that I priced out moving my Treasure cruise from an undiscounted fall sailing to a discounted summer one and the summer with the better placeholder was still more expensive than the fall because the starting rate was so much higher.)

Great post on the subject with a great breakdown

The real winners are the people who booked on the cruises with a placeholder who now get an additional X amount off.

I wonder if over time other cruises will be added to this “deal”

As currently as someone with a placeholder it’s not wanting me to book a cruise with the additional saving.