Re-booking onboard?

[adambreakey]

Hello.

My wife, daughter and I are on the Nov 9th wonder and are already considering rebooking our next cruise onboard for the discount. I have a couple of questions...

How much of a deposit do they require? - adults/kids? 7day/4day?

If we are unsure of the total number of people traveling with us (parents may come next time) can we put each of us in different rooms, then add my parents to the ressie at a later date, and still get the same onboard rebooking rate for additional people in the rooms?

Or... would it be better to just wait for the Florida resident rates to come out 60 days before we want to travel again? <- that is what we did this time.

Thats enough questions for now.

Thanks

adamb

 

[SweetSpot]

Right now if you rebook for 7 night while onboard they give you 10% plus $200.00 stateroom credit. The down payment per person on the Magic is $250.00.

 

[jrabbit]

The credit is per room not per person. You should know how many rooms you need then book two people per room if you want to save on your deposit. You can add people to each room later. When doing this you should book your children because that's how a Disney Cruise fills up: by childrens age group. They only allow so many children in each age group. So if you book a room for two adults and you want to add a DK8 later and they already have enough 8 year olds, they two adults will get to go, but not the child. Have I said it already - book your kids first, adults second.

The deposit for a seven nighter is $250 per person ( at least that is what it was 6 months ago)

 

[ThreeCircles]

Originally posted by adambreakey
If we are unsure of the total number of people traveling with us (parents may come next time) can we put each of us in different rooms, then add my parents to the ressie at a later date, and still get the same onboard rebooking rate for additional people in the rooms?

Or... would it be better to just wait for the Florida resident rates to come out 60 days before we want to travel again? <- that is what we did this time.

We have often re-booked onboard and then changed our reservations after Florida Resident Rates have come out. We've found that it's usually a better deal to have the FL rates over the onboard credit. For instance, we booked a Thanksgiving cruise for 2003 on our Thanksgiving cruise in 2002. I think we secured a rate of around $1800 plus the $200 onboard credit. Then, in May, Florida Resident Rates were offered for $599 per person. We jumped on that and paid around $1300 total. Our originally booking would have been much more even after subtracting the onboard credit!

 

[adambreakey]

ThreeCircles -- That is what I was thinking. So, the risk is that they don't release Florida rates for the week we want to cruise... but if we are flexible (as we usually are) we can wait for those rates.

Of course there are downsides, you get leftover cabins, late seating (most likely) and you dont have a payment plan setup.

Decisions, decisions...

Anyone know the deposit required for the 4 day? - and is it the same for adults and kids?

Thanks

adamb