Tips to predict military rates?

[sarahlord]

I’m currently booked on a 7 night sailing in April 2026 on the treasure.

Has anyone notice a pattern to which cruises will offer a military rate?

There are currently 128 empty rooms on the ship which seems like a lot compared to the same itinerary 2wks before ours which has 17 empty rooms.

Trying to decide if I should cancel my cruise and hope any cruise comes up that week with a military rate.

 

[BrokeMack]

I'm in the same boat (literally and figuratively) and I'm waiting until closer to final payment to decide. That being said, I'm looking to switch from April to January, which has a much higher likelihood of being discounted. I'd still wait, even if I wasn't planning to change the dates, but looking at the rest of this year, I think discounts are likely unless something changes politically in the US (I'm not discussing the politics just pointing out the facts, travel is down and Disney + just lost a bunch of subscribers).

 

[RedHead0186]

DCL doesn't always list all of their available inventory online. So, looking at empty rooms online for any particular sailing may or may not actually be a good indicator of how full the sailing is.

Only you can decide really how willing you are to gamble. For me, if I want to cruise, I'm booking the cruise. If a discount comes along later on then I'll deal with it. But that's just me, others may feel differently.