When are the 2018 itineraries released?

[Montajlo]

Thanks.

 

[DISNEY FANTASY]

Basically.....all predictions posted here this year have been wrong.

DCL knows, but anyone claiming to know...doesn't.

2018, will start with a release of January to March only.

That will be later this year.

The rest will release in 2017.

 

[dcassetta]

2018, will start with a release of January to March only.

That will be later this year.

The rest will release in 2017.

The post written this way was completely helpful, and not condescending at all.

 

[bcwife76]

Historically, early 2018 should be released this October, but like Disney Fantasy stated, DCL has proved us all wrong this year with their releases, doing them later for some dates and earlier for others! Let's just say "Fall 2016."

 

[RedSox68]

Yes, Disney went against all past history this year in releasing Summer and Fall itineraries for 2017. Previous comments were correct for past years, but we shall see.

 

[buffyj]

I've been wondering the same thing! I definitely want to book a 2018 cruise and want to ensure the best (ie., lowest!!!) price. We won't be sailing until Jan 2017 so I'm assuming I need to book when dates are released (maybe later this year???) vs waiting to book onboard.

Just curious, how does everyone find out when the new itineraries are announced? Does everyone just continue to visit the DCL site to see if anything has been updated? Learn by way of email from Disney, TA or other method? As I said, I definitely don't want to miss the opportunity to try and book on opening day.

 

[belac]

If you work with a TA, they usually send out an email the day of release, if not DCL announces it and ultimately with in seconds it is usually posted here by a DisBorder. At least that is my experience.

 

[mom4fun]

I book for April, 1 1/2 years ahead every year. Usually it is in October but a couple of years ago it was December. So the dates included in the first release are January through April.

 

[Winston Wolf]

I've been wondering the same thing! I definitely want to book a 2018 cruise and want to ensure the best (ie., lowest!!!) price. We won't be sailing until Jan 2017 so I'm assuming I need to book when dates are released (maybe later this year???) vs waiting to book onboard.

Just curious, how does everyone find out when the new itineraries are announced? Does everyone just continue to visit the DCL site to see if anything has been updated? Learn by way of email from Disney, TA or other method? As I said, I definitely don't want to miss the opportunity to try and book on opening day.

I would book when it's released and then re-book on-board.

 

[Krissy22222]

Read Disboards every day and you will be in the know, first rumors will come out, then solid information as to when the dates will be released.

 

[RedSox68]

I would book when it's released and then re-book on-board.

Agree -- get the opening day prices first. However, sometimes when you rebook it may not be worth it if the prices have gone up too far.

 

[buffyj]

Thanks for the replies!

 

[Shanti]

Agree -- get the opening day prices first. However, sometimes when you rebook it may not be worth it if the prices have gone up too far.

How does the re-booking process work?

 

[PrincessShmoo]

How does the re-booking process work?

That's referring to the onboard booking process. If you book a cruise on opening day and the cost is XX dollars for the cruise, you can "reshop" onboard your next cruise (if you have one before it), and, if the price hasn't risen too much, you can get a better deal by cancelling the already existing reservation and rebooking with the OBB perks.

Sometimes, the price has risen so much between the time that the original reservation was made and your cruise that you're reshopping on that there's no savings. That's because the OBB discounts are taken on the prevailing price, not the price you paid for the original booking.

 

[Shanti]

That's referring to the onboard booking process. If you book a cruise on opening day and the cost is XX dollars for the cruise, you can "reshop" onboard your next cruise (if you have one before it), and, if the price hasn't risen too much, you can get a better deal by cancelling the already existing reservation and rebooking with the OBB perks.

Sometimes, the price has risen so much between the time that the original reservation was made and your cruise that you're reshopping on that there's no savings. That's because the OBB discounts are taken on the prevailing price, not the price you paid for the original booking.

So the cruise cast member you work with on this will cancel the previous cruise for you, then rebook with the discount? Have you ever done this and been able to get the prior stateroom that you had originally booked for the cancelled cruise?

 

[PrincessShmoo]

So the cruise cast member you work with on this will cancel the previous cruise for you, then rebook with the discount? Have you ever done this and been able to get the prior stateroom that you had originally booked for the cancelled cruise?

If the original reservation was made through a TA, then you'd have to just book the new reservation onboard, and have your TA cancel the old one. I've read that often the TA will be able to get the room you want moved from the old reservation to the new.

I believe the CM onboard can also switch the room, if you did both bookings yourself.

I'm only repeating what's been reported here.

 

[Dug720]

If the original reservation was made through a TA, then you'd have to just book the new reservation onboard, and have your TA cancel the old one. I've read that often the TA will be able to get the room you want moved from the old reservation to the new.

I believe the CM onboard can also switch the room, if you did both bookings yourself.

I'm only repeating what's been reported here.

Yes. At least they can unless that's changed in the last year. They do a temporary cabin assignment to book, then cancel yours and change the cabin for you. Makes it much less time that cabin sits there where someone could grab it up - seconds as opposed to the minutes it could be if they cancelled and then did the booking. Might not be a huge thing, but if it's a high demand category or a popular room the difference between minutes and seconds could be the cabin getting grabbed up.