When can I book a package for 2013?

[ssatterly]

I wanna add 3 days before my 7 night Fantsy cruise in Oct of 2013. Thanks.

 

[ethanwa]

I wanna add 3 days before my 7 night Fantsy cruise in Oct of 2013. Thanks.

I think you can only book up to a year in advance at the earliest, so you'll have to wait until October I think.

 

[ssatterly]

I think you can only book up to a year in advance at the earliest, so you'll have to wait until October I think.

I wonder why that is i can book and have booked the cruise already and its almost 2 years out...

 

[chrisw127]

As soon as the packages for 2013 are released. It's traditionally been August but last year they came out a few weeks early (late June?), the same weekend that ticket prices went up.

In theory, you can book a room-only reservation 499 days prior, but then you'd have to change it to a package when the actual rates are released, which would require you to cancel the room-only and re-book it as a package when package rates come out. You'd also only be getting an estimate of the room rate, since those aren't official until packages are released. Seems like a lot of work.

So maybe mid to late June 2012?

 

[mickeynut1]

You can book room only 499 days out, which will be quoted at the highest rate for 2012 and then adjusted when the 2013 rates are released, which should be sometime this summer. But if you want to book a package for the 3 days, you would have to wait until the 2013 rates come out. The next years rates usually come out in August, but the rates for 2012 came out the beginning of June 2011. The pp is correct that if you book a room only now and want to change to a package later, the room only will have to be cancelled/refunded and a package booked, requiring a new $200 deposit. So it's probably best to wait until the rates are released if you want a package to begin with.