Wish, most discounted sail dates than other ships?

[SL6827]

Does the Wish generally seem to get the most last minute discounted fares?

 

[Disneyworldlocal]

Dream is going to have a lot this spring

 

[lanejudy]

The Wish also has more total sail dates due to the short itineraries. So it’s not surprising to see more dates on the discount list.

 

[SL6827]

The Wish also has more total sail dates due to the short itineraries. So it’s not surprising to see more dates on the discount list.

I thought something like that could be it as well. I just didn't know if more people liked the Fantasy veres the Wish?

 

[dad of 3 addicted to DCL]

When Dream was doing 3s & 4s, she was always on the GT & Military list

 

[bobbiwoz]

We took advantage of a Wish and a Dream discount this fall.

 

[DCL58]

Hardly any discounts on the fantasy after December. Must be pent up demand since it has been in Europe and in drydock. The fantasy is also lots of people’s favorite ship (ours included). Lots of discounts on the Wish and Dream.

 

[lisset005]

According to a few CMs we talked to last month cruises out of Lauderdale tend to get discounted more often. They said because Lauderdale was so much further from the parks, it;s harder for them to fill up cruises (vs. Canaveral) We actually just got a killer deal on one for next Spring out of Lauderdale saving over $1300 more off than the same exact cruise we had already booked with the 50% off 3rd/4th passengers deal. We also upgraded to Guaranteed Oceanview rooms vs the Interior we had with the 3rd/4th passenger 50% off deal. WIN!

 

[SL6827]

I wonder just how many staterooms they need to have empty on a ship before they will offer fares with restrictions on them? More three and four night cruises get more discounts verses five to seven night cruises?

 

[holula]

I wonder just how many staterooms they need to have empty on a ship before they will offer fares with restrictions on them? More three and four night cruises get more discounts verses five to seven night cruises?

I don’t think there is a set number honestly. I’ve just booked a Feb cruise which went *GT on the Treasure and it looks to be around 20% of rooms not sold, with most of those being verandahs (but they are offering IGT and OGT too.) I did the Wonder in Sept 2023 and the ship was only 2/3 full and that never went *GT, however that was the last cruise before dry dock. This years Fantasy cruise also right before dry dock went *GT and the ship was pretty full, about 85% full.

 

[lanejudy]

I don’t think there is a set number honestly. I’ve just booked a Feb cruise which went *GT on the Treasure and it looks to be around 20% of rooms not sold, with most of those being verandahs (but they are offering IGT and OGT too.) I did the Wonder in Sept 2023 and the ship was only 2/3 full and that never went *GT, however that was the last cruise before dry dock. This years Fantasy cruise also right before dry dock went *GT and the ship was pretty full, about 85% full.

What is your definition of "full?" Number of staterooms booked or number of passengers? DCL offers considerable flexibility in that it is possible for a lot of staterooms to be booked with 4-5 passengers and be near capacity without having all staterooms booked. Or conversely, most staterooms booked at 2 guests could have the ship under capacity. The legal capacity is based on the number of lifeboat spots.

 

[BrokeMack]

I bet if you could see the data Disney sees, there'd be a big difference between Wonder in Alaska on the shoulder season (lots of rooms booked, but fewer people per room), compared to Magic in Galveston in January (not as many rooms booked, but more guests per room, even at the same passenger level. And probably lots of other variations per ship/departure port/date/itinerary. All of which results in deals which are harder for us to predict, even if there's a logic to them that we can't see for lack of information.

 

[SL6827]

I was assuming like the number of staterooms that would be empty would determine discounts, but I guess you never know.

 

[jpeden]

I would think that discounts would be based on capacity % that is filled versus % ot staterooms booked. If the ship holds 4,000 folks and they only have 2000 booked across 70% of the staterooms, I would think they’d prefer to try and get more folks in that last 30% versus 3,500 people across 80% of the rooms since theres less actual capacity.

 

[SL6827]

I would think that discounts would be based on capacity % that is filled versus % ot staterooms booked. If the ship holds 4,000 folks and they only have 2000 booked across 70% of the staterooms, I would think they’d prefer to try and get more folks in that last 30% versus 3,500 people across 80% of the rooms since theres less actual capacity.

May very well be.