Wonder - January 21, 2011 The Cruise To Nowhere In Particular..

[mickeyfan1]

Hey I just posted this on the main DCL board and thought I would repeat it here in case there was someone not following the other thread.

Wow! I never thought of it before, but This small cruise could almost pay for itself for some people!

Here's my thinking:
2ppl in Inside Cabin costs $418+taxes
Now...
Rebook online Same 2ppl in Oceanview cabin gets 10% discount
$2213 cost 10% of which = $221
PLUS-
$200 OBC
EQUALS= $441

Which is almost the cost of this cruise!

So If there are any new to Disney Cruisers out there... this small Cruise is a god-send!

Um, actually, the discount isn't that much. You are forgetting that port charges are included in the published fares. So what ever the Port of San Pedro charges needs to come off that number. and the OBC depends on your level of CC membership. For me, I sit at the measly silver level, and with this one being a 2 nighter, we need to see if DCL will give even that. If you can rebook onboard, before the cruise sells out..................... I booked through my favorite TA and got my $25.00 online and my $50.00 Disney Visa OBC, I think I did OK.

 

[mickeyfan1]

I might drop a card to see if I can rebook, but if it means giving up my cabin, nwih am I going to do it. I can't see them giving a big OBC for a 2 night anyway, I think ony Gold & Plat get the $200.00, but you never know. Plus, you have to take the port charges out of the fare before you take the 10% off.

 

[B9erSteve]

I might drop a card to see if I can rebook, but if it means giving up my cabin, nwih am I going to do it. I can't see them giving a big OBC for a 2 night anyway, I think ony Gold & Plat get the $200.00, but you never know. Plus, you have to take the port charges out of the fare before you take the 10% off.

Oh I guess I didn't clarify. I was speaking of savings on rebooking a new cruise while onboard the 2 night cruise. Since I usually only do the 7-nt cruises with my family, I'll often spend $4000 cruise alone. That's a $400 savings on the next cruise add to that the $200 obc that Disney gives for 7-nt cruises and it gives me $600 off my next cruise all for taking a $837 short cruise, effectively costing me only $237 to take this cruise.

 

[lvstitch]

We are planning on rebooking our already booked 3 night on the Dream. So going on this cruise will almost be free I just hope this will count as a "cruise" to get me to gold status.

 

[CastMember 02]

lvstitch i called dcl and yes it will qualify as a cruise for gold status that is why iam going

 

[B9erSteve]

Sweet! I thought it would but it is nice to hear that it was confirmed.

 

[B9erSteve]

I was talking about booking a future 7night cruise while on the two night cruise. In that case I'll be savin all kinds of money.

 

[B9erSteve]

Um, actually, the discount isn't that much. You are forgetting that port charges are included in the published fares. So what ever the Port of San Pedro charges needs to come off that number. and the OBC depends on your level of CC membership. For me, I sit at the measly silver level, and with this one being a 2 nighter, we need to see if DCL will give even that. If you can rebook onboard, before the cruise sells out..................... I booked through my favorite TA and got my $25.00 online and my $50.00 Disney Visa OBC, I think I did OK.

I got the $25 online and $50 Disney Visa credits too. I agree we did great!

 

[Pluto 2]

We are planning on rebooking our already booked 3 night on the Dream. So going on this cruise will almost be free I just hope this will count as a "cruise" to get me to gold status.

yes are cruises count the same as one,no matter if they are only a 2 night or a 15 night or more cruise.

 

[mickeyfan1]

I was talking about booking a future 7night cruise while on the two night cruise. In that case I'll be savin all kinds of money.

Oh yeah. That on board booking perk is great.

 

[stitch4336]

Booked and going now - can't wait!!!!

 

[B9erSteve]

Booked and going now - can't wait!!!!

Congrats! We're looking forward to a really fun weekend as well.

 

[lvstitch]

Just found out about this cruise yesterday and was able to still book a sideways cabin. We are so excited about this cruise. This is the same weekend we always go to DL and it will cost about the same (if not less). I am hoping they count this as a "cruise" so I can be at the gold level before my Dream cruise. I am also hoping I can rebook the 2nd part of my Dream b2b and get the 10% and OBC.

 

[dismom73]

I have a cat. 11B on hold, I'm just curious if anyone is booking a balcony? Seems like such waste of money for such a short cruise. Makes me think they might be doing a lot of free upgrades inorder to keep selling the inside staterooms. Here's to hoping....

 

[B9erSteve]

I have a cat. 11B on hold, I'm just curious if anyone is booking a balcony? Seems like such waste of money for such a short cruise. Makes me think they might be doing a lot of free upgrades inorder to keep selling the inside staterooms. Here's to hoping....

I was thinking the same too. Since it was such a short cruise I booked an Inside. I never do that. but I've heard rave reviews about the sideways 11's so I wanted to try them. On a 7 day I'd want the split bath but here I'm free to try the inside. tt may look like your thinking is correct. Time will tell. I've been tracking the rooms:

11c is either all booked up and you can only call for GTY status or they're holding them to book the higher cabins first.

Of the 15 Cat10A rooms only two of them remain.

Otherwise there seems to be a lot of rooms available.

FYI if you ever wanted to experience it.... Roy Disney Suite is currently open. At the price of $2779 for two people it is actually affordable for most.

 

[mickeyfan1]

FYI if you ever wanted to experience it.... Roy Disney Suite is currently open. At the price of $2779 for two people it is actually affordable for most.

Affordable yes, but for 2 nights I don't think it's worth it. You are not going to have time to enjoy it, IMO.

My TA offered it to me, but I declined,. I think this will sell out, because a lot of SoCalers can get to the port, you don't need a passport as you are not going to Mexico, and for an inside cabin, I think it is pretty much less than where I stayed at DL last week, think about it. You get lunch and dinner, sodas and a show the first day. I paid about 20 dollars for meals on Friday last, the park ticket was about 100 for the day, plus my room was 150. so about 1/2 of the cost of the cruise. If I had a second night in the hotel, another 150, plus breakfast, lunch and dinner and another day of tickets, so add at least another 20 for the extra park day, another 20 for B & L, and then to have a comparable sit down dinner, maybe $40.00 with drinks and tip. Plus the additional water in the parks. Maybe 2 days at DL for one person is more than 2 nights on the ship for 2 people. Even solo in an 11B is cheaper than that! As time goes on, perhaps upgrades will happen, you never know with DCL. I picked my place, I really love that cabin, but I will suffer with a veranda for 2 nights if asked (for free)

 

[B9erSteve]

Affordable yes, but for 2 nights I don't think it's worth it. You are not going to have time to enjoy it, IMO.

My TA offered it to me, but I declined,. I think this will sell out, because a lot of SoCalers can get to the port, you don't need a passport as you are not going to Mexico, and for an inside cabin, I think it is pretty much less than where I stayed at DL last week, think about it. You get lunch and dinner, sodas and a show the first day. I paid about 20 dollars for meals on Friday last, the park ticket was about 100 for the day, plus my room was 150. so about 1/2 of the cost of the cruise. If I had a second night in the hotel, another 150, plus breakfast, lunch and dinner and another day of tickets, so add at least another 20 for the extra park day, another 20 for B & L, and then to have a comparable sit down dinner, maybe $40.00 with drinks and tip. Plus the additional water in the parks. Maybe 2 days at DL for one person is more than 2 nights on the ship for 2 people. Even solo in an 11B is cheaper than that! As time goes on, perhaps upgrades will happen, you never know with DCL. I picked my place, I really love that cabin, but I will suffer with a veranda for 2 nights if asked (for free)

I absolutely agree with you. I'll not be shelling out $2800 for the Roy Disney Suite even though I could without a problem. Like you said it's not really worth it. But, that said, there are those who would spend the $$ just to say they stayed there. To each his own.

I'm happy with the Cat 11 that I got. I would have probably upgraded to a 9c for only about $200 more but my wife cut me short. Like you she'll be happy with a free upgrade (from cat 11 we'd go to Cat 9) but doesn't want to pay for it for such a short cruise. (My point was that IF there are upgrades it will be from Cat 9 to Cat 5 and we'd get a verandah for free again. But that's a gamble.)

We just got back from DL ourselves, it was $70 for the four of us to eat a Cafe Orleans. The rest of the meals we did cheaper but still spent $270 on food over a two day period. Got a good price on the room it was $95 so two nights was $190. Add in the park tix and there's another $600. So I spent nearly $1100 in two days. So Cruising for the same amount of time for $837 is not too bad to me.

 

[closetmickey]

Does anyone have a guess as to how they will handle the dining rotations?

 

[mickeyfan1]

I believe that the dining rotations will be interesting, because everyone will miss one restaurant. They can't put 1/4 of the ship in each room, they are not large enough. Unless they don't sell a lot of the cabins. The description on the site says something out on the first night enjoy dinner at Tritons or Palo, but we all know that Palo won't hold 1/4 of the diners, either. No matter what someone will miss out at Animator's, Triton's, or Parrot Cay. Personally, I can skip Animator's, I've seen it twice and will gladly give my rotation to a virgin. Same with Palo, I can skip it.

 

[B9erSteve]

I believe that the dining rotations will be interesting, because everyone will miss one restaurant. They can't put 1/4 of the ship in each room, they are not large enough. Unless they don't sell a lot of the cabins. The description on the site says something out on the first night enjoy dinner at Tritons or Palo, but we all know that Palo won't hold 1/4 of the diners, either. No matter what someone will miss out at Animator's, Triton's, or Parrot Cay. Personally, I can skip Animator's, I've seen it twice and will gladly give my rotation to a virgin. Same with Palo, I can skip it.

I agree, animators is my wife least fav. So I plan on requesting something that will include tritons. Which we've never eaten at (being primarily Magic cruisers)