Has the price of your cruise dropped?

woody197 · #1 (**permalink**) December 16th, 2008, 10:32 AM

I am sailing on Mariner of the Seas on Feb.22, 2009. I booked in May, 08 an E2 catagory room at $1199 pp, the price of the cruise has gone down in increments and is currently at $749 pp for my catagory room. Royal Caribbean has honored each price drop saving me a total of $900. Keep an eye on the price even after you book, hopefully you can save a few bucks.

CA Cruiser · #2 (**permalink**) December 16th, 2008, 11:34 AM

Isn't it wonderful!! We, too, saved a lot on our next 2 RCI cruises, especially the TA next November. We saved so much we bumped up to a Jr. Suite. We thought with 6 days crossing to Ft Lauderdale that would be a nice way to enjoy it. The deletion of the fuel charges helps a lot too!

thecruisequeen · #3 (**permalink**) December 16th, 2008, 02:20 PM

With the economy the way it is and ships not filling up expect price drops on certain sailings.

Keep checking your booked sailing everyone.

Royal · #4 (**permalink**) December 16th, 2008, 03:30 PM

How do you check your booked sailing? My cabin is sold out noway to tell if price dropped or not...leaving this Jan/09

woody197 · #5 (**permalink**) December 16th, 2008, 05:28 PM

Royal. I check Royal Caribbeans website a couple of times a week and go to reservations as if i'm booking a new cruise. My catagory was also sold out but apparently their were some cancellations and the price went down along with a residency special.

Royal · #6 (**permalink**) December 16th, 2008, 07:05 PM

Woody,

I do too, but when I go to put in my cabin it says n/a so there is noway to find out if the priced dropped...this cabin is no longer avail.

CA Cruiser · #7 (**permalink**) December 16th, 2008, 08:40 PM

Royal, when you say your cabin is sold, that would be to you or do you mean there are no more cabins in your "category" available. Try calling RCI and check. We just called and changed cabin on our May 09 cruise because while checking online, all of a sudden there were more and better cabin locations opened up. These cabins were not availabe last week when we checked. They told us they would let us know if there is a price decrease but I will still check regularly just in case.

cutiecat · #8 (**permalink**) December 16th, 2008, 11:19 PM

wow...i may be booking another Royal cruise sooner than i thought!

Royal · #9 (**permalink**) December 17th, 2008, 10:51 AM

Yes, there are no more cabins in my catagory available...I booked a g.s. and they are all sold out. So there is no way of checking if price dropped..also sold out for O.S.

superkid · #10 (**permalink**) December 17th, 2008, 02:55 PM

i just book a 7 night cruise to Mexico onboard the Mariner of the seas last night my cruise for 1 person was $ 630.84

seadog2 · #11 (**permalink**) December 17th, 2008, 06:51 PM

Mine hasn't dropped yet, but I'm checking.

IloveVegas · #12 (**permalink**) December 19th, 2008, 10:33 AM

Yes, my cruise on Explorer next August went down $100 per person! So that is $200 off final price! :o

Plus, Royal also dropped the fuel surcharge, so that is more money off! I didn't look to see how much that is though.

jadainca · #13 (**permalink**) December 21st, 2008, 08:14 AM

Royal,
We are booked on that same cruise. We were told to call every so often to see if the price of our rooms have dropped. So if you cant find it online ot much has dropped for the last couple weeks but I am guessing they might in January when all payments are due and lots of people cancel. At least that is what we were told.

honeywell · #14 (**permalink**) December 21st, 2008, 12:52 PM

My cabin category - D1 Quad - is sold out and there have been no quad balcony cabins for a while. No price drops, and since it is spring break, I don't expect one. If it happens, nice surprise!

Royal · #15 (**permalink**) December 21st, 2008, 01:39 PM

Still checking and it show N/A for my cabin...I think the only cabins left are the inside one's. So there is noway for me to know if the price has dropped for my suite.

TMusic007 · #16 (**permalink**) January 28th, 2009, 09:21 PM

I just wanted to thank all the contributors to this thread, I just got a $340 refund for our cruise that is coming up March 1st! I couldn't believe that they give you money back!

Great forums by the way, I've learned tons of helpful advice to get ready for our first cruise. Thanks!

jadainca · #17 (**permalink**) January 28th, 2009, 09:44 PM

tmusic007-
That is so great! Have a great time!

ukhannah · #18 (**permalink**) January 29th, 2009, 11:18 AM

You guys rock, i just checked online and our price went down so i called this afternoon and they refunded us $400 (£284 we are in the UK) AND credited the room with $170 which was something to do with the fuel suppliment reduction!

Thank you so much for all the fabulous tips and ideas.

Hannah
(7 weeks and counting!)

woody197 · #19 (**permalink**) January 30th, 2009, 02:14 PM

ukhannah, keep watching, it may go down again. i ended up saving $900 for two people.

Marjmehl · #20 (**permalink**) February 3rd, 2009, 08:51 PM

The price of my Alaska cruise has dropped $500 per person since I booked it! It certainly pays to keep checking. I do it every day.

Sanibel*Gal · #21 (**permalink**) February 11th, 2009, 12:55 PM

We have booked a 4 day on Enchantment of the Seas for July 2009 and have noticed that there is still a lot of availability. I keep checking the prices but no drops yet. Anyone have any idea on how these short cruises book, is it usually last minute?? Or will they eventually have to drop the prices to get the cabins booked and I might get a little refund??

Andrea
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