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    cottoncandysunsets25 reacted to need2cruz in No More Repricing   
    Yes, it was on Saturday.  The spots were available immediately after I clicked cancel.
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    cottoncandysunsets25 got a reaction from Neesa in No More Repricing   
    So we booked Coco beach club for January at a much higher price.. it’s on sale now but sold out. Previously instead of canceling online yourself, you could call and have royal reprice so you wouldn’t lose your spot. I called to reprice and apparently they can no longer do this. Anyone else run into this? 
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    cottoncandysunsets25 reacted to twangster in No More Repricing   
    I feel like this is one of those call again and ask a different agent until you get the answer you like.
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    cottoncandysunsets25 got a reaction from PPPJJ-GCVAB in No More Repricing   
    So we booked Coco beach club for January at a much higher price.. it’s on sale now but sold out. Previously instead of canceling online yourself, you could call and have royal reprice so you wouldn’t lose your spot. I called to reprice and apparently they can no longer do this. Anyone else run into this? 
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    cottoncandysunsets25 reacted to Vacation Crazy in No Lobster Night???   
    I messaged Royal via Facebook to inquire if they are still doing lobster night. I'll let you know their response.  
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    cottoncandysunsets25 reacted to Jill in No Lobster Night???   
    However that was out of Europe and different supply chain
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    cottoncandysunsets25 reacted to ZBrady in No Lobster Night???   
    Lobster has disappeared from the menu for Wonder July 2023 🤔
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    cottoncandysunsets25 got a reaction from Carlos A. in No Lobster Night???   
    Good to know, thanks for sharing!
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    cottoncandysunsets25 reacted to AshleyDillo in ICON CLASS UPDATE   
    As long as you know what you are potentially getting yourself into, the inaugural sailing is a lot of fun. There's lots of media and it attracts a lot of the cruise ship vloggers so you'll see a lot of folks walking around talking to cameras 😆 It can be pretty entertaining and it's a lot of fun to experience it yourself first hand before catching it on someone's vlog. Plus they usually give everyone some cool swag for being on the inaugural sailing.
    But there's always the chance that things aren't completely finished.  This happened a lot with Wonder, but there were really so many factors that played into that from the pandemic to supply chain issues and staffing, etc., that touched many aspects of the ships (shows, venues, activities, etc.) 
    There's quite a bit more of a runway to the first official sailing for Icon so one would hope they will have it more together by the time the sailing happens, but you never know!
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    cottoncandysunsets25 reacted to asquared17 in ICON CLASS UPDATE   
    it's going to be one heck of an inaugural sailing, that is for sure!!
    i personally won't be able to afford it until it's been in service for a bit, probably closer to a year, given how i imagine they will be able to charge a premium for this behemoth of a ship. 🤩
    not gonna stop me from living vicariously through every one else though!!
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    cottoncandysunsets25 reacted to Moby Dick in Never-ending Cruise Sale   
    Exactly, If you pay "FULL PRICE" for a cruise you ether have too much money, booking too late, or you're just not trying hard enough.  
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    cottoncandysunsets25 reacted to Seannie in Never-ending Cruise Sale   
    Not never ending but they run it end it it run it end it repeat ad nauseam.  
     
    It’s really annoying…but it works.  It certainly got you and me, cottoncandy.
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    cottoncandysunsets25 reacted to Moby Dick in Never-ending Cruise Sale   
    My observation is that there is virtually always some type of cruise fare sale going on.  I believe that there are 3 or 4 different iterations of sales that they rotate through.  However, no matter what they call them, in the end, they give about the same deal/savings.  YMMV
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    cottoncandysunsets25 reacted to ChessE4 in Never-ending Cruise Sale   
    The main point is whether you think the price is fair for the type of room and time of year you are sailing.  On our first few cruises, we really didn't know what a "fair" fare really was, and we paid a premium for sailing in the summer when our son was out of school.  Now we know we can book 1-2 years in advance and get a lower price.
    As for sale prices, we once panicked when our agent was on vacation and booked a "sale price" with another agent only to learn that our agent could have obtained the same price when she returned on Monday.  
    So it's back to your decision about what you are willing to pay for your stateroom selection, port, ship, and time of year.
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    cottoncandysunsets25 reacted to DMLM in Never-ending Cruise Sale   
    Fully agree on this.  Royal has been famous (for years) for creative ways to spin the sales, create excitement, and end up with around the same deal.  It is amazing how they can increase a base fare and then increase the discount to end up the same.  They also lower the base fare and decrease the discounts.  They will reduce discounts and offer OBC.  In the end all of these things equal about the same.  When it first started I was so surprised they could actually get away with the old increase price and discount with heavy marketing on "Sale".      Always worth checking though 🙂
     
    Still love cruising and especially cruising Royal!
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    cottoncandysunsets25 reacted to WAAAYTOOO in Never-ending Cruise Sale   
    Anecdotally, it seems as if they either have the cruise itself OR the Cruise Planner items on "sale" (not really) at any given time but almost never both of them at the same time.  I guess they think that people who book a cruise (at some presumed discount) will automatically purchase CP items at the same time....but we're too smart for them, right ?  😉🙃
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    cottoncandysunsets25 got a reaction from Moby Dick in Never-ending Cruise Sale   
    So much great insight!! Funny to hear the "sale" goes on for months/years haha, somehow it's the first I'm noticing! My husband also suggested there was no way the "sale" price wasn't the actual price because then the actual rate would just be ridiculous! I feel like we got a good deal on our 7-day oasis cruise in January but I will definitely continue to monitor the prices for any potential discount! 
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    cottoncandysunsets25 reacted to TravisMA81 in Never-ending Cruise Sale   
    I think that the never ending sale price is the actual price.  They slap a sale percentage on it so people think they're getting a deal.  Most of the time my drink packages have been 20% or 25% off.  I've noticed that there'll be a 35% or 45% off once or twice a year.  That could be the real sale.  Menards has had the same 11% off sale all year, and they have an end date but it renews the very next day.  It's all marketing.   
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    cottoncandysunsets25 reacted to twangster in Never-ending Cruise Sale   
    The price of a cruise is not a fixed amount.  Each category of cabin can vary in price daily or sometimes the rate stays the same for a while.  It all depends on booking trends. 
    The actual sale promos can induce price changes but that is often specific to a party and qualifiers like age, state, service history, etc.  In many cases a new sales promo doesn't change anything for everyone but that doesn't mean that someone else didn't benefit.  
    Bottom line book when the price works for you and then monitor for price drops or better yet use a travel agency that does that for you like MEI Travel.    
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    cottoncandysunsets25 reacted to jticarruthers in Never-ending Cruise Sale   
    Royal has been "on sale" for years now, the sale goes away the price doesn't change, its all marketing ploys and every now and then someone screws up their math and some people actually do get some savings from a "new sale".
    Buy it when the price works for you and then price check from time to time to see if it has gotten cheaper.
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    cottoncandysunsets25 reacted to SpeedNoodles in Never-ending Cruise Sale   
    The best prices on Cruise Planner things that I have found have rarely been on Black Friday. I'd personally never hold out for it.  The best prices I've found on Shore Excursions haven't even been during published sales, but rather just randomly.  I always buy what I want, and reprice it as the opportunity arises.
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    cottoncandysunsets25 reacted to WAAAYTOOO in Never-ending Cruise Sale   
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    cottoncandysunsets25 reacted to Matt in Never-ending Cruise Sale   
    This.
     
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    cottoncandysunsets25 reacted to Moby Dick in Never-ending Cruise Sale   
    The best sale finding strategy is to have a shopaholic like my wife.  She spends about the first hour or two of every day going through Royal's site, Amazon, Best Buy, JCP, et al.  I don't think we ever paid the original booking price for a cruise yet, because of her.  So, I don't mind making my mind up, spontaneously, and purchasing a cruise, sale or not (it's really just the deposit anyway).  I know she will eventually find at least one lower price for that cruise, usually several times.  Both my daughters and their husbands work hard and don't really have time for that kind of shopping so my wife does it for them.  
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    cottoncandysunsets25 reacted to Cakemeister in Never-ending Cruise Sale   
    I track the price of selected cruises on a spreadsheet. Sometimes the price is indeed lower, by a small amount, but not 30%, more like 10% max. 
    Cruise prices are probably more dependent on the amount of bookings made, the spot price of fuel, the number of COVID cases, the time of year, the amount of time before sailing, and more factors than an actual sale price. Supply and demand and all that.
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