Will there be a Memorial Day sale for Dining/Drinks, excursions, activities, etc this year?

[caitlynambrai]

The title pretty much says it- I found prices from the 2019 Memorial Day sale. but I haven't heard anything for 2021. 

[Reigert2008]

Until Royal announces it, anything written here would be speculation.  Your best bet would be to buy what you want now and then cancel and rebuy if the price drops.

 

 

[Matt]

I don't see anything yet, but that could change at any time.

If there is a sale, I'll post it on the blog!

[Biff215]

I’m waiting on the next cruise planner sale as well, it’s been about a month since the last one. Hopefully it will be this weekend!

[Matt]

There will be a sale beginning May 27

[RyanS]

15 minutes ago, Matt said:

There will be a sale beginning May 27

Great news!! Thank you. I am hoping the Drinks + Wifi will go below $70 for June 12th Adventure. That was a little pricier than I am used to seeing...

[caitlynambrai]

4 hours ago, Matt said:

There will be a sale beginning May 27

[barjpoe]

 

what would be a good price a drink package? about $48/day or less = 4x$12 drinks/day?

I know we'll never see the $18/day package again

[cruisellama]

17 minutes ago, barjpoe said:

 

what would be a good price a drink package? about $48/day or less = 4x$12 drinks/day?

I know we'll never see the $18/day package again

It would need to show up for the cruises they know will cancel prior to restart.

[RyanS]

2 hours ago, barjpoe said:

 

what would be a good price a drink package? about $48/day or less = 4x$12 drinks/day?

I know we'll never see the $18/day package again

We paid $70 each person for wifi + drinks. I have previously paid $60 so I am interested in the next sale.

[wordell1]

43 minutes ago, RyanS said:

We paid $70 each person for wifi + drinks. I have previously paid $60 so I am interested in the next sale.

Keep in mind, there is a lot of extra value with the 2 days at Coco Cay.

[DDaley]

3 hours ago, barjpoe said:

what would be a good price a drink package? about $48/day or less = 4x$12 drinks/day?

Lowest I have seen the DBP on its own recently is $53/pp/pd, and bundled with Voom for one device, $61/pp/pd. If you see any drink package that starts with a $4_ buy it ASAP, that's an amazing deal! 

 

[JasonOasis]

12 hours ago, barjpoe said:

 

what would be a good price a drink package? about $48/day or less = 4x$12 drinks/day?

Four drinks per day on a cruise, I think I may have been over indulging over the past few years.  

 

What I'm looking for is a number around $60 dollar per day/per person DBP + Wifi bundled together, I think that is a fair price.  Now if Royal decides to be generous and go as low as $48/day I will be all over it. 

[RyanS]

11 hours ago, wordell1 said:

Keep in mind, there is a lot of extra value with the 2 days at Coco Cay.

This is very true. I forget two days there is a huge bonus!

[Biff215]

Maybe it’s just my sail date (July 3 on Adventure), but this sale isn’t offering much. DBP is $58 and the water park only dropped about $5, excursions mostly the same. Oh well!

[sandc4e]

Well, no change in my pricing at all.  71 pppd for beverage package, no thank you.

 

[smokeybandit]

Yeah the Memorial Day sale isn't all that memorial

[Pooch]

1 hour ago, Biff215 said:

Maybe it’s just my sail date (July 3 on Adventure), but this sale isn’t offering much. DBP is $58 and the water park only dropped about $5, excursions mostly the same. Oh well!

Mine too.  Another bust of a sale.  Can I ask, does the price of a single specialty restaurant dinner ever go on sale?

[nhilding10]

Are you guys seeing any banners or anything on the website that even reference a sale yet? Mine is not, it makes no mention of a sale or anything yet, perhaps it's just not posted yet? Everything is identical to what it's been the last week, so it makes me wonder if it's just not live yet. Hopefully that's the case!

[sandc4e]

9 minutes ago, nhilding10 said:

Are you guys seeing any banners or anything on the website that even reference a sale yet? Mine is not, it makes no mention of a sale or anything yet, perhaps it's just not posted yet? Everything is identical to what it's been the last week, so it makes me wonder if it's just not live yet. Hopefully that's the case!

Definitely didn't see a sale banner in the cruise planner either.  Like you, nothing changed for me and I even cleared cookies thinking the same.

[Biff215]

I’m seeing a banner claiming up to 35% off. Like I said above, very few items are discounted and most are minimal anyway. 

[thehungrymuppet]

Not sure if this is a “good” price or not, but we’re booked for a 4-day cruise on the Oasis starting November 3. The deluxe drink package started at $71pp/day and, as of this morning, is at $62. We cancelled our package and rebooked at the lower price. (We’re buying it even if it’s not a good price—we can definitely put away 6+ drinks a day on vacation! Don’t judge us )

[PPPJJ-GCVAB]

Yes, this sale is pretty sad!  Definitely hoping to see maybe one more BETTER sale before my November cruise!  Perhaps 4th of July or Labor Day?  

[PPPJJ-GCVAB]

26 minutes ago, sandc4e said:

Definitely didn't see a sale banner in the cruise planner either.  Like you, nothing changed for me and I even cleared cookies thinking the same.

I think it depends on how far off your sailing is.  My November 2021 and April 2022 cruises show that 35% sale banner but my November 2022 only has very slight changes...that one not worth doing anything with it.  Not that anything is something to WOW about at this point!

[PPPJJ-GCVAB]

14 minutes ago, thehungrymuppet said:

Not sure if this is a “good” price or not, but we’re booked for a 4-day cruise on the Oasis starting November 3. The deluxe drink package started at $71pp/day and, as of this morning, is at $62. We cancelled our package and rebooked at the lower price. (We’re buying it even if it’s not a good price—we can definitely put away 6+ drinks a day on vacation! Don’t judge us )

I have this sailing as part of the roll call!  There are a few of us on the November 3 Oasis!!

[ChrisK2793]

‘From yesterday to today, all 4 cruises we have booked went from $68/day to now $57/day for the Deluxe Beverage Package  ….. for the 2 cruises that are after Black Friday, I wonder if the Black Friday Sale would be even better?  I’m going to jump on this price on all of them for now, then cancel and repurchase later if necessary.

The UDP has also dropped about 25/person on all 4 of them as well from yesterday’s price.

 

 

[PPPJJ-GCVAB]

27 minutes ago, ChrisK2793 said:

‘From yesterday to today, all 4 cruises we have booked went from $68/day to now $57/day for the Deluxe Beverage Package  ….. for the 2 cruises that are after Black Friday, I wonder if the Black Friday Sale would be even better?  I’m going to jump on this price on all of them for now, then cancel and repurchase later if necessary.

The UDP has also dropped about 25/person on all 4 of them as well from yesterday’s price.

 

 

I want to be on one of your cruises!!  .  None of mine are that low!

[Fairlynew]

For Ovation 8/27, all excursions dropped by $20-30 and the DBP went from $67 to $50.  

[Yak]

Would you all recommend purchasing the deluxe beverage package at $58 pp/d. How about the unlimited dining package for $28 pp/d?

[smokeybandit]

58 is a good price, probably the highest price I would considering buying it at.

[Matt]

11 minutes ago, Yak said:

Would you all recommend purchasing the deluxe beverage package at $58 pp/d. How about the unlimited dining package for $28 pp/d?

Yes. You can always cancel and rebook if price drops later.

[Matt]

Also, it's irrelevant what someone else paid for a drink package, because pricing for drink packages vary from ship to ship and sailing to sailing.

So it's more important to focus on what is the lowest advertised price for a drink package on your sailing.  If you know you want a drink package, book it.  Then if there is a price drop, cancel and rebook it immediately.

This protects you against a price increase, but you can still take advantage of a price decrease.

[Kamehameah]

Hello everyone, I'm italian, and I have a reservation on Harmony (sail on 12/08). 

the DBP costs 68,65$ , never see a discount. 
The UDP costs 218$

 

you are so lucky to find that rates.  here is almost impossible afford the package with those prices

[Yak]

8 minutes ago, Kamehameah said:

the DBP costs 68,65$ , never see a discount. 
The UDP costs 218$

Im on Allure 10/10/21 and those were the same prices I saw until today so just keep checking 

[smokeybandit]

Now if RC would throw me a bone and give me a real sale on the Coco Cay Beach Club, since I'm still bitter about not booking it on the first day sailings were bookable for $71

[thehungrymuppet]

1 hour ago, PPPJJ-GCVAB said:

I have this sailing as part of the roll call!  There are a few of us on the November 3 Oasis!!

Awesome! It will be my second cruise ever. My husband and I are excited to sail on a big (and newer/newly amplified) ship like the Oasis because we both have restrictive work schedules so a 7+ day cruise is out of the question. It seems like the Oasis is generally available only for the longer cruises. Needless to say, we’re looking forward to it.

[thehungrymuppet]

31 minutes ago, Matt said:

Yes. You can always cancel and rebook if price drops later.

Are excursions the same, or are you locked in after you buy it? Thanks!

[Matt]

9 minutes ago, thehungrymuppet said:

Are excursions the same, or are you locked in after you buy it? Thanks!

Yes, excursions too. Anything you can buy in the Cruise Planner is refundable.

[AshleyDillo]

38 minutes ago, Yak said:

Would you all recommend purchasing the deluxe beverage package at $58 pp/d. How about the unlimited dining package for $28 pp/d?

Drink package yes.  Dining package really depends on what ship.  

[RED5]

There’s still no Memorial Day sale banner on mine and the prices haven’t changed at all.  My dates aren’t until September 2022, is that too far off to be included in this sale?