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Just got notice that our October 21st Navigator (rare seven night itinerary) has been chartered 😞

we have been given some options but since most Navigator sailings are 3 and 4 nights the 7 night options are several weeks outside of the original date. It was supposed to be our anniversary cruise. Oh well, first world problems 🤷‍♂️

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agree with @twangster, i was supposed to be on the 8N Allure repositioning cruise from Florida to Texas, but they canceled it (although the ship is still moving there around this time) and none of the replacement options worked for us.  The worst part is that they wouldn't price protect our Cruise Planner purchases.  We had the refreshment package at $18 a day.  Took a few sales, but we did get that price again eventually.  Seems like they could do something for the CP purchases, if you or your TA "move" to another cruise like we did.  I totally get not protecting it if someone cancels the cruise and then rebooks, but ours was just a move.  Now we're on a 8N on the Harmony which will be amazing.

Still a bummer!

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23 minutes ago, twangster said:

Sorry to hear that. 

Many of us have been in this exact position.  It absolutely sucks when it happens.  Unfortunately many cruise lines do it so it's not like you can go running to a competitor and escape this practice.  

I will stick with Navigator and pick one of the alternative dates. While not normally a points chaser I do really want the double points from this one after Symphony was cancelled in January. We would have hit diamond on our Radiance sailing this month but because of the Symphony cancellation we now need Navigator to hit it before our 10 nights on Oasis is January.

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4 hours ago, Vancity Cruiser said:

Just got notice that our October 21st Navigator (rare seven night itinerary) has been chartered 😞

we have been given some options but since most Navigator sailings are 3 and 4 nights the 7 night options are several weeks outside of the original date. It was supposed to be our anniversary cruise. Oh well, first world problems 🤷‍♂️

My March 3, 2023 7 night Navigator was also chartered.  Seems charters on Navigator are popular in CA.

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6 hours ago, csrsue said:

I've actually never heard of this before.  Is this common?  I have two upcoming Navigator cruises scheduled - one for May 2nd and one for August 29th.  Fingers crossed these don't end up cancelling.

Wow, our 1st cruise is on Navigator, sailing Oct 17, right before the cruise the poster was scheduled on.  Ours is now a honeymoon cruise for us, hope it doesn't get canceled.

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I was scheduled to be on the 3 March, 2023 sailing of Navigator and it was chartered by "The 80's cruise".

Took some wrangling from the travel agent to confirm with Royal that it was indeed cancelled since it disappeared from the Royal Caribbean website well before the notice went out. Thankfully he was able to get us switched over to a 8 night on Odyssey on 25 Feb 23 instead.

Hoping to get that same itinerary on Navigator in February 2024 though since the 7 night looks like a ton of fun. 

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Found it on this website:

https://www.cruisetimetables.com/full-cruise-ship-charters.html

 

Looks like you can blame Atlantis

https://atlantisevents.com/navigator-mexico-cruise

 

10 hours ago, DanielB said:

My March 3, 2023 7 night Navigator was also chartered.  Seems charters on Navigator are popular in CA.

Looks like it's an 80's cruise charter

https://the80scruise.com/

 

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2 hours ago, twangster said:

Found it on this website:

https://www.cruisetimetables.com/full-cruise-ship-charters.html

 

Looks like you can blame Atlantis

https://atlantisevents.com/navigator-mexico-cruise

 

Looks like it's an 80's cruise charter

https://the80scruise.com/

 

And the prices are extremely high, and many rooms types are sold out.  Good for them....looks like a fun time.

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16 hours ago, csrsue said:

I've actually never heard of this before.  Is this common?  I have two upcoming Navigator cruises scheduled - one for May 2nd and one for August 29th.  Fingers crossed these don't end up cancelling.

It's not that common but it does happen.  The closer you are to sailing, the less likely it is to happen.  Royal has general rules for chartering (someone probably has a link for the costs and restrictions but I don't).  Basically, the more people that have already booked the cruise, the harder it is for someone to charter the ship because of how many people get screwed.  This usually means companies charter a ship more than a year out.  It's also possible to do a partial charter where some company reserves let's say 40% of the rooms and Royal sells the rest.

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