putinbay Posted October 30, 2022 Report Share Posted October 30, 2022 Only 496 days to go! SpeedNoodles 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinJ Posted November 22, 2022 Report Share Posted November 22, 2022 We're on this cruise also. I get to celebrate my 70th birthday on board. tingtang, WAAAYTOOO and putinbay 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
putinbay Posted December 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 Sure glad we booked when we did... Cost has gone up by $1,000 total for the two cabins we booked. We booked one aft balcony cabin on deck 14 for my wife and me, and one inside cabin on deck 14 for our two boys. Looking forward to an aft cabin! Never had one before... Only 448 days to go! WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
putinbay Posted January 12 Author Report Share Posted January 12 The cost my original booking has gone up by $2,400. Yikes! Specialty dining venues are now showing up on my cruise planner. Expesive! I did not pull the trigger. Please see screen shot. UDP and the 3 day Specialty Dining package are not available yet. Looking to save some money via the 3 day Specialty Dining package, once it’s available.  Only 422 days to go! tingtang 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinJ Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 Worked out that I would have 198 C&A points at the start of this cruise. So obviously I needed a few more points so I could get an Icon ship block. Booked Allure in Jan for 7 nights so will now cross 210 on Icon. Xaa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
putinbay Posted February 17 Author Report Share Posted February 17 Unlimited Dining options are now available. Seems expensive. $290 per person. Â Â WAAAYTOOO, tingtang and AlmondFarmer 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlmondFarmer Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 3 hours ago, putinbay said: Unlimited Dining options are now available. Seems expensive Thanks for sharing this. Dining packages also showed up for my November Icon sailing. Priced $60 more than typical unlimited package. I purchased and will hope for price drop. putinbay 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
putinbay Posted February 18 Author Report Share Posted February 18 I priced out the 3 Night Dining Package versus directly buying 3 specialty dining reservations. The 3 Night Dining Package was roughly $100 less. So basically, for an additional $100, you get the privilege of locking in your reservations now, as opposed to the mad dash when getting on the ship. Also, for the Unlimited Drink Package, I noticed they lowered the discount from 20% off to 15% off, which increased the price from $587 to $623. I would not be surprised if the Unlimited Drink Package is close to $800 by this time next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
putinbay Posted March 3 Author Report Share Posted March 3 Unlimited Drink Package just jumped from $735 to $770. And this discount went back to 20% off. LOL. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
putinbay Posted March 10 Author Report Share Posted March 10 365 days to go! tingtang 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
putinbay Posted March 10 Author Report Share Posted March 10 On 2/17/2023 at 10:36 AM, AlmondFarmer said: Thanks for sharing this. Dining packages also showed up for my November Icon sailing. Priced $60 more than typical unlimited package. I purchased and will hope for price drop. Ask and you shall receive! UDP is 50% off right now. I'm on the fence still... Can't tell if this really is a good deal or not...  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnK6404 Posted March 10 Report Share Posted March 10 23 minutes ago, putinbay said: Ask and you shall receive! UDP is 50% off right now. I'm on the fence still... Can't tell if this really is a good deal or not... To help provide some sort of perspective... this is the current price for the UDP on Wonder (10/29/23 sailing). The lowest I've seen it to date (it's always this price when there is a sale)... this will be our first time with the UDP! ... and we're seeing the same pricing for our Icon sailing (5/11/24) as for your sailing... will have to monitor along with you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlmondFarmer Posted March 10 Report Share Posted March 10 Careful. I made a mistake by cancelling for lower posted price. Ended up with higher total because new price has 18% added after placed in cart. Couldn’t place in cart without first cancelling. Bummer. tingtang 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinJ Posted March 28 Report Share Posted March 28 @AlmondFarmer I did the same thing, it's really annoying. I now keep track of the price I purchased items at both before and after they apply the 18% as the % off they show is almost meaning less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
putinbay Posted May 14 Author Report Share Posted May 14 300 days to go!  We pulled the trigger on the Unlimited Dining Package several weeks ago when it was 50% off. Not entirely sure if we'll keep it. Going to wait to hear about the MDR and specialty dining reviews for the first 5 voyages before we make a final decision. Looks like the fares are absolutely through the roof! Same cabin categories are now double what we paid! Holy moly! If I could "sell" our reservations for double my money, I'd do that in a heartbeat! LOL! 100% return on investment! Well, maybe not, actually!  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
putinbay Posted May 27 Author Report Share Posted May 27 The base price of the Unlimited Drink Package continues to increase... In January of 2023, it was $735. In March of 2023, it jumped to $770. It just jumped to $805. Yikes! Back in February of 2023 (above), I predicted $800 by March 2024. Now I'm thinking $900 or $1000 by March of 2024. I'll continue to keep everyone posted! Thanks! WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
putinbay Posted July 3 Author Report Share Posted July 3 Only 250 days to go! Halfway there! I cannot believe how quickly the first 250 days flew by since we booked our cruise in October of last year! Crazy! Â The prices continue to absolutely skyrocket! I priced out the exact same cruise we booked back in October (1 balcony room and 1 interior room) for 4 passengers total. Grand total: An eye watering, baffling, whopping $19,216.88. I mean, come on man! Who in their right mind would pay that!? We paid ~$7,000 total. Nearly 3 times less! That is insane! Anyone want to buy my reservation for $15,000? If so, it's yours! LOL! You'd get a $4,000 discount! Now that's a deal! LOL! Â Â WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jims5marys Posted July 6 Report Share Posted July 6 My beautiful wife celebrates her 61st birthday and we receive our first crystal block on this sailing... WAAAYTOOO and emmef 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
putinbay Posted August 22 Author Report Share Posted August 22 200 days to go! Unlimited Dining Package has jumped quite a bit... Went from $244 per person to $357 per person. $244 is the lowest it's ever been for our sailing date. Â See you at the 100 day mark! Â Â WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisellama Posted August 22 Report Share Posted August 22 Is ICON stopping at  Perfect Day redundant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
putinbay Posted November 1 Author Report Share Posted November 1 The Deluxe Beverage Package base cost jumped again. Base price is now $840, which is up from $805. Here's the history of base price increases: January of 2023, base price was $735. March of 2023, base price jumped to $770. May of 2023, base price jumped to $805. November of 2023, base priced jumped to $840. We should be near $900 by March of 2024. Good times! WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
putinbay Posted November 30 Author Report Share Posted November 30 100 days to go! WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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