fonemanbob Posted September 1, 2017 Report Share Posted September 1, 2017 Hark another sale. And yes no deluxe drink discount either. And of course different wording. L.O.L. Have a lovely Labor Day everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jce2 Posted September 1, 2017 Report Share Posted September 1, 2017 Just now, fonemanbob said: Hark another sale. And yes no deluxe drink discount either. And of course different wording. L.O.L. Have a lovely Labor Day everyone. So first you ruin my day by teling me the Deluxe isn't on sale.....then say "Have a lovely LaborDay"???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLMoran Posted September 1, 2017 Report Share Posted September 1, 2017 At least for my sailing (Freedom, March 31, 2018), there's no sale in the Cruise Compass. Only "sale" is for cruise bookings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted September 1, 2017 Report Share Posted September 1, 2017 Cruise planner for the Blog Group cruise but nothing that hasn't already been on sale at least 3 times. No additional discount for drinks packages or dining + drinks package. Same excursions seem to be on sale. Nothing new here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianAlt Posted September 1, 2017 Report Share Posted September 1, 2017 For this "sale" my Symphony cruises are $91 more expensive and $1518.60 more expensive. Although I did get a great deal on the Symphony TA on day one. So the large difference isn't surprising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted September 1, 2017 Report Share Posted September 1, 2017 https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2017/09/01/royal-caribbean-offering-30-cruise-planner-purchases-labor-day-weekend-sale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitsmom Posted September 1, 2017 Report Share Posted September 1, 2017 I just checked my Alaska cruise (July 13th) and only voom 1-device is on sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellcee Posted September 1, 2017 Report Share Posted September 1, 2017 I got nothing on my July '18 trip. It's still so early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jce2 Posted September 1, 2017 Report Share Posted September 1, 2017 The break-outs are kind of wierd1 On the picture Matt shows there seems to be a Voom/Deluxe bundle. For my cruise the bundle is Voom/Soda. Too bad, I would have bought the other bundle in a heart-beat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDemuth Posted September 1, 2017 Report Share Posted September 1, 2017 Time for me to speculate that the discounting of the Deluxe Drink Package is a thing of the past, at least on Oasis class ships. When I initially booked our upcoming cruise on Oasis, the Deluxe Package listed to $46 pppd. I should have pulled the trigger then, but I didn't and waited for a new credit card cycle before buying. In that time, the price jumped to $55 pppd. OK, I figured that I could wait and catch a sale closer to the time of departure. Right now, I believe that this will not be possible and that the jump in price to $55 was the first step in a marketing strategy intended to fix the price of the package. The next step that occurred was the introduction of the Ultimate Dining Package which listed on Oasis for $168 per week or $24 pd. So what does a dining package have to do the the drink package? What followed was the combining of the two for $75 pppd. As it stands now, the drink package in the combined package will cost $51 pd ($75 - $24), a discount of $4 over buying the Deluxe package separately. This leaves no room for further discounting of the Deluxe package without compromising the sales of the combined, since reducing the Deluxe back to $46 would make it less expensive to buy the two packages independently rather than the combined. It ain't going to happen. Now wait!, you say. On Harmony, the Deluxe package sells for $49 (correct? Someone chime in). But in this case, the Ultimate package is $203 per week ($29 pd). So the $75 cost pd of the combined represents a $3 pd savings (49 + 29 =78) over the purchase of individual packages. What the left hand giveth, the right hand taketh away. Of course, this leaves open the option of discounting the Ultimate package, but my guess is that for this to occur, the Deluxe package will first increase in price on Harmony. Welcome to RCI dynamic pricing. What do you think? The bottom line for my cruise is that since we cannot see eating at specialty restaurants for 7 days in addition to lunch on seas days, I gave up hopes of seeing the Deluxe Package discounted before our departure, bit the bullet and purchased it for $55 pd. Still!, it's 20% off!! Just can't figure though, 20% off of what? Happy hunting for Labor Day bargains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fonemanbob Posted September 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2017 Maybe RC will have a black Friday sale and discount the drink package at that time. One can only hope. ellcee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jce2 Posted September 2, 2017 Report Share Posted September 2, 2017 4 hours ago, fonemanbob said: Maybe RC will have a black Friday sale and discount the drink package at that time. One can only hope. The problem with waiting for the Black Friday sale, is the "experiment" on Harmony ends on the 18th (before Black Friday) so it is possible that shortly after the18th, RCL will implement the "all in cabin must buy" policy before any Black Friday sale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyC Posted September 3, 2017 Report Share Posted September 3, 2017 21 hours ago, jce2 said: The problem with waiting for the Black Friday sale, is the "experiment" on Harmony ends on the 18th (before Black Friday) so it is possible that shortly after the18th, RCL will implement the "all in cabin must buy" policy before any Black Friday sale Good point. We have a 12 night repo in Oct 2018 and with only 5 ports we are planning on the drink package for my husband only. We are travelling with friends and the husband can really pound those beers so he is sold on the drink package. The wife and I enjoy a drink or two per day, but that will be about it. The only way the drink package is affordable is for just the one of us to get it - 12 nights is a big number to multiple by per $55 day. Not sure what we will do if they make it mandatory for both to have the same package. Probably not get it, I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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