Decent sale going on reprice savings

[Shari]

I just repriced our Holiday cruise on Jewel of the Seas and saved $398.  I booked it 8 days ago so very surprised that Spacious Balcony price went down.

[CruzOnBye]

Thank you for the heads up! It looks like our Adventure 2025 priced dropped also! I reached out to the TA to check. I didn’t get a notice on my watchlist about it 

[smokeybandit]

I've had a Jewel cruise drop $1400 between two different drops in the last 2 months. Also a Star cruise drop $260.

[Tanner]

Thank you!  Saved $910.

[HeWhoWaits]

"Only" $190 for my wife and two friends in a suite, but that covers the cost of one of the excursions they purchased.

[OCSC Mike]

Nice to see people saving some $$$.

[Lovetocruise2002]

Thanks for posting this @Shari! Yesterday, I wasn't able to get on the message boards until close to dinner time. Saw this thread and immediately checked my sailings. Two price drops on July 2025 and August 2025 sailings totally to just over $500. Not huge, but much appreciated after seeing no drops for what seems like forever!

[Mark_A]

I just repriced a cruise for Next April and saved 575!  

[Gasman62]

Just repriced for a $300 dollar savings next March.

[sleepy425]

I was going back and forth on whether to upgrade to a suite on my 4 night Liberty to Canada next July.  The price has been about $385 more for a suite guarantee.  It dropped to only $299 more (total) so I figured that was a sign and did the upgrade!  Out of my 4 cruises with 7 rooms booked, 5 rooms have dropped in the past couple weeks.  

[FionaMG]

A few days ago I was able to upgrade from an OV to a spacious balcony and still saved $25. A gty balcony on that sailing had previously been running at $600 more per person than my original OV price so I have to assume that the spacious balcony dropped even more than that.

I wonder if this is a sign that the bubble is starting to burst?

[smokeybandit]

Maybe not burst, but at least self correct.

I just checked mine again this morning both cruises that dropped last week have dropped about $120 again today. I kind of feel bad bugging my TA again but that money adds up.

[Sweety]

I saved money on my two Oasis cruises. 250 on each ship.

[Sweety]

18 minutes ago, Sweety said:

I saved money on my two Oasis cruises. 250 on each ship.

Portside BBQ will be two days. Thank you Royal.

[Debstr66]

Must be a good sale going on as the stupid cruise planner is down trying to book a new cruise...  Does anyone know when the Memorial Day sales start?

[WAAAYTOOO]

I was just perusing the CP and everything was working fine.  Maybe they've resolved whatever demon infestation they had earlier.

[Debstr66]

Ugh... I still get this from my laptop...  Working on my iPad though.

 

[CruzOnBye]

34 minutes ago, Debstr66 said:

Ugh... I still get this from my laptop...  Working on my iPad though.

 

Mine has been doing that too since Thursday, but for me, if I just keep "scrolling down" the normal site appears! It's very odd.

[smokeybandit]

1 hour ago, Debstr66 said:

Ugh... I still get this from my laptop...  Working on my iPad though.

 

That has the feel of an ad blocker blocking too much

[Pattycruise]

9 hours ago, FionaMG said:

 

I wonder if this is a sign that the bubble is starting to burst?

I thought exactly the same thing.  They rode the wave (pun intended).  Now to figure out : economy, cutbacks and they lost their loyal customers who no longer saw the value for the “new way”,  or some other cause?

[manicmonkey]

I just looked and I can keep my XB GTY and save $300, or move to a room I pick for the same price I currently have. Decisions, decisions...

[Sweety]

Saved 500 on my spring break Vision cruise

[Lovetocruise2002]

So I caught that price drop on July 2025 and August 2025 sailings thanks to @Shari Sunday afternoon, and then yesterday, my TA caught another small drop (a few hundred again) on the same two sailings. Small wins 

[Pattycruise]

Got some free upgrades on my casino comps as the category I was booked in became more valuable than a balcony.

[Lucky]

I know most people don't do this, but can you downgrade without penalty (i.e. go from a suite to a balcony)?

[Matt]

23 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:

So I caught that price drop on July 2025 and August 2025 sailings thanks to @Shari Sunday afternoon, and then yesterday, my TA caught another small drop (a few hundred again) on the same two sailings. Small wins 

Money saved on your Star Class cabins = more money to book more Star Class!

[Lovetocruise2002]

20 minutes ago, Matt said:

Money saved on your Star Class cabins = more money to book more Star Class!

Sadly, both the sailings I got price drops on are Sky class cabins. Star class pricing is still bonkers.

[smokeybandit]

I'm just hoping my surfside suite on Star continues to drop to make upgrading to a better suite more palatable after reading some of the reviews.

[Southern Dan]

I have a feeling I won't ever get to enjoy Sky Class amenities let alone Star Class lol.  I suppose if I win big in the casino on one of my upcoming cruises there might be hope...

[Ditchdoc]

Just saved $1011 on a November Icon cruise.

[WAAAYTOOO]

1 hour ago, Ditchdoc said:

Just saved $1011 on a November Icon cruise.

Congrats !  Woohoo !  Nice catch

[smokeybandit]

While I have had 2 cruises see big drops in prices, neither of my Q3/Q4 cruise prices have dropped as this article claims

 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/cruise-operators-offer-summer-discounts-051026361.html

[MareeS]

How do you all get your cruise repriced? I tried calling customer service yesterday and it said the wait time was almost 3 hours! LOL

[Pattycruise]

16 minutes ago, MareeS said:

How do you all get your cruise repriced? I tried calling customer service yesterday and it said the wait time was almost 3 hours! LOL

Try early morning or late night or, accidentally press “new booking” and see if that works. 

[MareeS]

21 minutes ago, Pattycruise said:

Try early morning or late night or, accidentally press “new booking” and see if that works. 

I figured I would try now and was able to get right through! We are just taking a 4 day cruise in November ( our first Royal cruise) and the price dropped $190 plus we got $100 onboard credit. I'm pretty happy with that. Thanks for the reply!

[Matt]

10 hours ago, MareeS said:

How do you all get your cruise repriced? I tried calling customer service yesterday and it said the wait time was almost 3 hours! LOL

Your first mistake was not working with a travel agent.

I just text my travel agent and it gets magically done. I never waste my time on the phone with Royal.

[Southern Dan]

I've called Royal 3 times in the last 4 months and never waited longer than a minute or two.  Guess I just got lucky.

[MareeS]

On 6/4/2024 at 7:53 PM, MareeS said:

I figured I would try now and was able to get right through! We are just taking a 4 day cruise in November ( our first Royal cruise) and the price dropped $190 plus we got $100 onboard credit. I'm pretty happy with that. Thanks for the reply!

 

On 6/5/2024 at 6:09 AM, Matt said:

Your first mistake was not working with a travel agent.

I just text my travel agent and it gets magically done. I never waste my time on the phone with Royal.

To be honest I had no idea that people still use travel agents. I just assumed everyone booked their own trips. I will need to look into that as an option for out next cruise. is there any other advantage of using a travel agent besides them being able to reprice trips?

[AshleyDillo]

11 minutes ago, MareeS said:

is there any other advantage of using a travel agent besides them being able to reprice trips?

My favorite advantage is group pricing. Travel agents can put a bunch of cabins on hold when dates are released which locks the pricing in early on which can save you a considerable amount. Sometimes these are also refundable so you don't lose your deposit if you change your mind prior to final payment.  The TA becomes your liaison with the cruise line and can save you from making the phone calls.

[ChessE4]

1 hour ago, AshleyDillo said:

My favorite advantage is group pricing. Travel agents can put a bunch of cabins on hold when dates are released which locks the pricing in early on which can save you a considerable amount. Sometimes these are also refundable so you don't lose your deposit if you change your mind prior to final payment.  The TA becomes your liaison with the cruise line and can save you from making the phone calls.

To reinforce this point, we just obtained a group rate on a cruise from our agent that was 300 per person less than Royal's online price for similar balcony room. And our room is better than the one Royal "offered". The group rate is refundable deposit, as you noted.