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Sailing on brilliance in a little under a month. Yesterday we received confirmation that both cabins had their bids accepted. Had 2 obstructed balconies on deck 7 and was moved to a grand suite for $315 per person(minimum bid) and a junior suite at $170 per person (minimum bid) for the other obstructed  balcony. I wasn’t expecting the bids to be accepted this far out. First time I’ve ever gotten my bid accepted as I usually get the denial email the day before. 
 

The price to upgrade without royal up for us was $5200 for the  grand suite and $2400 for the junior suite. 

Our cruise on rhapsody leaves tomorrow yet the bid on the JS still says pending. They should have sent a denial email by now. 

When will the serenade cruises out of Sydney be released? 

2 hours ago, NancyIL said:

 

Thanks for posting this, as I was looking under "Panama Canal" - silly me! So...lots of people are all excited about this 11-night cruise that's only a partial transit? 

Yes for me because it involves no airfare. I get to pass through the canal and I don't have to fly anywhere to do it. Also we live in Tampa so this is extremely convenient. 

24 minutes ago, SilkySal said:

Yes, I saw the one balcony cabin left but DH wants to go cheaper with a window. He'd be happy with an inside but I draw the line there. I feel a need to at least see outside my cabin!

There's multiple balcony cabins left, however it may not be visible on royals site. 

30 minutes ago, SilkySal said:

That's what I'm thinking too but DH wants to wait until October when he'll know his exact retirement date. I prefer booking when itineraries are first announced but the Rhapsody (for some odd reason) did not pop up when I put Panama Canal in as my destination. I only found it when I saw the posts on CC and, by then, it was already too late!😞 I just went back to RCCL's site and put Panama Canal as the destination and the Rhapsody cruise still doesn't show up. I have to specifically name the Rhapsody to see it! Why is that?

I'm not sure why they did that but it seems they placed it under Caribbean. Right now I have hold of a suite without a deposit, but it's $8500. So I will probably drop it and just get the group rate for a oceanview. 

19 minutes ago, SilkySal said:

We're looking at the Panama Canal cruise on Rhapsody in 2021 as well to celebrate Tom's retirement and missed it when first published. Prices are pretty high right now with a hefty deposit too! We will be on the Harmony in October and wondering if booking it while on-board might save us some coin and possibly lessen the deposit? Then, will be on Rhapsody next February but in the Caribbean. Any thoughts? Thanks!

I held a room when I saw that itinerary pop up. You are right prices are very high right now. I have a feeling this sailing will just keep increasing in price though so by the time you book on harmony the price might have increased a lot. But you would get a reduced deposit if you waited. 

2 hours ago, toad455 said:

thought about the Panama Canal cruise on Rhapsody, but those prices are CRAZY!!!

Yeah I'll just wait till a better price comes and book early. The prices now have skyrocketed from their original prices. 

You have no issue. He was new, which he did not hide, he made an error initially and knew he had to correct it. You did not lose anything. If you are now uncomfortable with that particular agency then simply move on elsewhere.

That seems wrong that they are basically allowed to lie about prices and then not honor them after they were quoted. I get it was a mistake, but still.

You have no issue. He was new, which he did not hide, he made an error initially and knew he had to correct it. You did not lose anything. If you are now uncomfortable with that particular agency then simply move on elsewhere.

We did lose our time spent on this ( I get he made a mistake) but this whole process took 3 weeks which is unacceptable.

Hi, so I wanted peoples opinion on this:

My friend asked for a quote on pricing for a group cruise and spoke to the only travel agent that was available at the time. He told her that he would try to help as much as he could, because he had only been there for 2 weeks and did not know everything yet. She said that is fine and asked him to get a quote for 30 cabins some with 2 people in it, some with 3, and some with 4 people in it. She wanted to book a cruise through ncl and wanted the tour conductor credits. She asked him to include the free ubp and free gratuities as our free perks. She had previously booked a refundable deposit with another travel agent but I wanted to shop around before I went with the price she got . He comes back and gives her prices that are almost $1,000 less than the other travel agency we booked with. We was super suspicious right then and their, but asked him more questions about the price. At this point he must have realized he made an error because responded that he needed to check with his supervisor about the prices though. Apparently his supervisor was on vacation so he had a tough time getting a hold of him. She also asked him additional questions regarding the tour conductor credits and he responded that he was not sure of an answer to this and that he would pass on my reservation to a supervisor once he returned. So fast forward 2 weeks I still have not gotten a reply from his supervisor. He tells me the supervisor will be back on the 12 and will call me once he is in his office. So may 12th rolls around and the supervisor states that there was an error and that the original price quoted was incorrect. I never put a deposit down on the room so she never locked in the price. Should she still be entitled to what we were quoted. I feel really bad because this could have easily been an honest mistake especially considering how new he was. I wish I did not have to wait so long to get the actual price but if he was the only one there cause they were all on vacation than I guess nothing could really be done. Just wanted everyone's opinion on this. Should we try and get them to honor the price?