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  1. Hi there, Back in 2017 we took a Disney cruise and we found a tip about pre-paying for a photo package. I believe it involved booking directly through the photo company's website instead of via the cruise line. I recall it saved a decent chunk of cash too. Is that still a thing? Any other tips for saving on photos? I of course can't find any old archived email with company names or links. Thoughts appreciated, thanks!
  2. Well that's certainly not something I had considered. That's certainly a plausible explanation though. Damn though... That itinerary really floated our boat. 😕 Thanks for the insight!
  3. This post is half-lamenting, but half also genuinely curious how something like this can happen. A couple weeks ago, we were shopping for an sailing in early December 2023. Ended up really liking the December 4, 5-night itinerary on the Independence. Plenty of good room choices were available, so we wanted to talk to family about joining us. Tinkered with this and that idea over the course of a week or so and eventually said ok, let's do this. The day we said let's book it, out of the blue the RC site says no staterooms available for 4 people, and shows all suites and outside view rooms as sold out. Now, literally the night before there were tons of rooms available. Frankly we were looking at one of the 2 BR Grand Suites, of which all 6 were still showing available too less than 24 hours prior. Not to belabor the point... It's just, I'm in denial that a cruise would sell out overnight like this. I can accept new ships when their first sailings come around, that I at least get. But this doesn't pass the sniff test. A little plot twist perhaps... I call RC customer service and ask if it's some website problem. Guy I talked to puts me on hold for a while checking for me and says actually yes, it appears they're doing some sort of inventory with the rooms and sometimes these things happen and just give it a couple days and I should be able to book. Ok, great! Well, it's been a week since that conversation and no dice. I called RC again today, and now they're saying they show it's basically sold out. I'm short, I'm in disbelief. I get that I should have booked when I first noticed it. I certainly take responsibility for missing out. I'm severely bummed though and struggling to find an itinerary that we like with a compatible time frame as well. My biggest question though, sincerely... Does this actually happen? All the sudden a cruise pushing 1.5 years out that's been posted for weeks (if not months) goes from widely available to nothing except for 2-person rooms literally overnight? What might cause this? TL;DR - RC Independence in December 2023 goes from widely available to nothing but 2-person rooms basically overnight. RC CS says glitch, then a week later says it's actually all but sold out... For real? 🥲
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