Rare Teeara Posted November 14, 2017 #526 Share Posted November 14, 2017 I just transferred my Symphony booking in April 2019 to Oasis in 2020. It's just a placeholder until 2019 when they open the 2020 TAs for booking. No problems making the transfer this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuCruise Posted November 14, 2017 #527 Share Posted November 14, 2017 And don’t even get me started on the website lol Sent from my iPhone using Forums Was going to ask if anyone is having issues with the website. I'm curious on March 2020 but it won't let me select Mar. Keeps flipping to Feb when I try. If i select Dec, it looks like it then selects Dec-Apr, but it doesn't necessarily include March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRUISEBOY305 Posted November 14, 2017 #528 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Any word on what ships are in Southampton? I am missing news what Indy and Navigator will do.... it is speculated that Independence and Voyager would do the Southampton runs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuCruise Posted November 14, 2017 #529 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Wow...playing with the selection, I managed to select March 2020 for Symphony. The price is crazy. We booked March (break) 2019 opening day. The same stateroom for March break 2020 is $1100 more than we paid....and about $700 more than if we booked our March 2019 cruise today. Shouldn't it be less in both those cases? I also noticed it only showed a few staterooms (looking at boardwalk balcony). Do they hold a lot of them back for phone bookings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
internetwhiz Posted November 14, 2017 #530 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Was going to ask if anyone is having issues with the website. I'm curious on March 2020 but it won't let me select Mar. Keeps flipping to Feb when I try. If i select Dec, it looks like it then selects Dec-Apr, but it doesn't necessarily include March. Strange. It works fine for me. I’m using an incognito Google browser page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molly361 Posted November 14, 2017 #531 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Wow...playing with the selection, I managed to select March 2020 for Symphony.The price is crazy. We booked March (break) 2019 opening day. The same stateroom for March break 2020 is $1100 more than we paid....and about $700 more than if we booked our March 2019 cruise today. Shouldn't it be less in both those cases? I also noticed it only showed a few staterooms (looking at boardwalk balcony). Do they hold a lot of them back for phone bookings? During one of their "updates" the available stateroom selection diminished to only offering a few staterooms in each category. If you go to their UK site or a third party site you can find out all the available rooms and then you have to call them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachammo Posted November 14, 2017 #532 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Blah..... Oasis/Freedom class Think I'll wait for the smaller ships. Sent from my VS995 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipfriend_max Posted November 14, 2017 #533 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Blah..... Oasis/Freedom class Think I'll wait for the smaller ships. Sent from my VS995 using Tapatalk Yep... the recently opened Caribbean deployment for 2019/20 is among the most uninteresting of the whole 2019/20 program still to be released. Year-round Caribbean from Florida. Is there anything more uninteresting? Ah, I forgot... short sailings from Florida... [emoji23][emoji849] Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindyJohn Posted November 14, 2017 #534 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Has it been announced if Freedom has a dry dock scheduled between now and 2020? Considering SJU cruising for winter 2020, but would enjoy the option of a Broadway show like Liberty has. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geldhart Posted November 14, 2017 #535 Share Posted November 14, 2017 I just booked Harmony for a Western Caribbean for Sept 2019 on a refundable deposit. Discussion with my wife came down to the difference in price (plus OBC) is not enough at this time to justify risking the deposit that far in advance. Depending on Supply and Demand later on, we may change our minds. Now to look into the medical insurance part of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lr657 Posted November 14, 2017 #536 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Blah..... Oasis/Freedom class Think I'll wait for the smaller ships. Sent from my VS995 using Tapatalk That's our plan also. Pretty much the same itineraries as previous years, but at a higher price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted November 14, 2017 #537 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Yep... the recently opened Caribbean deployment for 2019/20 is among the most uninteresting of the whole 2019/20 program still to be released.Year-round Caribbean from Florida. Is there anything more uninteresting? Not sure why anyone would expect something different, especially from the big ships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caribbeanboy Posted November 14, 2017 #538 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Not sure why anyone would expect something different, especially from the big ships. Exacty my thoughts! If you keep taking 7 days cruises, you will keep going to the same ports. There are so many places a ship can go on a 7 day cruise out of Florida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted November 14, 2017 #539 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Exacty my thoughts! If you keep taking 7 days cruises, you will keep going to the same ports. There are so many places a ship can go on a 7 day cruise out of Florida. More than a 7 day out of anywhere else in the US I'll bet. 😉 Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molly361 Posted November 14, 2017 #540 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Decent spread between refundable and non refundable price Price for Harmony JS Sept 2019 is less than today's price for Sept 2018 😉 However that is about $1,000 higher than day of release in 2016 for our Sept 2017 cruise on Oasis JS Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Forums mobile app I noticed that the JS on HM seemed quite a bit higher than last year's were. No $3,000 JS this time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipfriend_max Posted November 14, 2017 #541 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Not sure why anyone would expect something different, especially from the big ships. I did not mean I expected anything new... but among all deployments that are due to come out (Europe, Canada/NE/Northeast, Alaska, Exotics), the already released deployment is the far least interesting one... Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelgoddess1 Posted November 14, 2017 #542 Share Posted November 14, 2017 I noticed that too. Could get as far as the date but it wouldn't let me go any farther. Called C&A and got through right away. Looked at Symphony for Jan 2020. JS $5419.02. Too high for me... I'm trying to wrap my head around this price -- is that per person, or the total for 2 people?:eek: Is special pricing attached? It's definitely too rich for my blood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted November 14, 2017 #543 Share Posted November 14, 2017 I'm trying to wrap my head around this price -- is that per person, or the total for 2 people?:eek: Is special pricing attached? It's definitely too rich for my blood. The fall ones on Harmony 2019 are aroubd 4 grand total for the JS Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted November 14, 2017 #544 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Yep... the recently opened Caribbean deployment for 2019/20 is among the most uninteresting of the whole 2019/20 program still to be released.Year-round Caribbean from Florida. Is there anything more uninteresting? Ah, I forgot... short sailings from Florida... [emoji23][emoji849] Sent from my iPhone using Forums It's pretty interesting to the locals that live here. ;):cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted November 14, 2017 #545 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Exacty my thoughts! If you keep taking 7 days cruises, you will keep going to the same ports. There are so many places a ship can go on a 7 day cruise out of Florida. I would love to see some going north to do the NE cruises, with a stop off at Bermuda! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted November 14, 2017 #546 Share Posted November 14, 2017 .. but among all deployments that are due to come out (Europe, Canada/NE/Northeast, Alaska, Exotics), the already released deployment is the far least interesting one... That's because it's the safest/easiest one to put out so early, for RCI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigeck Posted November 14, 2017 #547 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Anyone know when the Pacific Coastals were released. Were they released with Alaska?? Sent from my G8141 using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipfriend_max Posted November 14, 2017 #548 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Anyone know when the Pacific Coastals were released. Were they released with Alaska?? Sent from my G8141 using Forums mobile app Usually it's the same deployment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare the more ports the better Posted November 14, 2017 #549 Share Posted November 14, 2017 I just looked at Symphony for New Years 2020. $11,000pp for an OS and I’m still required to purchase a soda package. We usually pay between $3200 and $3800 for an Oasis class OS. Seriously!!!!! I am sailing 12 days in Tahiti on Oceania in a suite, with a butler, and staying 5 nights precruise at the Four Seasons in Bora Bora. That trip INCLUDING AIR TO TAHITI costs less than a week on the Symphony. I used to sail 7 or 8 times per year on Royal. Due to pricing on Royal, this past year I sailed Royal a few times but premium lines, Oceania, Regent, even Seabourn... are cheaper than suites on Royal so I ended up on several luxury sailings and the difference in food, service, and amenities is astounding. Not even in the same Universe, It’s nice to have the butler unpack your bags, arrange your room and have a bottle of champagne waiting. Last Springbreak, I had an OS on Harmony, the families next to me smoked weed, partied and shot dice, with music blasting on their balcony the entire trip and every other word was F***. I was kind of irritated that I had paid so much money for that kind of experience but I also know that will be a good percentage of Royal’s clientele as Royal is mass market and that is what they cater to. It’s a no brainer for me, pay luxury line prices for a suite on Royal or actually sail a luxury line and be pampered? Hmmmm. I have a few Royal sailings coming up, including the Symphony TA and I’ll still sail them periodically but this year’s pricing just solidifies the fact that they are no longer my go to cruise line. Loyalty programs are so much better on other lines too. For example, 15 cruises on Oceania (less if the cruises are longer) and the perks include $500 onboard credit, prepaid gratuities, two massages...... plus specialty restaurants, soda, coffee bar... are already included. I’m more than half way to pinnacle on Royal, I doubt I will make the effort to get there. Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigeck Posted November 14, 2017 #550 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Usually it's the same deployment. Just hope Ovation is going to do it Sent from my G8141 using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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