Rare FionaMG Posted April 12, 2023 #151 Share Posted April 12, 2023 I wish I could make several of these work but it's unlikely. The one I really wanted to do is completely off-limits because it clashes with FIL's 100th birthday, which he is absolutely going to make! Guess I need to hope for a repeat, like @jacobtsf. Fingers, legs and eyes crossed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted April 12, 2023 Author #152 Share Posted April 12, 2023 2 hours ago, sgmn said: You did get some good perks on your whole world cruise, though yes, I would be annoyed if the difference is that great Not enough to offset the huge difference Crazy 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted April 12, 2023 #153 Share Posted April 12, 2023 (edited) 8 hours ago, John&LaLa said: Apparently the individual segments are priced out at about half of the full cruise price. Annoying Even with the perks you are getting factored in by going on the full cruise? it's cheaper to book the individual? If cheaper I know what I would be doing this morning booking B2B cruises 17 times if that is really the way it is. I mean who cares if you have to move cabins 17 times. Wouldn't be an issue for us. Plain and simple that sucks ! you having to pay twice as much as everyone else taking the shorter segments. I would be canceling and just booking segments. Edited April 12, 2023 by Jimbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted April 12, 2023 #154 Share Posted April 12, 2023 I booked half of the WC (two previously named quarter legs) now having also paid more, and .......I don't get the perks of the full cruise pax. 😕 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare orville99 Posted April 12, 2023 #155 Share Posted April 12, 2023 (edited) On 2/1/2023 at 6:47 PM, John&LaLa said: Maintenance will be ongoing up until we sail. Heck, the ship arrives from a 5 day trip on our departure date😉 Before that she's doing Panama Canal cruises. A few days in November without passengers between Boston and Miami, I guess We are doing the two Panama Canal cruises B2B right before you depart, and expect both of those to be a combination of "spring training" and finishing up the refurb so everything is spic and span for your first leg. We looked at doing the 5-nighter as well, but that ended up being one too many cabin changes for us. We will try to do a blow-by-blow description of any ongoing maintenance or other preparatory surprises that we see over the course of those four weeks. I expect that most of the "heavy lifting" will be done when she deadheads down to Miami before we board. It will be interesting to see what (if anything) has been tweaked on board since we sailed her in February. Edited April 12, 2023 by orville99 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcur Posted April 12, 2023 #156 Share Posted April 12, 2023 I priced two of these individual cruises yesterday for June/July next year. I would have to cancel two of my already booked cruises (with refundable deposits) to pay for the two on the Serenade. BUT, I would "lose" 16-17 cruise days by doing so. I've got the Serenade cruises on my watchlist to check prices. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted April 12, 2023 #157 Share Posted April 12, 2023 53 minutes ago, pcur said: I priced two of these individual cruises yesterday for June/July next year. I would have to cancel two of my already booked cruises (with refundable deposits) to pay for the two on the Serenade. BUT, I would "lose" 16-17 cruise days by doing so. I've got the Serenade cruises on my watchlist to check prices. If you do...welcome! I jump ship in LA, then back on again in Barcelona July 10th until the end. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted April 12, 2023 Author #158 Share Posted April 12, 2023 3 hours ago, pcur said: I priced two of these individual cruises yesterday for June/July next year. I would have to cancel two of my already booked cruises (with refundable deposits) to pay for the two on the Serenade. BUT, I would "lose" 16-17 cruise days by doing so. I've got the Serenade cruises on my watchlist to check prices. Don't wait to long, balconies gone now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted April 12, 2023 Author #159 Share Posted April 12, 2023 (edited) 7 hours ago, Jimbo said: Even with the perks you are getting factored in by going on the full cruise? it's cheaper to book the individual? If cheaper I know what I would be doing this morning booking B2B cruises 17 times if that is really the way it is. I mean who cares if you have to move cabins 17 times. Wouldn't be an issue for us. Plain and simple that sucks ! you having to pay twice as much as everyone else taking the shorter segments. I would be canceling and just booking segments. Weighing my options Need to create a massive spreadsheet Thete are a ton of variables to assess Edited April 12, 2023 by John&LaLa 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyIL Posted April 12, 2023 #160 Share Posted April 12, 2023 On 1/31/2023 at 8:37 AM, Jimbo said: Was mostly commenting on the (heat) on this portion of your cruises Venice - Rome, June 20 - Jul 1 Rome - Barcelona, July 1 - July 10 Barcelona - Southampton, July 10 - July 26 I do know though where we hope to be in May 30th 2024 on Jewel of the Seas 12 Nights from Amsterdam Norway cruise followed by Celebrity Equinox: 9-Night Western Mediterranean Cruise from Barcelona to Rome on June 13th 2024. We were booked on b2b Jewel Norway & British Isles cruises in May/June 2024. Today I cancelled the May 30 Norway cruise and booked the May 27 Serenade segment from Athens to Istanbul - in an inside gty. The itinerary and price are great, and I'm just happy to be able to travel for a month. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pstone1 Posted April 12, 2023 #161 Share Posted April 12, 2023 7 minutes ago, NancyIL said: We were booked on b2b Jewel Norway & British Isles cruises in May/June 2024. Today I cancelled the May 30 Norway cruise and booked the May 27 Serenade segment from Athens to Istanbul - in an inside gty. The itinerary and price are great, and I'm just happy to be able to travel for a month. We were really lucky last night and snagged the same mid-ship balcony for the two legs from Buenos Aires to LA. Just sailed Infinity from Valpariso arriving in Rio tomorrow. Absolutely loved it and can’t wait to come back! Lots of additional Ports and Antartica! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted April 13, 2023 Author #162 Share Posted April 13, 2023 5 hours ago, pstone1 said: We were really lucky last night and snagged the same mid-ship balcony for the two legs from Buenos Aires to LA. Just sailed Infinity from Valpariso arriving in Rio tomorrow. Absolutely loved it and can’t wait to come back! Lots of additional Ports and Antartica! You were lucky, the available balconies all dissapeared this morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted April 13, 2023 #163 Share Posted April 13, 2023 6 hours ago, John&LaLa said: Weighing my options Need to create a massive spreadsheet There are a ton of variables to assess Sounds like a tremendous amount of money that could be saved. I might head over to your roll call and see how others feel but I have a feeling it isn't going pretty over there about now. It's a shame to see what Royal is doing to all the the people who booked the full cruise months ago. Good luck with whatever you decide. I know it must not be easy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlette Posted April 13, 2023 #164 Share Posted April 13, 2023 1 hour ago, John&LaLa said: You were lucky, the available balconies all dissapeared this morning Something is fishy that all the balconies for all the broken down legs of the world cruise disappeared within an hour this morning. I was ready to book, confirmed with my sister, came back an hour later and they were all gone?? Searched my second choice leg to secure a balcony and they were all "gone" as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molly361 Posted April 13, 2023 #165 Share Posted April 13, 2023 12 hours ago, John&LaLa said: Weighing my options Need to create a massive spreadsheet Thete are a ton of variables to assess Good luck 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovesthebeach2 Posted April 13, 2023 #166 Share Posted April 13, 2023 So we officially booked 2 segments of this cruise! I wasn’t sure hubby would go for it but he’s more excited than me…..if that’s possible! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted April 13, 2023 #167 Share Posted April 13, 2023 On 4/12/2023 at 11:13 AM, pcur said: I priced two of these individual cruises yesterday for June/July next year. I would have to cancel two of my already booked cruises (with refundable deposits) to pay for the two on the Serenade. BUT, I would "lose" 16-17 cruise days by doing so. I've got the Serenade cruises on my watchlist to check prices. If the prices you are checking go down any more you will see people that booked the total WC jumping off the ship is disgust who booked at the super high prices. 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgmn Posted April 13, 2023 #168 Share Posted April 13, 2023 22 hours ago, John&LaLa said: Don't wait to long, balconies gone now Strange all the balconies have gone for all cruises. Wonder if they've just closed them out. Quite excited about this. Price works out around £100 pppn give or take, including port fees and gratuities for ocean view, not brilliant for a small ship, but some unusual and interesting ports. Now to decide which sectors 🤔 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgmn Posted April 13, 2023 #169 Share Posted April 13, 2023 2 hours ago, lovesthebeach2 said: So we officially booked 2 segments of this cruise! I wasn’t sure hubby would go for it but he’s more excited than me…..if that’s possible! Which ones have you gone for ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovesthebeach2 Posted April 13, 2023 #170 Share Posted April 13, 2023 36 minutes ago, sgmn said: Which ones have you gone for ? Venice to Rome and Rome to Barcelona 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted April 13, 2023 Author #171 Share Posted April 13, 2023 3 hours ago, lovesthebeach2 said: So we officially booked 2 segments of this cruise! I wasn’t sure hubby would go for it but he’s more excited than me…..if that’s possible! Did you get the 10% discount 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted April 13, 2023 Author #172 Share Posted April 13, 2023 2 hours ago, Jimbo said: If the prices you are checking go down any more you will see people that booked the total WC jumping off the ship is disgust who booked at the super high prices. 😉 They're already disgusted 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovesthebeach2 Posted April 13, 2023 #173 Share Posted April 13, 2023 (edited) 8 minutes ago, John&LaLa said: Did you get the 10% discount I didn’t ask him, since he knows you maybe I did….. hopefully I did 🤷🏼♀️ Edited April 13, 2023 by lovesthebeach2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovesthebeach2 Posted April 13, 2023 #174 Share Posted April 13, 2023 14 minutes ago, John&LaLa said: Did you get the 10% discount Yes I did….. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted April 13, 2023 #175 Share Posted April 13, 2023 (edited) 21 minutes ago, lovesthebeach2 said: Venice to Rome and Rome to Barcelona Wow , that's a lot of ports in 20 days! Outside Cabin for about $6000 total for 2 persons, that is a sweet deal. Edited April 13, 2023 by Jimbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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