bonvoyagie Posted June 1, 2023 #1 Share Posted June 1, 2023 Well I booked another bucket list cruise - this time for Antarctica in January of 2025 - a nice looking 14 day cruise on the Star in an Aft Suite. Now we have to wait almost 600 days but that is almost too far out to even start getting excited about it:) Something about the latest sale I could not resist. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB9643 Posted June 1, 2023 #2 Share Posted June 1, 2023 Count me in as a sucker. I do this all the time. I've got 4 cruises booked between August 2023 and August 2024. And the August 2023 was booked a year ago. 😄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panoramaofthepast Posted June 1, 2023 #3 Share Posted June 1, 2023 33 minutes ago, RB9643 said: Count me in as a sucker. I do this all the time. I've got 4 cruises booked between August 2023 and August 2024. And the August 2023 was booked a year ago. 😄 Add me to the sucker list - three booked between now and August 2024! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scooter6139 Posted June 1, 2023 #4 Share Posted June 1, 2023 Yep, me too. But it's not so much as booking as it is in moving a booking due to my wife's schedule and our pocketbook (or lack thereof). I did book a nice 2025 Mexico cruise in the Haven though, so hoping that one won't change! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travelling2Some Posted June 2, 2023 #5 Share Posted June 2, 2023 Same thing keeps happening to me! No complaints though 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiefMateJRK Posted June 2, 2023 #6 Share Posted June 2, 2023 4 hours ago, bonvoyagie said: Something about the latest sale I could not resist. This part is joking, right? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare YVRteacher Posted June 2, 2023 #7 Share Posted June 2, 2023 @ChiefMateJRK I never seem to get good deals but this Memorial Day sale was good to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare YVRteacher Posted June 2, 2023 #8 Share Posted June 2, 2023 4 hours ago, bonvoyagie said: Well I booked another bucket list cruise - this time for Antarctica in January of 2025 - a nice looking 14 day cruise on the Star in an Aft Suite. Now we have to wait almost 600 days but that is almost too far out to even start getting excited about it:) Something about the latest sale I could not resist. That is so exciting! Part of the fun of cruising is the anticipation and the planning. Enjoy the next 600 days and I hope you share your experiences here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonvoyagie Posted June 2, 2023 Author #9 Share Posted June 2, 2023 28 minutes ago, ChiefMateJRK said: This part is joking, right? Yes and no - I do know about NCL "sales" but well I got to looking at some of our bucket list cruises and just fell into the trap:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiefMateJRK Posted June 2, 2023 #10 Share Posted June 2, 2023 1 hour ago, YVRteacher said: @ChiefMateJRK I never seem to get good deals but this Memorial Day sale was good to me! Thx. I check CruisePlum almost daily and I haven't seen any meaningful savings. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare YVRteacher Posted June 2, 2023 #11 Share Posted June 2, 2023 Check out the Star for Iceland and Norway this summer. I vowed I would never sail on her again but the prices were too good to pass. Either I’ll have a great adventure or a great story. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare insidecabin Posted June 2, 2023 #12 Share Posted June 2, 2023 26 minutes ago, YVRteacher said: Check out the Star for Iceland and Norway this summer. I vowed I would never sail on her again but the prices were too good to pass. Either I’ll have a great adventure or a great story. Some great late booking Star prices and UK just had 50% off FAS which was real saving of £100 on most of them. Issue now is flights and hotels gone up a lot since last year. NCL flight credit not available on insides UK bookings The Star Ireland later in the year are good option to look out for, round trip Southampton. The Dawn(3 June) Southampton to Copenhagen was a steal, plenty of reasonable flights back to UK. Looking out for a Prima deal. NCL have some great northern itinerary this year but many are open jaw needing extra logistics even for us in the UK that are very close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiefMateJRK Posted June 2, 2023 #13 Share Posted June 2, 2023 (edited) 10 hours ago, YVRteacher said: Check out the Star for Iceland and Norway this summer. I vowed I would never sail on her again but the prices were too good to pass. Either I’ll have a great adventure or a great story. Thanks. It looks like Star prices have been dropping steadily. Here's a (typical) example: You may wish to check your prices today, because it looks like several sailings have had a further incremental drop just in the last day or two (i.e. after the "Memorial Day sale" ended🤣). At the end of the day, it's the final price that matters, not how NCL markets it to us.😎 I don't have the Star on any of my saved searches, as I typically book inside and insist on a ship with an Observation lounge. Of the ships I track, the only itineraries that have shown much movement over the past several months are the Prima and smaller AK ships. There was a slight price drop on three of my 2024 bookings that occurred around May 2, so I did reprice those at that time. Edited June 2, 2023 by ChiefMateJRK 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare insidecabin Posted June 2, 2023 #14 Share Posted June 2, 2023 14 minutes ago, ChiefMateJRK said: Thanks. It looks like Star prices have been dropping steadily. Here's a (typical) example: You may wish to check your prices today, because it looks like several sailings have had a further incremental drop just in the last day or two (i.e. after the "Memorial Day sale" ended🤣). At the end of the day, it's the final price that matters, not how NCL markets it to us.😎 I don't have the Star on any of my saved searches, as I typically book inside and insist on a ship with an Observation lounge. Of the ships I track, the only itineraries that have shown much movement over the past several months are the Prima and smaller AK ships. There was a slight price drop on three of my 2024 bookings that occurred around May 2, so I did reprice those at that time. The issue with these northern Europe route is flights as the airlines ask for more money less for cruise line. One issue with the plum it can't factor in air credits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiefMateJRK Posted June 2, 2023 #15 Share Posted June 2, 2023 4 minutes ago, insidecabin said: One issue with the plum it can't factor in air credits. Which site are you using that does this? If there's a better site, we certainly would like to know about it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare insidecabin Posted June 2, 2023 #16 Share Posted June 2, 2023 8 minutes ago, ChiefMateJRK said: Which site are you using that does this? If there's a better site, we certainly would like to know about it! None. Even the UK TA don't, they use their own packaging. No site I have found does the full job. The fish was good but died. No decent UK price comparison tracking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiefMateJRK Posted June 2, 2023 #17 Share Posted June 2, 2023 5 minutes ago, insidecabin said: The fish was good but died. No decent UK price comparison tracking. 🤣 I guess I'm fortunate to still be able to access a living fish? The Plum is a perfect illustration of that old adage "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink." It's a lot more fun for some to (constantly) proclaim "NCL is evil, prices are all twice what they were a year ago!! Whaah, Whaah... 😭" 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scooter6139 Posted June 2, 2023 #18 Share Posted June 2, 2023 13 minutes ago, insidecabin said: None. Even the UK TA don't, they use their own packaging. No site I have found does the full job. The fish was good but died. No decent UK price comparison tracking. Is it just me, or does most of your replies almost sound like weird haikus? 😂 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiefMateJRK Posted June 2, 2023 #19 Share Posted June 2, 2023 20 minutes ago, scooter6139 said: Is it just me, or does most of your replies almost sound like weird haikus? 😂 Thanks. I thought it was just me? 🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare insidecabin Posted June 2, 2023 #20 Share Posted June 2, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, ChiefMateJRK said: 🤣 I guess I'm fortunate to still be able to access a living fish? The Plum is a perfect illustration of that old adage "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink." It's a lot more fun for some to (constantly) proclaim "NCL is evil, prices are all twice what they were a year ago!! Whaah, Whaah... 😭" Seriously? nothing to do with any cruise line being evil. No tracker catches the true fares of any cruise line all the time. Plum is no different it has a place to track but does capture the detail. Fishy and the cruisecritic tracker projects failed as have others. (Seems therealfish name is banned) Edited June 2, 2023 by insidecabin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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