yogimax Posted September 21, 2023 #201 Share Posted September 21, 2023 2 hours ago, Itchy&Scratchy said: kind of hard to find this kind of prices nowadays. By today's standards that's not a "fairly good" deal, it's an outstanding deal. Unless, of course, it's an ancient ship during the least popular time. The "ancient ships" have fewer and more expensive balconies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare OCSC Mike Posted September 21, 2023 #202 Share Posted September 21, 2023 3 hours ago, Ourusualbeach said: Flights aren't actually that bad just inconvenient times. Nah, it's a hop, skip, and a jump... especially if you're only coming from Florida and flying into Fairbanks. 🤣 Trip of a lifetime for us but the travel days. 🙈 We ended our 18 day land/sea trip with a red eye from Vancouver by way of Chicago. As the plane was descending into Chicago in the early AM we swore we heard meowing. My wife and I swore we were hallucinating from exhaustion until we finally realized the girl behind us had a cat in a carrier. To the cat's credit, it was silent the entire flight until then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motheroftwocats814 Posted September 21, 2023 #203 Share Posted September 21, 2023 We are sailing on the Wonder October 15th. I booked this cruise April of 2022. So over a year and half ago. We are in a BW balcony and it was a steal. Last time I looked at pricing just for the fun of it, it was nearly 3x the cost. Sometimes booking super far in advance is the best way to go. I hope you find something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ReneeFLL Posted September 21, 2023 #204 Share Posted September 21, 2023 5 hours ago, vjmatty said: Well this is concerning, as we are sailing Infinity in February from Athens to Israel and Egypt. Since the ship will be in the Mediterranean for some time by then I would hope the food will be hard to mess up since it will be supplied by European vendors… but I’m sure they can find a way to ruin it anyway. Unfortunately, they will find a cheaper quality of food regardless of where in the world they are. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toddcan Posted September 21, 2023 #205 Share Posted September 21, 2023 Whoa.. those 2025 Icon prices are quite the thing, eh? "New Hotness" factor at work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Illbcruzn4life Posted September 22, 2023 #206 Share Posted September 22, 2023 (edited) 10 hours ago, fredmdcruisers said: 3 weeks, if you do the land tour in between. To me, the land part is the best part of the trip. (Hoping Royal still overs that.) as Ourusualbeach stated not many have jobs they only have to do every couple of months. Edited September 22, 2023 by Illbcruzn4life 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morecruisesplz Posted September 22, 2023 #207 Share Posted September 22, 2023 52 minutes ago, Illbcruzn4life said: as Ourusualbeach stated not many have jobs they only have to do every couple of months. I'm sorry for you. Are you close to retirement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Illbcruzn4life Posted September 22, 2023 #208 Share Posted September 22, 2023 5 hours ago, fredmdcruisers said: I'm sorry for you. Are you close to retirement? Don’t cry for me Argentina! 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy planning mom Posted September 22, 2023 #209 Share Posted September 22, 2023 On 9/21/2023 at 6:38 AM, vjmatty said: Well this is concerning, as we are sailing Infinity in February from Athens to Israel and Egypt. Since the ship will be in the Mediterranean for some time by then I would hope the food will be hard to mess up since it will be supplied by European vendors… but I’m sure they can find a way to ruin it anyway. Enjoy some delicious local food in Athens before boarding and when off the ship. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Engineroom Snipe Posted September 24, 2023 #210 Share Posted September 24, 2023 (edited) My latest example of sticker shock: I booked a spacious hump balcony on the Jewel of the Seas in September, 2022, in Next Cruise on the Oasis on September 11. Today, on RCI's website during a mock booking, it is more than 4x my total booking price. This is an almost double from YESTERDAY when I did a mock booking price. It seems like a price fishing expedition as I cannot justify or understand a doubling of price in a 24 hour period. 😬 Edited September 24, 2023 by Engineroom Snipe typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Engineroom Snipe Posted September 24, 2023 #211 Share Posted September 24, 2023 15 minutes ago, Engineroom Snipe said: My latest example of sticker shock: I booked a spacious hump balcony on the Jewel of the Seas in September, 2022, in Next Cruise on the Oasis on September 11. Today, on RCI's website during a mock booking, it is more than 4x my total booking price. This is an almost double from YESTERDAY when I did a mock booking price. It seems like a price fishing expedition as I cannot justify or understand a doubling of price in a 24 hour period. 😬 Sorry, correction, for some reason my search today was not in USD. My apologies, I knew something had to be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Engineroom Snipe Posted September 24, 2023 #212 Share Posted September 24, 2023 3 minutes ago, Engineroom Snipe said: Sorry, correction, for some reason my search today was not in USD. My apologies, I knew something had to be wrong. It is only double my original booking price, just like yesterday, Still, the price has doubled in less than 12 months, good for me now, not good for me in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trixie21 Posted September 24, 2023 #213 Share Posted September 24, 2023 We had a booking on Jewel for this year out of Amsterdam to Iceland and Ireland (11 day cruise) which was around £4000 for the 2 of us. We had to cancel it due to a continuing medical issue my wife has. I've been looking at the price for next year for a virtually identical cruise in a balcony cabin on Jewel. £11000. Who in their right mind would pay that for a balcony cabin? Could they actually be selling any? And the price keeps going up as it was around £7500 a few months ago when I first started looking at it and I thought that was bad lol! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare travelberlin Posted September 24, 2023 #214 Share Posted September 24, 2023 On 9/22/2023 at 9:42 AM, Crazy planning mom said: Enjoy some delicious local food in Athens before boarding and when off the ship. This is a very good advice. It reminds us to lower our expectations in relation to food when cruising with Royal Caribbean. We have found very good restaurants in the port of calls to compensate for the rather, disappointing dining experiences on board RC ships. But this is an additional budget. So, one wonders why the cruise prices are increasing so much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare OCSC Mike Posted September 24, 2023 #215 Share Posted September 24, 2023 5 minutes ago, travelberlin said: So, one wonders why the cruise prices are increasing so much? Supply and demand, like most commodities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted September 24, 2023 #216 Share Posted September 24, 2023 When summer 2025 cruises come out, I expect to book a cruise that's one heck of a deal. I also expect that price to double a month later. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare OCSC Mike Posted September 24, 2023 #217 Share Posted September 24, 2023 10 minutes ago, smokeybandit said: When summer 2025 cruises come out, I expect to book a cruise that's one heck of a deal. I also expect that price to double a month later. I hope you're right and I'm wrong but I fear the opening prices may not be as great of a deal as you are used to and expecting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George C Posted September 24, 2023 #218 Share Posted September 24, 2023 We are looking at cruises for week after thanksgiving which we do almost every year, we book suites and celebrity prices are ridiculous high. Looking at grand suites I find it strange that one oasis class is 1500 more than another per person. So now it’s between cheaper oasis class and MSc yacht club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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