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I constantly see under my last minute deals "$50 per person cruises", usually for the upcoming weekend.  I am constantly late, click on the link and there are no more available rooms.  Does anyone know when these rooms drop, and these prices are available?  For example, I looked Tuesday for the upcoming weekend, and none area available.  Today is Friday,  I don't see anything yet.  I am going to try to check constantly this weekend, but if anyone has any inside info that would be helpful, please share!

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I wouldn't trust anything that offers a cruise for $50.00. That may be a base price on a very short cruise, but  even so, there are many 'hidden' charges like taxes, port fees, etc..The norm is this: the better the cabin, the higer the price. Can't even imagine what a $50.00 cabin may be, or where it may be. Some cabins are in better locations than others. Just beware, if something sounds too good to be true, it usually is. 

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58 minutes ago, msweezie said:

I constantly see under my last minute deals "$50 per person cruises", usually for the upcoming weekend.  I am constantly late, click on the link and there are no more available rooms.  Does anyone know when these rooms drop, and these prices are available?  For example, I looked Tuesday for the upcoming weekend, and none area available.  Today is Friday,  I don't see anything yet.  I am going to try to check constantly this weekend, but if anyone has any inside info that would be helpful, please share!

I did this a month ago on the Venezia out of NYC. I booked on a Friday night and left Monday. The same thing happened to me but here is what I have found works best. Pick your cruise and call Carnival. These rooms that are "free" are based off of people with Casino rate deals cancelling. So in order for you to get a room, someone has to cancel last second. It goes quick as you have found out. Carnival can work magic behind the scenes that the website can't. They can put you on a wait list as well. I ended up getting a call at 11pm saying they had a room. I paid over the phone and the rest was history. 

 

There was about 10 cruises listed the other day but the last two days the site shows nothing. 

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1 minute ago, BobbiSox said:

I wouldn't trust anything that offers a cruise for $50.00. That may be a base price on a very short cruise, but  even so, there are many 'hidden' charges like taxes, port fees, etc..The norm is this: the better the cabin, the higer the price. Can't even imagine what a $50.00 cabin may be, or where it may be. Some cabins are in better locations than others. Just beware, if something sounds too good to be true, it usually is. 

Its not to good to be true. Its a casino rate deal. You pay $50 and they give you $50 on board credit to cancel it out. You pay taxes and port fees. I had an ocean view, 5 day cruise that cost me $152 total. It is last minute deals (2-7 days from sailing). And no room is a bad room on a cruise ship for "free".

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Oh, there are bad cabins, believe me. I have been assigned some really bad cabins. $152.00 is a fair price. Some casino cruises end up being free, after they give you cash to play with. I have done a lot of those and have no complaints. 

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2 hours ago, BobbiSox said:

Oh, there are bad cabins, believe me. I have been assigned some really bad cabins. $152.00 is a fair price. Some casino cruises end up being free, after they give you cash to play with. I have done a lot of those and have no complaints. 

 

This is the same type of offer, just $50.  If you've done those with no complaints, why would this be different?  

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21 hours ago, Riles34 said:

Its not to good to be true. Its a casino rate deal. You pay $50 and they give you $50 on board credit to cancel it out. You pay taxes and port fees. I had an ocean view, 5 day cruise that cost me $152 total. It is last minute deals (2-7 days from sailing). And no room is a bad room on a cruise ship for "free".

agreed!

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On 9/22/2023 at 10:18 AM, msweezie said:

I constantly see under my last minute deals "$50 per person cruises", usually for the upcoming weekend.  I am constantly late, click on the link and there are no more available rooms.  Does anyone know when these rooms drop, and these prices are available?  For example, I looked Tuesday for the upcoming weekend, and none area available.  Today is Friday,  I don't see anything yet.  I am going to try to check constantly this weekend, but if anyone has any inside info that would be helpful, please share!

 

I don't know of any rhyme or reason as to when these drop. There may only be one or two rooms available so yes they go quick. When you find one and can go, book immediately. Check back throughout the hour and day until the cruise disappears from your view. Often someone will go through the process to book but won't actually book the room - the system will hold a cabin for them for perhaps 15 minutes, then it is released. So just because there's no cabin available right now doesn't mean it's totally sold out.

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On 9/22/2023 at 10:18 AM, msweezie said:

I constantly see under my last minute deals "$50 per person cruises", usually for the upcoming weekend.  I am constantly late, click on the link and there are no more available rooms.  Does anyone know when these rooms drop, and these prices are available?  For example, I looked Tuesday for the upcoming weekend, and none area available.  Today is Friday,  I don't see anything yet.  I am going to try to check constantly this weekend, but if anyone has any inside info that would be helpful, please share!

The $50 deals change often, I assume they pop up as others are cancelling at the last minute. I research the cruises I want in advance so that I'm ready when it appears. I refresh the deal page often throughout the day, lol. Also, I've noticed the cabins are usually for two people, haven't had a chance to add a third to any of the cruises I've seen. Because of this once I see the one I want I click on the price listed under cabin type which takes me straight to the booking page vs clicking on "start booking" because the cabin will be gone by the time you go through the additional steps.

 

I was able to grab a $50 8 night Panama Canal cruise in March. I currently have the same offer, almost booked the Celebration for next week but I want to cruise later this year.

 

Good luck!

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On 9/22/2023 at 11:32 AM, BobbiSox said:

Oh, there are bad cabins, believe me. I have been assigned some really bad cabins. $152.00 is a fair price. Some casino cruises end up being free, after they give you cash to play with. I have done a lot of those and have no complaints. 

 

I was on deck 1 at the very back of the ship, literally the last cabin on the hall, once. Right above the thrusters. Free magic fingers and free alarm clock on port days. I didn't care, it was a free cruise with casino rates.

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1 hour ago, AFS1970 said:

When you take a deal like this and it is at "casino rate" do they expect you to play a certain amount in the casino?

 

They are hoping you do (and most of the time they are right since gamblers tend to be the people who get these deals), but there is no requirement to play.

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On 9/22/2023 at 10:18 AM, msweezie said:

I constantly see under my last minute deals "$50 per person cruises", usually for the upcoming weekend.  I am constantly late, click on the link and there are no more available rooms.  Does anyone know when these rooms drop, and these prices are available?  For example, I looked Tuesday for the upcoming weekend, and none area available.  Today is Friday,  I don't see anything yet.  I am going to try to check constantly this weekend, but if anyone has any inside info that would be helpful, please share!

 

On 9/22/2023 at 11:21 AM, BobbiSox said:

I wouldn't trust anything that offers a cruise for $50.00. That may be a base price on a very short cruise, but  even so, there are many 'hidden' charges like taxes, port fees, etc..The norm is this: the better the cabin, the higer the price. Can't even imagine what a $50.00 cabin may be, or where it may be. Some cabins are in better locations than others. Just beware, if something sounds too good to be true, it usually is. 

 

On 9/22/2023 at 11:32 AM, BobbiSox said:

Oh, there are bad cabins, believe me. I have been assigned some really bad cabins. $152.00 is a fair price. Some casino cruises end up being free, after they give you cash to play with. I have done a lot of those and have no complaints. 

Then choose your own room.  I was in a balcony on Mardi Gras with one of those deals,

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On 9/22/2023 at 11:21 AM, BobbiSox said:

I wouldn't trust anything that offers a cruise for $50.00. That may be a base price on a very short cruise, but  even so, there are many 'hidden' charges like taxes, port fees, etc..The norm is this: the better the cabin, the higer the price. Can't even imagine what a $50.00 cabin may be, or where it may be. Some cabins are in better locations than others. Just beware, if something sounds too good to be true, it usually is. 

we have booked multiple of the $50/casino offers.   it is an interior room but everything else is fine.   we have done multiple of these crusies.  one time we didn't even gamble and still got the same offers after we came back.

 

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On 9/23/2023 at 2:48 PM, live.love.cruise said:

There was no play requirement for the last minute $50 casino offers I've received. They come with a $50 onboard credit per person. 

 

 

are you still seeing yours?   since the "upgrade" to the website it seems the $50 offers have disappeared for both me and my wife.   wondering if it was just us or everyone (or website screweup)

 

 

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1 hour ago, mpacker said:

 

 

are you still seeing yours?   since the "upgrade" to the website it seems the $50 offers have disappeared for both me and my wife.   wondering if it was just us or everyone (or website screweup)

 

 

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Same here. I no longer have the $50 offer.  My offer had a 9/30 expiration date. Hoping I get a new one next month. 

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15 hours ago, mpacker said:

 

 

are you still seeing yours?   since the "upgrade" to the website it seems the $50 offers have disappeared for both me and my wife.   wondering if it was just us or everyone (or website screweup)

 

 

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I was seeing some pop up almost daily for a couple of months then none at all for the last 2 weeks or so. I wondered if they just stopped the whole $50 cruise deal. Bring them back, CCL!!

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On 9/22/2023 at 12:21 PM, BobbiSox said:

I wouldn't trust anything that offers a cruise for $50.00. That may be a base price on a very short cruise, but  even so, there are many 'hidden' charges like taxes, port fees, etc..The norm is this: the better the cabin, the higer the price. Can't even imagine what a $50.00 cabin may be, or where it may be. Some cabins are in better locations than others. Just beware, if something sounds too good to be true, it usually is. 

 


There are no "hidden" charges.  They are the same charges you pay on every single cruise you book.  Whether the cabin fee is $50 pp or $1000 pp. You are right about the room though.  Unless you have the ability to select your room or pay more to It is a roll of the dice.  Our $100 room was under the galley.  I didn't mind but there was noise.  

 

On 10/4/2023 at 12:36 PM, KarmaCruisers said:

On a related note..I’ve got a ton of “free” cruises…

having to pay the $100 “fee” (yes I know it comes back as OBC) 

PLUS all the port fees; taxes and the gratuity..especially on an Alaskan cruise..comes up to about $1000.

 

And regular price would be far more. 

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On 9/29/2023 at 8:18 AM, mpacker said:

 

 

are you still seeing yours?   since the "upgrade" to the website it seems the $50 offers have disappeared for both me and my wife.   wondering if it was just us or everyone (or website screweup)

 

 

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Same here. We generally get weekly offers for $50 deals, but none since the new website was revealed.

We're Platinum and have 17 Carnival cruises so we're hoping to see some more great casino deals.

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17 hours ago, Oletruckdude said:

Same here. We generally get weekly offers for $50 deals, but none since the new website was revealed.

We're Platinum and have 17 Carnival cruises so we're hoping to see some more great casino deals.

 

ours are still going... so we booked a cruise (on another cruise line)... maybe they will be back

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