November 5th Tropical Shores Caribbean

[amcwaterfalls]

Just noticed that the unassigned guarantee cabins are now pricing at £11330pp. Still over100 standard twins listed from £7211 so does that mean that a lot of those will now have been allocated as ‘unassigned’ cabins?

[Glenndale]

Maybe they are offering Deluxe and Suites as guarantees now? Otherwise it doesn't make sense to me.

Edited September 10 by Glenndale

[Kenmure]

Got the usual email this morning about this cruise and was interested to see if cabins were now selling as they haven’t been recently. I was surprised to see the heading ‘Last few Cabins’ and wondered how they had sold so quickly. Curiosity made me go further as well, so (sadly) I decided to count all the vacant twin cabins which totalled 138. So likely with the two other grades added this will make it over 150. Makes you wonder what ‘Sold out’ means.

I am now bracing myself as I went so far getting the email tomorrow saying I am one click away from booking. However much I would like to help out I don’t really want to book another cabin!!!

[Windsurfboy]

Haven't seen guarantees for deluxe before.  However they are dearer than cheapest E deck at launch, (only 1 E deck and 3 D deck unassigned)  same price just about as C deck at launch, odds are then that guarantee deluxe will luck out.  

 

Just waiting to  see if Suites go on guarantee, given that all Midship Suites are very close together,  absolutely no benefit in choosing own cabin, but they will use this rule to dodge price promise.

 

Not that I'm miserable  but I'm pretty sure the remaining 12 Mid ship Suites will be full of upgrades. Deluxe bumped up to makeroom for guarantees 

 

My money is on despite the 150 unassigned ,that the  ship will be FULL.

 

There are few Saga cruises , ie the most popular,  eg Christmas,  New Year cruises where booking in advance is definitely the best price. 

[Polari]

The guarantee cabins on offer at £11,330 p.p. are indeed deluxe guarantees.  No standard guarantees currently on offer.   Checked a few hours ago - there are approx. 138 standard cabins still available to choose, 15 deluxe and 14 midship suites.   There were approx. 170 standard cabins available when we checked 5 weeks ago.  

[david05]

There are at this moment guarantee standard cabins available.

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[JoJo1947]

3 hours ago, Windsurfboy said:

Haven't seen guarantees for deluxe before.  However they are dearer than cheapest E deck at launch, (only 1 E deck and 3 D deck unassigned)  same price just about as C deck at launch, odds are then that guarantee deluxe will luck out.  

 

Just waiting to  see if Suites go on guarantee, given that all Midship Suites are very close together,  absolutely no benefit in choosing own cabin, but they will use this rule to dodge price promise.

 

Not that I'm miserable  but I'm pretty sure the remaining 12 Mid ship Suites will be full of upgrades. Deluxe bumped up to makeroom for guarantees 

 

My money is on despite the 150 unassigned ,that the  ship will be FULL.

 

There are few Saga cruises , ie the most popular,  eg Christmas,  New Year cruises where booking in advance is definitely the best price. 

There have been unspecified deluxe on offer in previous cruises 

[Windsurfboy]

I see they have reduced  extra discounts on suites from £1200 to £800 a strange thing to do 6 weeks out with 14 unsold cabins. I have yet to work out the logic that lies behind Saga pricing

[Cruise-Cat]

Interesting that the deluxe guarantee is about double the standard guarantee.  Generally, deluxe seem to be about 1.6 x standard price.

 

[Windsurfboy]

Pricing  seems all over the place. 

 

Standard guarantees are real bargains,

 

Deluxe guarantees cabins are not much of a bargain  dearer than some launch prices. 

 

Suites on this cruise are still basically expensive, at £16.5k+ pp, considering so many empty suites to sell.

 

I think generally Saga Suites are expensive cf rivals , much dearer than Cunard QG even taking into account  Saga extras, and similar price to deluxe size cabins on more luxurious lines  such as Seabourn. This will be our last Saga cruise, definitely looking at smaller more luxurious ships for not much more cost. 

[Cruise-Cat]

20 hours ago, Windsurfboy said:

Pricing  seems all over the place. 

 

Standard guarantees are real bargains,

 

Deluxe guarantees cabins are not much of a bargain  dearer than some launch prices. 

 

Suites on this cruise are still basically expensive, at £16.5k+ pp, considering so many empty suites to sell.

 

I think generally Saga Suites are expensive cf rivals , much dearer than Cunard QG even taking into account  Saga extras, and similar price to deluxe size cabins on more luxurious lines  such as Seabourn. This will be our last Saga cruise, definitely looking at smaller more luxurious ships for not much more cost. 

One of the main attractions for us is the no-fly and door to door transport- especially as we are within 75 miles of Portsmouth.  
However, I do agree that it is difficult to justify the prices of the suites, especially on a longer cruise.

So we booked a standard guarantee on Canada & USA to test out the standard cabin, having booked mid and aft suites previously.  Our allocation is aft B deck which is fine (have stocked up on Sturgeron just in case).  The size of Saga standard cabins seems comparable with premium cabins on other ships so if this works for us it seems like a good option. (although we already have 2 deluxe cabins booked at pre-reg for next year).

 

[amcwaterfalls]

This cruise now seems to have gone off the Saga website completely now, both as the November 5th sailing and the fly cruise.

[Cruise-Cat]

38 minutes ago, amcwaterfalls said:

This cruise now seems to have gone off the Saga website completely now, both as the November 5th sailing and the fly cruise.

It’s still there - but no prices showing 

http://Saga.co.uk/Sd148

 

[amcwaterfalls]

Thanks - I must have looked just as they were updating it.

[Windsurfboy]

They are upgrading,  on the phone now to be downgraded back to our midships suite from Aft suite . Chose orginal one dead center , so getting moved back, my wife feels every movement. Only just noticed as email ended up in junk

[Cruise-Cat]

52 minutes ago, Windsurfboy said:

They are upgrading,  on the phone now to be downgraded back to our midships suite from Aft suite . Chose orginal one dead center , so getting moved back, my wife feels every movement. Only just noticed as email ended up in junk

The aft suites are easier to move around. I also suffer from movement sickness but was fine with A546 which is not right at the back. I also dose up on Sturgeron to be on the safe side

[amcwaterfalls]

Windsurfboy, I hope you managed to change back to your original cabin. Have you picked up todays email showing the changed itinerary or is that also hiding in your junk mail?

[Windsurfboy]

Thanks , back in orginal suite in middle of midships suites. The new itinerary came through in inbox, the change of cabin was only email from Saga to end up in junk.

[Clarecruisers]

On 9/24/2024 at 8:04 PM, amcwaterfalls said:

Windsurfboy, I hope you managed to change back to your original cabin. Have you picked up todays email showing the changed itinerary or is that also hiding in your junk mail?

I gather from postings on this thread that passengers on the SOD “Tropical Shores of the Caribbean” cruise  have been advised of a change in their itinerary. Was this a significant change?   I ask because today was the day that details of the shore excursions on the SOA “Festive Celebrations in  the Caribbean” cruise  in December were due to be released but the release date has now been put back to 8th October. I wonder if the two events might be linked and that an itinerary  change for the SOA Christmas cruise might be on the cards.

[amcwaterfalls]

Was Madeira.          Now Madeira 

        Barbados.                Antigua

        St Vincent.               Montserrat

        Grenada.                 St Vincent

        Bequia.                    Bequia               

        St Lucia.                  Grenada

        Montserrat.              Barbados 

        Antigua.                   St Lucia

        Tenerife                    Tenerife 

 

So yes, a pretty significant change. We hadn’t booked any private excursions so not a problem for us but may be for anyone who had.

[Clarecruisers]

Many thanks for the update amcwaterfalls. Greatly appreciated. At least it looks as though you will be going to the same ports albeit in a different order.  Have a lovely cruise and fingers crossed for a smooth crossing. 

[JoJo1947]

1 hour ago, Clarecruisers said:

I gather from postings on this thread that passengers on the SOD “Tropical Shores of the Caribbean” cruise  have been advised of a change in their itinerary. Was this a significant change?   I ask because today was the day that details of the shore excursions on the SOA “Festive Celebrations in  the Caribbean” cruise  in December were due to be released but the release date has now been put back to 8th October. I wonder if the two events might be linked and that an itinerary  change for the SOA Christmas cruise might be on the cards.

I noticed the shore excursions due today have been moved. Now I have to get excited all over again 😆

[Windsurfboy]

Luckily most Caribbean islands have  fixed prices for taxis (normally a toyota small mini bus).  About $120 for a half day. We just go to official taxi stand , as advised in port talk. Say where we want to go or take their advice, fix a price,  and go. Sometimes on our own , sometimes bump into other Saga cruisers at stand and join up. Far better and no dearer than Saga excursions. 

Edited Thursday at 02:43 PM by Windsurfboy

[Cruise-Cat]

FYI - Seen elsewhere:-

Enquiry with Saga regarding guest speakers, crafters, and entertainment for the November 5th "Tropical Shores Of The Caribbean" cruise on SOD and they have kindly replied with the following list:

Mr Motivator & Motivators
Phil Vickery
BBC Studios – Dr Sian Williams
Ian Burrell          Rum Expert

Phil Hitchcock                Special Act
Masterpiece                     Temptations Tribute
Totally Tina                       Tina Tuner Tribute
Roy G Hemmings           Soul Singer
Straight Circles               Band
Samuel Moore                Spanish Guitarist
Declan Zapala                Folk Guitarist
The Opera Boys              Opera Group
John & Paul                      Beatles Duo
Graham Hamilton          Destination Speaker
Ashley Kitchiner             Marine Biology
Michael White                 Actor/Travel
Dr Peter Dean                  Forensic
John Mclean                     Astronomy
Gary Richardson             Radio/Producer
Margret Gilmore             Security
Bernard Purrier               Photography
John Hutchinson            Pilot
Paul  Brooks                     Gardening
Ian Ferguson     Bridge Instructor
Ben & Ella          Dance instruction
Linda Mills         Craft Instructor
Craig Mitchell   Ukele Instructor
Patricia Clark   Art Instructor 

 

Of course, the above list comes with the usual caveat that it is subject to change.

[Windsurfboy]

They didn't mention  Sir Roger de Haan?