Serenade 2/9, 2/16, 2/23 and 3/1/08 where are they?

[lmmn]

Elaine...how do you know that? That seems crazy that they would have the cruise open for booking.

[Elaine0138]

Elaine...how do you know that? That seems crazy that they would have the cruise open for booking.

 

I have family who work onboard.

 

Perhaps they carry taking bookings until they have a confirmed date for the drydock.

[Coralc]

Hi Elaine! We will be on Serenade next week. 5/12. I believe I know who your son is and he is a very nice young man. May we say HI for you? :D

 

Patti :)

[Elaine0138]

Hi Patti

 

Have a great trip and say hi to Michael for me, tell him his tuck box is on its way. :) Thanks

[Coralc]

We will be happy to do that! :) We spent 11 nights on Serenade in October on the Hawaii cruise. It is a beautiful ship with a wonderful crew and staff. We are looking forward to the scenery in Alaska. :) Thanks.

[ndutmom]

We got our official call from RCCL yesterday about our 2-9-08 being cancelled because of the ship going into dry dock. Called the redeployment department and they had us transferred to another date, transferring our coupon and giving us a $400 on board credit in a matter of minutes!!! :)

[Chisusie]

were you limited to what ship/date you had to rebook on?

[ndutmom]

The new cruise had to be between Jan 5th and May 18, and could be on the Serenade, Adventure or Celebrity's Century.

[lmmn]

We got our official call from RCCL yesterday about our 2-9-08 being cancelled because of the ship going into dry dock. Called the redeployment department and they had us transferred to another date, transferring our coupon and giving us a $400 on board credit in a matter of minutes!!! :)

Thank you for the information...was that $400 pp or $400 per cabin?

[ndutmom]

$400 was per room, and depends on the type of room you had booked. We had a JS.

[lmmn]

$400 was per room, and depends on the type of room you had booked. We had a JS.

Funny...they must be making calls starting from the top. We have a non-suite balcony...hopefully, they'll call soon.

[horsecrazygirl]

Called my TA - they just received "official" notification via FAX this morning that these sailings were cancelled. Told her I would like some sort of OBC even though I've already rebooked for 3/8 - I don't hold out much hope for this, but worth a try. RCCL still hasn't faxed my confirmation for the 3/8 sailing, showing my coupon transfer, so MAYBE I'll get the OBC. However, with MY luck, they probably won't even transfer the coupon :(

 

Told the TA if we weren't worth the OBC, Crown Princess looked interesting ...

 

I feel bad for all those booked who have no idea this is coming - thanks for everyone's help in figuring out what was going on.

[horsecrazygirl]

Here's what I got from RCCL - just received the confirmation invoice from my Travel Agent:

 

RCCL would not honor my $125 Crown & Anchor coupon for the 3/1 sailing, but instead reduced my cruise fare by $150 - not sure I understand that one, but I guess I'm ahead $25. They would not do that for my brother-in-law's cabin because he's not a C & A member (yet) and did not have a coupon for the 3/1 sailing - only fair.

 

Also, RCCL has given each cabin a $100 On Board Credit - we have regular balcony cabins. I guess I'm satisfied, since I did change bookings before RCCL's "official announcement" - at least I got something! I did lose my "hump" cabins, but maybe I'll get them next time. Thanks again, cruise critic members for all your help! Hope you're all able to rebook & get those OBC's!

[Chisusie]

Still waiting to hear. I wonder if they would allow us to use OBC on a different boat? We really liked the week we had pciked, based on our work schedules. We also prefer the Radiance class sized ship, I guess all we can do is ask.

[cappy09]

$400 was per room, and depends on the type of room you had booked. We had a JS.

 

We rebooked yesterday on the Adventure of the Seas in a JS on 5/11/08 sailing. It was only $20. more pp than a D1 on the Serenade for the 4/27 sailing. The OBC was $200. for a D1 stateroom. All in all it was a win win for us in MHO. Good luck to all of you who need to rebook because of this cancellation.

[grneyes]

Hi All,

Called RCCL this morning and told them that we knew that the ship was going into drydock 02/08

And wanted to rebook now!!! and not wait till they called us

We are know booked for january same cruise different date and have a $200 credit!!!

Call if you have not heard from RCCL

[buelah111]

Does anybody know what they will be doing to her? I'm booked for Alaska in late May, 2008 and am curious if anything major will be changing.

[Coralc]

We rebooked yesterday on the Adventure of the Seas in a JS on 5/11/08 sailing. It was only $20. more pp than a D1 on the Serenade for the 4/27 sailing. The OBC was $200. for a D1 stateroom. All in all it was a win win for us in MHO. Good luck to all of you who need to rebook because of this cancellation.

 

I hope that date is a typo cappy. :D 4/27/08 on Serenade should be right in the middle of our Panama Canal cruise. :D

[cappy09]

The sailing of the Serenade was 4/5/08 . So sorry about the typo I looked at so many before making a decision that I guess I got confused.

[Coralc]

Please don't apologize. :D I just had a moment of panic when I thought that our cruise might be affected too! We were already bumped off our April Empress sailing and the Serenade cruise is to replace the cancelled one. :D

[mjyanne]

Hi All,

Called RCCL this morning and told them that we knew that the ship was going into drydock 02/08

And wanted to rebook now!!! and not wait till they called us

We are know booked for january same cruise different date and have a $200 credit!!!

Call if you have not heard from RCCL

 

What date in January? We have a M&M posting for the Jan 26, 2008. If you're on this sailing come join us.

[Denham33]

We were scheduled for 2/23, with 4 cabins for a bit of a family reunion. As soon as TA called, we rebooked for same week onto Celebrity Summit, which was our 2nd choice when booking this trip originally. We had a larger balcony room (D1?) on Serenade, and went with Concierge Class on Summit. We were given $200 OBC per cabin. I am disappointed about missing St. Lucia (have never been, but really want to!), but we LOVED the Constellation and are happy to be on the Summit. We'll probably try a Radiance class ship another time.

As soon as I posted I realized I need to change my countdown clock! I thought I had, but it obviously didn't work.

[mark k]

are group got a sail was cancelled 2/9 we moved to the Summit about 30 of us ..

[mark k]

our group got a sail was cancelled 2/9 we moved to the Summit about 30 of us ..

[Janiekins]

I am so disappointed. I was booked on the Serenade for 2/16/2007 w/ hubby and 2 teenage sons. I was looking forward to sailing on this beautiful ship.

 

We just booked the Adventure. I know that people like this ship better for teenagers but I am not looking forward to it!