Awesome price drop

[I'm on holiday]

As is my daily ritual, I logged on to RCI's website yesterday morning in search of a price drop. As usual, there wasn't one. Checked again later in the day, and low and behold, they instituted a Senior discount for Junior Suites on our 6/28 Freedom sailing. Translation...since DD is 55, we just saved $430pp, for a total of $860!!! :D OMG...I am in shock.

 

As many before me have said, it pays to check often. I'm gonna post this on our Roll Call thread as well. Maybe I can help a fellow cruiser save big bucks too!

[NorbertsNiece]

Fanatastic!! :D

[snausman]

WOW!!! How wonderful for you!!! Great Job in checking, it sure does pay to watch!!

 

Laura

[aucruiser]

That is an awesome price drop. Congrats!

[jules815]

Yes, same thing happened to me. I checked in the morning and late afternoon and saw nothing new. Then after dinner last night I checked again (I know...I check a lot!), and low and behold, a $150pp price drop for our E2 cabin. It would have been easy to miss too, as it wasn't marked in red as a "deal".

 

Also, my balance on that reservation was only $200, and they applied the remaining $100 to our other reservation for our girl's interior that still has a balance. I wasn't sure if they would, but when I asked about it, it sounded like it's something they do all the time.

[aurelius180]

One has to wonder if these "special" price drops are in liue of systematic price decreases. Would seem easier to return to higher prices in the future once the economy rebounds without actually lowering the base price. Perhaps RCL is actually working to stay on par with other cruise lines pricing without be too overt. :)

[Annefran]

Congrats!!! I'm a online checker for the price drops too. FINALLY today our residency rate kicked in and we saved over $1100 for our cabin. Was thinking about upgrading to a JS but decided I'd stick to our balcony cabin and take the discount. Can anyone say jewelry shopping in the Caribbean??? ;)

[jules815]

Congrats!!! I'm a online checker for the price drops too. FINALLY today our residency rate kicked in and we saved over $1100 for our cabin. Was thinking about upgrading to a JS but decided I'd stick to our balcony cabin and take the discount. Can anyone say jewelry shopping in the Caribbean??? ;)

 

Congrats! That's a good one! :D

 

With our last price drop I almost moved our girls from their interior to a promenade room, but they told me they didn't want it, so I received the discount. (They like how dark the interior gets for sleeping in and taking naps during the day. Teenagers!)

[kc320]

Congrats all you lucky people with the price drops!! Mine has actually gone up.. for some reason I have not been able to acess the RCL site from work.. will have to remember to try to check it tonite at home...

[just4kixx]

Congrats! I can only hope the same happens for us... :D

 

Hope you don't mind if I piggy-back your thread with a related question, though...

 

If my category (E1) goes from being able to 'select your own cabin' to an E1 'guarantee', and the price subsequently goes down, am I still eligible for the price drop? And if so, do I have to then release my specified cabin to be put in the guarantee pool?

 

Thanks for any input or sharing of experience with this particular situation!

 

A~

[Trixsea]

You would have to give the cabin up...but may get it back when the cabin is assigned. This happened to friends of mine in January.:D

[loman]

I got a 20 % reduction for my cruise in 2 weeks . I had to pay a 25.00 fee

per person , but still got 700.00 reduction . How could i complain .

[Markmom18]

We sail next Sunday on the Mariner. What started out at $1799pp for our JS, has now come down to $1299pp. Thanks Mom for being a "senior"!

[thomasale]

I signed up at *****.net and they watch RCCL for you...just save 120 on my 8/30 cruise :)

[klfhngr]

I had a chance to jump on a nice price drop, I didn't 'lock in'... Price is now up over $100 p.p.!

[Annefran]

I signed up at *****.net and they watch RCCL for you...just save 120 on my 8/30 cruise :)

 

Cannot find that website, can you post the link? Thanks!

[Annefran]

Found the link: http://www.*****.net

[Poohb]

Checking prices at least twice a day is not a bad thing. Yesterday in the AM there were no changes on my Sept TA. Last night there was a $250 pp drop in price. Today, 14 hours later I found I now can get a residency rate. Total savings for us in 14 hours ....$700. Since every TA (4 so far) we've been on, drops drastically in the last couple of months, I'm expecting more savings. But our Caribbean trip out of NJ in May has gone up so we aren't expecting changes on that one. Keep watching your cruises!

[crznokw]

Just saved over $1100 on JS on our Freedom cruise on July 19th. It definitely pays to keep checking.

[rfendt]

We logged in today and saw they had the discount listed for our currently booked cruise, contacted our TA and got ourselves a $1430 discount on the hump cabin Junior Suite!! What a deal for us! :D

[volleyballmom87]

how does a price drop work after final payment... I am trying to decide between an upgrade or a possible OBC?

[thomasale]

how does a price drop work after final payment... I am trying to decide between an upgrade or a possible OBC?

 

Not so well usually. :(

[KelJ]

Not so well usually. :(

 

Untrue. Royal Caribbean will most definitely honor price drops after final payment. They will refund the credit card that was used to make final payment.

[Poohb]

I agree with KelJ. I have also gotten refunds on my cc after final payment for price drops.

[Jan_In_Maine]

Found the link: www.*****.net

 

 

Thanks for the link --- I never seem to have much luck with price drops. Would really like to change to a JS for our August cruise, but really need for the price to come down. This link will help with the checking. Jan