If ABD cancels (for the 5/15 11 night cruise) what happens then -- do we have to get at the end of the line for shore excursions? I wish I had more faith that they would go as scheduled and not cancel as they are wont to do -- and what is the minimum number required for non-cancellation because my friend called ABD and was told that there are 28 spaces available for this trip which means only 12 of us are signed up -- this is the one thing I absolutely HATE about ABD -- I don't think we should have to worry about this stuff, frankly.
How long ago was your friend told that there was only 12? I was told 16 were taken, and then you were 17 & 18.
Shoot. I called
DCL a couple of days ago, and they now won't tell what the count is. Honestly, if the ABD is cancelled, I'm probably cancelling the cruise, because, as you said, we'd be at the end of the line for cruise excursions, and would have to scramble. And really, I don't
want to organize this myself. Doing the ABD, with the continuity of the 40 people & the 2 guides, and not having to worry about excursions is really the main reason I signed up for it. They've changed the ABD policy so that they won't cancel the add-on less than 90 days ahead of time, which is the last day to cancel the cruise and get a 100% refund on the cruise. I'd have to make up my mind pretty quickly, but, realistically, either I'd switch to the earlier in May sailing if they'd give me everything at the same price, and the ABD was on for that one, or I'd take the refunds, cut my losses, and do something else. I signed up for the ABD on a cruise. Not for a cruise that I added ABD to. And I've been really upfront with them about that. I'm sure not everyone looks at it this way, but I do. Friday is Pay in Full day. It will be interesting to see what happens then. 90 days out is Feb 15th...
I think the Cruise add on has much less of a chance of being cancelled than any other ABD trip. ABD does not have to guarantee many things for the crusie add on that they would have to on other trips so the overhead is lower for them. This is only my opinion but that is what I think.
This is true. Not the commitment to the hotels that the regular ABD's have. I sure hope you're right about that. I know that the Supervisor I spoke to said multiple times that they really want this ABD add-on to go, and are going to work very hard not to cancel it. I was feeling pretty safe with 18 (since my other trips went with 14 & 15) but 12 is a whole 'nother kettle of fish.
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