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Tried this before and they stated it must be a new reservation. So I just cancelled and re-booked. There are people on their 3rd re-book now so they may have a more recent experience. This was back in March of this year.
Welcome! It's unfortunately going to be a pretty big club . . .Aaaaannnnddddd I just joined the canceled cruise club
They've done this for a lot of cruises before. It's probably for two reasons.Thanks, I'm in kind of a weird limbo. The official announcement came out and my cruise (Oct 2nd Dream) is not on the list of cancelled cruises but the DCL website no longer has my cruise as bookable. What is that? This is a strange form of torture.
I'm silver now as I have two cancelled cruises. Welcome to the club though!Aaaaannnnddddd I just joined the canceled cruise club
For us cancelled folk, I hope we can all get back onboard soon and find a new upcoming cruise that fits within our schedule and budget.
Mmm... we were 2 days into the drive to FL when, late at night in the Georgia hotel, 6 hours before my sister was about to board a plane to Orlando, when we saw the email that our cruise had been cancelled. The kids were already asleep, so in the morning, we had to break it to them that they'd missed 3 days of school, (including a sports tournament) for nothing. We drove home, only to find that was the last time they would see their friends for several months.I was out with some friends this evening and got my DCL cancellation notice for my August 31st cruise. I knew it was inevitable and I prepared myself but it still hurts.
Now I have to decide if I take the refund or rebook for next year.
Yes, I was able to do that with our FCC.Can I use a FCC and apply it to another cruise to which I have only placed a deposit? My August cruise was just canceled but I have another planned for December.
How far in advance do you think Disney would start marketing (TV type) prior to reopening DCL?
I don't thijk DCL will be airing commercials anytime soon. Given all of the Covid TV coverage, it could create some negative associations in people's minds, and do more harm to the brand than good.How far in advance do you think Disney would start marketing (TV type) prior to reopening DCL?
Not sure they'll need to market with all the 125% credits floating around and their likely need to reduce capacity. If they were going to put out commercials, I would hope they would do it right at releasing their late 2021 itineraries so at least people have more to choose from. Even before all this I rarely saw DCL commercials which is a bummer because I enjoy the occasional ones that did come up. I did see a DCL themed Wheel of Fortune week once and then many of us saw that Outdaughtered show that featured DCL. That was cool to see even though I would not normally watch either show.
Although there are 125% credit floating around most will not have the opportunity to use that credit on 2-3 months notice, especially if they’re not from Florida. But you have always been optimistic.Not sure they'll need to market with all the 125% credits floating around and their likely need to reduce capacity. If they were going to put out commercials, I would hope they would do it right at releasing their late 2021 itineraries so at least people have more to choose from. Even before all this I rarely saw DCL commercials which is a bummer because I enjoy the occasional ones that did come up. I did see a DCL themed Wheel of Fortune week once and then many of us saw that Outdaughtered show that featured DCL. That was cool to see even though I would not normally watch either show.
I agree with you, I see plenty of DCL commercials. Not recently, obviously, but they come on plenty. We are Canadian and while we get commercials they are especially noticeable in situations like when our Canadian dollar is not doing well, when there is a travel crisis such as 911, when bookings are not filling up as quickly as they would like and they are offering a Canadian discount.Although there are 125% credit floating around most will not have the opportunity to use that credit on 2-3 months notice, especially if they’re not from Florida. But you have always been optimistic.
Non of the cruises are sold out currently. And it may be a while before they sail(mid 2021 or later is my guess) it will be safe to cruise then when they start. Maybe a $25 OBC for every passenger with a documented virus shot.
Plus 125% doesn’t go too far on a last minute cruise if you have hotels and last minute airfare to worry about. You have always had lots of optimism about the sailings. But I can’t handle the disappointment so I have to be a little more pessimistic so I can be pleasantly surprised in the future.
As for commercials, I see tons of them on the shows that I recorded in January and February and all of 2019. That’s what gave me the thought that commercials would be our tell. I just talked to Disney on the Castaway line, two days before the last cancellation and she was so positive that the August cruises were going. Smh. But I didn’t believe her either, but thought if I gave my opinion it would seem rude. So I said I was “glad to hear it”, I was glad, just not able to believe like she did.
I to have seen a few things for Universal Studios and also Sea world.
Wish I understood how to tell fake news. I also read an article that said Florida had 900 some deaths last year from pneumonia and this year they have over 5000 for the same period. It’s so hard to tell these days.
I think you will see commercials start to come back once sailings have resumed but that is just my thoughts. I think it's not going to be as easy as everyone is thinking to get people back on board.
Question for those of you who were on one of the Disney cruises that Disney cancelled, and took the 125%- were you PIF or not PIF yet? I've got a mid-August cruise that could be cancelled, but it's not PIF yet and didn't know if it makes a difference for the FCC.