MomOTwins
The Mommy Fairy
- Joined
- Mar 5, 2018
So I get that Disney uses flexible pricing to fill ships, but the pricing is SO flexible, I can't tell if I'm seeing a fair price given the time of year or a total ripoff. We sailed our first 3-night cruise at in April, booked last-minute, for $3,200 for a family of 5. As we are 5, we can only book the "family sized" rooms, so I recognize that means we pay more, and I thought the amount we paid was fair.
Now, though, I now really want a "do-over" cruise (my husband got sick the first night and was quarantined pretty much the whole time, so this would essentially be his first cruise, plus we cancelled a lot of plans because of it). But now that it is summer season, I am having trouble finding anything at anywhere near that price point--everything is around $5,000 or more. Since I see similar prices for summer next year, can I assume that the prices just are not going to go down closer to the date and I should book now and suck it up, or is it worth holding out to see if there is any last minute reduction? We are not eligible for OGT/VGT rates because of our family size, but are happy to do GTY if there are savings.
Now, though, I now really want a "do-over" cruise (my husband got sick the first night and was quarantined pretty much the whole time, so this would essentially be his first cruise, plus we cancelled a lot of plans because of it). But now that it is summer season, I am having trouble finding anything at anywhere near that price point--everything is around $5,000 or more. Since I see similar prices for summer next year, can I assume that the prices just are not going to go down closer to the date and I should book now and suck it up, or is it worth holding out to see if there is any last minute reduction? We are not eligible for OGT/VGT rates because of our family size, but are happy to do GTY if there are savings.