Coronavirus and DCL Megathread - Suspension of Departures for the fleet until early November. Booking only available from early December.

Came across PIF recently. What does that mean?
Pay In Full = the date final payment is due. This varies with cruise length and depature port.
Typically, any cancellation (or changing dates, dropping of some passengers) after PIF date will incur penalty fees.
 
Wow, how frustrating. My TA sent us the information and asked us to take our time if our cruise is not right away, plus it frees up the lines for you guys that need to change soon. We’ve decided to wait until we’re much closer in. After reading these comments I’m even more grateful for my TA. My cruise isn’t until April 18th and while I want to go, we do fall into the senior category (who’d guest that one). I’m hoping in 4+ weeks we’ll have a clearer understanding of what’s going to happen. I have 4 future cruises already booked so will probably dump my credit on those if that’s possible.
 
I know it's not Disney, but Royal have move their ship sailing out of Rome, to Athens/Barcelona.

So Disney will probably follow with something soon.
It’s still more then 2 months away, but flights need to be changed.
 
Wow! So now what?

I am hoping DCL will expand the flexible cancellation policy to include at least the early summer itineraries. While I am not in the increased risk age group, I definitely don't want to be quarantined afterwards as the State Dept has now made an official announcement about cruising.

LAX
 
I think it's time to cancel my cruise.....
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On the topic of COVID, I came across a very level-headed and detailed article on COVID-19, and how it is applicable to US residents. The site it is on, focuses primarily on tech and science articles, and tends not to sensationalize, but focuses on the data and facts currently known (with little speculation). In cases where they do speculate, they tend to show both sides of the argument- why that speculation might be right or wrong. Their new article on COVID, IMO, is very well done, though it is a bit of a long read. The comment section of their articles can get somewhat political (and I'm sure this topic will as well), so steer clear of the comments if that is not your gig. If you're interested, you can read the article here: https://arstechnica.com/science/202...ensive-ars-technica-guide-to-the-coronavirus/
 
Maybe veterans to the board can answer this one for me. I've always picked a room when booking. With looking at moving our upcoming sailing or keeping it and moving to a verandah from oceanview (I'd like fresh air for my two-week quarantine please), gty rooms are slightly more expensive than selecting your room; I always thought just the opposite was true. In looking quickly, the categories are the same. Why the discrepancy and does gty always trend higher in price?

Are you sure you are looking at the same category? I've never heard of a category being GTY and with also allowing one to choose a specific stateroom. GTY is offered once a certain percentage of that specific category is booked (i.e. 10A, 4B, etc.). If you are comparing *GT and a specific category - you aren't comparing exactly the same thing. Keep in mind that *GT is only available as "new bookings" so you can't move an existing reservation to a VGT rate.

Enjoy your cruise!
 
Not sure what this means but all the sudden I cant make changes (check in, port adventures, no board bookings, etc) on the DCL website for my 3/16 cruise. Instead i just get a message to call Disney for any assistance with the cruise. The app works fine for these changes.
 
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OBB= onboard booking. DCL currently offers 10% off the pretax cruise fare if you book a future cruise while onboard. Up until recently, they also would give us onboard credits for our onboard charging account for that future cruise but that was discontinued in late 2019.

_GT is a special booking offer which there are 3 types:
IGT -guarantees any inside cabin
OGT- guarantees any oceanview cabin (window)
VGT -guarantees any veranda cabin

These offers have a lot of restrictions that would not apply to a regular reservation:
1. Must pay in full at time of booking
2. No changing cabins
3. No name changes
4. No cancellations
5. No refunds
Probably some others as well but this is what I could remember off the top of my head. It's pretty much, "you get what you get & don't get upset".
If you're not picky about cabin location it's a great way to save $.

This is very different from a GTY reservation which is a regular reservation but the category you want is almost sold out so they might list it as something like Cat. 4D GTY which means you're still booking a specific category but you don't know which cabin you'll get exactly. You might get a cabin in a better category but you definitely won't get one in a lower category.
With GTY cabins, you still retain the option to cancel, change categories, change names, etc.
 
OBB= onboard booking. DCL currently offers 10% off the pretax cruise fare if you book a future cruise while onboard. Up until recently, they also would give us onboard credits for our onboard charging account for that future cruise but that was discontinued in late 2019.

_GT is a special booking offer which there are 3 types:
IGT -guarantees any inside cabin
OGT- guarantees any oceanview cabin (window)
VGT -guarantees any veranda cabin

These offers have a lot of restrictions that would not apply to a regular reservation:
1. Must pay in full at time of booking
2. No changing cabins
3. No name changes
4. No cancellations
5. No refunds
Probably some others as well but this is what I could remember off the top of my head. It's pretty much, "you get what you get & don't get upset".
If you're not picky about cabin location it's a great way to save $.

This is very different from a GTY reservation which is a regular reservation but the category you want is almost sold out so they might list it as something like Cat. 4D GTY which means you're still booking a specific category but you don't know which cabin you'll get exactly. You might get a cabin in a better category but you definitely won't get one in a lower category.
With GTY cabins, you still retain the option to cancel, change categories, change names, etc.

Thank you! 😊
 

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