Thank goodness we snagged one for Oct. 1, 2021 on the Wonder. One and done for us! 8543 here we come!I'm sure someone already posted this but they are doing the same with the mid-ship 1-bedrooms on the Magic/Wonder (with the triple verandah). They know how much people try to snag those so now they can get more money for them.
Speaking of increased pricing for concierge. We are currently booked on April 17, 2021, but will be moving to future cruise. Just for fun, I decided to check next year’s pricing. April 16, 2022 one bedroom concierge is $3000 more PER PERSON than April 17, 2021. Exact same itinerary on the Fantasy. I know there are always threads about Disney’s price increases, but I do not think I have ever seen one this crazy. I usually think it is beyond crazy to increase $3000 for the whole cruise, yet alone per person.
That sounds like what happened back in 2015. A Cat V in January 2014 was like 4400 for 2 in January on the Fantasy. The hosts were complaining during the cruise because the 2015 rates basically doubled and it would have been over 8k for us to rebook the same week in the same room in 2015. The hosts were upset because many people they were used to having weren't rebooking in 2015.Speaking of increased pricing for concierge. We are currently booked on April 17, 2021, but will be moving to future cruise. Just for fun, I decided to check next year’s pricing. April 16, 2022 one bedroom concierge is $3000 more PER PERSON than April 17, 2021. Exact same itinerary on the Fantasy. I know there are always threads about Disney’s price increases, but I do not think I have ever seen one this crazy. I usually think it is beyond crazy to increase $3000 for the whole cruise, yet alone per person.
That sounds like what happened back in 2015. A Cat V in January 2014 was like 4400 for 2 in January on the Fantasy. The hosts were complaining during the cruise because the 2015 rates basically doubled and it would have been over 8k for us to rebook the same week in the same room in 2015. The hosts were upset because many people they were used to having weren't rebooking in 2015.
A one week cruise in cat V in January now is 9K. Someone must be paying it, but I'm not ashamed to say I can't pay that and live with myself after. There just isn't a big enough carrot to pay literally double between the nicest stateroom outside of concierge and a cat V.
We must have a look that says don't bug us, because on both lines we have been on outside of DCL, RCCL and Celebrity, we haven't been bothered at all about the upsell restaurants. DCL our first few cruises had the wine person bug us, but even that stopped. Maybe in the future we will get nailed, but so far so good. I don't dress fancy along with not spending much onboard, so maybe they think we can't afford it?I will gladly cash my Disney stock dividend check, but those fares are outrageous. One year ago today I was stepping off the Celebrity Eclipse after a 7 day cruise that cost $625 per person for an balcony stateroom. It was not Disney, and they really put the hard sell on the extra cost restaurants. But it was an amazing vacation.
Our cruise last year we had a great relationship with the wine steward and our server team. But our cruise wasn't anywhere near full, plus we had late seating and the dining room was nearly empty. Our server team literally had my wife and I and another couple. The wine steward only had 12 other people seat in our section so he had lots of time to interact with us during dinner. No pressure. My wife and I enjoy wine as a hobby, We have VERY modest taste in wine. He really appreciated that and provided us with a list of every bottle of wine on board. The first night he discovered my wife has a knack for picking wines that there was just one bottle left on board, and that bottle could be in one of 8 places on board. He asked if we would like to select a wine for the next night, and we did that from the first night on because he would have to search all over the ship for that one bottle. I think he found that amusing.DCL our first few cruises had the wine person bug us, but even that stopped.
Are you assuming that they are going to resume paying dividends?I will gladly cash my Disney stock dividend check, but those fares are outrageous.
No idea, but the Disney+ could help offset park and cruise losses. I've had the stock for 30+ years. I've already earned more in dividends than I paid for the stock. I paid $1,100 for the stock, as of yesterday's close that stock is worth $14, 880. I think I'm still going okay.Are you assuming that they are going to resume paying dividends?