Chemlady

How have you managed to make a change before the 17th August which many of us have been told we have to wait until before we can make any changes to keep all our promos and price?

I called and asked if we could do a cancel rebook now. I explained needing a handicapped room with another cabin nearby and the lovely lady helping me switched our booking over now, while keeping our current price and perks. We don't get the OBC until later. She told me that switching to an existing cruise now wasn't a problem. After I hung up my dad called and did the same thing.

It seems that it depends who answers the phone as to what you're told.

So are you a year earlier? They agreed the same for us if we went this Christmas but we can't.

Yes, we're a year earlier. My hubby is a little panicy now, and his dad and step mom can't go along this year. Having his dad along was a big part of why he agreed to go, so I'm not sure how he'll handle this yet.

(Jeanus1 is my mom. We both got the same rooms and perks.)

I have learned that if you qualify for a handicap room you can call at any time to a special department - or have them connect you and they will kick someone out of a handicap room that is not handicap. It is a chance people take if they book a handicap room they don't need. I would more than understand if this happened and it was me in that room. I do not usually book them. Please try this so you can have a room you need. This was told to me on Carnival and Princess. I would hope NCL is the same. I think the regular reservation people don't tell you this but please try next time as you should get a handicap room when you need one.

But Jeanus1 (hiya Momma!) has the added complication that we (her daughter, son in law, and, most importantly, grandbaby) were booked in a room nearby. So now we're all on pins and needles waiting to see if we can get rooms near each other with a handicapped room on one of the earlier cruises.

I also spent a month talking my husband into the cruise before booking just last week. I'm not looking forward to telling him about the change.