Star- Mexican Riviera, March 20th and 27th?

[lasnev]

I seem to recall that they were on the schedule for those dates, looking for my mom, pre-Easter cruise, seem to have disappeared! Am I loosing it?

[GDAC]

I have heard that the one on the 27th is sold out. I am guessing the 20th might be as well.

[GrumpaTom]

We are on the Star for the 20th. I am not positive that it is completely sold out yet, what I suspect is happening is that since the Star is currently in Dry-Dock for reconditioning they locked up the unsold cabins in case they don't get everything finished.

 

I suspect this because right before they announced the unscheduled dry-dock I had looked at cabin availability to see how many unsold cabins there were, hoping for an upsell call and there was a lot of availability in every stateroom type (Inside, Oceanview, etc). Then right after the announcement there was no availability and I checked other dates around the same timeframe and everything was gone.

 

I would wait for the Star to come out of dry-dock then check again.

[lasnev]

We are on the Star for the 20th. I am not positive that it is completely sold out yet, what I suspect is happening is that since the Star is currently in Dry-Dock for reconditioning they locked up the unsold cabins in case they don't get everything finished.

 

I suspect this because right before they announced the unscheduled dry-dock I had looked at cabin availability to see how many unsold cabins there were, hoping for an upsell call and there was a lot of availability in every stateroom type (Inside, Oceanview, etc). Then right after the announcement there was no availability and I checked other dates around the same timeframe and everything was gone.

 

I would wait for the Star to come out of dry-dock then check again.

Thanks! That makes sense. When I checked there seemed to be good availability, hoping for a last minute deal for my mom, but I will keep checking as we get closer, even though with Easter break that week there is a chance it is sold out.

[NJC4158]

You can still book 03/13/2010/.....just checked

 

The others are most likely sold out

[GrumpaTom]

You can still book 03/13/2010/.....just checked

 

The others are most likely sold out

 

Did you go into Cabin Selection? I just tried and it says that it is unable to confirm any reservations at this time.

 

I am just making a guess, like I mentioned in my earlier post we went from plenty of availability to no availability in a matter of hours right around when they made the announcement.

 

Put it this way, we decided to add a third person to one of our cabins and my wife (home-based travel agent) could not even add the third. She had to call into NCL and the rep she spoke with had to get the supervisor who had to get a manager in order to over-ride adding a third. This is for a already sold cabin that can handle 4 passengers.

[ferriz]

There is a chance that a greater number of people are on both of those cruises because of the Ellen Show.

 

Ellen gave out a 7 day cruise for 2 to each person in her audience for day 11 of her 12 days of Christmas show. We were all given a cruise for 2 and 7 dates to pick. The 20th and 27th are typical school spring breaks so more people would be cruising those dates anyways, add a few hundred extras from the Ellen show and it is possible both are sold out.

 

I hope a spot opens up for you! If you get one on the 27th maybe I will see you guys there! Good luck. :)

[GrumpaTom]

Oh Gawd!

 

Please don't tell me that Ellen is going to be on the ship these weeks. I might just have to jump ship if she is.

[ferriz]

Oh Gawd!

 

Please don't tell me that Ellen is going to be on the ship these weeks. I might just have to jump ship if she is.

 

Of course she is! She is staying in the cabin next door to you. ;)

 

JK could not resist. Nope, no Ellen on the ship. Just us audience members who got free cruises. ;)

[zimmerjulie]

We are on the Star for the 20th. I am not positive that it is completely sold out yet, what I suspect is happening is that since the Star is currently in Dry-Dock for reconditioning they locked up the unsold cabins in case they don't get everything finished.

 

I suspect this because right before they announced the unscheduled dry-dock I had looked at cabin availability to see how many unsold cabins there were, hoping for an upsell call and there was a lot of availability in every stateroom type (Inside, Oceanview, etc). Then right after the announcement there was no availability and I checked other dates around the same timeframe and everything was gone.

 

I would wait for the Star to come out of dry-dock then check again.

Thanks PokrTom. I am booked on the March 27 cruise and I greatly appreciate your insight. I had also called to add a 3rd person to an existing booking.

 

Anyone know when they are scheduled to be finished with the dry dock?

[GrumpaTom]

I just checked the NCL website and both the March 20th & March 27th cruises are back on the list. So looks like cabins may start appearing soon.

[newmexicoNita]

Checking my system it shows very little availibility on the 20th, a little more on the 27th. On the 20th 2 catagories are showing, on the 27th about 4. So, yes there is still a few things, but with the combination of the Ellen show passengers and spring break, plus we are talking only a few more weeks, no you will not see prices go down. March rarely offers good deals for cruising.

 

Nita

[GrumpaTom]

My point was that they were available again. Not that there were any price deals. I guess I am just saying "I told you so.", since I earlier mentioned that I felt the cabins were locked down and not showing due to the dry-dock and to wait until the ship came back into service befiore writing them off.