No more suites available?

[Trvlr76]

We are sailing on Constellation December 15 to the caribbean. It will be my first cruise with my husband, and his first cruise altogether. To "hook" him, I thought I'd book a sky suite. Unknowingly, we ended up with 6131, which I read has a really nice balcony. I don't know much about cruising, but thought I'd check often for any price drops to see about scoring a better rate. For a week now, I've seen that there are no suites available anymore, on any site. Is this normal for Celebrity or in general, for suites to sell out so early? I want to know for future bookings sake.

 

Thank you all! So looking forward to this break from life!

[LOP]

It happens, but near final payment some open up due to cancellations. Also, check with your TA as they can find available cabins sometimes that are not listed.

[kitty9]

December is a very popular cruising time, so it's not surprising that suites are gone. Usually, the most and least expensive cabins go first. There might also be a large group or two on your cruise, or travel agents might have blocked a large number of cabins. Wait until final payments are due to see if anything opens up.

[Shippy]

...Lucky to get an S2 suite. They are now all gone !

[john_galt]

The old saying is that ships fill from the top and the bottom.

 

I use different strategies. On Princess, I book my favorite mini-suite and wait to see if any discounted suites show up at final payment time. This got us into a Vista Suite this year at a very nice rate.

 

On my upcoming Celebrity cruise, I simply booked the Penthouse two years in advance. I didn't want to miss the opportunity to sail in one of these giant rooms! :)

[Pepc]

Trvlr76,

It was good to hear you were able to book 6131 on the Connie.

We, too, are booked in that cabin for a November cruise.

We're looking forward to hearing if anyone has any comments / photos about 6131!

We've read some really positive comments about 6145 and 6146 on this board, but very few on 6131!

[phoenix_dream]

If you count them all you will see that the M class ships just do not have all that many Sky Suites, so it is not surprising that they are booked up. I also think you said the cruise was this Dec? In the cruising world, that is not really considered that far out timewise. Many people book a year or more ahead of time. Since there are not that many Sky Suites, they go pretty fast.