Cabin wait list

[57redbird]

Can't seem to find (or get) an answer.....we are wait-listed for a verandah cabin on the Zuiderdam Hawaii/Tahiti cruise for Feb., 2022.  Has anybody been waitlisted & what was the outcome?  TIA

 

 

[RuthC]

The general rule is that by final payment date, some prospective passengers will decide not to take the cruise, and cabins will open up. There is a long time to go before that, so there is plenty of time for you to work your way up the list before then. How many people are ahead of you now? 
If not many, you may find you clear the list long before final payment. Don't lose hope. 

[57redbird]

9 minutes ago, RuthC said:

The general rule is that by final payment date, some prospective passengers will decide not to take the cruise, and cabins will open up. There is a long time to go before that, so there is plenty of time for you to work your way up the list before then. How many people are ahead of you now? 
If not many, you may find you clear the list long before final payment. Don't lose hope. 

The PCC we talked to couldn't tell us how many were ahead of us.

[Essiesmom]

I don’t know how the ‘wait list dept’, if there is such a thing, works.  But I suspect there is no alarm when a cabin opens up, and someone off the wait list is slotted in.   I suspect those cabins that open up are grabbed by someone who is checking availability multiple times a day.  Keep checking...and be that person who happens to see that cabin...   EM

[Horizon chaser 1957]

I’ve never wait listed for a cabin, but I’ve wait listed for limited and popular excursions. They call you when space opens up according to the order you joined the waitlist. The spots don’t even show up on the website as available unless there is no waitlist.

[DeeDee Groff]

4 hours ago, 57redbird said:

Can't seem to find (or get) an answer.....we are wait-listed for a verandah cabin on the Zuiderdam Hawaii/Tahiti cruise for Feb., 2022.  Has anybody been waitlisted & what was the outcome?  TIA

 

 

 

Have you considered checking out the roll call for this cruise?  Sometimes when someone cancels a reservation they post on the roll call saying their plans have changed.  Just an idea.....

[57redbird]

17 hours ago, DeeDee Groff said:

 

Have you considered checking out the roll call for this cruise?  Sometimes when someone cancels a reservation they post on the roll call saying their plans have changed.  Just an idea.....

No, but thanks for the idea.

[Storylady]

Did you select a guarantee or are wait listed for a specific cabin?  There does seem to be verandas available for the the Zuiderdam in February 2022.

[57redbird]

9 minutes ago, Storylady said:

Did you select a guarantee or are wait listed for a specific cabin?  There does seem to be verandas available for the the Zuiderdam in February 2022.

Wait listed for a veranda.

 

[Storylady]

56 minutes ago, 57redbird said:

Wait listed for a veranda.

 

 

56 minutes ago, 57redbird said:

Wait listed for a veranda.

 

 

56 minutes ago, 57redbird said:

Wait listed for a veranda.

 

You must be in the the 35 day Hawaii Tahiti Cruise. You will definitely have to wait unti someone cancels their cruise which as everyone has mentioned won’t be until the last 3 months before the cruise. As to how soon, will depend on how soon you were wait listed. If you did soon after the last cabin was sold, you have a good chance of getting your veranda.

[rkacruiser]

Never was on a wait list.  I had a guarantee once and received an upgrade by one category.  

[Storylady]

20 hours ago, rkacruiser said:

Never was on a wait list.  I had a guarantee once and received an upgrade by one category.  

All the verandas are gone for his cruise. I believe due to pent-up demand. Also, HAL has eliminated 5 ships since July 2019. So not as many cruises to chose from.