Please allow me to vent

[masspector]

Going on a RCCL cruise on May 11.  I check the cruise planner every day.  We had purchased the 2-night specialty dining.  Yesterday the 3-night dining was advertised for only $10 more.  Of course, when I tried to book it, it said sold out.  Tried several times on several different devices, no luck.  Now today the 3-night package is back to the price it has been for months, and guess what?  I CAN BOOK IT.  I hate RCCL website.

[Ourusualbeach]

1 minute ago, masspector said:

Going on a RCCL cruise on May 11.  I check the cruise planner every day.  We had purchased the 2-night specialty dining.  Yesterday the 3-night dining was advertised for only $10 more.  Of course, when I tried to book it, it said sold out.  Tried several times on several different devices, no luck.  Now today the 3-night package is back to the price it has been for months, and guess what?  I CAN BOOK IT.  I hate RCCL website.

Several people reported that glitch yesterday. it was not just you.

[cruisegirl1]

I've had the same issue for a 7 night package for Wonder  - January, 2024.    It is often posted at $199 one day but when I click to buy it is sold out,  and  then $260 the next and readily available.  This pattern has been in place since we booked the cruises a few weeks ago.  Frustrating! 

M

Edited April 25, 2023 by cruisegirl1

[bar1068]

4 minutes ago, masspector said:

Going on a RCCL cruise on May 11.  I check the cruise planner every day.  We had purchased the 2-night specialty dining.  Yesterday the 3-night dining was advertised for only $10 more.  Of course, when I tried to book it, it said sold out.  Tried several times on several different devices, no luck.  Now today the 3-night package is back to the price it has been for months, and guess what?  I CAN BOOK IT.  I hate RCCL website.

I've seen the exact same, saw it just a couple of hours ago today!! A couple of days ago the Chops+1 package was the same...lower cost...was sold out..."regular" cost was available. The other thing I get a kick out of are the reservation times. The reservation times for the individual restaurants, much more times available over the less desireable times of the packages.

[firefly333]

Not the same but I'm seeing just booking 1 dining venue on dec 3 flick in and out. One time showed 3 sold out. Later same night 1 sold out. Then a few days later another venue sold out. .. just 2nd leg of a b2b2b seems to play games. Wondered if more people booking but perhaps IT. 

[OCSC Mike]

27 minutes ago, cruisegirl1 said:

I've had the same issue for a 7 night package for Wonder  - January, 2024.    It is often posted at $199 one day but when I click to buy it is sold out,  and  then $260 the next and readily available.  This pattern has been in place since we booked the cruises a few weeks ago.  

M

 

Yep, it's an ongoing glitch. I've even seen $183.99 for my Wonder cruise in June.

[RFerrington]

29 minutes ago, cruisegirl1 said:

I've had the same issue for a 7 night package for Wonder  - January, 2024.    It is often posted at $199 one day but when I click to buy it is sold out,  and  then $260 the next and readily available.  This pattern has been in place since we booked the cruises a few weeks ago.  Frustrating! 

M

Found this same scenario for our August WN sailing.  So pathetic.  

[cruisegirl1]

26 minutes ago, OCSC Mike said:

 

Yep, it's an ongoing glitch. I've even seen $183.99 for my Wonder cruise in June.

I guess they can use any low price and then have it " sold out"  when you try to buy it.  

M

[BecciBoo]

Same thing here, tried yesterday to cancel/rebook 3 nte pkg at $94.99 pp.  Got the same message, sold out, how do you sell out of a 3 nte dining pkg?  Called RCCL, agent couldn't help me, she saw $116.99 on her screen...so we both thought it was a glitch in the web.  Anyway, wound up keeping it at the original cost of $116.99 pp.

[sharktums]

Yup, we also had this glitch for our Icon cruise planner yesterday. Dumb. 

[LobsterStalker]

23 hours ago, masspector said:

Going on a RCCL cruise on May 11.  I check the cruise planner every day.  We had purchased the 2-night specialty dining.  Yesterday the 3-night dining was advertised for only $10 more.  Of course, when I tried to book it, it said sold out.  Tried several times on several different devices, no luck.  Now today the 3-night package is back to the price it has been for months, and guess what?  I CAN BOOK IT.  I hate RCCL website.

Seems interesting that so many seem to think it is a glitch . I would class a glitch as something that happens once , maybe twice . When it is an ongoing occurance , I would look for a different explanation. 

Seems logical to me that it is an attempt to draw interest to something ( At the low price) , people get the idea in their head for something they would not otherwise have done , (but now they're excited for it ) , In the hopes that people will then book at a higher price anyhow..

....VERY Sketchy !!!

 

Cheers

[Biker19]

27 minutes ago, LobsterStalker said:

When it is an ongoing occurance , I would look for a different explanation. 

RCI IT explains a lot of things, including glitches - no need to look for conspiracies.

[HappyTexan44]

Or it could be a deliberate marketing test.   How many people are interested at X price.  

[LobsterStalker]

4 hours ago, Biker19 said:

RCI IT explains a lot of things, including glitches - no need to look for conspiracies.

What I suggest is not conspiracy. 

Sometimes it is very convenient to blame things on incompetence. Looking a little deeper to figure out if something is to be gained from the problem is just smart... not conspiracy theory

[LobsterStalker]

3 hours ago, HappyTexan44 said:

Or it could be a deliberate marketing test.   How many people are interested at X price.  

Yeah... what he said

>>>Deliberate !

 

Cheers