thesawch Posted March 22, 2008 #1 Share Posted March 22, 2008 My TA tried to book the freedom of the seas jan 25th 2009 cruise for me today and they told her it was booked solid by one group.it must be a pretty big booking.thesawch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare silentbob007 Posted March 22, 2008 #2 Share Posted March 22, 2008 You should probably be happy they booked the whole ship ... my general experience is that it is not fun to share the ship with large group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linswi Posted March 22, 2008 #3 Share Posted March 22, 2008 My TA tried to book the freedom of the seas jan 25th 2009 cruise for me today and they told her it was booked solid by one group.it must be a pretty big booking.thesawch I did a quick search (out of curiosity!) and it looks like it has been booked by Atlantis, they do lifestyle cruises on all the major lines. Not positive, but I think they always charter the whole ship when they do events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCMtnBoys Posted March 23, 2008 #4 Share Posted March 23, 2008 I did a quick search... How exactly do you search to find out if there is a certain group booked on a certain ship? Someone once before suggested googling "group cruises" but that didn't really show what I was looking for. Is there some other way? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheils65 Posted March 23, 2008 #5 Share Posted March 23, 2008 What kind of group is atlantis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dogmom Posted March 23, 2008 #6 Share Posted March 23, 2008 How exactly do you search to find out if there is a certain group booked on a certain ship? Someone once before suggested googling "group cruises" but that didn't really show what I was looking for. Is there some other way? Thanks. I typed in "Freedom of the Seas January 25, 2009" in Google and came across Atlantis which is a gay travel company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheils65 Posted March 23, 2008 #7 Share Posted March 23, 2008 ooohhhh!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheils65 Posted March 23, 2008 #8 Share Posted March 23, 2008 dbl post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosebud1g Posted March 23, 2008 #9 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Sounds like it is chartered for the the week, could be what Nickelodeon did for Aug. 10, 2008 on FOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmfan Posted March 23, 2008 #10 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Oh my, good thing you wasn't able to book. :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodents@rest Posted March 23, 2008 #11 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Maybe I'll consider booking the whole ship next time. Is the Freedom available next March or should I wait for Genesis?! LOL:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SherriZ366 Posted March 23, 2008 #12 Share Posted March 23, 2008 I typed in "Freedom of the Seas January 25, 2009" in Google and came across Atlantis which is a gay travel company. From following group cruises,I found that Atlantis usually books a full ship. I have been on a 1/2 ship charter with a totally different group that brought their own entertainment. They wanted to push us into early seating, many public rooms were occupied, etc. I google a lot to find very large groups so that we book other weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linswi Posted March 23, 2008 #13 Share Posted March 23, 2008 How exactly do you search to find out if there is a certain group booked on a certain ship? Someone once before suggested googling "group cruises" but that didn't really show what I was looking for. Is there some other way? Thanks. I typed in "Freedom of the Seas January 25, 2009" in Google and came across Atlantis which is a gay travel company. That's exactly what I did... it actually lead me to a thread here on CC! NC Mtn- sometimes you have to play around with the date a little... typing the whole date out or putting it in mm/dd/yy format, and etc. with the ship name. And sometimes it helps if you add "group" to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SherriZ366 Posted March 23, 2008 #14 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Also TAs can often pick up clues -- like all balcony cabins being gone close to a year out; offering a smoking section in the dining room (which is usually all non-smoking) etc. I've picked up on groups that annually book a 1/2 or whole ship charter and check to see if they have my target week booked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mangotangopls Posted March 23, 2008 #15 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Thanks so much for this sort of info - it never occurred to me to check for groups booking large numbers of people. Thanks for the input and perhaps preventing me from making potential booking error for our family group. These boards are wonderful for learning all sorts of ins and outs of traveling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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