Excursion booking question

[dgund]

I am trying to book the Blackbeard's Cay beach break in Nassau online with RCCL. It says "available on ship" and "try on board". Does this mean that the tour is totally booked or do they save additional spots for onboard booking? All other tours seem to be available. Can you book this tour on your own? Has anyone done this excursion? Any information would be appreciated.

[kbt2]

Not sure about that one. Never ran into that before. There might be a limited number of spots they take online as to save some for passengers who do not have or know about reserving online excursions. Hope you get it once you board.

Kim
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[betsycam71]

I'm getting the same message when trying to book for our December cruise. I have called RCCL and they said we should be able to book, but to try later.

I just emailed RCCL yesterday asking for help with it.

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[elliemaej]

I was told by RCL that they only sell a certain number of spots via the internet. They said that because not all of their passengers have access to the internet, they leave a certain percentage open to be booked once you are on the ship.

[betsycam71]

A friend of mine received an email from RCCL after asking why we couldn't book our excursions yet. It looks like we can book in August. This is what they said:

Kindly note that, the tours and pricing for the Caribbean are seasonal -
and operate as winter to summer. Brochures for winter 2004 - summer
2005 sailings are not available.

However, most guests prefer to have something rather than nothing at
all to reference as a guide. The shore excursions are shown online
through the "BROWSE OPTION". The guest may review our winter 2003 - summer
2004 Caribbean information, which became effective as of October 1, 2003
and expires on September 30th, 2004. We update a few months prior and
operate tours and prices effective as of October 1st. The guest will
have the opportunity to pre-book tours through the online "PURCHASE
OPTION" on the website with current pricing sometime around the first or
second week of August. Please try back then.

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[dgund]

Thanks, everyone. We will try to book onboard.

[pbillington]

We are stopping in Nassau on the May 15, 2004 cruise and I was unable to book any excursions for Nassau because the website has not been updated yet from Haiti. I email RCI and they told me that the Nassau tours would have to be booked on the ship. I am going to keep checking back and maybe they will update it and I can still book it on-line.

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[kpkoonce]

We are on the Navigator on April 24th and was finally able to book shore exchursions this week. You should be able to book them in a couple of weeks.

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[stretch]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by betsycam71:
A friend of mine received an email from RCCL after asking why we couldn't book our excursions yet. It looks like we can book in August. This is what they said:

Kindly note that, the tours and pricing for the Caribbean are seasonal -
and operate as winter to summer. Brochures for winter 2004 - summer
2005 sailings are not available.

However, most guests prefer to have something rather than nothing at
all to reference as a guide. The shore excursions are shown online
through the "BROWSE OPTION". The guest may review our winter 2003 - summer
2004 Caribbean information, which became effective as of October 1, 2003
and expires on September 30th, 2004. We update a few months prior and
operate tours and prices effective as of October 1st. The guest will
have the opportunity to pre-book tours through the online "PURCHASE
OPTION" on the website with current pricing sometime around the first or
second week of August. Please try back then.

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[betsycam71]

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I was thinking the same thing. I figure I'll just keep checking every so often.

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