Geomom
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- May 17, 2010
I think the OBC is worth it. Remember that there are also automatic gratuities of $13.50/person/day to pay at the end of the cruise--the OBC will help pay for those. The OBC is a credit to your shipboard account--so the OBC can be used on anything charged to the account--drinks/port adventures/bingo/souvenirs/gratuities, etc. While all deposits and room changes need to go through the TA, you book your own port adventures/online checking/PAT time/other tix--so you retain most of the control.DH and I are typically "fresh air" people - we love having the windows open, being outside, eating outside, sitting outside in the evenings, and we very rarely run the AC at home (usually only if we get several days in a row of 90+ degree weather) so the thought of being able to sit outside on a verandah or leave the door open all night and get a warm breeze in and listen to the waves sounds amazing! But the 2 cruises I'm most interested in they're just not available and if/when they are, they're $2000 more!
So for roughly around $5000 (give or take a few hundred dollars) - we could do a verandah room on a 6 night from Galveston to San Juan or a 7 night Southern Caribbean (either itinerary) in an oceanview room 9C. DH and I both agreed that around $5000 is an amount we feel comfortable with. What would you guys do??
It looks like the OBC would be $200-250 for booking with DU. That seems worth it probably? Even if I'm totally comfortable booking myself? Can you use that towards drinks onboard?
Edited to add: sorry, I warned you I was super indecisive!
6 nt vs. 7 nt. The 7 nt cruise will have a free character breakfast (that needs to be booked during online checkin), the 6 nt will not. Which ports do you prefer--I'd go with that one. I haven't yet had a verandah, but I believe you're not supposed to leave the door to the room open--it can mess with the A/C systems in other rooms as well as there's an air pressure thing going on--people have been stuck in their rooms because they had their verandah open AND they're trying to get out into the hallway--as soon as they shut the verandah door, they can get back out into the hallway. We weren't in our rooms much--sleeping, showering, getting ready in the morning. Whenever we were awake on the ship, we were out and about. I would not pay an extra $2,000 for a verandah over an oceanview.