Disney
Cruise Line Placeholder and Future Cruise Booking
and Why Should
You Spend $250 on a Placeholder?
Let’s start with
what Future Cruise Booking and Placeholder are and how to use them. While you
are onboard a Disney Cruise ship you will see an offer for a Placeholder or to
book a Future Cruise on the Navigator App. Many cruisers overlook this not
knowing the fantastic thing it is. You can also go to Guest Relations for help
with this matter. You are investing in your future vacation and saving money!
If you choose to pick
a date/itinerary and book a Future Cruise while on board, you will make the
standard deposit (approximately 20% of the cruise fare) and you get a 10%
discount on the cruise! That is $100 for every $1,000 of the cruise price!!
That can be a $200-$500+ savings, depending on the length of cruise, location
of cruise and cabin category! You will still need to make payments later before
the Pay in Full Date, but you save some good money.
A Placeholder is a
$250 partial deposit on a future cruise. You don’t need to pick a date. You
just need to sail within 24 months of the Placeholder being booked. For example,
if you book a Placeholder on December 1st, 2023, you have until
December 1st, 2025, to sail. When you finally choose your sail date
the $250 will be used towards your deposit, reducing the initial deposit. You or
your Travel Agent will need to call DCL to use this Placeholder once you decide
to use it.
If for some reason
you can’t use the Placeholder by the end of the 2 years, the funds will be returned
to you by refund to the payment used. If you used a Credit or Debit Card, then
the Credit or Debit Card will be credited that amount. If you used a Disney
Gift Card, then the funds will be refunded to the Disney Gift Card. Keep those
Disney Gift Cards!
Why all the talk
about Disney Gift Card use?? There is a way to save another 5% by purchasing
Disney Gift Cards at Target or other locations. Look for these discounts and
how to take advantage of them! Instead of saving $100 per $1,000 of the cruise
you will save $150! That can significantly increase your savings! You can request
more information if you are interested or check out the blog for this
information.
Here is some extra
must know information! If you booked with a Travel Agent and you wish to have
them help with this Placeholder or Future Cruise, make sure you do the
following three things:
1. If going with the same agent/agency, ask
for the cruise to be booked with them. There is usually a button to click
stating stay with the same agency/agent.
2. Let your Travel Agent know you booked a
Placeholder and give them the Confirmation/Reservation number, so they know to
watch for it.
3. If you decide to go with an agent/agency
AFTER the cruise or were unable to book it asking for the agency to handle it
ask your agent for a Booking Transfer Form to transfer the reservation to them.
a. This MUST be done within 30 days of the
booking being made. If you did it December 1st you must request the
booking transfer by December 30th.
b. The sooner you do it the better. Sometimes
email bounce/get missed/lost and it is good to have extra time to deal with
this. If you give the transfer request to the agent at day 29 or 30 they may
not have time to get the transfer to go through. Disney may not have the time
to process the transfer for you. Then YOU will have to handle it without the
agents help.
No comments:
Post a Comment