kristieuk
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Mar 8, 2005
I'm hoping you experienced cruisers can walk me through the steps of how you book the extras. It was really fun to watch the posts flying last night around midnight. Some good advice was given to people who got "stuck."
So...on day 75 at midnight I know about logging onto the DCL website. I assume you go through the steps to retrieve the reservation. I do that all the time to see if my 5GTY status has changed to a room number. So I know how to get into my ressie. But what do you click to start booking the extras? Iis there some link that you have to find and click -- is it called "port adventures" or is that something different? And then when you find something you want, do you click it? Do you then confirm it or do you have to wait until you've found everything you want and then confirm everything? I watched the posts around midnight last night and someone was having trouble figuring out how to confirm their ressies. Is it best to confirm things one at a time? If so, each time you confirm something does it mean that you are done so you have to log back on to book something else? And do you have to input your credit card to pay for everything right there and then? Hope these queries make sense.
I had never booked advance reservations before, and just to reiterate what nenner says, go to 'My Cruise Plans' on the left of your reservation page. If you look now, there a section highlighted in red, saying 'sorry online booking is not available until....days out' or something similar. That is the page you want to be on, then keep refreshing until it opens up the booking. The different options are shown ie shore excursions, Palo etc....
Whatever you get, just be sure you actually save the booking each time - it shows as 'unconfirmed' until you physically save it. I didn't realise this for a few minutes! I don't know if the slot is held for you at this time, but saving the itinerary takes a few seconds, so I agree to save after each one.
Palo dinner seemed to have a lot of availability and we weren't fixed on one particular night, so I booked brunch first, then high tea. You don't need any payment information, once you click save, you are done.
I had a lot of trouble with the system freezing, but just hang on in there!
The only thing I would recommend is to have a list of what you are hoping for, and familiarise yourself with the process beforehand. You can see all of the time slots eg for Palo, but only those available will be highlighted, just scroll straight to where you want to go, because it is a little duanting when you haven't seen the page before.
Good luck!!