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Narrow Your Search
If you have a specific cruise in mind the best way
to find it quickly is to use the drop-down boxes and enter as much
information as you can concerning the destination, the range of sailing
dates that you are available to cruise, how many days you want to cruise
for, the cruiseline you're interested in and the cruise ship you want to
sail on.
Please Note: Sometimes you can
get too specific. For instance, some Transatlantic cruises are listed as
Europe and the system will return a screen saying that it can't find
what you're asking for. In a case like this just return the
Destination drop down box to Any Destination
and search again. You'll have more cruises show up and one will be the
date that you're looking for.
If you've never used a drop-down box, just click on the arrow to the
right side of the box and you can view all the selections. Click once on
the selection you want and it will populate the box. Once you've made
all (or even just one) of the selections you can click the "submit"
button at the bottom of the page to start the search.
If you receive a "No Search Results Found" when you
click submit it probably means that you are asking for something that
doesn't exist (for example you choose Panama Canal for a Destination but
you also choose the Number of Days as 4 to 6. Since there are no 4 to 6
Day Panama Canal cruises it will return the message No Search Results
Found.
Navigating Once the Search Results Appear
Viewing the Offers
Once the search results appear you may see one
result or hundreds of offers depending on how specific you were when you
chose the information in the drop-down boxes. If all you clicked on was
Destination: Caribbean you would receive 887 different sailings. If you
made the search more specific by including the month of sailing, the
cruise line and the cruise ship you would only receive a few offers.
Each offer shown is basically a thumbnail sketch of the sailing. If you
click on the
More Details button (lower right hand corner) you will
open up a wealth of information about that particular offer! You can
click on anything that is printed in blue and get more information on
that subject. For instance if you click on one of the ports printed in
blue it will give you detailed information about that port. You will
also see as you scroll down an overview description detailing
interesting facts about the cruise destinations. Also, if there is more
than one sailing on that ship with the same itinerary you will see a
list of alternate dates and it will highlight in yellow the date with
the lowest starting price!
Sorting the Offers
If your search results in multiple offers they will
be sorted by Top Picks as you will see in the sort by:
drop-down box, under the black line, in the upper right-hand corner. For
instance if you want to see the offers in order by Date then click the
arrow and select Date. The offers will then appear in the order of their
sailing date from the earliest on. There are eight different criteria
that you can sort by to make your choices easier.
Use "Book Online" for Even More Information (but not
for booking)
You'll see another blue button called Book Online
that can be used to obtain senior or resident discounts, military fares
or past passenger rates (if, in fact, the cruiseline is offering any of
these). In addition you will be able to search the most current rate
based on specific categories PLUS actually see (by way of flashing
arrows) which staterooms are currently available!
When you first click Book Online you will come to a
screen that will ask you about numbers of passengers, if any are seniors
(55+), If you are a past passenger, if you're in the military and the
nearest city to where you reside (you must pick a city). If any of these
apply, be sure to check them off. Then you will be asked to click on a
specific color square (this just keeps out automated systems and
hackers). Click continue.
Now you will see all the different categories available for this offer.
When you see one you like click the Choose button on
the right-hand side of the box. This will bring you to a deck plan where
you will see flashing orange arrows indicating which staterooms are
available for booking.
This screen also gives you a complete price including the cruise fare
plus taxes and fees.
If you need further assistance please call:

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