I’m starting to see that I really could use an aggressive, Disney-knowledgeable travel agent willing to stalk for cancellations on these high-demand DCL cruises.
Any recommendations or referrals?
Liners familiar with Chat - please feel free to contact me directly on this! I know there’s a spreadsheet of TAs which I’ll wade through next. Thanks!
The DCL website has gone crazy.
The only 7-night cruise remaining available that involves New York City:
October 24 - 31, 2027. Sunday - Sunday 7 nights on Disney Wish. Price from $44,564 USD. That’s per cabin for concierge for a 7-night cruise, which is all that’s left.
Is this the kind of thing where they release additional inventory later, or is that it? I know this is in the presale period. I’ve never followed that closely to know whether this is usual or if holding back inventory is something they do.
Pretty sure that when aship is sold out, it’s sold out
Like the OP said the only hope is to stalk for a cancellation
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That’s crazy to sell out before public sales! 
Let me go take a look
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I can only see that option.
I was hoping to look at all available staterooms.
Perhaps there is inventory they are holding back but that seems weird because it negates the benefit of being a castaway club member.
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I could see them doing it under the same theory that they hold back LL inventory till day of. They give out most of it to people who can prebook, but then they release batches during the pre-booking period and also same-day so that other people can experience that magical feeling of picking up a rare item. It means that those with the privilege don’t get the max benefit, but they still have an advantage over others.
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I don’t think they hold back inventory. I don’t think DCL cares who fills a shop as long as it gets filled. They don’t have a need to hold back inventory for the general public.
From watching cruise pre-sales in the past some sailings (new or unique sailings) will be sold out in the first few days before the general public or even gold/ silver opens but some will become available after the holding period (usually 3 days) is over after people rethink plans. (Some people don’t actually put a deposit down on a cruise but only put a hold on a cruise during the initial opening days) Some of these sailings (especially long ones) will also have a high cancellation rate as the sail dates gets closer. People with higher castaway tiers don’t want to get locked out of a cruise they might take so they book now and then cancel before paid in full date if they change their mind. This happened in the past when Hawaiian cruises got added after they hadn’t been any for a few years and also Panama Canal cruises have done this. Not sure on others since those are ones I watched/was curious on booking/watching prices.
You never know for sure what cruises will only have a few cancellations and what ones will have a lot. Some of these (like the Hawaii cruises) end up discounted in the months before they actually leave also. With the transatlantic being a different route this cycle than the past and ending in NYC that may really be increasing the demand. Be patient and something may pop up on it maybe in a few days as holds get released but more likely closer to paid in full dates.
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This makes a lot of sense! Thanks!
Sounds like additional availability could very well open up due to cancellations, so keep stalking.
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DCL deposits are also fully refundable, right? That’s different from most other lines and I think that would mean more cancellations.
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That isn’t the reason there are drops 
they build in for ride downtime. If it’s running well they release more.
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Ok that is absolutely true, though I think there is a dual benefit and some drops appear to happen before the day.
That said as I’ve been thinking about it, the economics of LL are very different from a cruise. For a cruise they just want all the staterooms sold and there is fixed number of them. For LL they want as many people to buy LLMP as possible without making it feel like you didn’t get anything out of it.
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Yes they are fully refundable up until a paid in full date unless you book concierge. If you can float a deposit to DCL there is no penalty to hold on to a cruise you might want to take and decide later. It actually happens a lot on the unique sailings. Guests can just book one stateroom on opening day before general public bookings so that helps a little with demand.
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