UPDATE 01/20/13:
Okay, this time for sure…
We once again apologize for the technical difficulties encountered this past Friday night that kept the CocoCay amenities sign-ups from proceeding as planned.
After lengthy consideration here at JCCC Central Command, here is how we are handling things from this point:
- A small number of reservations did actually get through on Friday night. We are going to honor those reservations.
- We will be distributing the remaining amenities via “lottery.” This will both eliminate the potential for any more server-related issues, and is the most fair to all passengers—those unavailable at a specific time, international Sea Monkeys in earlier time zones, etc.
- Submission forms to request each amenity can be found below; you’ll need to submit your JCCC3 Booking ID (NOT your RCI booking number), name, and e-mail address:
- Cabanas: events.jccc-countdown.com/jccc3-coco-cabana
- Tiki huts: events.jccc-countdown.com/jccc3-coco-tiki
- Blue shells: events.jccc-countdown.com/jccc3-coco-clamshell
- Submissions will be open until Wednesday, January 23 at 8 pm EST. After that time, recipients of the amenities will be randomly selected from the pool of submissions for that amenity. We will first select cabanas, then tiki huts, then blue shells.
- Individual passengers may submit themselves for multiple amenities, but one time per amenity only. Additionally, passengers may only receive one amenity total; if a person receives a cabana, for example, they will be removed from consideration for the tiki huts and/or blue shells.
Passengers on the JCCC3 discussion forums have been organizing themselves into groups of six for the cabanas (thereby increasing their chances of their overall group being selected for a cabana); if you are interested in organizing or joining a similar group, please visit the “Sharing Cabanas at CocoCay” discussion group.
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HOLD IT!
Apologies for the trouble with these links everybody – if you tried earlier and they didn’t work, you were not wrong. Scarface is working from a phone inside a car on a server that we don’t own, and JoCo is distracted by legal issues, and because you sea monkeys are so organized and POUNCY, said server is now borked. We’re going to hold on this until we can get it right and have a fair way for people to reserve on a first-come, first-served basis. We have a mess of cabanas, tiki huts and clamshells set aside for our group, so don’t worry that the Snorks aren’t going to steal them while we wait. With that in mind and with the long weekend ahead of us, we’re going to relaunch this puppy at 9 PM EST this Tuesday evening. Our sincerest apologies.
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load, dangit!
Arrrg! Slow ye be
Still not working. Got to the reservation screen, entered the code, and just waiting.
There’s slow, and then there’s we are completely thwarted in all we do….
Can’t get any page to load. I wanted to reserve a tiki hut. Now what?
Have now been refreshing then trying to load for 1 hr 45 minutes (since original time page was supposed to be up). Still unsuccessful. Aaaargh.
Are they going to tell us when to give up, or do we refresh until our little fingers fall off?
Would be nice to hear from someone official whether they’re sold out or if we just broke the internet.
Any luck people?
Been refreshing for 2 hours… no luck.
Would love some official word on the status of things.
Been attempting to reserve a cabana for over two hours now. Can no longer spend time attempting to refresh system to try attempting a reservation, already got to the reservation page and it timed out once our booking information was submitted. Please let us know what we can do to have a nice shady place reserved to protect us from the harsh Caribbean sun.
Sincerely a Sad Sea Monkey.
Count me among the sad monkeys that is here clicking refresh. For over two hours now. Super, super, super lame.
We thought we were being so clever and resourceful, organizing groups to share cabanas…now its every man for himself, and gods against all. (For Werner Herzog fans).
Any chance of finding out whether all amenities are booked now and we should give up?
I submitted on the Tiki Hut reservation page. Waiting again but at least it’s “connecting” not timing out.
I got to a reservation page, hit submit and got a connection time out. I don’t know if that means I’ve been reserved or not. I’m gonna doubt it. No attempts have loaded since.
I asked for some official word on Twitter, and JoCo responded… with a link to THIS PAGE. Not sure if that was a joke that went over my head…
I just want to know if I should give up and go to bed. Also, if I will need a LOT more sunscreen.
Got to the confirmation page 3 times…then stalled and timed out…Help! ! Theres got to be a better way!
Thank you so much for the update. Much appreciated. See you again on Tuesday, server.
Sorry, I meant reservation page…..
What does this update mean for those of us who did get in and did get a message that our submission had been received?