The market is flush, there is no doubt. While I do not have a lot of facts to base this on, I would not be surprised to find that they are not the price leader presently. Of course, things change, but when demand is so high, normal is a strange word.
I would love to see a cross line loyalty program, they have tried and tried. I have serious reservations that we will ever see it. Hope I am wrong.
Lastly, the economics of larger ships compared to smaller ships will never cross for pricing, simply not feasible. On the same note, my view is, Carnival building a Spirit class ship again is slightly higher chance of happening than me winning Powerball, the economics just plain do not work. Could there be another Excel class, you betcha, come 27 ((or thereabouts) we will see the follow on to the Excel class, not smaller BTW.🤔 Could they repurpose other line ships like Luminosa (HAL ships as well)? Sure. From my humble view, that would be absolute best scenario.