curley23

I think it still all depends on the time of year, itinerary, supply /demand, etc. We returned from an 11 night on Equinox last week, and while on board booked the Reflection for next Mid January. We were on the Eclipse in Mid January 2011 same itinerary as next year on Reflection and Sky Suite was still same price as we paid in 2011.

I don't think you can say if prices are up on sailings, that it is from the offers they are using to get bookings.

Dear friends:

 

RCCL is out to sell their cruises and earn money. Don't you think that if they could, in fact sell out a "14 Day Southern Caribbean Cruise" -- they would definitely schedule and market it?

 

RCCL has a global vision. Cruising is not just for North Americans.

 

Winter is high season in Florida and the Caribbean. Winter is low season in Europe. So in Winter most of the ships are in Florida and the Caribbean and only about two ships at any given time are in Europe.

 

Summer is low season in Florida and the Caribbean (except for families going to Orlando). Summer is peak season in Europe. So in Summer peak season RCCL has a great deal of ships in Europe, while still maintaining ships in several cities of Florida, New Jersey, Baltimore, etc.

 

And then you complain about Florida boasting the two largest ships in the world on a year-round basis. Believe me, we would love to have those two ships based here in Barcelona. Unfortunately, they were not really built for European cruising and most European ports would have to be rebuilt to accommodate them.

 

RCCL also takes advantage of the local Asian market and maintains seasonal ships there.

 

And RCCL has been catering to the extremely wealthy and high-spending Brazilian market by stationing at least one, and sometimes two ships to homeport in Brazil during their summer (our winter) season.

 

They are far more diversified than the were years ago and there is something on offer for everyone and for every region of the world.

 

Why is that bad?

 

Kind regards,

 

Gunther and Uta

Great Post. You are one of the few here that actually gets it.

RC is going to position their ships where they will sail at over 100% capacity, and for top dollar.

Why would they keep ships in itins that will jeopardize that. No one wants to sail the carib in summer and early fall when it is hurricane season, unless they are looking for a bargain. RC is not out to give the cabins away just so the ships can be full.

For those who want the 10-11,14 day cruises, there is a reason RC is pulling back on those as well. The 10 and 11 day cruises did nor sell very well. Lots of fire sales to get rid of cabins the last 2 years on the Jewel sailings out of FLL.

Oasis and Allure were built for the carib and for the most popular ports. While they would love to have all of the repeat business pax, they are wanting to attract new cruisers as well. This does just that for them.

Celebrity has some great itins in the caribbean with their solstace class ships. Just not in summer and fall.

My idea of a cruise snob are the people who walk around with the Royal Caribbean name tags and aren't employees. I can understand wearing it to the welcome back where the reason for the party is to recognize the repeat cruisers. But come on....I've seen women wear it on their formal gowns and men on their tuxes on formal night. I've even seen people wear it on their swim suit cover ups and down town at ports.

WHO CARES!!!!!

I guess I still have a bad taste in my mouth from my first encounter with some of these people. They were wearing their name tags and standing in the middle of the prominade looking very "self" important. Some other passengers evidently mistook them for crew members since they were wearing the stupid name tags. They looked at the other passengers like they were the dirt under their feet and told them in a very snooty way, "Don't ask us, we don't work here."

 

Now if that was me, I would have been looking for a supervisor to report the rude employees. A while later we were on the elevator with the rude snobs and questioned them on how they got the nametags. The stuck their nose in the air and replied that they got them because they had traveled so much. We feigned interest and asked how many cruises they had been on and they stuck out their chests and told us 26. We all chuckeled to ourselves because we at the time had over 50.

 

 

I just don't understand about the name tags. If they ate at Burger King a lot, would they stand in the middle of the lobby wearing a Burger King name tag? :o Get a grip on reality, people aren't that impressed. At least we aren't.

Couldn't agree with you more. Funny story on our last cruise out of miami on Majesty this past Aug. We were sitting in the VC for sailaway, and it was D-event time. My wife and I were sitting there enjoying our 25% off cocktails, then next to us sits another couple. they sit down and start putting their RC mane tags on. Then another 2 cpls join them, take a chair from our table, don't even ask if someone is sitting there and proceed to order thier free wine and champagne, complaining on how cheap it is and Rc should have better.

Next come the stories, about where they have been, how many captains dinners they have been invited to, and on and on. One guys wife, would just not shut up, and she had to be sure everyone could hear her as well. She talked about their Panama canal trip in which the captain would not let the pilot aboard, and had to take the ship herself thru the canal, hitting the sides, etc , etc. They wrote a letter to Adam goldstein, and then got to meet them, abnd he pretty much told them where they could go, from what she said. Most of the conversation was a lot of negativity about RCCL. Next night we saw them in the WJ after their formal dinner and they were having deserts. Made the head person in the WJ open a section that was roped off cause they did not want to sit by everyone else.

We were on a b2b with them, and it was so comical each night we saw them in the VC for D-event time. Sad part is they are here on CC alot and come off very nice, until you meet them and they start to size you up, and then the noses go in the air.