mikedoes Posted November 25, 2013 #1 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfadj Posted November 26, 2013 #2 Share Posted November 26, 2013 This is why we have seen major changes in Carnivals management team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjknox Posted November 26, 2013 #3 Share Posted November 26, 2013 [attach]294080[/attach] I think a major reason for this was the $50 million dollar Triumph incident and subsequent fallout from the incident. Totally expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geomapper Posted November 26, 2013 #4 Share Posted November 26, 2013 It takes $$$ to pay for an additional emergency generator on each ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEXASMUNK Posted November 26, 2013 #5 Share Posted November 26, 2013 Costa sinking, Triumph crisis....all add up. But, not in the red and new mgt team in place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grrl2grrl Posted November 26, 2013 #6 Share Posted November 26, 2013 I think the issues with cruise ships in the news certainly impacted the "new" cruiser industry, but not to the slope this graph shows. I believe the majority of the downturn came because Carnival stopped using TA's during this time frame. Or rather stopped paying TA's commissions to sell Carnival. Carnival attempted to correct the issue this year with the TA's and brought back their commissions and even offered a free cruise to TA's (a limited # that sold out in seconds). But it created buzz for Carnival in the TA world. Lesson (hopefully) learned - don't bite the hand that feeds you. carnival thought they could fill ships on their own. With the internet and PVP's who can blame them for trying, right? This experiement certainly hit them right in the wallet, but I'm not complaining. Cruise rates dropped, and I find myself about to sail again. But then I wouldn't care if I had to sleep on deck or eat onion sandwiches... It's still better than my best day at work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@homeinok Posted November 26, 2013 #7 Share Posted November 26, 2013 MUltiple reasons including but not limited to draw back in cruising to negative media this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthlessBoss Posted November 26, 2013 #8 Share Posted November 26, 2013 MUltiple reasons including but not limited to draw back in cruising to negative media this year. News media had a great role in this blowing things out of proportion. That's a huge exposure to the public and they drew their own conclusions on false information. Wasn't the stranded St Thomas(?) incident an example? The ship wasn't broke down, the back up generator wasn't working and they elected to not sail, but that's not how the media reported it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted November 26, 2013 #9 Share Posted November 26, 2013 News media had a great role in this blowing things out of proportion. That's a huge exposure to the public and they drew their own conclusions on false information. Wasn't the stranded St Thomas(?) incident an example? The ship wasn't broke down, the back up generator wasn't working and they elected to not sail, but that's not how the media reported it. I think it was St Maarten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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